NML32 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Thanks for the feedback:) Regarding Caverns of Mars. Avery explains the issue with this title in his fantastic hardware reference manual. Should be an easy fix. Speaking of which... if either of you have time would be good to add the following to the spreadsheet: I) Any titles explicitly mentioned in the Altirra Hardware reference manual ii) Tricky titles listed earlier in this thread. Next up... OSD and port to SOCkit, Replay and MCC216. Oh and Carts. Glad to see that you will be porting to the MCC216. -Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanfanel Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hmmm... I don't like that platform at all. I had one, it was the worst made thing I ever had, with failing power supply and button, closed-source cores made from open-source ones, etc...Not a fair platform at all. Does porting to MCC-216 that we can forget about open-sourcing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Does porting to MCC-216 that we can forget about open-sourcing? Don't worry. Just another target, no change to plans to release code. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Hi there, i am stuck trying to get the ATR selection menu. All it displays is: "opendir fail" or, with the latest sof "opendir failed". My SD card is FAT16, no folders, all ATRs in its root folder. SW0 up keeps the screen black, while all i could find on information tells me SW0 up to enable SD card. Whats going wrong? Greets, Beetle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Guess it doesn't like your SD card. Try another card! Mine all work but YMMV. FAT16 should be fine but I've been using FAT32. Screen stays black with sw0 up if it can't initialise the SD card. Only tip I can think of - make sure the card is inserted before powering on (or reset with f12) the DE1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Ah, okay one step further. Tried a 2GB one, now i see the ATRs listed. How to boot one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Press the trigger (right win key by default) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 some of the programs you need to bypass basic to do this Press F4 while loading. you can find a small list in my sig "Test Results" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Thanks, got it running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 New build up with very simple OSD for selecting RAM/ROM and disk images. On right switch on DE1 for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) @foft Thanks for the update!! I seem to be having a problem with setting images for drives 1-4 that I can't seem to leave the file selection list to get back to the OSD menu. Edited January 18, 2014 by NML32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Fire button? Hmmm, I only used a real joystick. Perhaps keyboard bounces? I wait for joystick button to be released, but don't delay otherwise. I'll check with windows key. Edit:Checked. Works fine here! What happens when you select a file? Edited January 19, 2014 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Updated the latest sof inplace. Silly bug that broke the XEX loader and slowed down the ATR loader... I can't reproduce problems getting back from file selector to the menu. Edited January 19, 2014 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Updated the latest sof inplace. Silly bug that broke the XEX loader and slowed down the ATR loader... I can't reproduce problems getting back from file selector to the menu. It's easier when using the KB. The problem seems that the KB and Joystick key press is repeating (very rapidly) when the key or fire button is pressed. How do you switch disk? Edited January 19, 2014 by NML32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Do you have auto fire on? I wait for button release. I'll add a delay too:) Switch disk by selecting another image then exit the menu. Some places it doesn't work. Really I need to capture and restore antic+gtia registers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 New build up with very simple OSD for selecting RAM/ROM and disk images. On right switch on DE1 for now... Any chance of publishing the latest source? Or even doing a git or mercurial repo on your server? I had started looking through the code to add such features only to find that you have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Any chance of publishing the latest source? Or even doing a git or mercurial repo on your server? I had started looking through the code to add such features only to find that you have... Oh, do you want to help with the OSD? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220546-osd-for-fpga-atari/ I'll update it. The thing I'm thinking about now is the best way to freeze the Atari, take over the chips then continue. I think I might need ram behind antic/gtia/pokey and then rewrite their regs on exit... I have some already of course, but its slower than the custom chips, so I might use some regs/bram in the FPGA instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 That's what I get for not reading the programming forum... Yeah, I'm looking to help with that. I'm not sure the best bet is taking over the chips. Best just to do a video overlay and not disturb the Atari hardware at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 OK, uploaded the new source (and a new sof to match, but hardly worth it - added a few delays and disk swapping to the OSD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) That's what I get for not reading the programming forum... Yeah, I'm looking to help with that. I'm not sure the best bet is taking over the chips. Best just to do a video overlay and not disturb the Atari hardware at all. Yeah maybe. But then we'd need another video engine, which would have to compete with CPU/Antic for memory access etc. I think saving a few registers will be simpler and it will 'look' Atari. Should add - having help with the OSD would be awesome:-) Edited January 19, 2014 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Do you have auto fire on? I wait for button release. I'll add a delay too:) Switch disk by selecting another image then exit the menu. Some places it doesn't work. Really I need to capture and restore antic+gtia registers. @foft the issue I was having selecting files in the OSD has been resolved in build atari800core_20140119.sof Thanks!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Does anyone have a board with an 'edbll' sram revision? Terasic suggested a small change (25ohm resistance pin setting) that I'd like to confirm fixes the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Does anyone have a board with an 'edbll' sram revision? Terasic suggested a small change (25ohm resistance pin setting) that I'd like to confirm fixes the issue. This is a software fix not hardware. Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) Yep, but since no-one has a board to try it... edit:Of course it's all hardware, but its a setting:) Edited January 27, 2014 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I finally got my MK-III (Amiga/Atari PS/2 mouse adapter converter) in the mail yesterday. I tried the game PAD 1.8 in both Atari ST and Amiga mode on the DE1 joystick break-out box. I tried both a ball and optical mouse, both worked great. I bought the MK-III on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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