Running Emu71 on Android

[Didier Lachieze]

Hi Valentin,

Thanks for reporting your experience with go71b. I didn't experience the same issues but I also didn't use it as extensively. I also suspect that some issues may be linked to different Android versions.

(09-12-2018 09:58 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  

Quote:[...]so I've looked for a way to run JFG's excellent Emu71 on Android.
I've been able to run it on my 8" tablet, the display is a bit small but I think it should be fine on a 10“ tablet.

Excellent ! I'll try and follow your instructions in order to get it running on my Samsung tablet and if it does I'll never use go71b again. Just a few questions:

How about speed ? Does it run at 128x, 64x, 32x, ... ?
Is it possible to configure extra RAM (16 Kb, 64 Kb, 128 Kb) and arbitrary ROMs or are there tablet-imposed limitations over the ones imposed by Emu71 itself ?

You can change the speed but it's no as simple as selecting 128x, 64x, 32x, ... See DOSBox Performance .
Once you run Emu71 in DOSBox you can configure it as you want, same as on a PC.

(09-12-2018 09:58 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  Why is a file manager needed ? Simply storing the files in Emu71's directory doesn't work ? If it does, you just connect the tablet to a laptop or access the SD card some other way and put/get the files there using your laptop, right ? I assume the file manager would be needed just for files downloaded from some server but not if they are in your laptop.

Yes of course you can copy directly the files from your laptop but generally you use a tablet when/where you don't have your laptop so if you want to install for ex. a new ROM you just downloaded you'll need a file manager.

(09-12-2018 09:58 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  I checked it on google store and it seems that it includes adds and request many permissions which don't seem to be needed for a simple notepad-style app, which I find somewhat suspicious.

There may be better text editors than QuickEdit but the only permission it needs is access to the storage which is expected. Regarding adds it displays an add when you quit the application, it's a bit annoying so if anybody can suggest an ad-free good text editor I will switch.