Win 10 RISC OS Emulator
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Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
Hi all, I am looking for a cheap way to run RISC OS programme, ‘!Strike’, on my Windows 10 machine. Thanks |
Gerald Holdsworth (2084) 80 posts |
RPCEmu, for RISC OS 3.5 onwards, or Arculator for Arthur, RISC OS 2 and RISC OS 3 |
Steve Pampling (1551) 7960 posts |
and when you get around to trying modern programs on the recent OS versions then the install instructions are at this link here |
Raik (463) 2030 posts |
At https://www.riscos.fr/english.html you find a “ready and easy to use” RPCEmu. |
Steve Pampling (1551) 7960 posts |
Two versions back from current RPCEmu and missing various fixes. You might want to update that. |
Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
Thank you all. ‘!Strike’not a recent programme, it’s circa 1999 and originally written for a Nascom 2 in 1979 and then ported to an Acorn running RISC 3, I believe. I’ll check out the stuff above but my programming knowledge ended with a bit of HTML and OO C++ last century. I went straight from win XP to this Laptop on Win 10 when I dropped my old one and broke the screen. I’ll enquire as to which RISC OS !Strike is compatible with as there seems to be a choice in the suggestions above. |
Raik (463) 2030 posts |
You can try the old 3.71 ROM. Aviable from the official site http://www.marutan.net/rpcemu/ … |
Chris Mahoney (1684) 2112 posts |
Is it on the official site? The Downloads section only has the emulator and some blank disc images. You can, however, get 3.71 (and other versions) from 4corn. You’d also want the HD4 archive (at least the Boot app). |
Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
I think, no I know, I’m getting lost here :) |
Chris Mahoney (1684) 2112 posts |
It’s a file containing a copy of the ROM. No physical chips required :) |
Raik (463) 2030 posts |
Thats right. Linked to 4corn and is a software solution. Follow the tutorial. |
Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
Thank you all for the kind and prompt help. I’ll let you know how it goes. Seems I have managed to get an emulator up with the 3.71 ROM. |
David Feugey (2125) 2687 posts |
It was on my to do list for too much time :) Updated to the latest RPCEmu and the latest ROM. |
Steve Pampling (1551) 7960 posts |
You’re using an (very) old version of RISC OS which is “26-bit” so you can trawl around various archives of software like this If you like things then newer versions (current development) of OS from the ROOL downloads pages may be of interest as well as the game conversions that Jon Abbott is doing for ADFFS |
Steve Pampling (1551) 7960 posts |
Happy to have nudged you along :) |
Colin Ferris (399) 1752 posts |
Don’t forget ‘RedSquirrel’ emulator – might have to search for it. By the way can anyone remember the name of the module that emulates SWI &69 – ie for RO3.1? |
Rick Murray (539) 13426 posts |
Off the top of my head (in the car…), I think it’s the CallASWI module that adds OS_CallASWI[R12] and some other stuff… |
Jon Abbott (1421) 2608 posts |
That’s a very old link. ADFFS has been hosted on the JASPP forum site since 2013. A word of warning though, it doesn’t work under RPCEmu because RCPEmu’s MMU emulation is missing some essential chip features. |
Colin Ferris (399) 1752 posts |
Don’t think is is that module – can’t remember what it is called :-( Been trying to run !DeskMorse (RO5.23) with Brandy – mostly seems to work – but no sound – so changing to use *sound. |
David Feugey (2125) 2687 posts |
Rha le salopiaud :) |
Jon Abbott (1421) 2608 posts |
Does the official download not work?
It’s not the answer you’re after, but you could use OS_ChangeEnvironment if it’s appropriate. Or simply go into SVC and write directly to the vectors.
It’s the same values I believe, but in 16bit format, see Sound_Control
*VOICES EDIT: Just had a quick look at !DeskMorse and it uses 26bit Modules, so won’t have any sound on RO5 unless you 32bit them first. |
Colin Ferris (399) 1752 posts |
Just had a look – the sound modules were 32bitted 2008 – where have the years gone! |
Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
Mmm. I was a bit premature saying the emul was up and running. I can’t get sparkplug to run. in either the slpug226 or splug self extractors. It starts no task but just opens an edit task((s) as I double click many times) which I can’t close. BTW, I have the files of the programme I want to run now, but they’re in zip files and I need to extract them in the RISC OS, obviously. UPDATE: I am now trying Raik’s 5.22 version – wish me luck. |
Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
Well, thanks to all. I have 5.22 running, netsurf loaded, unzipped, merged and running (for the app manual) and my programme, the the same. I really appreciate the help and assistance. I even found 5.22 has a music editor, WOW! I wonder what other types of goodie programmes are there out there to do things that MS struggles mightily with? I may be back for more! Kindest regards |
Kaz (3063) 8 posts |
Some crashing experience with messages saying “not open for update at line xx.x” |
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