C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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So... I have my MiSTer all configured. C16 and PET work. C64 just gets me a black screen. Help?
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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Does it still happen after a hard reboot of MiSTer? It's been black-screening for me lately as well (and nothing changed!).
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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I would first think of a corrupted file.
Have you tried to rewrite the core or/and the rom on your SD card?
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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Do you have an SRAM module installed? 32 or 128MB?

have you built the ROM file with the KERNAL+BASIC+DRIVE ROM?
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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I have at least 128M installed. This is across several complete powerdowns of the device as I rewrite the card. I have totally wiped the card and I have recopied all the files several times.

I have not made a ROM file --- I thought it was an optional step.
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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zBeeble wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:45 pm I have at least 128M installed. This is across several complete powerdowns of the device as I rewrite the card. I have totally wiped the card and I have recopied all the files several times.

I have not made a ROM file --- I thought it was an optional step.
How about if you use the built-in ROM?
You can select Kernal: Standard C64, C64GS, or Loadable C64 ROM through the OSD.
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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NML32 wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:40 am
zBeeble wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:45 pm I have at least 128M installed. This is across several complete powerdowns of the device as I rewrite the card. I have totally wiped the card and I have recopied all the files several times.

I have not made a ROM file --- I thought it was an optional step.
How about if you use the built-in ROM?
You can select Kernal: Standard C64, C64GS, or Loadable C64 ROM through the OSD.
To the point, the OSD doesn't come up. Blank screen.
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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it's a little surprising this story

here is my configuration that works for me!
Replace with your files

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/f889184 ... 7402ee9789


It is better to transfer by ftp than by sharing smb
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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Yeah, I've been having some odd problems with smb every now and then. Copying stalling and files that refuse to delete.
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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really? Can you post a config with a text thing? I'd really rather not download random .7z things.
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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So... I manged to determine that I had the RAM expansion plugged into the wrong header. Problem solved.
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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To Add Detail Here... I think the PET (and possibly the C16) don't require the RAM expansion. I'm still reading source, for various reasons, but I suppose the C16 and PET can use the FPGA internal RAM rather than the expansion?
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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Does the C64 core require the RAM expansion? I'm trying to run it while I wait for my 128MB RAM to get here. Also, are the kernel, basic, and disk ROM files required, and if so, where do I put them?
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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mklcolvin wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 4:25 pm Does the C64 core require the RAM expansion?
See here on the Wiki for cores that use SDRAM:

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... -use-SDRAM
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Re: C16 and PET work: C64 Black screen.

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Just a follow up to this: I received my 128MB SDRAM module this weekend - plugged it in, and the C64 core came up without any changes by me! So it seems that the C64 core requires SOME SDRAM to run. Same for MSX core.
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