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Scandoubler isn't supported in the core. You have to use the vga scaler if you want 31 KHZ. I did a rough mapping of the resolutions for video switching, but it's probably better to just run at 960p unless you pick a game that doesn't switch modes a lot during game play. I should also go back and changes these to the more simple video_mode lines in...

The TDL image on oldskool's FTP seems to be working okay. I did have to add FREESPT to my image I am testing to speed up the initial disk calculation when you run a DIR on a larger disk. I am sure running it from COM is where a lot of the slowdowns are. This is cool. FreeSPT for those that want to use it: https://github.com/ChartreuseK/FREESP under...

Yes i have changed the script on Windows, because i changed the updater to look for the new hard drive. After that the updater works but the games will not run, thanks , i will try and figure out with what you have mentioned! oh just realised your response to another poster!! doh nevermind But to answer your question, if the script ran successfull...

Hi, everyone. I'm also trying to get the update to work after installing the initial pack from archive.org. The initial pack seems to work fine, but when I run the update script, I get this message: /tmp/script: /media/fat/Scripts/A0486_Update_Top300_Pack.sh: /bin/bash/^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory I'm using version "v.0.12&q...

I have built myself a DB9 -> USB cable with an adapter: db9-usb.jpg From the next pinout of the DB9 connector: DB9 MiSTer 1 - DSR 2 - N/C 3 - TX 4 - RTS 5 - VCC (5V) 6 - CTS 7 - RX 8 - GND 9 - DCD Shield - DTR logically, by crossing the signals: TX <-> RX , DSR <-> DTR and RTS <-> CTS . I have not connected VCC because it is not necessary in this ...

Your good. If you ran the updater script you will have the latest. I never went back to the archive page and updated working and not. Make sure you have used the Top 300 update script on github to update the pack with all the changes over the years and you will be fully up to day. There are some pre-release updates that are bleeding edge out there,...

Just use the MikeS modded cores for now as someone suggested. They really do look pretty great these days, if you keep your expectations where they should be if you are not doing S-video/Component/RGB/VGA/HDMI... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBy_XPmieKc RetroRGB post on the topic:https://www.retrorgb.com/how-to-hook-up-mister-fpga-s-video...

for your converter you could try setting the video modes within the core to Original, FullScreen, etc to see if it is filling the screen. My guess is that converter is receiving a 16:9 image and your TV is squishing it to fit in 4:3 so the menu is 16:9 by default (filling the TV screen) and the game is 4:3 --> 16:9 converter leaving you black bars ...

Just wanted to chime in real quick and thank you both. I am thoroughly enjoying watching you two work through this on the forum.

I for sure corrupted a few VHDs when I was building the 7200 pack. Here is where I ended up on the size of mine:137438953984 raw Would you mind telling me the steps you used to create, partition and format the VHD when creating the 7200 game image? Because yeah, my total VHD file size is only 121GB and it still gets corrupted It's been two years b...

That seems okay. You only need the 10MB STUB if you are going to do the ASSIGN drive trick that I do in the Top 300 to get the D: drive to be a CD drive while having the C and E for boot and data. if you don't plan to do that and don't care what drive letter is the CD drive then you dont need that. ExoDOS expects the D: drive to be D:. You could a...

That seems okay. You only need the 10MB STUB if you are going to do the ASSIGN drive trick that I do in the Top 300 to get the D: drive to be a CD drive while having the C and E for boot and data. if you don't plan to do that and don't care what drive letter is the CD drive then you dont need that. ExoDOS expects the D: drive to be D:. You could al...

It can't be over 134GB raw or it will corrupt. Back it off to like 119GB formatted and see if it does the same thing.

mbandala wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 4:41 pm Can anyone provide a link to that special USB 3.0 connector?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T9LWWZ9

yeah, that fixed it for me.

you can try changing some things around in the ao486 core using https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_MiSTer/blob/master/releases/drv/sbctl.exe sbctl.exe: set Sound Blaster configs. Supported: I5,I7,I10,H5,H1,T4,T6 then set blaster= in your autoexec.bat to match it. These kind of lock ups can also be memory related to make sure you are excluding / ...

have you manually updated the misterfs.exe file with the very latest from the github repo? If not, you have to.

My guess is this broke KQ VII based on your testing:

ao486:
- sound: Add busy wait to write port status on DSP (user7182).

My guess is you are using run.bat to launch the game which is an exodos script. It deletes files and puts them back based on your audio choice. I’ll bet the delete is happening and the copy is not. Probably something with your dos setup.

Compare your files to the ones in Top 300 to find the issue.

update all will pull this down now and overwrite if it is newer as of yesterday so the RBF will stay in sync with the bios.

No but you could bring your mt32-pi and an extra SD card and it would take you 2 seconds to reboot into a player frontend, it could even still be powered by the mister...

Speaking of debugging. If someone felt like a challenge then Kings Quest VII no longer works in the core and the Top 300 pack but used to back in 2020 when I built the Top 300 pack: https://youtu.be/-Y4wqaFUNhs?t=12990 This is back in Nov 2020 and you can see it made it passed the Title screen but now in the current core it will lock after the Sier...

I finally found out the root of this problem: MiSTer is sending a wrong VIC configuration in the AVI InfoFrame. Apparently, the automatic VIC detection of the HDMI chip (ADV7513) fails when we set resolutions or frequencies above its specifications. According to its specs, the limit is 165 MHz and 1920x1080. When MiSTer is set to 1920x1440, the VI...

Greetings! I'm trying to get the update to work after installing the initial pack from archive.org. Copied the ini and sh file to the scripts and changed the ini file to the right directory /media/usb1/games/AO486 but once i run the script i get the following error message: /media/fat/scripts/ao486_update_top300_pack.sh: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg12...

I don't get it. There isn't a rename command in any of my monkey island scripts. Here it is: https://github.com/flynnsbit/Top300_updates/blob/main/games/THESECRE/mi1/run.bat Where are you seeing that rename line? EDIT: Found it: https://github.com/flynnsbit/Top300_updates/blob/main/games/THESECRE/mi1/floppy/APPLY.BAT Not sure why apply would be ru...

Oh maybe, yeah mine is the dual HDMI. These are the ones I use. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R4VR9PR/

I don't get it. There isn't a rename command in any of my monkey island scripts. Here it is: https://github.com/flynnsbit/Top300_updates/blob/main/games/THESECRE/mi1/run.bat Where are you seeing that rename line? EDIT: Found it: https://github.com/flynnsbit/Top300_updates/blob/main/games/THESECRE/mi1/floppy/APPLY.BAT Not sure why apply would be run...

enable DVI, the the actual display settings OSD of the LCD there will be an overdrive, turn that all the way up. With both DVI on and overdrive re-test those cores you were having trouble with. Hi. Sorry to bump again. I can't find the override option even when using dvi mode? Should I update the firmware to the one posted here? I dont have the ne...

All the internet radio stations work out of the box on mister as well. Thats how we were controlling them from AO486 through MidiLink. Just in the event people wanted that too...

mount shareware pack in IDE 0-0 create a new vhd in windows with whatever size you want, format with FAT32 with guiformater mount new vhd to IDE 0-1 boot shareware pack, drop to dos format D: /S You should see Disk size: Matches your disk, FAT32 say YES Xcopy whatever you want from C: to D: example: xcopy c:\FDOS D:\FDOS\ /S xcopy C:\MYMENU D:\MYM...