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BBond007 wrote:I just wonder why TOS (even 2.06) can't programmatically switch from low to medium resolution.

The STs most certainly can switch low/med modes via code.

BBond007 wrote:I PM's both Freeze Dried Terminal and TAZ in ".st" floppy format. I prefer FZT...

Good old Freeze Dried Terminal, was my gateway to the world in the 16bit era

Sorgelig wrote:I will adjust default settings.

Default settings for floppy based usage should look as I posted earlier

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.ph ... 99#p399493

There seems to be an intermittent issue with memory allocation after TOS changes and/or Cold Boot (within core) at times. Memory is configured for 4MB, but less is being allocated (looks like 1MB usually) when this issue occurs. Memory size can be easily validated using Sysinfo https://sites.google....

Thank you Sorgelig for bringing this over

For those looking to play around with the new Atari ST core, I'd recommend using these settings for booting floppy games.

Is it just me or has the sound in the Williams cores become even more high pitched/faster than it previously was? I just tried Robotron and it sounds even more off than it previously was (which is immediately noticeable)

Yes, formatting a disk does not work but disk writes do.

@FPGAzumSpass this core is in *amazing* shape for a first release. Incredible work, many thanks to both you and Sorgelig!

Latest test core is looking good here so far.

retrofun wrote:Ok, let's see if I can fix some more instructions

Nice, go to it! Tried Epic and Blasteroids with the updated code and they seem to be working

Other outside fixes 'coming soon' are seemingly waiting forever...

onaryc29 wrote:I've tried to launch epic, a whload version, from the last SM pack, but an error (in the workbench) is raised shortly after the game is launched. Is someone else experiencing that?

Yes it crashes with a Line 1111 error, which should not be happening. This works correctly on a real Amiga.

I usually do not use floppy images, but I decided to try some known good ones (with a very vanilla config - 68K/512MB Chip/KS12/13/IDE off). There is definitely some inconsistently odd behavior with the core and floppy images. Sometimes it will just refuse to even boot them (repeatedly showing the W...

Sorgelig wrote:Ne build to try:
Minimig2.zip

Not seeing previous issue, or other issues. Gloom ran for 1+ hours.

Milongero wrote:Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 and Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge still not running.

WHDLoad or floppy? I just tried WHDLoad and they seem to be working.

corruption starts from the beginnig of play? I found that Gloom behaves weird if you stay on one place for some time like 10 minutes which is not related to instability issue. Yes right from start, three cold boots with same result. BTW - last test core ran Gloom for several hours (while player fir...

Sorgelig wrote: here is the test version with RTD:
Minimig.zip
Need to test the build against stability

Seeing image corruption that did not exist with previous test version.

Sorgelig wrote:Minimig.zip
try this version.

That version seems to be working well on my 64MB AIO MiSTer.

yoshi41 wrote:Blazing Star has garbled graphic in the intro sequence, gameplay is fine. Tested with NeoGeo_20190908.rbf in AES/MVS mode with stock and Uni BIOS using VGA->SCART.

I just tested Blazing Star here (NeoGeo_20190908.rbf) on my 64MB AIO board, I see no graphical corruption in the intro or game.

Your boot.rom is the wrong size, it should be 32k. Ensure that your basic and kernal roms are both 8K and your drive rom is 16K.

copy /b basic.bin + /b kernal.bin + /b dos1541.bin boot.rom

foft wrote:The intro music plays fine though from the atx version. In-game I only have 'hitting' sounds, is that normal?

Edit: I'm testing on EclaireXL, but the mister is a port so should be the same.

Yes in game it's just sound effects not music.

World Championship Karate running on an NTSC XL will look like this (barring the overscan areas which you would not see on a standard TV of the era). The green color is correct. MiSTer core https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/Csyeh6.jpg Altirra https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/PNK...

Wow, SVP - amazing work srg320

I've had VR freeze twice on me now just running in its demo mode - the OSD still works, the game is just frozen. It doesn't happen right away, it has to be left running for a while. MiSTer is up to date.

A graphical dialog wrapper would probably be a good stop-gap. I think in the long run, scripts should only serve the role of very niche/special purpose actions. If something needs to be done by a user all the time (updating, ini settings) a dedicated graphical method is the only sensible choice. Ag...

I've noticed the exact same issues with WHDLoad hanging and IDEFix was the first thing I disabled in that image to address that problem. It's not something I've ever used with my real A1200.

Sorgelig wrote:Here is my standalone (not embedded somewhere) version of case:

That is a beauty of precise functional industrial design.

Very nice. Looking forward to the day I can play some Tunnels of Doom on this core