MiSTer FPGA Forum

@ZigZag : well, actually most OCS games do work through WHDLoad once properly installed, but once in a while I stumble upon one which doesn't (the ones mentioned above).
Another unrelated issue, compatibility wise, is games have gfx glitches when the D-cache is enabled.

cheers !

I have this feeling too...

Incorrect, there is no Fire & Ice AGA Slave... Well, I was referring to the CD32 slave, which has no drawback because it can use ingame modules and not only CDDA tracks. But indeed there are quite a few OCS games not starting and indicating "illegal instuction". Another example is Iridium and Simulcra. All of them do work in 68k / OC...

A beta version was released for patreon backups in august - with no sound. Meanwhile, another Patreon post showed ingame music perfectly (?) rendered. So a new beta with the sound should appear soon !

Just ordered another complete slim setup for a friend. He needed the floopy drive sound & db9 port :-) (thanks again !) BTW; can you confirm that when not using a db9 splitter, I can use a single Amiga / CD 32 / Genesis gamepad out of the box ? (with the specific core build of course) When using an USB interface, I noticed - I don't know if tha...

Hi ! Hmm, I remember playing the AGA version of Fire & Ice with no issue. Which one did you try ? I think the slaves were updated quite recently.

Edit : whdload slave updated several times, incl. in may 2020

Just a little note to thank Antonio once again. I sent him my MiSTer for modification and it was done very quickly and cleanly. Thanks again !

I can check. The result will be less obvious to spot with smaller steps !
BTW, I use 1080p.

Hi ! I'd like to report a bug that occurs in games which temporarily switch their resolution from lowres to low-res interlaced. - for instance, when starting Shadow of the Beast 3 with its introduction - when enabling a multiball games in some flippers - after the main menu in Bill's Tomato Game the problem is, when the picture gets back to the non...

@Chaos : the problem is not really the disk accesses being slow, but the mouse / keyboard / joystick USB input being frozen / slowed down when there is a significant disk access actually. This is bound to occur the ARM is responsible for another CPU intensive task I guess ?

I guess it doesn't happen when using I/O boards with db9 ports.

Cheers !

Hi ! Sounds great Indeed !!! The current 020 implementation is not cycle-exact anyway. My only fear is the risk of bringing the ARM down ! ATM when copying files or making other i/o intensive tasks on the Minimig, the OSD and mouse are frozen. Maybe it's due to priorities handling / the fact I enabled 1000 Hz polling ? I'm kinda worried a software ...

@robinsonb5: Yep I was Indeed referring to Chaos !

Heh, by any chance, do you know if Gravis Ultrasound support would be complicated ? (late DOS titles + demoscene

Hi ! Yep, indeed, I remember, I always thought my PC friends were unlucky because the same games looked way more blocky despite the same resolution :) Any idea how to "downscale" the picture in order to apply the scanlines filters to the 240p pictures ? I really can't see myself playing 320*240 games in fullscreen on a 24" monitor wi...

Just asking because I'm so used to them (on the Minimig etc) it looks super pixellized / blocky without them - some ppl like that though It seems they are not applied properly ATM because of the internal resolution which is already upscaled ?

Did you people manage to get the scanlines applied properly ?

Hi Antonio ! I saw you recently released a different version of your case (SLIM versus DRIVE), that's interesting !
However there's no more mention of the buzzer for the floppy drive sound, is it still provided ?
Thanks !

It used to work actually !

Hi ! I'm using this aforementioned setting to reduce the picture size (along with integer scales) in some cores, depending on how "fine" (less blocky) I want the picture to be. It seems the setting is not applied in the GBA core. I tried several values, I tried to set it as global, or just for the core (after [GBA]), to no avail. The sett...

Yep, all I/Os go through Linux AFAIK, and usually it's super low latency (1000 Hz), but maybe we hit some corner cases when there is a huge I/O load. Could input be priorized over disk / UART I/O ?

As for the other questions, I'm actually using a fast SD card, very fast compared to the bandwidth actually used by the Amiga.

Hi everyone ! My question may sound like a tautology but actually, I'm not that sure that's normal. When making a copy or extracting an archive or accessing the internet through (UART PPP mode + MiamiDX) - the whole AmigaOS starts to crawl. I first thought that was normal but also : - even the mouse pointer freezes. I cannot remember if that happen...

You can also change the default exit key in the whdload config file. Just make sure to use one which is not used by any game you play

It makes a significant difference, thanks a lot !

@Crystal : Harman Kardon AVR161. Well, I thought it was more relevant to use my amplifier's built-in DAC... I don't know if there is an extra conversion analog to digital conversion if you use it with an analog source, which would mean 2 extra conversion with an external DAC. Oh well :-) My point is thats it's common to have an amplifier that cuts ...

@loev : actually, sound is frequently cut during screenmode changes if you use HDMI sound. I worked around this by using the optical output (could be with the analog output to). @Crystal : you're referring to my amplifier I guess ? As I don't use a DAC, as I use the optical (or HDMI) output. Well, that's a common "feature" (or issue ?) of...

Hi ! Please let me act as a spoilt kid again :-) and suggest a new feature. I don't know to what extent it can be implemented. Many audio amplifiers temporarily switch the sound OFF when there is "blank" on the audio input and take up about one second to "wake up" which results in "holes" in the audio stream. Happens o...

mbo77 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:16 am Talking about PPP.

Was anyone able to activate 460k on the PPP connection with the internal serial.device of Miami?
I'm stuck at 230k which is not too bad and gives about 22 KBps.

Hmm, actually, I didn't manage to connect above 115200 bps. How did you manage to get higher ?

Edit : not relevant

Actually, there is someone planning to implement it. But I'll let him announce it.

Hi ! Even if not using RTG for "retro-productivity" purposes, it's EXTREMELY useful to be able to save all your chip ram and browse one's games collection with the Glow icons. Otherwise you are constantly stressed as you don't know if your games are gonna crash or not :-) As for the "retro-productivity" use cases, I think it's r...