make a emulator forum ???

equilibrium · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 213 Location: UK

I was wandering if there should be a wine and winex forum as the games forum gets full of winex requests etc. Also wine questions seem to be dotted around the place

Just a suggestion.
Someone could mybe make a sticky on getting winex-cvs with links etc also? as this seems to be a favoured topic in the gamers forum.
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andrewy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 602

Sounds like a good idea, Wine and WineX are used widely enough that a forum just for them could be useful.

PowerFactor · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 3:51 am Post subject: Re: make a wine & winex forum ???

abzs2k · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 10:22 am Post subject:

A general emulators forum would be decent - you could have VMWare, Wine, WineX, etc on it.
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equilibrium · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 213 Location: UK

yer maybe a emulators forum would be better

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Pink · Veteran Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 1062

Yes, perhaps an emulators forum but certainly not a forum for one specific programme (I include wine, winex and codeweavers as one programme).

I think that could lead to all sorts of problems and a never ending fourm lists.

I could imagine it now, one for wine, one for openoffice, one for thunderbird, one for evolution, one for konqueror, one for....well you get the picture

equilibrium · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 213 Location: UK

edited the title of the thread now

but can't seem to edit the poll to say emulators rather than wine & winex

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MaxDamage · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 3:23 pm Post subject:

I agree. There are a lot of emulators that aren't wine/vmware. Lot of people uses arcade/gaming-consoles/old-hardware/old-OS emulators and have the same right to be in the emulators forum than the wine users.
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o0the_llama0o · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:53 am Post subject:

wine is not an emulator
www.winehq.com

w.i.n.e= recursive acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator
kind of like
g.n.u.=Gnu's Not Unix

Gherald2 · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:10 am Post subject:

em·u·late ( P ) Pronunciation Key (my-lt)
tr.v. em·u·lat·ed, em·u·lat·ing, em·u·lates

1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.
2. To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with.
3. Computer Science. To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.

Wine is not a CPU emulator, but it does emulate a Windows API on a different operating system. Therefore it can be called an emulator, despite it's name.
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o0the_llama0o · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:24 pm Post subject:

o sorry

beandog · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

mystified · l33t Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 771

We have an emulation forum on a Mandrake Board I post on. It's been very beneficial for us.

codergeek42 · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:06 am Post subject:

lordan1971 · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:41 pm Post subject:

hmm... the topic mentioned emulation forum, but the start topic only mentioned wine/winex which, strictly speaking, isn't even emulaltion at all. If we get an emulator forum, I hope ppl we be able to ask/discuss:

* how do I get NS/FLT Megademo II to work on UAE?
* which POKE do I use to change the border color on the mighty VIC-20?
* Why does my screen go blank when I enter "fast" mode on x128?
* Who is this guru and why does he keep meditating all over my copper code?

I understand that wine is popular, but I thought ppl who use Windows based stuff dual-boot. I would. I like FreeBSD, so I dual-boot Gentoo and FreeBSD.

I do use emulators quite a bit. When my kids give me too much stress I load up a good old Amiga demo, or play a classic C64 game and start tripping..