Vice is one of the
most powerful and famous Commodore computers emulators (not Amiga), it is really like an emulation suite since each platform has a
specific executable and you have to call from the console (and not only in
GNU/Linux, although always we can create shortcuts).Now the new version 3.4 was launched with a lot of improvements, but the programmers didn't launch binaries for any GNU/Linux distro, so we need download the source code, uncompress and compile it, but this is very easy typing the next commands in your console (copy & paste):
sudo apt-get install xa65 build-essential byacc texi2html flex libreadline-dev libxaw7-dev texinfo libxaw7-dev libgtk2.0-cil-dev libgtkglext1-dev libpulse-dev
wget -c https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/vice-emu/releases/vice-3.4.tar.gz
tar -zxvf vice-3.4.tar.gz
cd vice-3.4
./configure --with-x --without-pulse --with-sdlsound --enable-sdlui2 make
sudo make install
You need copy the BIOS files in your folder .vice into $HOME folder, inside .vice must be a folder for each system:
C128 C64 C64DTV CBM-II DRIVES PET PLUS4 PRINTER SCPU64 VIC20
These are the commands to run each system:
x128 x64 x64dtv x64sc xcbm2 xcbm5x0 xpet xplus4 xscpu64 xvic
There are also tools to transfer data between your commodore and your PC as c1541 or cartconv to manage floppies or cartridges respectiveness.
You can see the documents enclosed to the software for more details.
