GSport
Information, mostly concerning building, about various platforms:
You need to build with a make utility. There's a default Makefile, which should work for nearly any environment. The Makefile includes a file called vars which defines the platform- dependent variables. You need to make vars point to (or be) the appropriate file for your machine.
There is a different port of KEGS by Chea Chee Keong (akilgard) called KEGS32. It was originally available from http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/kegs32, but geocities has since closed. The Win32 code in GSport is leveraged from KEGS32.
GSport can be compiled with Mingw and Cygwin as well as via standard Microsoft compiler suites.
In order to compile with the standard Microsoft compiler suites, download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015 from Microsoft's website. The build process requires Perl, such as ActiveState ActivePerl. Within Visual Studio, open the "gsport.sln" solution file. Set the "gsport" project as the "StartUp Project", and choose "Build Solution" from the "Build" menu.
In order to compile with Cygwin:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars ln -s vars_win32 vars make
You need to have a ROM file (named ROM, ROM.01, or ROM.03) in the same directory as the resulting executable.
To quit, either click the close box, or force quit the application. You can also middle-click (if you have a 3-button mouse) or Shift-F6 to get the debugger in the terminal window, and then type "q".
Use the vars_mac file:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars; ln -s vars_mac vars make
After the make has finished, it will create the application GSport.
Use the vars_x86linux file:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars; ln -s vars_x86linux vars make
The resulting executable is called gsportx.
The build scripts assume perl is in your path. If it is somewhere else, you need to edit the "PERL = perl" line in the vars file and make it point to the correct place.
For audio, GSport needs access to /dev/dsp. If the permissions do not allow GSport to access /dev/dsp, it can fail with a cryptic error message. As root, just do: chmod 666 /dev/dsp .
If you do not have the /dev/dsp device, GSport will not start unless you tell it to disable audio with the following command-line argument: ./gsportx -audio 0
Use the vars_linuxppc file:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars; ln -s vars_linuxppc vars make
The build scripts assume perl is in your path. If it is somewhere else, you need to edit the "PERL = perl" line in the vars file and make it point to the correct place.
Audio is currently disabled by default, but you can try turning it on by runnning the command: gsportx -audio 1. It sounds horrible, but sounds do come out.
At first, you may want to update/upgrade your base OS:
Then, add a line with the value snd-pcm-oss to the /etc/modules file and reboot to enable sound. Change the permissions to the resulting device /dev/pcm (after rebooting): sudo chmod 666 /dev/pcm
Depending on the version of your OS, the following packages may need to be installed:
Use the vars_pi file for compilation:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars; ln -s vars_pi vars make
The resulting executable is called gsportx.
Use the vars_solaris file:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars; ln -s vars_solaris vars make
The build scripts assume perl is in your path. If it is somewhere else, you need to edit the "PERL = perl" line in the vars file and make it point to the correct place.
Audio is currently disabled by default, but you can try turning it on by runnning the command: gsportx -audio 1
Use the vars_x86solaris file:
cd into the src/ directory rm vars; ln -s vars_x86solaris vars make
The build scripts assume perl is in your path. If it is somewhere else, you need to edit the "PERL = perl" line in the vars file and make it point to the correct place.
Audio is currently disabled by default, but you can try turning it on by runnning the command: gsportx -audio 1
If you are porting to an X-windows and Unix-based machine, it should be easy. Start with vars_x86linux if you are a little-endian machine, or vars_linuxppc if you are big endian. Don't define -DGSPORT_LITTLE_ENDIAN unless your processor is little-endian (Alpha, x86, Mac Intel). Mac PPC, Sun, MIPS, HP, Motorola, and IBM Power are big-endian.
With the autotools branch, the following sequence will execute the build from the main directory:
autoreconf automake --add-missing autoheader autoconf sh configure make
All platforms have a common core of capabilities:
The table below notes where the various builds differ in the support they have in the code base now for various extended capabilities. Turning the "No" boxes into "Yes" are all opportunities for contributions!
| Platform | Ethernet | Drag/Drop Disks | Clipboard Paste |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | No | No | No |
| Macintosh | No | No | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Until graphical parallel printer support is generally integrated into all builds, the following work needs to be done: