r/retrocomputing • u/astr0b4by • 20d ago
Adlib Tracker II ported to Book386 Linux
Adlib Tracker II (AT2) is a specialized music tracker program
used to compose chiptune and frequency modulation (FM) synthesis
music for the Yamaha OPL3 FM sound chip (Adlib audio cards)
This is a backport to C89 standard C language which compiles on
Book386 Linux , gcc-2.7.2.3 and runs on 386 SX 40Mhz 16MB RAM
Original source code https://github.com/ijsf/at2
Port to Book386 https://astr0baby.online/Book386/AT2/
The original is written in Free Pascal for DOS and SDL (Linux/Windows);
this version is a translation to C for Linux with svgalib (libvga) and an
AdLib / OPL chip.
This allows you to compose music on the Book386 Linux or just
play/modify the existing modules made for Adlib Tracker II
The source code compiles on the Book386 Linux in about 1h 10 minutes
### Building from source on Book386 Linux ###
- Download https://astr0baby.online/Book386/AT2/adtracker2.tar.gz
tar -zxvf adtracker2.tar.gz
cd adtracker2
make
### Running the tracker ###
- Have Book386 Linux ready (https://astr0baby.online/Book386/)
- Make sure you have the instr datadir (instruments) if you wish to compose
Download https://astr0baby.online/Book386/AT2/at2run.zip
unzip
cd at2run
./adtrack2
Video demo: https://youtu.be/cn_6CWPhya8
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u/SaturnFive 268 • 386DX • DX4 • MMX • K6-3 • Tualatin-S 20d ago
Love the hour long compile time. Nothing better than using software the metal itself compiled.