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You can delegate the offset calculation to losetup(8) utility, just don't forget to explicitly release the loop device: /media/fat/games/MSX# losetup -Pf boot.vhd /media/fat/games/MSX# losetup -a /dev/loop0: 0 /media/fat/linux/bluetooth /dev/loop1: 0 boot.vhd /dev/loop8: 0 /media/fat/games/MSX# mount /dev/loop1p1 /mnt /media/fat/games/MSX# ls /mnt ...

Assuming the screen capture shows proper colours, I'd suggest: 1) re-setting mister.ini to defaults (make backup, of course); 2) moving to Display Devices section.

How do you check that? I think the only proper way is to capture a screenshot on the MiSTer itself. When I do this (ZX-Spectrum_20220620.rbf), the difference in colours is visible. For example, #FFFF00 for bright yellow and #C0C000 for normal yellow.

rsync is quite complex piece of software and for any non-trivial use case reading the docs is mandatory. For example, speaking of whole file transfers, IIRC, one can always force delta-transfers with --no-whole-file However, even without any other benefits, rsync brings "interruptable" backups to the table. But you have to explicitly requ...

Sorry to jump in, but does XTIDE actually use LBA? If it does not, the weird behaviour with a random image size was explained before, wasn't it? If I am not mistaken, unless one specifies disk image geometry explicitly (and it MUST match the actual image size), serdrive assumes 16 heads and 63 sectors, so the image MUST be allocated in chunks of 51...

Thanks for chiming in, it's nice to have input from one of the core's authors! We have confirmed that direct access to IDE controller registers (177740 - 177756) is not supposed to work, but the "BIOS" calls like 160004 or 160006 should work. I am still struggling with writing a working code using those "BIOS" calls, but I am sl...

One more update, just to record my progress. I found HHDInfo tool, compiled it and it seems to be failing with the same "MKDOS - I/O error # 6", which means "disk not present".

Building a Wireguard module is the best way to have a decently performing VPN on the host system itself. And yes, it is unclear, when and why it may be useful, so getting a dedicated device, something like GL-AR300M, is a much better option.

Thanks for looking at this. I think I can create a small self-contained test case for Sorgelig to review, and that is what I'll do when I have few hours to spare.

Being able (using that MKDOS318B.IMG) to access most of the disk images I found in various places, I discovered tests for SMK-512, specifically the one called ALT_V47F (see attached ALT_V47F-log.png) . That seem to be a very old version with some known errors, found the latest v4.75f which shows fewer errros. It (still, as of 4.75f) detects some er...

For posterity's sake: if I repack a VHD with MKDOS318B.IMG (from the " official site ", according to Wikipedia ) as the first disk, I can get it working more or less reliably. The "MicroCommander" does not always load (why?), but most of the glitches are gone and I can run most of the applications from different VHD "partit...

Update: I cannot boot MK-DOS from vhd, it always yields "I/O error #6". ANDOS and CSIDOS seems to work sometimes, tried so many combinations but did not write down the working ones (just doing it for fun anyway). Also, whatever configuration is working after the first setup, it becomes broken after core reboot/reset with the same "I/...

Hello fellow MISTer enthusiasts! While BK-0011M may not be the most popular core here, I am wondering if someone can help me with its setup. My question is simple: How do I use the SMK-512 hard drive controller emulation? Has anyone managed to boot MK-DOS from VHD? I am not sure whether the core is not quite stable when working with disk images or ...

Not an expert here, but if I understand it correctly it should work provided that it supports the implemented devices and you manage to add image to the appropriate slot on the SD card (using sd-store). However, some of those downloads are already included in the disks image. The parent project has detailed description of all devices/drivers and in...

Hi fellow MISTer enthusiasts! I am wondering if someone else is trying to set up a "cloud gaming" for the MISTer. Disclaimer: my mates are quite technical, so what we have is not end-user-friendly setup. It requires direct SSH'ing, linux servers and some console wizardy. We also mostly interested in the old computer cores, so no fast pace...

Not quite important since it works well with a physical (HDMI) monitor, but I see a funny glitch when using a capture card (it's not static, flickers until something else is printed). DM1 and DX0 (XXDP), DK1 and DK2 (FODOS and RAFOS) seem to be glitch free.

Just sharing my experience of setting up a remote console for DVK/MC1201 core. Why? Because I wanted to have a shared clipboard and interested in running some compilers and stuff like that. Text based games are working, too :) Updated: Nov 4, uartmode typo. Nov 25, vtwrap page has gone south. Pre-requisites: *nix system, using Debian myself GNU scr...

xolod79 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:24 pm picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyS1
In ODT, you need to give commands in capital letters, switch CAPSLOCK or hold Shift.
@B MY1

picocom did the trick, thanks again!

Thanks a lot for your work, this is great! I do have one question not related to SD cards. How do we use the core's UART? After using "uartmode 2" there are some meaningful bits avaiable via ttyS1, but it looks like some phantom input (?) is generated most of the time when using microcom (ssh to mister from xterm set to vt52 profile), as ...

Sorry to bump it up, missed this thread earlier. Trying less exotic software :) Specifically, the infamous STALK.SAV (booting from MY0, games DSK stored as MY1), none of the versions I tried working (other games seem to be OK, e.g. tetris, tir, patrul, xonix): STALK.SAV - sha256:db28657202e16e1848aeaa002329bb2086e21d90db747f9a6eb766a430e385a8 ДЛЯ П...

This is great! AcornAtom_20201229.rbf works fine for me with all variants of VHD files (from this thread, created myself from scratch and created using blank.zip template).
Thank you very much, Dave!

Good to know we found solution for those with I/O boards (finding SD card smaller than 256Mb was a challenge for me, though :) ). Well, not so good news about further troubleshooting, I am afraid. I have completely disconnected my [digital] I/O board but it only made things worse. Without I/O board the core cannot even partially mount a VHD, *HELP ...

Just a data point. I fired up ao486 core, booted from FreeDOS ISO and mounted the boot.vhd downloaded from this thread. Ran defrag, no issues, no fragmentation, image is 100% healthy. Still no dice with Atom core. It goes a bit further with BBC mode (can read directory) but still fails when accessing the files. Also tried to use a physical SD card ...

Hey Dave! The core is great, there is nothing to be sorry about! Apologies if I did not make it clear, but my intention was to offer help with troubleshooting, not to blame anyone or express my frustration. After all the time I spent, I also believe FAT 12/16/32 may play the role. I am going to test different image formats and report. And thank you...

Had some time to play with it, and as I am no expert it may not mean much, but it looks like the VHD is not always properly mounted or disconnected frequently. Sometimes *HELP still says "CARD TYPE: N/A" after mounting VHD. Once sometimes goes wrong, *HELP command sometime seem choose MMC for CARD TYPE, flipping it from the original SD/SD...

Hmm, something weird going on. No matter how I create (using blank.vhd template or from scratch or using prebuilt one posted above) or how I transfer it to the MiSTer (scp/rsync, physically removing sdcard and inserting it into laptop), it does not work for me. Usually I get the same ERROR 102, but sometimes *CAT starts printing the directory and s...