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- Wed Mar 10, 2021 7:07 pm
- Forum: Linux
- Topic: Cannot write to `/root` directory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2758
Re: Cannot write to `/root` directory
What exactly are you trying to achieve?
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:42 pm
- Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
- Topic: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 25586
Re: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
So nobody here misses a CPU with MMU capabilities? That's at least my main takeaway from this thread so far.
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:40 pm
- Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
- Topic: Redbook CD Audio Support?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8112
Re: Redbook CD Audio Support?
Heh I lived through DOS because my dad thought it prudent to buy a massively overpriced PC right before I finally saved enough for myself to buy an A500. I did get one years later out of nostalgia. Amiga is still superior in many ways. The crap one takes for granted in Microsoft-land boggles the mind. The 7th guest was one stunning game at the time...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
- Topic: Redbook CD Audio Support?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8112
Re: Redbook CD Audio Support?
Love the story! The MegaCD implements Red Book.. should be doable if it fits I guess.
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:45 pm
- Forum: Development for MiSTer
- Topic: AUDIO Implementation (Amiga AND Framework)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12523
Re: AUDIO Implementation (Amiga AND Framework)
Awesome work, thank you!!
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:41 pm
- Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
- Topic: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 25586
Re: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
How is a request for an accurate FPGA-simulated Amiga 3000 craziness? Software emulation did Amiga long before MiSTer was even a thing. By your reasoning the whole project should not have happened because there already was a working alternative. Sure an A3000 may be darned near impossible to do (I don't know) and the value of it may be low in terms...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:04 pm
- Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
- Topic: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 25586
Re: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
That's quite a bold statement: the only useful hardware config. Being an overclocked 68k adds nothing functionally. A 60030 with MMU and FPU would. WinUAE needs a PC with Windows. That's completely incomparable to the instant-on hassle-free near native feel in a tiny box of the MiSTer. Which model? Simply the most basic initially released version o...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:06 am
- Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
- Topic: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 25586
Re: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
I'm not looking for useful UNIX on a MiSTer. I have FreeBSD 13 for amd64 coming for that this month. I'm also not looking for a fast Amiga. What I am looking for, and what FPGA is amazing at, is faithful reproduction of rare, old and fragile computers so that their workings can be experienced and studied without breaking the bank or requiring train...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:00 pm
- Forum: Amiga (Minimig)
- Topic: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 25586
Re: Faster CPU for Minimig core?
A fully decked-out 68030/40 with FPU, MMU. would open up many doors, not just Amiga related. A lot of early UNIX workstation gear was also based on the bigger 68k's, AMIX may even run, not to mention Apple Macintosh with a bit more oomph than the MacPlus. But beggars can't be choosers so I patiently await what the gurus produce.
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: DVD Player Core?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17638
Re: DVD Player Core?
Possible? Sure. But don't hold your breath for one. Other options are far easier. Like getting an old player for next to nothing second hand.
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:04 pm
- Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
- Topic: Old Sun, SGI, DEC?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6654
Re: Old Sun, SGI, DEC?
Would love to try some of that. Care to point me in the right direction?
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:38 pm
- Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
- Topic: Old Sun, SGI, DEC?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6654
Old Sun, SGI, DEC?
Is there any chance at all for implementations of old SGI workstations like the IRIS 1400, Next computer, old Sun workstations.. things like that? Seems mostly m68k based + weird interconnects to me but I may be wrong. Is anyone working on these? Would DEC VAX or even Alpha fit?
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
- Topic: FreeBSD not booting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2884
Re: FreeBSD not booting
These old versions should run on a bare 386. Slowly, but they should run. The FPU requirement came with the 3.x branch if I'm not mistaken.
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: Development for MiSTer
- Topic: Can code break the FPGA?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2324
Can code break the FPGA?
A question I remember from way back: some malware is able to physically damage hardware. Think of running disk heads across platters really fast all the time, making them bump into a mechanical guard repeatedly and causing damage. Other than this kind of method, software can't really break a computer. But how is this for an FPGA? Could I write some...
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:11 pm
- Forum: Display Devices
- Topic: Which one is faster - DVI vs VGA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2716
Re: Which one is faster - DVI vs VGA
HDMI to DVI does not convert, it's pin-compatible. VGA does get converted to digital by the screen, so HDMI will probably be faster for you.
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:16 am
- Forum: Development for MiSTer
- Topic: Learning path for FPGA
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23961
Learning path for FPGA
Hey all. I've been thoroughly loving my MiSTer setup for months now but would like to be able to dabble with it some more. I'm coming more from a home computer conservation angle than a gamer. As such a core that faithfully implements an IBM XT would interest me, even though AO486 is probably already mostly compatible. My feeling is that much of wh...
- Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
- Topic: FreeBSD not booting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2884
FreeBSD not booting
From a conservation perspective I'm trying to boot ancient x86 operating systems on the ao486. FreeBSD is one of them, but none of the really old ones from the 1.x and 2.x series work. Where to even begin debugging this?