add qemu script to run cf2019Ref.img

[asmodehn]

Attempting to run colorForth on my ubuntu linux machine with qemu.
This starts and seems to work, but I am no expert...

[Howerd]

Hi AlexV,

Thank you for this! It's been on my to-do list for ever.
When you say "seems to work" - does it display the colorForth start screen? If so, you can press F1 to see some help screens.
Do you have some instructions for how to install qemu?

Cheers,
Howerd

[asmodehn]

Hi Howerd,

I saw your presentation of cf2022 on youtube, so given that I have a linux installed, I thought it would be simple enough for me to help a bit.

Currently I can run with qemu and

• the start screen displayed
• the keys and the editor are working fine.
  I m guessing everything is working, but I ll have to dive deeper into it to learn to do something meaningful with it.

To install qemu on ubuntu, I usually rely on some gui, such as aqemu, since I am not familiar with it. So I install like so:

sudo apt install aqemu

A more minimal install is probably possible with

sudo apt install qemu-system

but I didnt test it.

I also found this Makefile that could be helpful to you.

Let me know if I can help tests things on linux.
I have quite a bit of C++ & Python experience, and I m trying to get closer to the silicon...

Thanks for maintaining colorForth !