The patch is quite simple [1], and you can grab a patched version at http://students.cs.byu.edu/~fugalh/x48-041f.tar.gz 1. search for "x48 patch fugal" on google groups. * Uwe Steinmann [Mon, 29 Sep 2003 at 09:07 +0200] <quote> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:38:28AM -0600, Hans Fugal wrote: > > Does anyone remember x48? It's an HP48 CPU emulator. It used to be > > packaged for debian, but was orphaned. > > > > In order to do any emulation it needs a ROM, which you can download from > > your HP48 over the serial line. You can also get ROMs from [1]. > > "HP graciously began allowing this to be downloaded in mid-2000." [1] > > I don't know exactly what this means by way of copyright and/or license, > > and I have emailed the webmaster of hpcalc.org to see if he knows any > > more details. I imagine ROMs won't be distributable. x48 itself is under > > the GPL. > > > > x48 hasn't been maintained for about 4 years now, and didn't work very > > well on modern processors when I picked up the source (timing issues). > > But Eddie Dost, the original author, has graciously worked with me to > > get those issues resolved and it now works like a charm. > > > > So my question is, is there a problem with creating a package for a fine > > but mostly-unmaintained piece of software that does its job, when I > > myself have minimal familiarity with the code (or the HP48 processor > > itself)? > I would appreciate a package. I did one myself but never made it public. > Where can the fixed version be downloaded? > > Uwe > > -- > MMK GmbH, Universitaetsstr. 11, 58097 Hagen > Uwe.Steinmann@mmk-hagen.de > Tel: +2331 840446 Fax: +2331 843920 </quote> -- Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. http://hans.fugal.net/ | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg http://gdmxml.fugal.net/ | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460
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