This is version 3.1 of VICE, the multi-platform C64, C128, VIC20,
PET, PLUS4 and CBM-II emulator. This version can be compiled for
MSDOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, QNX 4.x, QNX 6.x, AmigaOS, Dingoo,
Syllable, SkyOS and for most Unix systems provided with
the X Window System version 11, R5 or later.
The following programs are included:
- x64, a C64 emulator;
- x64sc, a C64 emulator focused on accuracy;
- xscpu64, a C64 emulator with a SuperCPU cart;
- x64dtv, a C64 Direct-to-TV (DTV) emulator;
- x128, a C128 emulator;
- xvic, a VIC20 emulator;
- xpet, a PET emulator;
- xplus4, a PLUS4 emulator;
- xcbm2, a CBM-6x0/7x0 emulator;
- xcbm5x0, a CBM-5x0 emulator;
- vsid, a SID player;
- c1541, a stand-alone disk image maintenance utility;
- petcat, a CBM BASIC de-tokenizer;
- cartconv, a C64/C128 cartridge conversion program.
Moreover, the following documents are provided in both source and
binary distributions:
- README, this file;
- COPYING, the GNU General Public License under which VICE is
distributed -- *please read it before using the program*;
- INSTALL, installation instructions;
- NEWS, list of user-visible changes between this and older versions of VICE;
- FEEDBACK, something you should read before reporting bugs or sending mail
to any of the authors;
The following documents are provided in the source distribution:
- in the doc directory:
- vice.texi, the complete documentation; documentation in various different
formats may be generated from it (vice.txt, vice.pdf, vice.chm, vice.hlp,
vice.guide, vice.inf, vice.info)
- NLS-Howto.txt, some documentation about Unix NLS support;
- iec-bus.txt, overview of the VICE IEC bus emulation;
- CIA-README.txt, overview of the VICE CIA emulation;
- coding-guidelines.txt, description of VICE coding style
- Documentation-Howto.txt, information on how to edit the documentation
- Doxygen-Howto.txt, how to generate doxygen documentation
- MacOSX-ResourceTree.txt, overview of the Mac OSX resource tree
- in the doc/readmes directory:
- Readme-DOS.txt, MS-DOS specific documentation;
- Readme-BeOS.txt, BeOS specific documentation;
- Readme-Amiga.txt, Amiga specific documentation;
- Readme-MacOSX.txt, Mac OSX specific documentation;
- Readme-OS2.txt, OS/2 specific documentation;
- Readme-SDL.txt, SDL specific documentation;
- in the doc/building directory:
- MSDOS-Howto.txt, how to compile the MSDOS port.
- MSDOS-Ethernet-Howto.txt, how to compile the MSDOS port with ethernet
support.
- OpenWatcom-Howto.txt, how to compile the MSDOS port with open watcom
- Win32-Mingw32-Howto.txt, how to compile the Win32 port using ming32
- Win32-Cygwin-Howto.txt, how to compile the Win32 port using cygwin
- Linux-Mingw32-Howto.txt, how to crosscompile the Win32 port on linux
- MacOSX-Howto.txt, how to compile the Mac OSX port
- Minix-Howto.txt, how to compile the Minix port
- OpenVMS-Howto.txt, how to compile the OpenVMS port
- SDL-Howto.txt, how to compile the SDL port
For the latest news, have a look at the VICE home page:
http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/
Also some information that was previously included in the distribution has been
moved into our wiki at sourceforge:
- The TODO list,
http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Todo#New_Features
- The list of known BUGS,
http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Todo#Known_Issues
New versions are made available quite often, so please stay tuned.
Have fun!
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