Re: [Stella-devel] A call for help in porting some z26 assembly code ...

[Dave <dg...@cs...>]

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Stephen Anthony wrote:

> I've been hacking on the Stella sound code off and on for the past few
> months, and I can't seem to get the sound working as well as it should
> be.  I've resigned myself to the fact that the best solution is to use
> the sound code from the z26 emulator.  Since both projects are under
> the GPL, there should be no problems.
>
> Now, the problem is that the relevant code is written in x86 assembly
> language, and Stella is (and will remain) in C++.  I'm asking for help
> in porting the following files from assembly to *any* high-level
> language you want.  Heck, you could even port it to pseudocode if you
> want.  Just so that I can see the algorithmic flow and write it in C++.
>
> The files are 'tiasnd.asm' and 'soundq.asm'.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated, but you must be willing to put any code
> you create under the GPL.  And remember, the longer it takes me to get
> the sound code working, the longer it will be before another release
> (and it's already several months late as it is).

I take it that you don't grok x86 assembly.  I haven't done any x86
assembly for a while, but I'll see what I can do.

BTW, according to my copy of Activision Anthology for GBA, a lot of the
work was done with the help of the Stella Team.  Precisely what was the
work done and can any of it be redistributed?

-- 
David Griffith
dg...@cs...