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[8bit-Dude]

Thanks for the heads up Targhan.

I will wait for your release in 2 weeks and minimalist player, and see if I can have a crack at it. Will you release the documented asm code for this new player?

[Targhan]

You don't have to wait for the Minimalist player, you can already check the Lightweight player and see if you understand anything. The Minimalist player will be about the same complexity. Check the AT2 package, all the documented Z80 sources are inside, as well as the definition of the formats.

[8bit-Dude]

On a side note, have you guyz heard of this: http://jiggawatt.org/muzak/xpmck/
Has anyone investigated porting this to the Oric?

[Dbug]

So apparently xpmck is a compiler for MML musics?

I've actually never heard of MML before, I'm not quite sure what it is

(Regarding a native 6502 player for YM/AY chips, any work done could probably also be helping the other 8Bit guy, the one building the Commander X16, which apparently will use a 65816 and a dual YM chip, ... and of course the Oric Exos, with a 6502 and four YM chips, so this person would probably become a highly praised new Oric hero of the retro community )

[Targhan]

Hi all,

Arkos Tracker 2 Alpha 7 has just been released, with a nice surprise for you: a 6502 player! It was done by Grouik/French Touch. A huge thanks to him!
The player he converted is the AKY, which is the fastest, but also which music takes more memory (compromise, always!).

You can download the whole here.

[Dbug]

Nice! So we basically got native players for both VT and AT at one month intervals
I'm far from my Oric, but when I get back I will try it.

Does the player support more than one YM chip?

[Targhan]

>Does the player support more than one YM chip?

Not this version of the player, but the Z80 player comes in a second flavor that does. Maybe Grouik will be interested in adapting it.

[Dbug]

The source code seems easy enough to adapt, do you think that would be a problem if we do a fork/adaptation that uses XA instead of Acme?

[Targhan]

I have no problem with any fork, but I don't "own" the sources, and there is no repository.
So ideally, the XA sources will be integrated to AT2 along the Acme sources. I believe Grouik is on this forum, so you should talk about it with him (I'll notify him).

[Scalex]

if it's OK for Targhan, it's obviously OK for me!
I guess the XA version will be specific for the ORIC. So send him your port so he can include it to a next version of Arkos Tracker II.