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Linux • Scripts No Longer Work From OS

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Hello,My backstory I have a very strange issue that I cannot figure out. I am not new to MiSTer, I have been using it for many years now, building one of the best devices I have ever owned. Luckily I jumped on this when you could buy a complete setup fo …

Display Devices • Best Settings for NEC XM-29 plus via RGB

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

I have a feeling I'm not taking advantage of this great monitor for my Mister FPGA. I have the mister hooked up with a VGA -> RGB cable in the back of the monitor. This monitor can handle many types of resolutions. Currently, it seems like the monitor …

Display Devices • Direct Video No Picture on CRT VGA Monitor

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

I can't get a signal on my CRT monitor (or better, the monitor is getting something because it doesn't display the "no connection" message, but I'm not getting a picture). I'm using an HDMI-VGA converter and my monitor is a standard PC monitor, it can sup …

off-topic • Going Beyond the Beeb

Stardot about 5 months ago

I know, it's sacrilege. But I'm thinking of doing something a bit non-Acorn-ish, and writing some code to run on the host hardware directly! I want to port a version of BCP away from the Beeb.The first thing I'm going to need for this is a layer which w …

Linux • How to mount root partition on SD card

MISTerFPGA about 6 months ago

I have the MiSTer SD card plugged into my PC, but I can't mount the root partition. I can find only the MiSTer_Data partition.There is a second 3MB partition on the card, but I'm unable to mount it. Linux doesn't seem to recognize the file system.I need t …

IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol. • Setting up JNI for calling Java from COBOL on z/OS

zMainframes about 6 months ago

I have been looking at the following IBM sample program:https://www.ibm.com... ... ol-programTo compile the sample program there is a required COPY named JNI.JNI.cpy is in the z/OS® UNIX file system in the include subdirectory of the COB …
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Software & Hardware • 🔨 Amiga Hardware Faults and Solutions List

LemonAmiga about 7 months ago

The Amiga is a Retro computer. Commodore built the Amiga using the cheapest parts, and the weakest solutions. The chips themselves are prone to fail. During my time with the Amiga A500, at least 1 Agnus failed, perhaps x2 CIA chips, and perhaps also Paula …

TRS 80 cassette recorder emulator idea

VCFed about 7 months ago

I Just repaired my TRS80 PC2 and got a cassette recorder from Amazon to test that functionality but immediately started thinking about making an emulator that could be used to save and load to a flash file system. I'm thinking stand alone with a usb C for …

XT-IDE : D1000 ROM Error

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hi - I've put aside my Gateway project pending some parts arrival and picked up on an Epson Equity I+ I've been working on. I received an XT-IDE card last night, and put it in today along with a SD-IDE card reader, and it worked brilliantly... for a couple …

AdvSkel65 Progress Report: Getting Monitor: Possible Crash on ProDOS OPEN

Apple Fritter about 9 months ago

AttachmentSize ProDOSi module that opens a file1.25 KB Module that passes a file to the OPEN function578 bytes Module that loads a Cubbyhole stub into memory1.01 KB cc65 header that declares the ProDOSi functions1.06 KB Hi!  I can't figu …
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General • Pi1541 error on block 031 while download file

Lemon64 about 9 months ago

Hi all!I'm new to the forum and i want to say hi to everyone reading this post.I bring a doubt/issue i have regarding pi1541. I made that great project following the tutorial of Steve White (https://cbm-pi1541.firebas... version A.So, everything wo …
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"The Way it Should be Done" - writing Atari games at Lucasfilm, with Unix

Retro Computing Forum about 9 months ago

A group using Unix, C, Lisp, awk, and more, to write demonstration games for the Atari 800 - games which turned out to be rather good. “The Way it Should be Done” in Unix Review Magazine Jun 1985, page 33 and following In this article I …

Display Devices • Cannot change resolution for ao486 on 15khz 1084s monitor

MISTerFPGA about 9 months ago

Hi!I am trying to display ao486 on a 15khz 1084s monitor.It kind of works but the image is slightly stretched vertically. This results in some doubled lines which is nasty. The image also slightly cropped vertically. core is at: 320x200 70hzoutput is at: …

Tandberg TOS exec format

VCFed about 9 months ago

I've been looking at some disk images containing the Tandberg TOS operating system, and I was curious about how much of their choices they came up with from scratch and how much is re-used from other products. This OS was made and used with the TDV-2114 80 …
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UNIX Time-Sharing System: A Retrospective (1978, Dennis Ritchie)

Retro Computing Forum about 10 months ago

I don’t think I’ve posted about this before, it’s 24 short pages looking back at Unix from a 1978 perspective. I think I turned it up because I was interested - am still interested - in the history of which CPU architectures, first ran …

Hardware • A1200 starter pack

Amiga Love about 10 months ago

Ok, this is not 100% hardware but it does have an important hardware component.I listened to a podcast where someone who didn't (seem to) have much Amiga experience was talking about getting an Amiga 1200 in working order.Which made me think: what would b …

OS9.2.2 Universal on PowerBook G4

Mac OS9 Lives about 10 months ago

Hi,I installed OS 9.2.2 Lives successfully on a Power Book G4 Antimony. I was able to install several apps from Macintosh Garden.The problem: Larger Files (> 2GB)My File System: Mac OS ExtendedThe file size is not shown correctly e.g. on a FAT32 US... …

Input Devices • Weird Menu Navigation Issue using IPAC2 - Keyboard

MISTerFPGA about 10 months ago

Hey,after hours and hours of tinkering I have my arcade basically 99.9% setup and that makes me super happy but there is a single remaining Issue I am unable to understand or solve.I am using an IPAC2 in keyboard mode for my arcade controls. The joystick …

8-bit acorn software: other • System response following a Ctrl-A-Break

Stardot about 10 months ago

Hi folks,I've been having an offline discussion with SteveF about the effects of releasing the Break key after doing a Ctrl-A-Break on a Model B where ADFS is present, and on a machine where ADFS is absent. The effects are different in the two cases, and …

Vortex JVL iTouch 8 Issue

Museum of the Game about 11 months ago

I have currently on a JVL Eclipse (JP20) the problem that it constantly at startup a File System Corrupted and Factory reset required. I have tried to do the Factory reset several times and I could also play it one time until the restart, the version is iT …

Arcade Cores • Mappy does not sync video

MISTerFPGA about 11 months ago

Hi all, I have a working setup that runs other games fine, but MAPPY does not sync at all. I am using a Component video cable, here is my mister.ini:[MiSTer]key_menu... ; set to 1 to make the MENU key map to RGUI in Minimig (e.g. for Right Ami …

Anyone familiar with Wang OIS internals?

VCFed about 11 months ago

The 8080-based WPs from Wang running OIS. There doesn't seem to be much at all on the OIS internals. I'm not interested in the hardware (I know there are a couple of schematics for OIS boxes on bitsavers), but the interface and organization of the OIS f …
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DAN][ Controller with Ethernet and FTP Server

Apple Fritter about 1 year ago

I haven't seen reports of people using the DAN][ controller's Ethernet option. This is also a neat feature that Daniel added to the card. He added support to "IP65", the 6502's TCP/IP library. There is an example disk in the github project.I now added some …
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PiStorm32 – Getting started guide Pt.1

Retro32 about 1 year ago

Firstly, I’d like to give thanks to Claude Schwarz and the whole team involved in the PiStorm project. Without their hard work, dedication and devotion to the project there would be no PiStorm32. We, I, salute you all. You can follow Claude on Twitte …