MiSTer FPGA Forum

kconger wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 4:19 pm I haven't been able to find a Sparc binary of it If you happen to find one let me know and I can test.

Are you able to build it from source? I've found this:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xpilot ... lot-4.5.5/

Can it run XPilot? Its the game I played the most on these systems...

You can in theory write a core that implements video codecs, but it is going to be limited in terms of how many it can do since a lot of those are proprietary and sold as non-open IP cores. Even if you started from scratch it would be lots of work per codec. So you would end up with a player core that forces you to reencode your videos to work, wit...

Just use a Chromecast and stream from your phone

Unfortunately that seems to be a bit more complicated on the AO486. I don't even know what a good approach looks like. Is there a way to do remote debugging, so I'm not bound to the location of the MiSTer ? Think of ao486 as real hardware; how would you debug in that case? You'd need debugging tools that can run directly in the core, and for remot...

Here is a compiled version of dsk2nib for Windows. I use it by drag & dropping a .dsk onto it.
(sources and vcproject are included)

AntialiasedPixel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:01 am Is there any documentation or basic writeup of some of the difference between this and the ao486 core? What sound options will be supported, graphics modes, etc?

It's a port of the MiST core, there is a list of features in the readme:
https://github.com/mist-devel/mist-bina ... es/next186

Heecules is a better fit for the upcoming 186 core. It already has a proper CGA implementation, at least:
viewtopic.php?t=3682&start=90

"Birth Of The Phoenix (1981)(Phoenix Software) & Global Thermonuclear War (19xx)(-) & Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The (1984)(Infocom)" disk Thanks, this disk in particular is a very useful test case... it prints out disk access info on the bottom right. I did notice the core was a bit slower; at first I thought it was due t...

I've created a github page to house the .nib disks, this will make it easier to add your own (by pull request):
https://github.com/Newsdee/apple2saves

Here is a test build by alanswx that I've been testing recently, adding a second floppy drive and the ability to save disks in .nib format to the SD card! I was able to play Adventure Construction Set and Ultima II with it so far. It needs disks to be in .nib to write back to them. This is an acceptable trade-off since this is not a copy-protected ...

This feature blew my mind. It doesn't work for all games (and that's fine), but when it works - wow!

Has anybody found some games where it works particularly well?
For me, it worked great for Tekken 3, okay for Soul Calibur (minor glitches) but was too glitchy for GT2.

DevilHunterWolf wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:36 am 4) SoulBlade / SoulEdge

This is one is worth it even if you just check the opening cinematic

akeley wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:16 am

akeley wrote: ↑Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:31 pm get sorged

Well, that didn't take long...*eyeroll.gif*

To be fair, per-game config is a very different case than using pre-canned templates that are only loaded
(it mostly works for ROMs or single game per disk)

It appears like analog board could have more features like SNAC port 2 but there's not enough IO pins. However I also question the design choices- analog and digital boards have SD slot no.2. Why do you even need that?? Also digital board has TOSLINK but I will never use it as I have never even seen a TOSLINK cable in my life... MiSTer is also a d...

I agree in general, but maybe not exactly just templates. I think the answer would be permanent per-game configs. 'Why not both? Load a template then apply minor tweaks, then it can be saved to match the filename of the last disk you loaded. Ideally we xould see the current mapping in the OSD, although there isnt much room for anything too advanced.

I would love to have the ability to load templates for Joy -> Key mapping on computer cores. Today, we have to re-enter all mappings manually each time, and we must reload the core to clear them. It's alright but it can get a bit annoying when switching games. There were quite a few standard layouts that were used pretty widely on the Apple II and ...

The ao486 core has the FPGA space almost full, and is tricky to compile so annoying to work on. But I wonder, maybe these features could be added as compile-time toggles? In other words, use the same codebase to produce both the regular ao486 core and a "ao186" core that only contains the alternate features (lower CPU speeds baked in, CGA...

If the prices keep increasing it may be viable to make a custom board with the same Cyclone V chip. Or are those shooting up in price as well?

Although maybe that will still be affected by component shortage if people can't even get resistors...

Has anybody managed to get a Driving Force GT controller with MiSTer? (would be great for the PSX racing games) There was this project to get it to work with Linux: https://github.com/TripleSpeeder/LTWheelConf but as mentioned on the page: "we managed to get most / all wheels supported directly by the kernel, so there is no need for this separ...

I've made a list of suggested Apple II games a while back - probably all are in your archive already:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K0s ... GIVevmSDs/

Here's a recent chat with Jeri Ellsworth where she gives quite a bit of detail about converting an FPGA design for the C64 DTV into an ASIC, and some other fun behind-the-scenes anecdotes of the DTV project: https://youtu.be/C2hLIiogQrY?t=272 tl;dw takeaways relevant for this thread: It costs millions to do an ASIC wafer and send it to print The DT...

Not sure if you have the LEs on the FPGA for it, but perhaps you could add GameBlaster (C/MS) support using Sorgelig's implementation of the SA1099 soundchip: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_MiSTer/blob/master/rtl/soc/sound/saa1099.sv It was a niche card but it would fit well with the specialized theme of this core (with e.g. Tandy support) H...

spark2k06 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:08 am [*] The output change from monochrome to color is now done with CTRL + ALT + Bloq Despl, instead of just Bloq Despl

By the way, Bloq Despl is Scroll Lock in Engligh keyboards

Amazing progress on the core! I hope to see it on MiSTer at some point... I do have a ZXUno but I haven't used it in a while.

I think one has little to do with the other. Seems like this guy Darren is the common link. He was working at IronStone Partners which got the C64 rights and licenses from Tulip to develop the DTV. Perhaps he was the marketer / "idea person" behind the DTV, whereas Jeri Ellsworth was part of the hardware development team. Apparently he w...

The C64 DTV was a good example of the pitfalls of trying to make an ASIC clone ( https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/C64DTV ). When it came out, I figured it would be reused widely, like the NES SoC that powers so many cheap retro game products. It has sold well (600K+ units according to the above) yet there aren't any more commercial products based on i...

I can add some favorites of mine... (edit: added even more A2 games) Genesis Twinkle Tale MSX Knightmare Apple II Alien Typhoon Gorgon Phantoms Five Plasmania Sneakers Space Eggs Star Blazer Wavy Navy A few of these were written by Nasir Gebelli... who later was hired by Square to become the lead programmer for the FInal Fantasy games (up to VI)! M...

Magiduck looks fun to play (CGA composite modern game):
https://sparcie.wordpress.com/2018/02/2 ... k-for-dos/

jordi wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:11 am This core would be a must in Mister, as a preservation project! I vote for porting it.

Definitely has a niche for early games that run on composite colors, if it could simulate the artifacting as is done with the Apple II core.
This page lists 57 games that support that mode: https://www.mobygames.com/attribute/she ... Id,29/p,4/

RedskullDC wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:12 am Just lack of time at the moment.

No worries, glad it's still on track