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arcadegamer

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emuloader: help to resurrect an open source project
« on: March 15, 2026, 08:30:31 pm »
Hi everybody,

In Memory of Ciro (1974 - 2021)

It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of a dear friend and a cornerstone of our community. On December 7, 2021, we lost Ciro, a person who meant so much to all of us.

For over 24 years, Ciro was a dedicated and passionate presence behind the development and growth of EmuLoader. His commitment, kindness, and tireless work helped shape this project into what it is today. To say he will be missed is an understatement; his absence leaves a void that will be felt by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.

Official Obituary:

You can find the funeral notice and obituary details at the following link:

https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/curitiba/falecimentos/falecimentos-curitiba-7-12-2021/

There is a project called emuloader of a very good man Ciro Consentino who passed away some years ago. He dedicated 20+ years of his life to make and update this program.
Now there is a person trying to resurrect the code but there are custom written parts missing (not online on the website) and it's hard...

Do you want to help? I ask this great community to resurrect this man's life work and passion. Together we can do it!!!

All information:

https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=401691&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

https://emuloader.com/

https://forum.emuloader.com/

If you want to help, post something on the forums and find email contact on the homepage.

Best regards
Arcadegamer

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Re: emuloader: help to resurrect an open source project
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2026, 06:55:14 am »
Sad to hear. My condolances.

Note that the github repository contains some copyrighted units from the Borland Delphi 7 RTL/VCL.
You should remove them. It will not damage the project in any way since these units are unmodified.
The project can still compile or made to compile in both FPC/Lazarus and newer Delphi versions.

Plz remove:
Buttons.pas, comctrls.pas, commctrl.pas, controls.pas, dialogs.pas, extctrls.pas, graphics.pas, inifiles.pas, menus.pas, richedit.pas, shellctrls.pas, stdctrls.pas.
( and windows.pas, although that is strictly not necessary because (c) microsoft and a waver)

All those units are copyrighted, not open sourced, and are not necessary for the code to compile, because they are standard in Delphi and Lazarus has the same named equivalents.

Note that Borland has published the rtl/vcl code for D7/Kylix3 themselves through free versions. Notably on Btitish and German magazines accompanying disks, D7 pro, and a GPL'd version for Kylix.
If you claim the Kylix code it is GPL so limited, otherwise it is plain commercially licensed.
(You can claim GPL on the code if you set the GPL flag in D7 system.pas.....a lesser known feature. You can NOT downgrade from GPL to, say, LGPL, though, but the GPL is legal.)
« Last Edit: March 18, 2026, 04:39:12 pm by Thaddy »
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valdir.marcos

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Re: emuloader: help to resurrect an open source project
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2026, 05:30:52 am »
Hi everybody,

In Memory of Ciro (1974 - 2021)

It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of a dear friend and a cornerstone of our community. On December 7, 2021, we lost Ciro, a person who meant so much to all of us.

For over 24 years, Ciro was a dedicated and passionate presence behind the development and growth of EmuLoader. His commitment, kindness, and tireless work helped shape this project into what it is today. To say he will be missed is an understatement; his absence leaves a void that will be felt by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.

Official Obituary:

You can find the funeral notice and obituary details at the following link:

https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/curitiba/falecimentos/falecimentos-curitiba-7-12-2021/

There is a project called emuloader of a very good man Ciro Consentino who passed away some years ago. He dedicated 20+ years of his life to make and update this program.
Now there is a person trying to resurrect the code but there are custom written parts missing (not online on the website) and it's hard...

Do you want to help? I ask this great community to resurrect this man's life work and passion. Together we can do it!!!

All information:

https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=401691&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

https://emuloader.com/

https://forum.emuloader.com/

If you want to help, post something on the forums and find email contact on the homepage.

Best regards
Arcadegamer

Meus pêsames pelo passamento precoce de Ciro Alfredo Consentino em Curitiba-PR aos 47 anos em 07 de dezembro de 2021.


https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=401694&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1
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Jason
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Re: emuloader.com
03/10/26 03:17 PM

That's correct - Delphi. I think that was Ciro's main hang up with getting people to help with Emuloader - there's weren't any people that knew Delphi.

https://github.com/ilsaul/emuloader

https://emuloader.com/

Are you studying Free Pascal and Lazarus to work on Ciro's open source projects?

 

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