emu48 now for android-OS

[Regis Cosnier]

Hi ijabbott,

(04-15-2019 02:29 PM)ijabbott Wrote:  Emu48 for Android is very useful, but I have a couple of questions:

1. What is the legal status of the ROMs included in Emu48 for Android?
2. Would there be much work involved in porting Emu42 to Android?
   

* What is the legal status of the ROMs included in Emu48 for Android?
For the legal status, I only read this in the Christoph Giesselink's web site (https://hp.giesselink.com/emu48faq.htm#ROM):

Quote:Q: Where can I download the ROM files for Emu48?
A: In general all HP-ROM files are copyrighted by Hewlett Packard. But since fall 2000 HP ACO allowed the use of the HP38, 39, 40, 48, 49 ROM's even if you're not an owner of this calculator type.

I hope that it is ok to embed those ROM files in the application.
If this is a concern, I can remove them. It will be a lot less convenient, but it is still possible to use KML files and ROM files from the Android filesystem (with the menu [Custom KML script...]).

* Would there be much work involved in porting Emu42 to Android?
At first look, I guess that it should be possible because thanks to Christoph, the code is very similar. I could try. I just have to replace the original source code and the KML/ROM files... OK, after trying, it misses so some Win32 function, but I definitely continue.