M$ VC++ Express is now free, WinUAE developers GO!

alexh · 14 November 2005, 17:40

Free for 1 year!

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...pport/install/

Good for WinUAE developing?

All you wannabe WinUAE developers have no excuses now!

spiff · 14 November 2005, 17:58

so... what's the catch?

Photon · 14 November 2005, 21:55

In exactly one year the compiled programs will crash and set fire to the computer of all the developer's user base.

keropi · 14 November 2005, 22:06

wow... nice... don't forget the pink monsters of Christina Aguillera taht will spawn in every major city of the world...

alexh · 15 November 2005, 11:00

Apple is giving away X-code 2.2 a very nice IDE for MacOS in an effort to woo homebrew developers to the platform.

Linux has it's GCC.

I guess M$ have seen how easy it is to develop for other platforms and want to encourage homebrew on PC?

If I can find somewhere to get the DDK from I'll see if this free version of VC++ will compile WinUAE.

spiff · 15 November 2005, 12:01

I've guess you had the same problem as everyone else

Quote:

The current DDK is not offered as a download on the WHDC Web site, but it is part of the standard MSDN Subscriber Downloads and is included with MSDN® subscriptions.

I've got two files in my pc en_winxp_sp1_ddk.exe 137Mb and WINXP_DDK.exe 130Mb, both of them where from MSDN, but I'm not sure if they will work with either VS2005 or UAE. I'm just running my student licence on 2003.

Anyway if they do work, why don't we fix a “compile UAE package”? Instructions on how to do it are available form the latest compile thread here and it will help a lot of ppl who are put off by registering on msdn and so on.

Duke · 15 November 2005, 12:43

It would be best if WinUAE was compilable with GCC too, it's much easier to setup and use than the Microsoft Compilers. Some hints how to do it could be taken from E-UAE I guess.

Toni Wilen · 15 November 2005, 12:51

DDK is only needed for SPTI SCSI, direct harddrive access and keyboard leds. There is "config option" in sysconfig.h (If I remember correctly)

GCC compilation patches are accepted but I don't care about it myself

andreas · 15 November 2005, 13:06

@Duke
I'd rather put it "if WinUAE was able to compile with GCC again"

, as it was definitely compilable when Brian King was the maintainer and the builds were hosted on codepoet.com.
But then came a point when there were MSVC++ specific things built in and it did no longer compile. Yes, it would be a good thing, but maybe a helluva lot of work.

14 November 2005, 17:40	#1
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,356	M$ VC++ Express is now free, WinUAE developers GO! Free for 1 year! http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx <CD Image> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...pport/install/ Good for WinUAE developing? All you wannabe WinUAE developers have no excuses now!

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15 November 2005, 11:00	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,356	Apple is giving away X-code 2.2 a very nice IDE for MacOS in an effort to woo homebrew developers to the platform. Linux has it's GCC. I guess M$ have seen how easy it is to develop for other platforms and want to encourage homebrew on PC? If I can find somewhere to get the DDK from I'll see if this free version of VC++ will compile WinUAE.

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Duke HOL-Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Age: 43 Posts: 520	It would be best if WinUAE was compilable with GCC too, it's much easier to setup and use than the Microsoft Compilers. Some hints how to do it could be taken from E-UAE I guess.

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Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,523	DDK is only needed for SPTI SCSI, direct harddrive access and keyboard leds. There is "config option" in sysconfig.h (If I remember correctly) GCC compilation patches are accepted but I don't care about it myself

15 November 2005, 13:06	#9
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	@Duke I'd rather put it "if WinUAE was able to compile with GCC again" , as it was definitely compilable when Brian King was the maintainer and the builds were hosted on codepoet.com. But then came a point when there were MSVC++ specific things built in and it did no longer compile. Yes, it would be a good thing, but maybe a helluva lot of work.

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