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Audio tools • Arkos Tracker

Defence Force about 3 months ago

After having done a few tests, I think we can safely say that the Arkos player is better than the MYM on pretty much all points, except the number of available songs.I made a small music demo using the 6502 Arkos player that both Xeron and ISS used for th …
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Technical questions • Trying to fix an Oric 1

Defence Force about 3 months ago

Hey Folks,Back with some more support questions.After I fixed my Oric Atmos, someone here in Oz approached me and asked if I could look at their Oric 1."Sure!" I foolishly said.Symptoms were a black screen. I initially checked voltages (All fine) and then …

Display Devices • Help with Dell 2007FPB

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Hi guys, I tried searching and didn't see a resolution to my particular problem, I wonder if you can help. I have a Dell 2007FPB and I'm trying to use the INI file linked below as an alt. I imagine this should work perfectly, but I get a "signal out of …

IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000 • MiSTer PC XT BIOS

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Here's my small contribution to this project:MiSTer PC XT BIOSIt's a fork of well known 8088_bios (https://github.com/skisele... PC XT related enhancements:Memory size set to 704KB. So if A000h UMB enabled, 704KB memory will be available to …

IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000 • XT-IDE r625

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Just received much awaited addons and start looking at MisterXT Looks like it's suggested BIOSes goes with quite old XT-IDE release, so i made a build of main and XT-IDE BIOS.Main BIOS is a quick port of Book8088 (chinese XT laptop) BIOS i'm working on, w …
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Commodore Discussion • Spyders - Commodore 8032 / SuperPET

Commodore.ca about 3 months ago

https://milasoft64.itch.io... ... 32superpetStatistics: Posted by milasoft64 — Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:22 pm — Replies 0 — Views 3608 …
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Linux • TapTo x86 platform

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Hi everyone!I have made several modifications to MiSTer_Main to support the TapTo device:Detection of the ACR122U reader in the menu.x86 support through CMOS memory, using the TapTo API service.I have not yet made a pull request to the official repository …
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Newcomers Forum • VGA to Scart using Analog IO 6.1

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

I have my Mister running via the Analog Io RGB into a consumer RGB Scart Toshiba CRT and I’m experiencing very faint red scanning lines coming through on blacks . I’ve tried 2 cables , the later being the one from RGC , both have a resistor .Brightnes …
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General Discussion • Spammers or legit people?

Defence Force about 4 months ago

I tend to find it suspicious when a bunch of people try to register on the forum at the same time.Does anyone know any of these users? Could be someone who mentioned the forum somewhere and they are legit requests, ... or they could just be spammers.Stati …
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ZX Spectrum, ZX81, SAM Coupé, TSConf, QL, Next • SymbOS ported to Spectrum Next

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Just a heads up for those that like new shiny things to play with Over on the Spectrum Computing Forums, a user by the name of "Prodatron" has produced a port of SymbOS to the ZX Next. See this thread for details and a very impressive video showing it mul …

Other Computer / System Cores • TRS-80 Model 1 - Microsoft Adventure

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

I've been interacting with the individual who cracked the very first commercial copy-protected title, Microsoft Adventure, for some time now. (See https://www.filfre.net/2011... and a great many other writings for details).After all …
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Commodore Discussion • New Release: Colour Space Invaders for PET (and a request for help)

Commodore.ca about 4 months ago

This version of Space Invaders supports Steve Gray's colour PET module. I imagine that means two people on planet Earth can use it, though it works on normal PET's too.It doesn't support joystick just yet because I've given in to frustration.... there is …
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Display Devices • HDMI Shows Flickering Lines, Video Issue? [Solved]

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Hi, folks. I would gladly appreciate some help here! I recently got a RetroCastle Mister and I'm facing a noise (?) issue with HDMI output.In video_mode=14 (2560x1440), I get a line of random pixels at the top right corner of the video on the main menu:Se …
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General Discussion • Microdisc Restoration

Defence Force about 4 months ago

Hi fellow Oricians,I hope you guys are doing well. It’s a while since my last post on this forum. Meanwhile I was busy with a complete C64 setup restoration with drive, datasette and printer.I recently won a bid on eBay for a Microdisc and other stuff. …
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Development for MiSTer • PWM on 18-bit DAC to get 24-bit color

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

I have made a couple of builds that add PWM on the 18-bit DAC to get 24-bit color for the cores that need it. This is for any signal that uses the VGA port on the IO board. It works by quickly alternating between two different color values to get a color …
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General Discussion • Which Oric character to use for a mural?

Defence Force about 4 months ago

Hi,I'm setting up to do some artwork/mural at the Retro Gaming Museum here in Vienna, Austria (https://gamingmuseum.at/) and I would like to put a sprite up above the Atmos in our display, to represent the Oric section.Which character would you use to rep …
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32-bit acorn hardware • 8MB A3000

Stardot about 4 months ago

After good success with the 'silly' 16MB upgrade, it seemed logical to create a more sensible / reasonable 8MB version. A goal here was also to experiment with simplifying the reset logic so that it's not necessary to have the single wire mod / leg-lift …

Arcade Cores • Black Widow Question

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Whenever I try to run the Black Widow core, the game graphics are all weird and broken up (see screenshot)Is there some graphic setting in the core that causes this? I've fiddled with the graphical settings but nothing seems to work. …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Component I.D.

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hi Folks,Could someone tell me the rating and type of this Capacitor…… C3….It’s from the sound circuit of my Master Compact.ThanksDaveStatistics: Posted by DaveLecky — Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:40 pm — Replies 3 — Views 103 …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Cumana drive: couple of questions

Stardot about 4 months ago

Hello all,I bought this external Cumana drive, knowing the 40/80 track switch was damaged and the drive untested.I would like to see if this drive is working and, if not, if I can get it working again.Questions:1. Are there any known problems with the int …
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32-bit acorn hardware • A5000 boot issue

Stardot about 4 months ago

So I turned my A5000 on for the first time since before Xmas, and it isnt booting properly anymore. Not sure what the issue is, or how to repair.When you power on, there is a strange squawk from the speaker (attempted beep but strange attempt), then you …
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Genesis / Mega Drive, Sega CD, 32X • Stuttering and slow downs in Gunstar Heroes

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Haven't played in a real Genesis for decades. It's normal to have stutters and slow downs in certain areas of this game?This area seemed the worst:I tried turning turbo onto medium for the second playthrough I think it helped. …
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • High Score Challenge - S22 - Round 1 - Monsters

Stardot about 4 months ago

Stardot high score challengeSeason Twenty Two: Round OneMonsters chosen by Chrisn=====================... Round One starts at 9pm on Monday the 8th of January and ends at 9pm on Monday the …

8-bit acorn hardware • Network for the BBC Micro - not Econet

Stardot about 4 months ago

I was browsing through a box of old documents from my late friend Emile and I found this article (Radiobulletin, April 1984) about a network for BBC computers as an alternative for Econet. It supports up to 16 clients. The main advantage is that is much c …
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Amiga (Minimig) • AROS m68k on MiSTer/Minimig?

MISTerFPGA about 4 months ago

Hey all,I thought it would be interesting to run AROS m68k on the MiSTer. I got the boot floppy and iso from here: https://aros.sourceforge.io... system boots and shows an AmigaDOS window, apparently it loads the AROS kickstart. After that, t …