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AmintaMister

Ok, I've just made an hour-session of playing both with Zx Spectrum and Zx81 core and all it works without disconnections, thanks! So I think the problem it's only in bluetooth mode... Sorry my fault, I didn't know that I can use the keyboard in USB mode too!

AmintaMister

Wireless mode but... wait, the wired mode isn't only for recharge? Not at all. I don't even have a Bluetooth dongle connected to the MiSTer. My Recreated (and everything else I have connected - keyboard, mouse, controllers) communicates directly via USB. Could you try connecting it with a USB cable to see if that changes anything? Sure, I will, ev...

AmintaMister

LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:21 pm
The keyboard works with a Bluetooth dongle right? Maybe something is going on with that?

I don't think so, it's a new abouth Edimax and I've tried also the ASUS and in layer B the connection is still present...

AmintaMister

pgimeno wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:50 pm
LamerDeluxe wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:21 pm
The keyboard works with a Bluetooth dongle right? Maybe something is going on with that?

It can work either wired or wireless. I haven't tried the wireless mode, everything I use is wired.

@AmintaMister, do you use it in wired or wireless mode?

Wireless mode but... wait, the wired mode isn't only for recharge?

AmintaMister

I can't reproduce; I left the core running overnight and it kept working this morning. Could it be a temperature problem? Do you have a fan? I have tested extensively and the same problem occurs for the Zx81 core, but I don't think it is a real disconnection problem, because when the keyboard suddenly no longer works within a game, if I go back to...

AmintaMister

I'm taking a small detour now. The current state of DOSContainer allows me to package just about anything from the dawn of time until about 1985. That's where I'll start, and I want the process be friendly to outside contribution. So in short: I'm completing the zipfile downloader feature on DOSContainer to enable the layered build architecture th...

AmintaMister

Hi there, unfortunately I've discovered that, while the Recreated works fine with ZX81, in Zx Spectrum core - after 20 minutes (plus or more) of use, it loses systematically the connection...

AmintaMister

Where did he say that? And as I mentioned in my post above, I was able to get it working in my setup. Edit: Ah, I see where he said it now, but if you keep reading, @alexoughton did seem to figure it out, and as mentioned I was able to get it working with SDD653 using his posted settings. So is Rayman working? Alright, so I tried Rayman in my VHD ...

AmintaMister

Flynnsbits's answer from a year or 2 ago is still as valid as it was when he posted it. VESA won't work on this core in its current state. Where did he say that? And as I mentioned in my post above, I was able to get it working in my setup. Edit: Ah, I see where he said it now, but if you keep reading, @alexoughton did seem to figure it out, and a...

AmintaMister

limi wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:51 pm
AmintaMister wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:39 am
Simply check the <mtime> on archive.org to know if an archive was updated and compare it with a locally saved data (in XML form).

Modification time would work as well, yes — I am not familiar with the APIs here, so I will leave the implementation to the ones actually writing the code

Any idea about a special .vhd to store saves?

AmintaMister

We’d have to update the checksum when a new archive is built, but that could easily be put in a checksums folder on archive.org for an updater to use as reference. Or something similar. That makes sense! 0mhz is awesome and it's already in a great state, happy to support whatever system you guys have in mind. One idea for a simple approach to vers...

AmintaMister

The currently followed approach here is not going to work. The source of truth can never be the live GitHub file pulled straight from main . Either one needs to work out a system with tags and atomic releases, or — if one wants to have it be a live evolving project with the binaries being updated as soon as they are ready — a system that e.g. uses...

AmintaMister

Are you going to handle the slew of games that have multiple sound configs at all? Like MT32, General MIDI, SB(Pro/16) in different combinations? I've had this in some cases and the BAT-menu at startup gets really long supporting all those permutations. For instance Sierra adventures using SCI. They support many graphics options (Hercules, CGA 4-c...

AmintaMister

The following PR I have just created may be of interest: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/pull/887 With this, we can indicate in the MGL file, a CFG file associated with a core set. Not only that, but any change to it inside the core will affect only this CFG in core...leaving ao486.cfg , pcxt.cfg or any other of the default config path...

AmintaMister

Format C: as FAT12 now also works. IBM and MS made a lot of assumptions that they never actually put into prose. It's not easy getting a faithfully emulated XT to eat just any random variety of hard disk, even if it's no bigger than 32MB. Good thing is that the IBM 5160 technical manual comes with the full Assembler listings of both the HDD contro...

AmintaMister

Time for an update. I've been silent for a while. That's a combination of my day job plus a rewrite of DOSContainer in Rust. I figured that the shell script is usable for now. It works, which is better than the vaporware DOSContainer was for a long time, but it's a maintenance nightmare. I'm currently writing the whole thing in Rust: no more leani...

AmintaMister

spark2k06 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:35 am
AmintaMister wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:27 am
So, no luck to support Pc Jr Bios even only for the booters?

It has many implications. I know kitune-san is working on a version of PCJr, currently as POC:

https://github.com/kitune-san/KFPCJr

Maybe in the future it will become a reality and we can have a core exclusive to this system.

Great news to hear, thanks!

AmintaMister

So, no luck to support Pc Jr Bios even only for the booters?

AmintaMister

You can do other multiples: 640x600@59.8Hz, 1280x600@59.8Hz, 640x200@179.4Hz (although this one may be too much stress on it) Thanks! I've tried 640x600@59.8Hz, it works but obviously when the resolution changes because a game starts, it keeps this "text mode" resolution; in A0486 you can set the "dynamic video modes" instead.....

AmintaMister

Bas wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:33 am
I got a heads-up this morning that a number of links on the release page were broken. They're fixed now!

Hi! Your FTP is not working these days...

AmintaMister

For the possibly wider community of Mac users: something I wasn't aware of, but macOS switched to ZSH a few major releases ago and that won't work. You must use Bash for the framework script. Bash can be installed through Homebrew (https://brew.sh). Once you have Homebrew up and running, it's a matter of running 'brew install bash', making the 'bu...

AmintaMister

Did some catching up to @NML32's homework. A whole slew of additions made the list today. I haven't been able to test them all myself yet, but the ones I did pull through PCEM worked just fine. I still have some work to do on enabling CD-ROM games, but I'm getting there. Day job gets in the way, as it tends to do.. ;-) New additions: Altered Desti...

AmintaMister

thera34 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:04 am
Yes, because by default the core's IP address assigned via PPP would be .254, first three octets being your LAN specific (like 192.168.1.0/24 in most cases).
Here is the up-to-date how-to on PPP (and not only)connections on different cores/OSes: https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_M ... connection

Thanks a lot!

AmintaMister

Hi! I've followed all the instructions, but pinging google.com (or other servers) I get: "error resolving server name". Sequence: C:\>epppdd com1 115200 local sifaddr pppO: local 192.168.1.254, remote 192.168.1.90, netmask 255.255.255.0. Installed packet driver handler at vector 0x60. C:\>ping google.com mTCP Ping by M Brutman (mbbrutman...

AmintaMister

Hi! I've followed all the instructions, but pinging google.com (or other servers) I get: "error resolving server name". Sequence: C:\>epppdd com1 115200 local sifaddr pppO: local 192.168.1.254, remote 192.168.1.90, netmask 255.255.255.0. Installed packet driver handler at vector 0x60. C:\>ping google.com mTCP Ping by M Brutman (mbbrutman@...

AmintaMister

Hi there, thanks as ever for this fundamental release! One question: I'm using MiSTer+AmigaVision on my VGA Crt 31khz monitor that has a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 / 60Hz (Non-Interlace). I've noticed that the recommended settings for mister.ini outputs a "squashed" image on VGA, so I've set video_mode_ntsc=4 video_mode_pal=4 (128...

AmintaMister

Hi there, thanks as ever for this fundamental release! One question: I'm using MiSTer+AmigaVision on my VGA Crt 31khz monitor that has a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 / 60Hz (Non-Interlace). I've noticed that the recommended settings for mister.ini outputs a "squashed" image on VGA, so I've set video_mode_ntsc=4 video_mode_pal=4 (1280...

AmintaMister

I may be going just a little bit overboard here, but my framework now eats YAML instead of raw Bash for game configuration. I'd say something like this looks reasonable for human authors to create: metadata: title: Quest for Glory I publisher: Sierra OnLine year: 1989 comment: Original EGA version diskname: qfg1.vhd disksize: 10 distfiles: - name:...

AmintaMister

Bas wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:22 pm
Just wanted to drop something cool here:

https://www.brutman.com/mTCP/mTCP_NetDrive.html

I have nothing to do with this tool but it looks incredibly useful. Will be testing it myself later this week. The prospect of remote mounting actual disks from DOS looks really tempting!

Very interesting! So can we map a file image from a local NAS?

AmintaMister

The core itself does not support CD-audio according to the AO486 Github README. There is code in there from a commit on the 16th of August of this year, but I'm not sure in how far this has all been wired into the handling of the BIN/CUE format itself to allow MS-DOS to actually handle these mixed mode CD's properly and feed the audio back out. So...

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