Re: [MiNT] MiNT in a web browser

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Ole <ole@monochrom.net> wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 17.08.2012, 13:35 +0200 schrieb Paul Wratt
> <paul.wratt@gmail.com>:
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>> working..
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> Interesting, why don't you give more infos on this?
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> like the software that was used, requirements, limitations etc...
>
> Greets,
> Ole
Sorry for late reply, did you figure this out.

I compiled a static version of STonC (standalone binary), tgz it and
the rom, font & examples folders (with AUTO folder), UUE'd them to
text strings, and uploaded them by pasting into "Clipboard Area"
textbox of Fabrice Bellard's JavaScript PC Emulator, which runs a
console only Linux distro at:
 http://bellard.org/jslinux/

He's the main brains behind QEMU, FFMPEG and TinyGL (plus done TCC,
OTCC and TinyC). Today I also notice "A 4G LTE base station running
entirely in software on a standard PC." that is new too..

Anyway, about the test, I still did not get around to finding "magic
key" so once in STonC on JS/Linux you are stuck there as anything else
requires the page to load :)

Why is that funny, well:
1) you need a powerful machine to make JS/Linux run fast (as with any emu/OS).
2) Uploading 1-2Mb as text takes a while..
3) running an emu in an emu requires more hore horse power, or lots of patience
4) STonC is a 100% CPU hog, even on Cygwin/Linux

add that all together and it will take you in the region of an hour+
to get to the "A>" prompt of "command.prg" (an old EmuTOS console in
AUTO folder)..

..but it works  :)

I did not try a new EmuTOS, just the one that comes with STonC. I did
notice tho that STonC employs ARAnyM's NF, and is known to boot mint
at console (kgmd) booting from XBIOS level "folder as drive" plus HD
IDE image (unlike ARAyM - one or the other for booting)

Paul