XRoar is an emulator for the Dragon 32, Dragon 64, and Tandy CoCo computers all originally released in the early ’80s.
The emulator runs under Unix-like OSes (using SDL for video and OSS for audio) and the GP32 handheld gaming device.
The Dragon was an 8-bit personal computer based upon the Motorola MC6809E microprocessor.
Features include:
- Emulates Dragon 32, Dragon 64, Tano Dragon, Tandy CoCo 1/2.
- Emulates DragonDOS, Delta and RSDOS disk systems.
- Raw and translated keyboard modes.
- Reads and writes virtual cassettes (“.cas” files).
- Reads audio files as cassette input.
- Reads and writes DMK format virtual floppy diskettes.
- Reads (and supports in-memory writing of) JVC and VDK format virtual floppy diskettes.
- Custom snapshot format.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows.
Website: www.6809.org.uk/xroar
Support: Manual
Developer: Ciaran Anscomb
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
XRoar is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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