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The problem I have with integer scaling is that it only applies to the height of the display. The width is scaled according to aspect-ratio, which is fine for games with horizontal orientation. But when I have a vertically oriented arcade game and add vertical scan-lines, they look really bad. I wish there was an option to apply integer scaling to...

If you look inside the binary TinyLauncher.exe, you will find two strings "C:Assign ENV: RAM:" and "C:Assign T: RAM:", these are commands that are executed when TinyLauncher.exe starts. (..) I see, thanks for the explanation. I probably won't feel the effect of this too much because I'll have a different HDF for the games launc...

Hi! I'm a big fan of using integer scaling, especially because I also tend to like using scanlines and they will look horrible if the scaling is not an integer. What I sometimes struggle with (mostly on the Amiga and ao486 cores) is how to ensure the screen is properly centered. Are there any settings I can mess with to control this? (for the recor...

If you guys are interested in knowing more about the "Nintendo" logo on the gameboy (and how it was used as a copy protection mechanism), check this video from Modern Vintage Gamer.

Cheers!

Bumping it in case any of the new users can help :) Also, I have no idea what I did (maybe pressed some wrong key) and now the Amiga "visible screen" is on the top-left of my monitor, and no longer to the right as previously mentioned. Meaning, I have the same problem, but on a different location :). EDIT: If I change the "TV Standar...

kolla wrote: ↑Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:23 pm TinyLauncher is wicked, it just assigns env: to ram: for no good reason, leaving the system in confusion.

Can you elaborate a bit more on this?

This is good news, although he also warns that he usually takes a long time to complete stuff.

Well, it's not like we don't have anything else to play with while we wait

Hi, I've been wanting to configure a launcher with my Amiga core to allow me boot directly into it and select Games and Demos without having to use the keyboard or mouse. I know that there are many Amiga launchers, but I wanted to hear your opinion on what would be the best. I heard the following would be a good fit: Tiny Launcher Arcade Game Selec...

Amazing progress!

Looking forward to have one of these on my system.

Thanks for your work.

I would also very much like to see a Lynx core, but the fact that it seems to use a few proprietary chips will make it harder to develop (as opposed to reusing many of the chips already available in FPGA). I am sure that at some point we'll see one. The MiSTer dev community is amazing and the Lynx is not such a niche system that will not get someon...

TBH my primary interest is Amiga. I have floppy drive associated with that computer. But my primary objective is to wire the floppy drive to MiSTer in dumbest way possible in term of any interface intelligence. Anyone should be able to use floppy drive with any core, if it is (or was, in that era) possible to use PC drive in that one specific syst...

Hi ! Would it be possible to bring the floppy sound buzzer support upstream ? It's great, useful, very simple, and doesn't IMHO compromise anything to add it. It's a bit annoying to have to use an alternate build for this feature. Also, bringing it upstream would enable other people to add it to their IO Boards at a ridiculously low price. Assumin...

Well, it's very complicated... We need a proper MT32 for early games and a proper GUS for late games and a proper SB for intermediate ones I guess :) It is a bit more complex than that.. :) For MIDI, you need an MT-32 for early games and an SC-55 or SC-88 for the later ones. For FM, the best option (more compatible) is probably a Sound Blaster Pro...

I'm very excited about this project!

Will it be possible, after the adapter is finished to add Floppy disk support to other cores from computers that had floppy drives back in the day? Or is this an Amiga exclusive?

Cheers.

I hope this makes it into the official cores. May be stupid for some, but sound plays a big part on nostalgia and I always enable floppy sounds when I use WinUAE :) Are you nostalgic/masochistic enough to do HDD and fan sounds too? Whenever I power up my old desktop PC I’m equally annoyed and pleased with the vacuum-cleaner-esque symphony of noises...

I'm also trying to find the best solution for this, and I have mixed results depending on the resolution I use. To play games, in a 4:3 LCD screen that supports 1280x1024@60Hz, connected through VGA, what video configs would you recommend? Currently I'm using the following: On the Mister.ini: [Minimig] vscale_mode=1 video_mode=4 video_mode_ntsc=4 v...

I use the Roland UM-1 to connect to an SC-55. Doesn't require any special configuration other than switching UART to MIDI mode. Works great. https://www.roland.com/us/products/um-one_mk2/ The midi input works just as well. I was using cakewalk DAW in windows 3.1 and a Arturia Keystep midi controller connected to the UM-1. Another one for the Rolan...

Hardware midi would be great. Also, if enough room I have a voodoo 2 I could send out to be logic scanalyzed for voodoo2 SLI. Or an AWE64 Gold. Probably be hard to hook up a printer, but some sort of usb printer support would be amazing. That and hopefully the already present video and sound improve. Some dos games like oregon trail deluxe have ma...

Alright, just got everything configured (thanks Andy!) but my screen seems to be awfully misaligned on my monitor. To the lack of a better explanation, it's kind of stuck to the top right corner of the monitor. Everything else seems to work fine, and I can play the games, but it messes with my OCD. :D Anyone has any pointers on how to fix this? I'm...

Is it possible to add an MPU-401 and an FPU? (if a developer picks it up, that is).

What I'm trying to ask is if it's technically feasible, or if there is a limitation from the MiSTer platform (FPGA size or otherwise) that would prevent any of these to be implemented on the AO486?

Cheers,

more updates: X=F900-FBFF - this is not required, so remove it. what you have to do for better compatibility (and keep Floppy working): Go to qsetup and in DOS-Up options choose "partial" with following settings: DOS Resources - NO COMMAND.COM - YES DOS Data - YES DOS=HIGH - YES then re-run optimize It will just make conventional memory ...

There is nothing wrong with new core actually. Don't look at me, i won't solve your problem. So study QEMM options and find how to configure it right - this is the only way to solve. Hi Sorgelig, first of all, thank you for trying to help even if this is not a problem with the core. I'm not saying there is something wrong with the core, just that ...

xtcrefugee wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:25 pm
Just FYI it looks like the developer released the 3DO source and there's an open source port which includes that voiced dialogue: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Yes, I've been playing the Ur-Quan Master for more than 10 years... but thanks for the information.

Maybe other players will learn about it

Fularu wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:13 am Some other games also benefit a lot from it due to the back calculations they do, Cicilization, Colonization, Sim City 2000 and games of that kind are prime examples of that

That's what I was looking for... thanks

To add, I've tried installing QEMM97 (aka QEMM 9.0) and it get's stuck in the optimization cycle, as it goes into the "Software Detection Phase" it gives the same "Configuration too large for memory" error, reverting back to the previous step.

In a nutshell, it get's into a loop and does not finish installing.

I know why QEMM may stop working. While creating config QEMM search for holes (large array of 00 or all FF) in ROM areas to insert RAM/page there. And once BIOS or VGA ROM are updated, these areas will be changed and then it will hang or crash. So basically you have to run optimize utility after each BIOS/VGA ROM update. This makes sense. I've tri...

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STACKS=10,256

Is very important. Without it many apps including QEMM will crash.

Added it, but unfortunately still does not work.

And I am also using MS-DOS 6.22, so it seems this new core has compatibility issues with QEMM under MS-DOS 6?

I am using QEMM 8.0.

i use QEMM and don't have problems. May be it's some specific config. May be... but it was working flawlessly before this last update. For the record,here are my config files: Autoexec.bat @ECHO OFF PROMPT $E[s$E[1;1H$E[0;1;37;44m$E[K$E[1;29H NightShadow's Magic DOS$E[37;40m$E[u$P$G$E[37m C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI /RF C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 2048 /L /X C:\...

Hi, Seems like my MS-DOS with QEMM stopped working with the version released today. On my MS-DOS boot menu, when I select my QEMM config it does like a soft boot (?) and if I select it again it says "Configuration too large for memory". If I select QEMM on my first run and then EMM on the second run, my available memory is showing 120Kb (...