Tutorial [Info] NeXT(step) Emulation Previous 2.2 under armbian

[guidol]

Today I did compile the NeXT-Cube/Station Emulator Previous 2.2
( http://previous.alternative-system.com/index.php/build )
on my NanoPi A64 (with installed Desktop-option for using SDL)

 

Installing the dependencies and compiling Previous 2.2 has been done with the follwing commands
( while compiling there were MUCH warnings  ) :

apt install zlib1g zlib1g-dev libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-dev libpng16-16 libpng-dev libpcap0.8 libpcap0.8-dev
apt install g++ cmake subversion 

cd /home/guido

old Previous v1.8   :
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svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/previous/code/branches/branch_realtime previous-code

actual Previous v2.2:
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svn checkout https://svn.code.sf.net/p/previous/code/trunk previous-code


cd previous-code
./configure
make

Run the program
cd src
./Previous

For booting the emulation you need a SCSI-HDD-dd-image of NeXTstep 3.3 

You can get it at https://winworldpc.com/product/nextstep/3x inside the file 
Nextstep 3.3 HD Image With Previous

 

The NanoPi A64 gets only 50-100% emulation speed of an original NeXT
A little bit more while using a 68030 CPU and less on the 68040 CPU emulation.

 

PS: because the emulator is using SDL for gfx you need to start the emulator from a graphical terminal on the NanoPi...

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Very cool. Remember saving for a BeBox after that.

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On 8/18/2020 at 6:33 AM, guidol said:

The NanoPi A64 gets only 50-100% emulation speed of an original NeXT
A little bit more while using a 68030 CPU and less on the 68040 CPU emulation.

 

Cool - keep in mind that the M68K on both Mac and NeXT ran in big-endian mode... Looking at the project page, the m68k emu is a bit on the older side...

 

Back in the day, used to have access to an 040 slab - they were neat boxes.