Simon Sorcerer CD32 - works in SVM but not WinUAE or Amiga?
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Fair enough, but I would suggest "Software reimplementation" (or just "Reimplementation" for space purposes) as the title and "program reimplementation" instead of "source port" in the case of ScummVM. It looks more accurate, corresponds with "program executable" and is easier to the lay person who would have no clue what "source port" means.
Your second attempt is much nicer, so ignore minebobdevis wrote:Eeeh, sorry Maximus. I was kind of working ahead of you.. Thought I'd include the bare-metal VM, since that's a fundamentally different concept.
Any more comments, additions, embarrassing errors?
A couple suggestions though: (1) I would change the order you present them; Now that you have "native environment", you should order the columns so they go from "quickest" to "slowest" (as far as overhead is concerned). (2) Maybe call "Source Ports" "Engine Re-implementations" instead? (3) For "native", the bullet points may need a bit of clarification. Maybe something like:* Fastest execution
* May become unstable under newer versions of the target operating system.
Also, if you can fit it in, maybe add a few more examples:
VM: Parallels, QEMU
Bare-Metal: Citrix XEN Server
OS/HW: UAE/WinUAE?
Source-Port: Pentagram
OK, final update I hope. Now I'll look into getting it on the wiki's
Here is the bundle with the svg vector file;
virtual.concept.zip
About native: Strictly speaking native doesn't have to be the fastest. There are some exotic examples where a VM on the same hardware is faster then native.
About the examples: How could I have forgotten my old time favourites DPQuake and Doomsday. They are highly reccomeded if you have Quake1 or Doom, Doom2, Hexen, Heretic collecting dust.
Here is the bundle with the svg vector file;
virtual.concept.zip
I changed the description a bit so it includes reimplementations. To go futher into this is a bit outside de scope of an overvieuw diagramCutlass wrote:ScummVM is not correctly called a "source port" insofar as the SCUMM part was reverse engineered.
About the order: The last one is best alternative, that looks the best way to present it to me.maximus wrote: I would change the order you present them; Now that you have "native environment", you should order the columns so they go from "quickest" to "slowest" [...]
For "native", the bullet points may need a bit of clarification. Maybe something like: * Fastest execution[...]
Also, if you can fit it in, maybe add a few more examples:[...]
About native: Strictly speaking native doesn't have to be the fastest. There are some exotic examples where a VM on the same hardware is faster then native.
About the examples: How could I have forgotten my old time favourites DPQuake and Doomsday. They are highly reccomeded if you have Quake1 or Doom, Doom2, Hexen, Heretic collecting dust.
Last edited by bobdevis on Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:29 am, edited 2 times in total.
bobdevis,
a pity you never replied to my email :/. Well, I still think your picture would fit nicely on e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_port
a pity you never replied to my email :/. Well, I still think your picture would fit nicely on e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_port
