Re: WINE with CiderPress

[Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom>]

BluPhoenyx wrote:

> Tristan Mumford wrote:
>> 
>> I have never hear of that, but there's a lot of software out there!
>> 
> 
> Cedega is a branch from Wine with the goal of playing windows games in
> Linux. It has made some decent progress. It is a subscription based user
> community. I've found it useful for other applications as well. If you
> like many of the windows based games, especially 3d or 3rd person games
> it might be worth checking out. It's $5 (USD) a month but if you stop
> the subscription you can still use the versions you have.

Not bad. Although I have to admit plain old WINE has always done what I have
needed. And even my newest gear is painfully obsolete so support for
remotely current games for me is pretty pointless.
If two conditions were fulfilled I'd consider it.
* Newer computer (the PC I had in 2001 was faster than this thing)
* It supports games with copy protection. I was always upset I couldn't run
any of "The Sims" in linux.

> 
> And Yes this is still A2 oriented as you can run Applewin emulator in
> Wine as well.

And CiderPress. :)

> 
>>> One drawback though, I can't access my CFFA card properly. The system
>>> recognizes the media but not the partition on it. Trying several
>>> different access points with the WINE configuration ends up with a disk
>>> error or 'ram disk not supported'.
>> 
>> That's a big annoyance. Hopefully I'll be getting a CFFA in the nearish
>> future so I'll be able to have a stab at it.
> 
> Very nice addition to your working system. I'm using mine for the main
> drive on the GS and relegating the Focus HD for extra backup. It is a
> bit quicker as well.

It'll be a big step up from a single floppy, not that I'm complaining. The
3.5" floppy drive made my IIgs useful. Thanks, Andrew!

I'm also working on a nasty little bit of software that may make things like
cc65 based testing for apple a little less fiddly, if I ever finish it.
It's pretty much all ANSI C, so all that really needs to be changed is the
serial support to make it usable in windows.

Tristan.

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