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11 <title>EmuFront :: an universal emulator front-end</title>
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15 <h1>Welcome to EmuFront!</h1>
18 <p>EmuFront is an universal (multi-system) computer and video game console emulator front-end implemented in
19 QT, C++ and SQLite targeted on Linux operating systems.
20 Although this project is currently hosted at Maemo Garage,
21 this is pure QT project and doesn't have any Maemo specific
22 dependencies. You can use EmuFront on any QT Linux platform. I'm
23 planning to release two GUI options PC and Mobile (MeeGo,
26 <p>EmuFront is Open Source Software licenced under GPL version 2.</p>
32 <li><a href="https://garage.maemo.org/projects/emufront/">Project page</a></li>
33 <li><a href="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/ggit/browse.php/?p=emufront">Browse Git Repository</a></li>
38 <li>Configure platforms (Commodore 64, Sega Master
40 <li>Configure media types (Cartridge, floppy disk,
42 <li>Configure setups (platform, media type
43 and supported file types)</li>
44 <li>Configure and scan filepaths containing
45 disk/rom/tape-images</li>
46 <li>Configure emulators (executable, command line
47 options, supported setup)</li>
48 <li>Launch emulators with disk/rom/tape-images</li>
54 <li><a href="http://qt.nokia.com/">QT</a> 4.x (tested on 4.6 and 4.7)</li>
55 <li><a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> 3.x.</li>
56 <li>UnZip 6.x from <a href="http://www.info-zip.org/">Info-ZIP</a></li>
61 <li>Add platform(s) (e.g. Colecovision)</li>
62 <li>Add media type(s) (e.g. Cartridge) </li>
63 <li>Add setup(s): Assign a media type to platform and
64 set supported file extensions (e.g. col, only zipped files are
65 supported ... zip file can contain 1...n files)</li>
66 <li>Assign path to files with setup, select path scan
68 <li>Configure emulator: in the command parameters $1
69 is a placeholder for filename, this is obligatory
70 (multiple files are also supported, e.g. -diska $1
72 <li>In the main window select a platform and a media
73 type, press update, selected file(s), emulator and press
75 <li>Multiple files can be selected and they all will
76 be extracted to /tmp/</li>
77 <li>More detailed instructions will be added later...</li>
83 <h4>Maemo on N900</h4>
84 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-01.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
85 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-02.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
86 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-03.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
87 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-04.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
88 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-05.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
89 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-06.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
90 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-07.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
91 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-08.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
92 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-09.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
93 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-10.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
94 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-11.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
95 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-12.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
96 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-13.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
97 <img src="img/emufront001-maemo-14.png" alt="v0.01a Maemo N900" />
99 <h4>PC UI/Scanning media images</h4>
100 <img src="img/emufrontv06-1.png" alt="v0.1 PC UI" />
102 <h4>PC UI/Main window</h4>
103 <img src="img/emufrontv01-1.png" alt="v0.1 PC UI" />
107 <p>EmuFront © 2010 Mikko Keinänen</p>