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In article <shf5r9$420$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola <nicola@nohost.org> wrote: >On 2021-09-08, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

I have purchased a 15-pin joystick to USB adapter, and I can make my old
Apple II joystick work in Virtual ][ (so the hardware works).

Wow, that's real commitment to the project!

Unfortunately, I've not had time to really figure this HID software
stuff out. I'll get to it soon.

Thanks! I hope you will be able to take advantage of the existing code
in Virtual C64!

Nicola

Try kegs.1.13.tar.gz from http://kegs.sourceforge.net/. I now use the
older IOHID code (following the example of Virtual C64) to make my USB
joystick work, and my Sony PS4 controller still works, too.

Kent
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On 2021-09-24, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

In article <shf5r9$420$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola <nicola@nohost.org> wrote:

On 2021-09-08, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

I have purchased a 15-pin joystick to USB adapter, and I can make my old >>> Apple II joystick work in Virtual ][ (so the hardware works).

Wow, that's real commitment to the project!

Unfortunately, I've not had time to really figure this HID software
stuff out. I'll get to it soon.

Thanks! I hope you will be able to take advantage of the existing code
in Virtual C64!

Nicola

Try kegs.1.13.tar.gz from http://kegs.sourceforge.net/. I now use the
older IOHID code (following the example of Virtual C64) to make my USB joystick work, and my Sony PS4 controller still works, too.

Yeah, my joysticks work great, too! Thanks a lot!

I have tried it on macOS 10.13 and 11.6. KEGS appears to be a lot
snappier on older macOS: scrolling through the configuration is
significantly slower on Big Sur. Also, KEGS starts stuttering when in full-screen in Big Sur. I have no issues with High Sierra, not even when
in full-screen mode.

Besides, I have to launch KEGS from the terminal: if I double-click on
the app, it doesn't seem to pick up config.kegs. And in High Sierra,
when I launch the KEGS app, it crashes as soon as I try to save or exit
the configuration screen. When I launch KEGS from the terminal
everything is fine.

The above are not big issues for me: I am using KEGS with the older Mac
anyway, and it's fine for me to start it from the command-line. But you
may want to look into them.

Going back in time with Alien Mind now :)

Thanks again!
Nicola

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In article <sjbtsm$1f06$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola <nicola@nohost.org> wrote: >On 2021-09-24, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

In article <shf5r9$420$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola <nicola@nohost.org> wrote: >>>On 2021-09-08, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

I have purchased a 15-pin joystick to USB adapter, and I can make my old >>>> Apple II joystick work in Virtual ][ (so the hardware works).

Wow, that's real commitment to the project!

Unfortunately, I've not had time to really figure this HID software
stuff out. I'll get to it soon.

Thanks! I hope you will be able to take advantage of the existing code
in Virtual C64!

Nicola

Try kegs.1.13.tar.gz from http://kegs.sourceforge.net/. I now use the
older IOHID code (following the example of Virtual C64) to make my USB
joystick work, and my Sony PS4 controller still works, too.

Yeah, my joysticks work great, too! Thanks a lot!

I have tried it on macOS 10.13 and 11.6. KEGS appears to be a lot
snappier on older macOS: scrolling through the configuration is
significantly slower on Big Sur. Also, KEGS starts stuttering when in >full-screen in Big Sur. I have no issues with High Sierra, not even when
in full-screen mode.

Besides, I have to launch KEGS from the terminal: if I double-click on
the app, it doesn't seem to pick up config.kegs. And in High Sierra,
when I launch the KEGS app, it crashes as soon as I try to save or exit
the configuration screen. When I launch KEGS from the terminal
everything is fine.

KEGS uses a very simple way to draw to the screen. Apple has decided to
do a TON of work to process the pixels (which I used every means I
could figure out to ask it not to), so that on some Macs, KEGS draws to
the screen extremely slowly. On other Macs, it works fine.

Every other app avoids this by writing 1500 lines of complex code to use
Metal to just send pixels to the screen. I have not done this yet.

One user suggested doing Cmd-I on the KEGSMAC.app icon, and selecting
"Open in Low Resolution" button. I've not fully confirmed this, but
it might help.

KEGS doesn't fully support being run by the Finder yet. I'm working on it.
If you place config.kegs and your ROM file in your home directory, then
running KEGS from the Finder (double-clicking on it) will work.

Kent
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On 2021-10-04, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

One user suggested doing Cmd-I on the KEGSMAC.app icon, and selecting
"Open in Low Resolution" button. I've not fully confirmed this, but
it might help.

That help indeed, thanks!
Nicola

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In article <sjnd9u$1o21$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola <nicola@nohost.org> wrote: >On 2021-10-04, Kent Dickey <kegs@provalid.com> wrote:

One user suggested doing Cmd-I on the KEGSMAC.app icon, and selecting
"Open in Low Resolution" button. I've not fully confirmed this, but
it might help.

That help indeed, thanks!
Nicola

The next KEGS release will default to this setting.

Kent
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On Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 1:57:54 PM UTC-8, Kent Dickey wrote:

In article <sjnd9u$1o21$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola <nic...@nohost.org> wrote:

On 2021-10-04, Kent Dickey <ke...@provalid.com> wrote:

One user suggested doing Cmd-I on the KEGSMAC.app icon, and selecting
"Open in Low Resolution" button. I've not fully confirmed this, but
it might help.

That help indeed, thanks!
Nicola

The next KEGS release will default to this setting.

Kent

Do you have anything to do with the GSplus emulator for retropie? -Doug
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In article <8897f8b1-2cbd-4926-a82d-2ec7e51bcdben@googlegroups.com>,
Douglas S <duglor@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 1:57:54 PM UTC-8, Kent Dickey wrote:

In article <sjnd9u$1o21$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Nicola

<nic...@nohost.org> wrote:

On 2021-10-04, Kent Dickey <ke...@provalid.com> wrote:

One user suggested doing Cmd-I on the KEGSMAC.app icon, and selecting
"Open in Low Resolution" button. I've not fully confirmed this, but
it might help.

That help indeed, thanks!
Nicola

The next KEGS release will default to this setting.

Kent

Do you have anything to do with the GSplus emulator for retropie? -Doug

No. GSPlus is by Dagen Brock, who has made many modifications to KEGS.
I just googled retropie, so I have now heard of it at least. What are you using retropie for?

Kent
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No. GSPlus is by Dagen Brock, who has made many modifications to KEGS.
I just googled retropie, so I have now heard of it at least. What are you using retropie for?

Kent

I use it to emulate a total of 50 systems from Apple 2 and old computers to arcade games and consoles up until 1999/2000.
Does your emulator play apple 2 gs games... especially Ancient Glory, Sensei, The Gate and Shufflepuck Cafe?? With joystick? Is there a port for it that someone has made for the Retropie?
Thanks for looking up rCLretropierCY. Barnes and Noble has entire magazines devoted to them in their sores :)
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sores= stores
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In article <dd6d3248-6277-4bda-824b-dfae44030678n@googlegroups.com>,
Douglas S <duglor@gmail.com> wrote:

No. GSPlus is by Dagen Brock, who has made many modifications to KEGS.
I just googled retropie, so I have now heard of it at least. What are you >> using retropie for?

Kent

I use it to emulate a total of 50 systems from Apple 2 and old computers
to arcade games and consoles up until 1999/2000.

Does your emulator play apple 2 gs games... especially Ancient Glory,
Sensei, The Gate and Shufflepuck Cafe?? With joystick? Is there a port
for it that someone has made for the Retropie?
Thanks for looking up rCLretropierCY. Barnes and Noble has entire
magazines devoted to them in their sores :)

I couldn't find instructions on compiling Retropie from source, so the whole project appears to be a "dead end"--grabbing others work, putting a light wrapper around it, and killing the original projects by only distributing binaries. It looks like it's a "fork" of RetroArch, which is it's own type
of "dead end".

KEGS runs just about all Apple IIgs games. If you find one that doesn't
work, I'll fix it. KEGS supports joysticks on Linux and Mac. See http://kegs.sourceforge.net/. KEGS is GPLv3, so it is required to distribute source if you repackage it.

Kent
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On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 11:09:23 AM UTC-8, Kent Dickey wrote:

In article <dd6d3248-6277-4bda...@googlegroups.com>,
Douglas S <dug...@gmail.com> wrote:

No. GSPlus is by Dagen Brock, who has made many modifications to KEGS.
I just googled retropie, so I have now heard of it at least. What are you >> using retropie for?

Kent

I use it to emulate a total of 50 systems from Apple 2 and old computers >to arcade games and consoles up until 1999/2000.

Does your emulator play apple 2 gs games... especially Ancient Glory, >Sensei, The Gate and Shufflepuck Cafe?? With joystick? Is there a port
for it that someone has made for the Retropie?
Thanks for looking up rCLretropierCY. Barnes and Noble has entire >magazines devoted to them in their sores :)

I couldn't find instructions on compiling Retropie from source, so the whole project appears to be a "dead end"--grabbing others work, putting a light wrapper around it, and killing the original projects by only distributing binaries. It looks like it's a "fork" of RetroArch, which is it's own type of "dead end".

KEGS runs just about all Apple IIgs games. If you find one that doesn't work, I'll fix it. KEGS supports joysticks on Linux and Mac. See http://kegs.sourceforge.net/. KEGS is GPLv3, so it is required to distribute source if you repackage it.

Kent

The last 2 .gsp files i created work and load the games but the joypad does not work. I think i need a keyboard joypad for the first game and a mouse joystick for the 2nd. The first needing to emulate the keypad presses 8,3,4,6 and 5. And Left Alt to fire. The second needing to emulate a mouse with the joypad. Currently i need a keyboard to play the first game and a mouse to play the second and I'd like to use the joypad for both. :)
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On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 11:17:58 PM UTC-8, Douglas S wrote:

On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 11:09:23 AM UTC-8, Kent Dickey wrote:

In article <dd6d3248-6277-4bda...@googlegroups.com>,
Douglas S <dug...@gmail.com> wrote:

No. GSPlus is by Dagen Brock, who has made many modifications to KEGS. >> I just googled retropie, so I have now heard of it at least. What are you
using retropie for?

Kent

I use it to emulate a total of 50 systems from Apple 2 and old computers >to arcade games and consoles up until 1999/2000.

Does your emulator play apple 2 gs games... especially Ancient Glory, >Sensei, The Gate and Shufflepuck Cafe?? With joystick? Is there a port >for it that someone has made for the Retropie?
Thanks for looking up rCLretropierCY. Barnes and Noble has entire >magazines devoted to them in their sores :)

I couldn't find instructions on compiling Retropie from source, so the whole
project appears to be a "dead end"--grabbing others work, putting a light wrapper around it, and killing the original projects by only distributing binaries. It looks like it's a "fork" of RetroArch, which is it's own type of "dead end".

KEGS runs just about all Apple IIgs games. If you find one that doesn't work, I'll fix it. KEGS supports joysticks on Linux and Mac. See http://kegs.sourceforge.net/. KEGS is GPLv3, so it is required to distribute
source if you repackage it.

Kent

The last 2 .gsp files i created work and load the games but the joypad does not work. I think i need a keyboard joypad for the first game and a mouse joystick for the 2nd. The first needing to emulate the keypad presses 8,3,4,6 and 5. And Left Alt to fire. The second needing to emulate a mouse with the joypad. Currently i need a keyboard to play the first game and a mouse to play the second and I'd like to use the joypad for both. :)

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