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+colem (ColecoVision emulator)
+
ColEm is a portable emulator of the old ColecoVision videogame console.
It should run most ColecoVision games and supports Coleco's SuperAction
controllers with spin wheels.
-In order to run ColecoVision games, you will need a copy of the system
-ROM image, but for copyright reasons, no ROM image is included. The
-file is generally called "coleco.rom" or "coleco.zip" (which contains
-"coleco.rom"). If you own a ColecoVision console, depending on the laws
-where you live, it may or may not be legal for you to use a copy of the
-ROM. If it's legal, you can either crack open your console, remove the
-ROM chip, and read the data from it... or use google-fu to find an
-already-dumped image file. Legal issues aside, you have 2 ways to
-provide the ROM image for the emulator to use:
+ColEm uses OSS for audio, so you'll have to either load the OSS
+emulation modules (via /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa-oss), run it as "aoss colem"
+from the command line, or launch it from your desktop by opening a .cv
+or .col file.
+
+In order to run ColecoVision games, you will need a copy of the system
+ROM image, but for copyright reasons, no ROM image is included.
+The file is generally called "coleco.rom" or "coleco.zip" (which
+contains "coleco.rom"). If you own a ColecoVision console, depending
+on the laws where you live, it may or may not be legal for you to use a
+copy of the ROM. If it's legal, you can either crack open your console,
+remove the ROM chip, and read the data from it... or use google-fu to
+find an already-dumped image file. Legal issues aside, you have 2 ways
+to provide the ROM image for the emulator to use:
-1. Place either "coleco.rom" or "coleco.zip" (containing "coleco.rom") in
-the directory with the SlackBuild script. The resulting package will
-include the ROM image in "usr/share/colem/coleco.rom". If you do this,
-DO NOT give anyone a copy of the package! Using the ROM might possibly
-be legal, but bundling it with ColEm is against the ColEm license.
+1. Buld the package with the ROM image:
-2. Build the package without the ROM image. After installing the
-package, manually place a copy of "coleco.rom" in "/usr/share/colem/"
-or "~/.colem/".
+ Place either "coleco.rom" or "coleco.zip" (containing "coleco.rom")
+ in the directory with the SlackBuild script. The resulting package will
+ include the ROM image in "usr/share/colem/coleco.rom". If you do this,
+ DO NOT give anyone a copy of the package! Using the ROM might possibly
+ be legal, but bundling it with ColEm is against the ColEm license.
-Note about the sources: It appears that every time upstream releases a
-new version, the download link for the previous version is removed. If
-you are unable to download the source, try visiting the home page and
-look for a new version of ColEm. If this is the case, please contact
-the maintainer of this script (see the .info file)
+2. Build the package without the ROM image:
-By default, ColEm is built for 24- and 32-bit color depth X11 displays.
-If you intend to run ColEm on an 8- or 16-bpp display, set either
-DISPLAY_BPP=8 or DISPLAY_BPP=16 in the script's environment.
+ After installing the package, manually place a copy of "coleco.rom" in
+ "/usr/share/colem/" or "~/.colem/".