Re: c64 for iPhone, what about //e for iPad?

[datajerk <datajerk@gmail.com>]

On Sep 21, 8:37 am, Drew <goggled...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 Sep, 13:52, Sheppy <the.she...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 20, 4:29 pm, datajerk <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Is anybody working on a //e emulator for the iPad or iPhone?
>
> > I started porting Sweet16 to Cocoa a few weeks ago with the intention
> > of eventually doing an iPad port. That said, I have serious doubts
> > that Apple would approve it, since it would involve allowing users to
> > copy an Apple IIgs ROM into it, which seems unlikely to fly with
> > Apple, given that they own the copyright to the ROM.
>
> > The C64 emulator is something of a special case, because the folks
> > that developed it actually have a license for the C64 ROM, as well as
> > the software that runs inside it.
>
> > Sheppy
>
> IIGS emulator on Ipad would be really kool. Put it on Cydia
> instead :). I would pay for that :)
>
> Drew

I'd pay for it too ($50US Max), but I would not rule out the App store
just yet.  Another app/emulator that I used is m48+.  It is an HP
48/49 series calculator emulator.  m48 requires ROMs from the original
calculators to function.  Since the ROMs are out there in known
locations, the app will attempt to download them on initial start.
Worst case, the user must upload the ROMs to the i* via a built-in web
server.

I'd give the App store a shot and require that the users provide the
ROMs.  If that does not work then I'd use Cydia (I'd also open source
it so that those of us willing to shell out $99/year can recompile it
ourselves and run without jailbreak).

If Sheppy did this and was forced down the Cydia path then that would
open up the possibility of using BT mice and BT game controllers.