Tatung Einstein TC-01 Developer Update
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Excellent. A very MSX-like machine.
I have two machines here, they're monsters, and dwarf many 80s computers.
I have two machines here, they're monsters, and dwarf many 80s computers.
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Re: Tatung Einstein TC-01 Developer Update
Was wondering what Pierco was up to, had been quiet for awhile, didn't expect this one - had thought he was working on Epoch Cassette Vision.
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Pierre started uploading code to git a few days ago and is already working on the floppy disk drive.
Like the CoCo / Dragon, it will be a great core. Pierre does an incredible job.
At this moment the core synthesizes and starts the machine, it is exciting and I really want to see it work when it is finished.
It seems to me that of the holy grails, only the Grundy NewBrain remains to be implemented, with this Tatung Einstein TC01 core a fantastic collection of cores closes. We already have almost all of them in FPGA !!!
Like the CoCo / Dragon, it will be a great core. Pierre does an incredible job.
At this moment the core synthesizes and starts the machine, it is exciting and I really want to see it work when it is finished.
It seems to me that of the holy grails, only the Grundy NewBrain remains to be implemented, with this Tatung Einstein TC01 core a fantastic collection of cores closes. We already have almost all of them in FPGA !!!
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Pierre has updated the Tatung Einstein core with many improvements, although at the moment it's WIP and it starts and reads discs. Closer and closer. Very good news.
Regards
Regards
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Thanks, only read about the Tatung so far, I am looking forward trying the core out (there is a version of Elite on this computer if I recall correct).
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Thank you for this core. I tried a few disk games. They work very well.
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You're right. JetSetWilly, Manic Miner, Highway Encounter, Oh Mummy, Chuckie Egg are native Einstein TC-01 versions. And Now Elite works fine with keyboard.Chris23235 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:03 pm Thanks, only read about the Tatung so far, I am looking forward trying the core out (there is a version of Elite on this computer if I recall correct).
There are a lot o XBasic programs, even BBC Basic programs, Xtal, CP/M ... lot of fun !
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Been wanting an Einstein for some Years and now it has arrived. Had one for a while in the 80's before passing it on to my brother-in-law.
Thank you Pierre and all who contributed
Thank you Pierre and all who contributed
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This is awesome, thank you! Will check docs for how to run things - always wanted an einstein
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Re: Tatung Einstein TC-01 Developer Update
Thank you @Pierco !
Hi @ron,
Have you already tried the Einstein Version 256 ? On my side I've this screen while the version TC01 works fine.
Could it be because I'm using the VGA out ?
Hi @ron,
Have you already tried the Einstein Version 256 ? On my side I've this screen while the version TC01 works fine.
Could it be because I'm using the VGA out ?
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Thanks @Pierco, been waiting a long time for an Einstein emulator as I could never figure out how to work the MAME offering.
Not sure if this will be helpful but the 256 Games Pack demo program doesn't seem to display correctly.
Edit: Think it's related to @Kathleen's observation
Not sure if this will be helpful but the 256 Games Pack demo program doesn't seem to display correctly.
Edit: Think it's related to @Kathleen's observation
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Watching a real hardware stream tonight, Lazy Jones was played and the music was fine (it's static noise on the MiSTer core). I figured out how to get it emulated under MAME and the music on that, with the same disk image, is fine. Is this a known problem with the audio in the core?
Just about every other game he played matched the MiSTer core perfectly, even the ones that wouldn't load, so this a a damned close core, I'd just like to point out anything that might be missed
Just about every other game he played matched the MiSTer core perfectly, even the ones that wouldn't load, so this a a damned close core, I'd just like to point out anything that might be missed
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Might there be a couple of fixes for this Core at some point?