Short:        Emul. c64(dtv),c128,pet,cbm2,plus4,vic20
Author:       Mathias Roslund and Marco van den Heuvel
Uploader:     polluks+aminet sdf lonestar org (Stefan Haubenthal)
Type:         misc/emu
Version:      3.1
Replaces:     misc/emu/VICE-AmigaOS4-3.0.lha
Architecture: ppc-amigaos
URL:          http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net

 This is version 3.1 of VICE, the multi-platform C64, C128, VIC20,
 PET, PLUS4 and CBM-II emulator.  This version can be compiled for
 MSDOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, QNX 4.x, QNX 6.x, AmigaOS, Dingoo,
 Syllable, SkyOS and for most Unix systems provided with
 the X Window System version 11, R5 or later.

 The following programs are included:

   - x64, a C64 emulator;

   - x64sc, a C64 emulator focused on accuracy;

   - xscpu64, a C64 emulator with a SuperCPU cart;

   - x64dtv, a C64 Direct-to-TV (DTV) emulator;

   - x128, a C128 emulator;

   - xvic, a VIC20 emulator;

   - xpet, a PET emulator;

   - xplus4, a PLUS4 emulator;

   - xcbm2, a CBM-6x0/7x0 emulator;

   - xcbm5x0, a CBM-5x0 emulator;

   - vsid, a SID player;

   - c1541, a stand-alone disk image maintenance utility;

   - petcat, a CBM BASIC de-tokenizer;

   - cartconv, a C64/C128 cartridge conversion program.

 Moreover, the following documents are provided in both source and
 binary distributions:

   - README, this file;

   - COPYING, the GNU General Public License under which VICE is
     distributed -- *please read it before using the program*;

   - INSTALL, installation instructions;

   - NEWS, list of user-visible changes between this and older versions of VICE;

   - FEEDBACK, something you should read before reporting bugs or sending mail 
     to any of the authors;

 The following documents are provided in the source distribution:

   - in the doc directory:

     - vice.texi, the complete documentation; documentation in various different
       formats may be generated from it (vice.txt, vice.pdf, vice.chm, vice.hlp, 
       vice.guide, vice.inf, vice.info)
     - NLS-Howto.txt, some documentation about Unix NLS support;
     - iec-bus.txt, overview of the VICE IEC bus emulation;
     - CIA-README.txt, overview of the VICE CIA emulation;
     - coding-guidelines.txt, description of VICE coding style
     - Documentation-Howto.txt, information on how to edit the documentation
     - Doxygen-Howto.txt, how to generate doxygen documentation
     - MacOSX-ResourceTree.txt, overview of the Mac OSX resource tree

   - in the doc/readmes directory:

     - Readme-DOS.txt, MS-DOS specific documentation;
     - Readme-BeOS.txt, BeOS specific documentation;
     - Readme-Amiga.txt, Amiga specific documentation;
     - Readme-MacOSX.txt, Mac OSX specific documentation;
     - Readme-OS2.txt, OS/2 specific documentation;
     - Readme-SDL.txt, SDL specific documentation;

   - in the doc/building directory:

     - MSDOS-Howto.txt, how to compile the MSDOS port.
     - MSDOS-Ethernet-Howto.txt, how to compile the MSDOS port with ethernet 
       support.
     - OpenWatcom-Howto.txt, how to compile the MSDOS port with open watcom
     - Win32-Mingw32-Howto.txt, how to compile the Win32 port using ming32
     - Win32-Cygwin-Howto.txt, how to compile the Win32 port using cygwin
     - Linux-Mingw32-Howto.txt, how to crosscompile the Win32 port on linux
     - MacOSX-Howto.txt, how to compile the Mac OSX port
     - Minix-Howto.txt, how to compile the Minix port
     - OpenVMS-Howto.txt, how to compile the OpenVMS port
     - SDL-Howto.txt, how to compile the SDL port

 For the latest news, have a look at the VICE home page:

     http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/

 Also some information that was previously included in the distribution has been
 moved into our wiki at sourceforge:

   - The TODO list,
     http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Todo#New_Features

   - The list of known BUGS,
     http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Todo#Known_Issues

 New versions are made available quite often, so please stay tuned.


 Have fun!