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Chris23235

deleted by me, no need in derailing the thread to much -

Chris23235

Thanks, yeah well I did own an N-Go and while it was nice - I really like the styling of the real Next. Sold my N-Go and it paid for my MiSTer and then some. So I enjoy the Next core on that. But I think I still like the idea of real hardware for the Next itself. Tried the FB group...and actually got someone who was willing to sell to me. But when...

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Interesting news, thank you.

There was this one game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PlP95WoCBw

Chris23235

I am not aware of non working games, because of "non cracked" disc images. Do you have any examples for this? I don't have a list of non working games because of bad cracks but you can find many posts about it on various forums. The problem is people boot these games and see that it loads and think it is fine. But what often happens is t...

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Are there really games out there that exist only in IPF or STX format? I believe that is the case but the better case is that accurate backups vs bad cracked ones should offer better feedback on improving things which gives more confidence in the process of bug fixing. There are a lot of bad dumps out there even non cracked ones. Fortunately there...

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The GitHub page for MiSTery suggests a lot of cycle accuracy. "Cycle accurate STe GLUE+MMU combo (re-created from the original schematics) Cycle accurate FX68K CPU core Cycle accurate Blitter offered by Jorge Cwik Mostly cycle accurate shifter based on schematics made from reverse engineering" It isn't clear if using an Atari 520ST confi...

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First and foremost any format besides .ST would need a cylce exact simulation. MiSTery is not cycle exact and can't support IPF or STX.

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As an aside... I'm looking to buy a real Spectrum Next if anyone has one for sale. Best place to look for one would be the fb group, there are regulary people selling their Nexts for reasonable prices. An alternative would be an n-go, identical to the original KS1 next (with some improvements, e.g. no HDMI backpower and a power switch), but the ca...

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I do fully agree with aberu. But the facef_ck post seems to be unaware of these details ZX Next SRAM release for MiSTer: https://github.com/RW-FPGA-devel-Team/ZXNext_Mister I would recommend to the guy from caralibro facef_ck to make a dual SRAM + SDRAM module and to re-read what he has written because criticism is totally unnecessary. (if he real...

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Just spend some time on some ZX Next groups especially FB and you will see what I mean. If you don't own the official Kickstarter version it's not good enough . Never had any problems. I use a n-go on regular basis and everybody treats it as the same as the kickstarter Next. If it comes to the MiSTer, it is just that it isn't the same when you use...

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You need a Kickstart rom (BIOS). This really makes me cringe - only x86 PCs have (had) BIOS. Nonsense. The concept of a BIOS predates the x86 PCs. It was created in 1976 by Gary Kildall for CP/M. At this point x86 processors didn't even exist (the 8086 were released in 1978 and the 8088 the CPU in the first IBM PCs was released even a year later i...

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Welcome to the MiSTer world. No need for a secondary SD card at the moment (some cores can utilise the secondary SD card, but most cores don't need it). What you definitely need is the sdram module. Can you check the description if your MiSTer is equipped with an sdram module? The genesis core is one of the few cores that can use the DDR3-RAM of th...

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Retro-Nerd wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:06 am
This isn't working for me. I'll wait for an update. Thanks for posting the modeline though.

Sorgelig just updated the framework of the core.

Chris23235

Just stumbled across this version, didn't knew if before. There is a ZX Spectrum 128K version of R-Type wie AY music:

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Last month I almost broke my mister. I connected a 12 V psu instead of the 5V psu. I had both in the same place and didn't notice I took the wrong one. When I plugged the power cord, the mister started and stopped after a split second. I removed the power and connected it again and same behaviour. Only then I noticed that I had used the wrong psu....

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First of all I'm very pleased Tiger-Heli has arrived for the MiSTer FPGA, based on the Slap Fight core. However, I'm experiencing the following problem: · There's no orientation option (?) so it's stuck in the wrong orientation on the screen, i.e. not vertical on my HDMI screen, which renders it pretty unplayable at the moment. The buttons "F...

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Newsdee wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:45 pm
Chris23235 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:53 am
Every core on MiSTer comes with a detailed instruction on how to use. Many users aren't aware of this.

I unzipped the vhd and it still doesn't work.

Where did you unzip the vhd? Is it named boot.vhd? It works for me.

Chris23235

From the readme of the core Place rbf into root of SD card. Unpack and place boot.vhd (from releases folder) into /Games/ZXNext folder. Alternatively you can rename it to ZXNext.vhd and place into root of SD card. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ZXNext_MISTer Every core on MiSTer comes with a detailed instruction on how to use. Many users aren't aw...

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Same for me, I just tested it as I hadn't updated yet. Alcon worked before the update (as well as Slapfight) and after the update just Slapfight works (but the graphic corruption at the top of the screen is gone). When launching Alcon I get a black screen and sound. It is no sync issue as I can pull up the core menu just fine. Apart from the title ...

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The facebook post is from Allen Albright, one of the developers of the original ZX Spectrum Next core. I think he knows what he is talking about. He explains the SD speed issue in detail in an answer to this post. If you are in doubt of his points, just try it out. I don't plan to, as I am sure he is right. The ZX Next die hards are a funny group i...

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I also have the almost black menu screen. Once a core is loaded it doesn't look wrong any more, but the initial menu screen of the MiSTer becomes almost black regardless which HDR settings I choose. I use this monitor:

https://www.tulparnotebook.de/gaming-mo ... d-a27-v1-1

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@kitrinx
Many thanks for fixing 1942, this is really one of the best games on the 7800. It shows what the system is capable of.

Chris23235

Many thanks @StatMat. I prefer the D64 versions for my MiSTer to get the authentic feel of... waiting while the game loads from disc, but on my Miyoo Mini this collection is just what I want.

Chris23235

If you have a large directory with 100s or 1000s of roms, this script will create subdirectories a b c d etc and move the files in there, based on the first letter of their filename: https://github.com/jamespo/directorysorter Files beginning with numbers go into a 0-9 directory & everything else goes into an _others directory. Written in Pytho...

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The issue is not transfer speed, but latency. USB has latency and the HDD has latency and the transfer to the core also has latency, but every sector in double speed only has 6ms of time. If you have this issue, make sure to use bin/cue and not chd, otherwise you also get the decompression in the path. I can't really do anything about it otherwise...

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held wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 8:04 pm
FPGAzumSpass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:25 am

Turbo CPU? Are you kidding me. I must admit I jumped around a bit like Ross after I enabled it:

Thank you for awakening my inner child again

Seeing Alien Ressurection going up to 60 FPS in Widescreen mode (at least when the game is not streaming new assets from CD) is pretty nice.

Chris23235

Some exciting emulator news- have you all heard of BigPEmu? Apparently the creator of the Jaguar emulator for the recent Atari 50th anniversary collection released it as a standalone. Some impressive links: The emulator: https://www.richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index.php An Atari Jaguar owner discussing this with demonstration: https://www.youtube.co...

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From todays update thread:

Sorgelig wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:05 pm
VIC20:

Update CPU.

Update VIC for better NTSC support.

Just gave it a try, at least the games I tried now run when launching the Megacart in NTSC.

Chris23235

Megacart is now supported:

Sorgelig wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:26 pm VIC20:
- Add Megacart support (adopted Robinson's implementation).

Chris23235

it should be good for this friday... otherwise, I don't understand anymore! I was starting to feel that way too, mostly because I feel like the Analogue Pocket has taken up too much of his time. But in all fairness, one of his employees is young and inexperienced and the other was on vacation for a month, AND Jotego needed help understanding an ob...

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