Re: [Rpcemu] RPCEmu Mac OS X test build of 0.8.14

> On 19 Feb 2016, at 4:50 pm, David Pitt <pittdj@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Tim Powys-Lybbe, on 19 Feb, wrote:
>
>>
>>> On 15 Feb 2016, at 11:55 pm, Theo Markettos <theo@markettos.org.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've made a test build of 0.8.14 for Mac, which you can find at:
>>> https://bitbucket.org/caliston/rpcemu-spoon-caliston/downloads
>
> [snip]
>
>> This time (I failed with 0.8.13) I read the small print very closely and
>> have managed to get RISC running in a microscopic window of about 2 by 1.5
>> inches.
>
> Retina??

No but it is a 4K TV

>
> If so then ‘Get Info’ on RPCEmu.app and tick “Open in Low Resolution”.

Did that and immediately beneficial; I can now read the Emulator easily and without a magnifying glass.

>
>> I had to delete the RPCEmu.plist file and then reboot to get this far.
>>
>> However this micro-window read as:
>>
>> ARM 610 Processor
>>
>> Acorn ADFS
>>
>> Error: Use *Desktop to start TaskManager (Error number &81F403)
>>
>> So I typed in <* Desktop> which produced a micro desktop with this
>> message:
>>
>> Machine startup not completed successfully: 'Disc drive not known'
>
> *co. FileSystem HostFS

That definitely did something for the better but I also wondered why I did not have it all OK from the start. I went to the ROOL site and found Theo's new instructions on getting RPCEmu going on a Mac at <https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/RPCEmu%20and%20RISC%20OS%205%20on%20Mac%20OS%20X>. So I deleted the Emu data area and plist again and started afresh and it all now works. It still runs at close to 1000 MIPS and on the Mac Activity Monitor the RPCEmu is taking 101% of the MAC's CPU! So I've set the flag on RPCEmu's Preferences to Reduce CPU usage when idle. The Mac's CPU usage is now down to 8% when idling though still top of the list; MIPS are now around 100 and I'll be interested to see what happens when I get the RPCEmu to do some work.

The next thing will be to find out how to get the Menu key working on this trackerball. Currently I can achieve the Menus by doint Alt-Select.

Let's see how the odd application works, including ArtWorks.

Then a bit of networking, which I have had working before on a MAC but not for a few years.

Many thanks for the help.

Tim

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