Tone Stack Calculator: Linux

- last updated 26/08/06 21:39:52

Intro

After many requests, it has been decided to port the Tone Stack Calculator to LINUX, using Borland Kylix it has been possible to move from the original Delphi code under windows to Linux. This is an ongoing activity, which has met with some success so far and even a running copy of Tone Stack Calculator under KDE.

On the right is a screen shot which you can click on it for the full sized picture. You can download the Kylix source or Intel binaries, but please read the notes below before downloading!

Help!

If you can help with this project (mainly advice on how LINUX works for a clueless Windows afficionado), please mail postmaster@duncanamps.com Topic of the day that's screwing me up, is trying to connect to my Win98 box from Linux - it works with smbclient, but how do I browse? Would be grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction.

Notes

The following 3 points are very important!

	This application (in binary or even source) will not run on a non Intel system!
	Please note that the source code is in Kylix (Delphi PASCAL) and not C++, I don't have any plans to port it to C++ either but if you look at the help file on the Windows version there are some snippets in there which should get you started. Regrettably, I cannot offer any advice or help with this as C++ is not my strong point, and I don't have any experience of GUI development with C++ under X-Windows.
	If you just want to run the binary on your i386 Linux system, you will need QtLib 2.0 or higher to run this, so make sure it is on your system. Current distributions of Gnome/KDE come with this.

Resources for developers

If you have an Intel i386 Linux distribution, you can compile the source on your own system with Kylix. Kylix comes in three flavours (Open edition, Desktop edition, Server edition), two of which are presented here:

	Desktop edition: Aimed at those developing commercial non-server applications and its nearest relative is Delphi 6 Professional. You can buy the developer edition for £sterling 164.00 or in the US, it's $199.00 - this is a special offer until 23rd August so hurry hurry... This is one that was used to compile the binary.
	Open edition: There is also a free download available from the Borland site, although the free version cannot be used for commercial software and there are other restrictions on distribution. Full details of both flavours are available at http://www.borland.com/kylix/

System requirements

Just to summarise, you will need the following to run the binary version:

	An Intel based personal computer
	Intel i386 Linux distribution
	X11 based GUI, preferrably KDE or Gnome
	QtLib - if you don't have this, you can download it from Trolltech

If you want to recompile the sources, you will need:

	Kylix desktop edition or...
	Kylix open edition

Download

You can download either the Kylix/Delphi/PASCAL source or Intel binaries by clicking on one of the following links:

	Source (Note: this is Kylix, NOT C++!!!) tonestack-2.0.1.src.tar.gz
	Intel binary for Linux tonestack-2.0.1.i386.tar.gz