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bbond007

This post is for users who don't have Linux or don't want to install Python on their Windows system, sorry Mac users. I did not feel like installing Python on my Window systems, as All MiSTer users have a Linux with Python available. F9 console or SSH... So far running those BIOS scripts has worked just fine for me on the HPS Linux. Mac systems co...

bbond007

Is there a way to change the setting from DOS so it can be put into a .BAT file? It would also be cool to be able to check the setting and if it is not a match, change it and reboot in the batch file, then next time it will be correct and proceed to launch the program (if a reboot is needed to make it work right). https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/a...

bbond007

held wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:20 pm
bbond007 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:00 am

Is it possible to hardcode the buttons for the MiSTer?
It does gets its default values from somewhere, and would solve this problem.

Maybe here? "keymap_"
https://docs.scummvm.org/en/v2.6.1/adva ... _file.html

Honestly, its never even occurred to me to use anything other than the mouse/kb with ScummVM...

bbond007

So there is nothing that can be done with the chip in this case? Not even sound or some type of offloading ? ALSA on the HPS Linux is already using the FPGA for PCM sound. Additionally, You could probably use the FPGA for OPL3 using the RetroWave protocol (which ScummVM supports) https://github.com/SudoMaker/RetroWave/tree/master/RetroWaveLib/Prot...

bbond007

held wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:24 pm
However Bluetooth controllers seem flaky in ScummVM.
Mouse-pointer and menu buttons do not work after a reconnect.

And I assume this does not happen in the OSD menu or cores?

I don't have a bluetooth adapter for my MiSTer to test.

Does anyone else use Bluetooth with the ScummVM builds and have the same issue - or no issue?

bbond007

oot user, make sure to add that user to the dialout group. If you're running as root, it should work automatically. I think maybe ppp starts automatically, so you might need to disable that if you want to use SLiRP instead. I'm trying to figure out how ppp is started, so you can disable it. second edit: after some experimentation, it looks like th...

bbond007

held wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:56 pm
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vmode -r 640 480 rgb16
This command seems to hang for me every time I run it... any idea whats up?

do you have

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fb_terminal=1

set in MiSTer.INI?

bbond007

Malor wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:14 am
Well, I'd argue that it staying up for five minutes at a time would be a good first filter.

Well, maybe not everyone has that same experience.

I've left it running the Afterdark screen saver running for way longer than 5 minutes with no issues. just sayin'

bbond007

It's such an unstable core that I hardly had time. IMO, it really shouldn't be distributed in its present sad state. Entitled comments like that are certainly not going to encourage any developers (such as alanswx) who have spent time making substantial incremental improvements to this core over time... Also, how do you propose testing people test...

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jca wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 2:59 am
I have no idea what this SWAG reader is.

Way back, when I was a DOS programmer it was like my Google...

bbond007

Who wants 6.x anyway? 5.5 for the win! The 6.x IDE sucks, mainly because the window borders take 2 of the 80 columns. Can't remember if there was anything significant in 6.x vs 5.x beyond Turbo Vision. That is a shame. I really loved the IDE and used in my daily job in the 90's. It even inspired xwpe for Linux/Unix which I also used. the User Manu...

bbond007

Can you tell me more about these CRT patches? I will search on the web for the time being. Thanks for the info. The CRT unit has timing functions/procedures(or something) that cause the program to bomb on fast computers. There are CRT replacements that are much better so its better to avoid CRT anyway :) It's definitely not relevant for PCXT but I...

bbond007

You must be referring to Delphi which I use on Windows. The ReadMe of Turbo Pascal V7 says it requires a 286. No, TP7 works fine on PCXT core... I use the IDE and debugger frequently on PCXT. There was a version of Delphi/TP7 bundle sold. Maybe that is what the README refers to... Or maybe the Turbo Vision UI library needs a 286... But I thought t...

bbond007

just FYI: A user opened a issue on Github (https://github.com/bbond007/MiSTer_ScummVM/issues/28) concerning Longest Journey & Zork Nemesis regression on the compiles I did with the new toolchain. Anyway, support for a few engines were excluded because freetype2 was failing to be detected by the configure script. While I think the ResidualVM eng...

bbond007

I was just there a few minutes ago for Turbo Pascal. V3 is tiny (1x360K floppy) and fast but lacks in libraries. V6 is the last version supporting PC/XT and can also run/generate code for 286 (5x360K floppies), the 2.25MB one is complete. 7.0 is what I use :) I have all CRT patches installed, but I don't use CRT unit... For c I use Turbo C 3.0 Bot...

bbond007

Maybe @bbond007 need more coffee and some attention :) I had troubles installing his ScummVM 2.6.1 and found that there are issues in his installation script. I already opened a ticket about ths . I did test it, but I ran I already had the bins on my MiSTer before running, so that's how it slipped by... I probably had too much coffee that day... a...

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The result is that savefiles on the 2.6, cannot be used on 2.5.1 or earlier. They return a "Invalid version" when trying to load the savefile. Well, that is a bummer... Hope they don't find it necessary to do that again... I have updated the repo to include: ScummVM 2.6.0 ScummVM 2.6.1 ScummVM 2.6 (pre 2.7.0) ScummVM 2.6.0 Unstable Scumm...

bbond007

Right, I forgot that point. I just included it, can you check again that everything is correct? Working well :) Thanks! I see you used midilink. Do you have a procedure for it? For dummies With the UART option added to the OSD that is the option for dummies :) Just select UART:MODEM LINK:TCP Don't forget to set the BAUD. Until there is a shared dr...

bbond007

This is awesome. Does anyone know if there is an Amiga BBS that hosts the game Hack 'n Slash? I used to love playing that game in college. Every day at midnight there was a race to dial in to the BBS at just the right moment so you would get more turns to play for the new day. :-) What about Prodigy? ;-) This is the best guide I know of --> https:...

bbond007

I have re-enabled this COM2 feature to /dev/ttyS1 , I attach binary, can you check its correct working? Yes, it works! I made First Contact with the 13Th level BBS! PCXT-FirstContact.png There is no UART OSD option... so I'm guessing this is needed in the core to enable the option: localparam CONF_STR = { "PCXT;UART115200:115200;", Anywa...

bbond007

Thanks, it has some bugs, (I'm not really an experienced programmer), but it worked well for me, even in a real 286 pc, so maybe the tsr's are doing something, or my code has some memory leaks :) I forgot to mention (as I corrected this in my WIP fork where I added the param support) but I did notice a file handle leak in Set_Map(), but no memory ...

bbond007

I would support that idea, even though it was specific to some IBM chipsets and not an actual 8-bit card, but I think it might be easier and possibly make more sense just to go with a basic 8-bit VGA card that would support 320x200x256 and 640x480x16, and EGA modes: I'd argue its not easier... MCGA is like two modes, maybe one we care about(13h), ...

bbond007

The Hercules graphics would be more interesting for this core, but would have to be developed from scratch. Hercules adapters were great for doing desktop publishing back in the day on a cheap MDA monitor. Ignore the amber color and the resolution was like a fancy MAC. MCGA might also be interesting. It is basically just CGA with 64K RAM (vs 16K) ...

bbond007

Ok, got the new IDE to work :) and I used this benchmark --> https://github.com/foone/DiskTest MS-DOS Disk performance tester, by James Pearce. I compiled it in Turbo Pascal 7.0 (with patches) with 8087 emulation. This is "Before" with serial set to 460K: PCXT_DiskTest_C.png This is A: dive for comparison: PCXT_DiskTest_A.png Now this is ...

bbond007

spark2k06 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 8:31 am I have also moved the mouse port to COM1, and removed the COM2 port for the time being.

Do you think you could make COM2 connected to /dev/ttyS1 so that it would work with the TCP modem?

bbond007

EDIT: I discovered the bug, it was setting sound blaster parameters that are not present on pcxt (it only has adlib), the released binary from github was not updated. Thanks for finding the bug! That would have taken me a long time (not being the author of the program). I like your music player. Think the UI is pretty sweet. I like that it provide...

bbond007

And then, of course, I had to do the whole low-level format dance, typing in the known bad sectors into the horrible interface, and determining (through experimentation -- no docs) the sector interleave. I think the fastest mode ended up being 3:1. I had to try each interleave separately, doing a new low-level format, partitioning the drive, doing...

bbond007

Malor wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:58 am (sans mucking about with MFM and RLL disks, anyway. Those things sucked.)

Back in the day I had a bunch of MicroScience 85MB MFM drives that I reformatted with RLL controller to over 100MB - overclocking your storage, that was the part that did not suck

bbond007

Sorry :D, awesome launcher, just be careful with ram usage, it might freeze the pc/core/emulator when loading some games and programs. It swaps out used conventional memory to EMS/XMS or disk leaving around a 1K footprint leaving 628K conventional RAM free. Thanks for testing the adplay, It works well with my config (pcem dosbox and pcxt), but it ...

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AmintaMister wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:47 pm Hi @bbond007! I've tried on PCXT core on the MiSTer but I get the same error... Can I give you a link to my .img so you can test it? It would be useful for many people to make it work...

yeah, PM it to me or hit me up on Discord...

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