#!/usr/bin/env python3 """gbjoin - launch a windowed Game Boy and plug its link port into a running gbhub, so it joins the shared network (gets a DHCP lease, can talk to the other Game Boys and the internet). Start the hub first, in its own terminal: sudo tools/gbhub --daemon Then, one per terminal: tools/gbjoin # sixel + Game Boy chrome (default) tools/gbjoin --palette green # any sl0pboy display options pass through No root needed (the hub opens the link socket world-connectable). On the Game Boy: SELECT toggles the on-screen keyboard, then type e.g. ping 10.0.0.3. """ import os, sys, subprocess, shutil HOME = os.path.expanduser("~") EMU = os.path.join(HOME, "dev/gbc/build/sl0pboy") ROM = os.path.join(HOME, "dev/gbos/gbos.gb") SOCK = "/tmp/gbhub.sock" if not os.path.exists(EMU): sys.exit("gbjoin: emulator not found at " + EMU) if not os.path.exists(SOCK): sys.exit("gbjoin: no hub at %s - start it first: sudo tools/gbhub --daemon" % SOCK) opts = sys.argv[1:] or ["--sixel", "--chrome"] rom = "/tmp/gbjoin_%d.gb" % os.getpid() # our own copy so battery saves don't clash shutil.copyfile(ROM, rom) os.execvp(EMU, [EMU] + opts + ["--serial-sock", SOCK, rom])