Forums Calendar Active Threads Forum Help
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 5 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115566 07/29/19 01:42 AM
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 1
D
Doc Flareon Offline
Member
Offline
Doc Flareon
Member
D
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 1
Originally Posted by TSCHAK
and with a bit of phenagling, right now am sending poly-dot commands for text output (I can't get the BLT String commands to emit something usable), I get:

[Linked Image]

https://github.com/tschak909/platotermmindset

(also, FWIW, who do I talk to about including versions of PLATOTERM in the software lists for all of MAME's supported machines? I have about a dozen and a half versions that will work as MAME adds serial support for various systems) wink

-Thom

Please forgive me for going off-topic, but I have to ask you a question. How are you displaying power and drive activity indicators? I've been searching for a way to get MAME to display such useful information to no avail.
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115567 07/29/19 01:56 AM
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 16,475
USA
R
R. Belmont Online Content
Very Senior Member
Online Content
R. Belmont
Very Senior Member
R
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 16,475
USA
Those indicators have to be built into the driver for the machine you're emulating.
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115575 07/29/19 09:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
T
TSCHAK Offline OP
Senior Member
OP Offline
TSCHAK
Senior Member
T
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
@OG - I am modernizing the ISV Toolkit C bindings for the Mindset, and along the way, making a set of example programs.

https://github.com/tschak909/mindset-examples

Is there anything I could put together that could help the emulation bring-up along?

-Thom

Last edited by TSCHAK; 07/29/19 09:45 PM. Reason: add github link.
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115577 07/30/19 09:43 AM
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 418
somewhere else entirely
O
Olivier Galibert Offline
Senior Member
Offline
Olivier Galibert
Senior Member
O
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 418
somewhere else entirely
Originally Posted by TSCHAK
Is there anything I could put together that could help the emulation bring-up along?


Depends, are you running stuff on the real thing or in mame?

OG.
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115579 07/30/19 02:24 PM
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
T
TSCHAK Offline OP
Senior Member
OP Offline
TSCHAK
Senior Member
T
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
I have MAME and the real thing here on my shelf. smile

[Linked Image]

ran latest build last night, TV mode:
[Linked Image]

Monitor mode still a bit shifted:
[Linked Image]

This thing is quite possibly the neatest MS-DOS machine I've ever hacked on, blitter actually is pretty fast. limit mostly kicks in when you want to be able to do collision detection reliably...

-Thom

Last edited by TSCHAK; 07/30/19 02:25 PM. Reason: img tags
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115580 07/30/19 02:47 PM
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 1,608
H
Haze Offline
Very Senior Member
Offline
Haze
Very Senior Member
H
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 1,608
That's somewhat dodging the question. If you're developing all this in MAME and haven't tested it on the real hardware (even if you have the real hardware) then it's not especially useful.

http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115581 07/30/19 06:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 418
somewhere else entirely
O
Olivier Galibert Offline
Senior Member
Offline
Olivier Galibert
Senior Member
O
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 418
somewhere else entirely
Monitor mode is not getting better any time soon because I haven't found any external signal telling in which mode the system is. I may have found B&W, but not monitor/tv.
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: Haze] #115582 07/30/19 08:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
T
TSCHAK Offline OP
Senior Member
OP Offline
TSCHAK
Senior Member
T
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
@haze - sorry, didn't intend to dodge! I'm getting my supercard pro and TEAC FD55GFR drive setup tomorrow, so I can write disks. am waiting for it to arrive, so I can test against it. smile

-Thom
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115583 07/31/19 12:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 205
Sillycon Valley
Al Kossow Offline
Senior Member
Offline
Al Kossow
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 205
Sillycon Valley
Originally Posted by TSCHAK
@haze - sorry, didn't intend to dodge! I'm getting my supercard pro and TEAC FD55GFR drive setup tomorrow, so I can write disks. am waiting for it to arrive, so I can test against it. smile

-Thom


You need a 40 track drive for Mindset floppies (FD55B).
You can't reliably write 40 trk disks on an 80 trk drive.
You also need 40 trk media (not 80 trk HD media)
Re: Mindset driver? [Re: TSCHAK] #115584 07/31/19 01:54 AM
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
T
TSCHAK Offline OP
Senior Member
OP Offline
TSCHAK
Senior Member
T
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 143
yeah, I realized that, and have grabbed one, and yes I have 48TPI media. It's getting harder to get 5 1/4" drives... sigh.

-Thom
Page 5 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Moderated by  Bletch, R. Belmont, Richard Bannister 

Who's Online Now
3 registered members (R. Belmont, Duke, Dorando), 47 guests, and 2 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
ShoutChat Box
Comment Guidelines: Do post respectful and insightful comments. Don't flame, hate, spam.
Forum Statistics
Forums9
Topics8,766
Posts115,198
Members4,889
Most Online890
Jan 17th, 2020
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Home Page
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3