Stella

There is a copy of Stella for Intel floating around. Does it run for anyone? I could not get it to run on OPENSTEP 4.2 Intel

Hi, just have tried Stella.0.7.m.I.tar.gz on OpenStep 4.2 and it works perfectly fine with the test ROMs provided with the package.

Only quirk I noticed: after starting Stella a ROM needs to be actively loaded from the applications menu. Navigate to the Stella.app / Resources folder and select one of the three test ROMs. Then click "start" in the Stella window.

Quote from: nuss on November 08, 2022, 11:48:30 AMHi, just have tried Stella.0.7.m.I.tar.gz on OpenStep 4.2 and it works perfectly fine with the test ROMs provided with the package.

That is really interesting you were able to get it to run. When I click the App from the File Viewer, it just closes , I don't see a window or anything. I tried launching from the command line hoping to see perhaps a message and got an NSRangeException...

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Hi @wizard , yes, the app ran just fine by double-clicked.

What you described happened to me before. Three ideas:

Files (inside Stell.app) got corrupted during transfer (e.g. unzipped the app on a PC and ftp'd it to OpenStep box in "ascii" mode).
Please always use "binary" mode when transferring by ftp.

Wrong permissions on folders and/or files (e.g. no execute rights on the application file inside the Stella.app folder, or missing read rights on some file or folder)

Normally you see app-errors in the console window. But you can analyze with Terminal.app, too:

- open Terminal.app and type "cd " (with space at the end)
- then drag and drop the Stella.app icon onto Terminal.app to get the path to the app folder
- press return-key, you should now be inside the Stella.app folder (in the shell in Terminal)
- type ./Stella to start the application
- watch out for errors that got printed in the shell / Terminal

Good luck :)


EDIT: oh dear. Sorry just now saw your attached window, where you already debugged from Terminal.

So just another shoot into the dark: do you have OpenStep 4.2 installed with all Patches available and with the full Development Tools?

And here are the sizes and timestamps of Stella.app that I used:

.:
total 364
dr-xr-xr-x   3 1000 100   4096 May 12  1998 .
drwxr-xr-x 210 1000 100  69632 Nov  9 21:02 ..
-r--r--r--   1 1000 100    290 May 12  1998 .dir3_0.wmd
dr-xr-xr-x   4 1000 100   4096 May 12  1998 Resources
-r-xr-xr-x   1 1000 100 286032 May 12  1998 Stella

./Resources:
total 276
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100  4096 May 12  1998 .
dr-xr-xr-x 3 1000 100  4096 May 12  1998 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100   169 May 12  1998 AppInfo.plist
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  8192 Jun  7  1997 ELK.BIN
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100  4096 Apr 16  1998 English.lproj
dr-xr-xr-x 2 1000 100  4096 May 12  1998 HelpDoc.rtfd
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100    24 Apr  8  1998 Help.plist
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100   445 May 12  1998 Info-nextstep.plist
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  2048 Jun  7  1997 OKIEDOKE.BIN
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 19394 May 12  1998 reb3d.tiff
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  2418 May 12  1998 RelNotes.rtf
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  9410 May 12  1998 stella-fuji-small-cart.tiff
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  9410 May 12  1998 stella-fuji-small.tiff
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 85314 May 12  1998 stella-fuji.tiff
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 59568 May 12  1998 stella-text.tiff
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 40821 Jun  7  1997 stella.vcs
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  4096 Jun  7  1997 TEST.BIN

./Resources/English.lproj:
total 20
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100 4096 Apr 16  1998 .
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100 4096 May 12  1998 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100   24 Apr 16  1998 Help.plist
dr-xr-xr-x 2 1000 100 4096 May 12  1998 NEXTSTEP_Stella.nib
dr-xr-xr-x 2 1000 100 4096 Mar 14  1997 WINDOWS_Stella.nib

./Resources/English.lproj/NEXTSTEP_Stella.nib:
total 24
dr-xr-xr-x 2 1000 100 4096 May 12  1998 .
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100 4096 Apr 16  1998 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  827 May 12  1998 data.classes
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 9003 May 12  1998 objects.nib

./Resources/English.lproj/WINDOWS_Stella.nib:
total 16
dr-xr-xr-x 2 1000 100 4096 Mar 14  1997 .
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100 4096 Apr 16  1998 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100   74 Dec 19  1996 data.classes
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 3586 Dec 19  1996 objects.nib

./Resources/HelpDoc.rtfd:
total 40
dr-xr-xr-x 2 1000 100  4096 May 12  1998 .
dr-xr-xr-x 4 1000 100  4096 May 12  1998 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100 28332 May 12  1998 keymap2.tiff
-r--r--r-- 1 1000 100  2113 May 12  1998 TXT.rtf


My blocksizes are different:

total 290
-r--r--r--  1 wizard       290 May 12  1998 .dir3_0.wmd
drwxr-xr-x  4 wizard      1024 May 12  1998 Resources/
-r-xr-xr-x  1 wizard    286032 May 12  1998 Stella*

Resources:
total 244
-r--r--r--  1 wizard       169 May 12  1998 AppInfo.plist
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      8192 Jun  7  1997 ELK.BIN
drwxr-xr-x  4 wizard      1024 Apr 16  1998 English.lproj/
-r--r--r--  1 wizard        24 Apr  7  1998 Help.plist
drwxr-xr-x  2 wizard      1024 May 12  1998 HelpDoc.rtfd/
-r--r--r--  1 wizard       445 May 12  1998 Info-nextstep.plist
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      2048 Jun  7  1997 OKIEDOKE.BIN
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      2418 May 12  1998 RelNotes.rtf
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      4096 Jun  7  1997 TEST.BIN
-r--r--r--  1 wizard     19394 May 12  1998 reb3d.tiff
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      9410 May 12  1998 stella-fuji-small-cart.tiff
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      9410 May 12  1998 stella-fuji-small.tiff
-r--r--r--  1 wizard     85314 May 12  1998 stella-fuji.tiff
-r--r--r--  1 wizard     59568 May 12  1998 stella-text.tiff
-r--r--r--  1 wizard     40821 Jun  7  1997 stella.vcs

Resources/English.lproj:
total 3
-r--r--r--  1 wizard        24 Apr 16  1998 Help.plist
drwxr-xr-x  2 wizard      1024 May 12  1998 NEXTSTEP_Stella.nib/
drwxr-xr-x  2 wizard      1024 Mar 14  1997 WINDOWS_Stella.nib/

Resources/English.lproj/NEXTSTEP_Stella.nib:
total 10
-r--r--r--  1 wizard       827 May 12  1998 data.classes
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      9003 May 12  1998 objects.nib

Resources/English.lproj/WINDOWS_Stella.nib:
total 5
-r--r--r--  1 wizard        74 Dec 18  1996 data.classes
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      3586 Dec 18  1996 objects.nib

Resources/HelpDoc.rtfd:
total 31
-r--r--r--  1 wizard      2113 May 12  1998 TXT.rtf
-r--r--r--  1 wizard     28332 May 12  1998 keymap2.tiff

Hi @wizard ,

files look the same to me, especially timestamps. (Re: blocksize, my "ls" was taken on a Linux box).

Do you have the following installed? (not sure if required, but my box has and there needs to be a difference somewhere between our setups)

Packages from Receipts folder:

• DeveloperLibs (for OS4.2)
• DeveloperTools (for OS4.2)
• ProfileLibs (for OS4.2)
• OmniFrameworks (beta for OS4.2)
• OS42MachDeveloperPatch4
• OS42MachProfileLibPatch4
• OS42MachUserPatch4

Think I do not have EOF installed.

Can not fully remember if all the older OS42 Patches need to be installed, but think Patch4 contained all former fixes.

And here some images of the installed Frameworks:




   

Maybe a library is missing or older (buggy) on your installation?