MiSTer FPGA Forum

I have my MiSTress A600 up and working now and I love it. One thing I can't figure out is the controller ports though. I have connected a genesis controller and go though a button mapping session, and it seems to register all my buttons, but then when I get into the MiSTer menu or into a game the controller does not work. Is there a trick to get i...

Hi! Any news on any of these designs? Have they been made available in the meantime? Cheers The 1200 backplate will not fit with old Mistress 1200 kits as there is no enough clearence between the case and the PCB. The only way to make it work is to cut the backplate on a very thin material (acetate sheet for example). As for the 40mm fan for the M...

Curious if 8bits4ever is going to do another run of the MiSTress 500. They don't seem to have anything in stock on their website and I've received to no reply from the contact us form there. :( We do have stock from time to time. The best is to use the "Notify When Available" button at the product page to get an automatic notification as...

- a 3D printed backplate to mask all the back connectors - Having the wholes there makes it look slightly amateurish. - Having an adapter for a larger fan. The fan it ships with is significantly noisier than the one I had in my MiSTer before and I cannot use it because the adapter only fits the smaller fan. We've done a backplate for the new MiSTr...

I noticed an issue with the keyboard not reacting properly to shift/capslock keys. Should I report it here or at Github? Are you using keyb to load non-us keyboard layout? That does not work properly yet. Yes, exactly. As far as Im aware of shift key fails when using KEYB to load a different layout. There is also a problem with Caps Lock LED not r...

Excellent job! Is quite nice for running early PC games and applications. Kudos!

I noticed an issue with the keyboard not reacting properly to shift/capslock keys. Should I report it here or at Github?

Thanks!

Did you try running anything else than MiSTer setup (for example the content included by default on the SD card)?

We could offer some units at our online store (8bits4ever.net), if thats ok with the creators of course. I've talked to venice about it and we are both ok with that. :D Please note that there will be version 1.1 which offers switching between 3.3V and 5V input level from SNAC/User Port without the need to change components: PCB and case are finish...

We could offer some units at our online store (8bits4ever.net), if thats ok with the creators of course.

Just wondering, are the two DB9 ports on the 600 kit compatible with Sega Genesis/Mega Drive controllers - in particular the six button ones? Yes, unlike the previous MiSTress models (which have a single DB9 port CD32 compatible), the MiSTress 600 has two low latency DB9 ports compatible with Sega Megadrive (3 or 6 buttons), Master System, Atari a...

venice wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:43 am Was one of the drives working?
Silly question, did you use different ID‘s for the drives?

Yes, I tried different IDs for each drive.

There was a combination (I belive having the older 1541 first on the daisy chain, but Im not sure now) that resulted in one drive working.

Here are some pics of the new MiSTress board for the A600:

@Daniel8b that looks very nice. I'm looking forward to your test results daisy-chaining multiple iec devices. I did a quick test with two 1541 (one 1541 and one 1541 II) and so far I was not able to get them running at the same time... Probably is too much for the level shifter to drive. But hey, one drive is already great to check out all those o...

Here is one:

Ok! I can confirm the SMD PBC is working fine. I will now test it with two devices to see how it goes.

Greets!

venice wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:22 pm Many Thx

Just as a note, the Full-SMD PCB is (currently) untested.

I'll test it out and post my findings here. I have a couple of 1541s and some IEC2SD around...

Cheers!

Please post it and I will add it ;) Got it done in my head actually, but if Im not wrong should be something like this: R1-R4: 0 ohm 0805 resistors (optional) R5-R12: 10k 0805 resistors C1-C3: 100nf 0805 capacitors Q1-Q4: N-Channel SOT23 MOSFET transistors (BSS138 or similar) U1: 3.3v LM1117 SOT223 regulator J1: USB3 type A connector J2: 6 pin DIN...

The only Pin on the IEC Connector which is actualy not connected is Pin 1 (SERIAL SRQ) and is described as "not used" by the C64. https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Serial_Port But the C128 use it with the 1571/1581, so the PCB needs a re-design for the C128 if needed. Would be possible to share the BOM file for the full SMD version? I dont s...

For some reason I can´t get analog Video to work. Screen stays completely white. VGA->Scart Cable works fine on the other MiSTer. Did I miss something? Assuming you are outputting RGB 15khz, is likely your screen is expecting blanking. You probably need to close the VGA_PWR jumper. Leading to my next question, if I understood the 2 Audio Chinch So...

ByteMavericks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:55 pm Marvellous! Yes, I created a version of the common audio code to interface, but optimised for mister, here: https://github.com/ByteMavericks/MiMimiKB

OMG! We've been using your code all along:
https://github.com/8bits4ever/MiMimiKB

Thank you so much for sharing it!

Would you be up for adding to the keymap at all? Hi, it is possible to remap some keys. In fact we've released a binary for non-US keyboards (to remap the two international keys). Of course, you will need to reprogram the micro controller chip, either from the Arduino IDE using a male-to-male USB cable or with AVRDude using an USBasp programmer. I...

akeley wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:42 pm Somebody said that they emailed you about availability and they got a reply there might be none available in 2022. Is that true?

What product are you referring to?

We have a few products affected by the global semiconductor shortage, but not the MiSTress.

An Amiga 600 version is definitely possible, but I dont think there are so many A600 units out there that people wants to cannibalise. If someone starts making A600 repro cases we will make a board for sure...

Hey there!

I thought I just share a couple of pictures of the new MiSTress 1200 here:


Cheers!