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by Reed_Solomon
Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:53 am
Forum: Development for MiSTer
Topic: Discussion and Development of a 'MiSTer 2.0' Modular Hardware Platform
Replies: 71
Views: 61609

Re: Discussion and Development of a 'MiSTer 2.0' Modular Hardware Platform

Well sipeed is apparently targeting a mister replacement with the gowin arora v 138k + Andes risc v cores Their dev tooling is kind of meh, and Altera LEs aren't directly comparable to gowin LES, but it does look quite interesting for half the price and 138k le. Would need a carrier with HDMI TX (12.5gbps serdes so 4k120 works lol) and low latency...
by Reed_Solomon
Fri May 19, 2023 2:00 am
Forum: Development for MiSTer
Topic: Discussion and Development of a 'MiSTer 2.0' Modular Hardware Platform
Replies: 71
Views: 61609

Re: Discussion and Development of a 'MiSTer 2.0' Modular Hardware Platform

Sipeed just came out with a new Tang Nano 20K FPGA at https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005581148230.html looks pretty interesting. 20,000 logic elements puts it closer to the level of the original MiST project. Still, a tiny MiST with built in HDMI and USB-C for power would be enough for a lot of people's portable needs.

by Reed_Solomon
Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:00 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: So Robert Peip (FPGAzumSpass) Is Working on a New Core...
Replies: 186
Views: 48772

Re: So Robert Peip (FPGAzumSpass) Is Working on a New Core...

Like Robert said, a new x86 PC core could be marginally better than ao486 if built for MiSTer from the ground up, but that would be a lot of work for only a minor improvement. Even if someone managed to implement a Pentium-esque chip on MiSTer it would still be too slow to run late 90s 2D classics like Age of Empires or Rollercoaster Tycoon or Bal...
by Reed_Solomon
Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:29 am
Forum: Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Topic: Gameboy Printer
Replies: 12
Views: 11605

Re: Gameboy Printer

Printer support would also come in handy for a Casio Loopy core. Also I'd be lying if I said I haven't daydreamed about getting not only Game Boy Printer support on MiSTer, but also support to translate USB Video into video input to the Game Boy Camera. There's an idea, using any V4L2 compatible camera with cores that can use them. No idea if that...
by Reed_Solomon
Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:27 am
Forum: Development for MiSTer
Topic: Creating new Sega Game Gear ASIC from FPGA core?
Replies: 8
Views: 3372

Re: Creating new Sega Game Gear ASIC from FPGA core?

Those old Nes on a Chip clones are ASICS made out of an old FPGA NES design. Nobody has ever bothered to update it because it's quite expensive to produce an ASIC so you would have to expect a decent return on your investment to do so. Could it be done? Probably. But for a system that size it might just make sense to use a smaller FPGA and port the...
by Reed_Solomon
Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:52 am
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Save State Support
Replies: 25
Views: 29599

Re: Save State Support

Was there any roadmap to getting proper Save State support in the SNES core? This feels like a pretty glaring oversight in an otherwise pitch-perfect core, and unfortunately one that really is a QOL bummer. Is this a fairly complex thing to implement? I remember savestates being a thing on NESTicle in the 90s haha, but maybe I'm uneducated on the ...
by Reed_Solomon
Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:00 pm
Forum: Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Topic: Gameboy Printer
Replies: 12
Views: 11605

Re: Gameboy Printer

LOL with slight modification that printer could look like Mister-Kun
by Reed_Solomon
Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:33 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: MiSTer is 7 Years Old!! Happy Birthday !!!
Replies: 22
Views: 7209

Re: MiSTer is 7 Years Old!! Happy Birthday !!!

I got my MiSTer after it started being mentioned in Smokemonster's youtube channel and discord server back in late 2018. I was familiar with MiST but it had limitations that I felt were insurmountable and kept delaying my decision to purchase one. But the MiSTer had a decent price, a good number of cores and features I was interested in playing wit...
by Reed_Solomon
Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:25 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: A Good Future for CRTs? Open Source Replacement of Electronics
Replies: 6
Views: 2669

Re: A Good Future for CRTs? Open Source Replacement of Electronics

Yeah this is pretty cool. I have a cute 8 inch trinitron that would be fun to replace its guts for modern features.
by Reed_Solomon
Tue May 31, 2022 3:15 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Wishlist of Cores You Would Like to See in the Future
Replies: 338
Views: 495514

Re: Wishlist of Cores You Would Like to See in the Future

Coleco Mini Arcade Tabletops core would be cool. Not sure how different it is to some other similar cores like game and watch.
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Casio Loopy would be interesting, perhaps stickers could be output to PDF for printing elsewhere.
by Reed_Solomon
Mon May 30, 2022 5:46 am
Forum: Sony PlayStation (PSX)
Topic: PS3 Memory Card Adapter Support?
Replies: 8
Views: 3839

Re: PS3 Memory Card Adapter Support?

It would have to be supported on Linux. Supposedly on Linux it can be accessed for PS1 with this tool: https://github.com/paolo-caroni/ps3mca-ps1 that uses libusb-1.0
by Reed_Solomon
Tue May 24, 2022 9:48 pm
Forum: Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Topic: Super Game Boy SNES core with MSU
Replies: 54
Views: 43001

Re: Super Game Boy SNES core with MSU

Are save states still functional for GB/GBC games with this core?
by Reed_Solomon
Sat May 21, 2022 5:54 pm
Forum: Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET
Topic: Commodore 128 for the MiSTer?
Replies: 266
Views: 158904

Re: Commodore 128 for the MiSTer?

Great news. Thanks for working on this!
by Reed_Solomon
Mon May 16, 2022 8:38 pm
Forum: Other Console Cores
Topic: Game & Watch Core
Replies: 213
Views: 140336

Re: Game & Watch Core

Xbytez wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 8:00 pm Another update from Pierco, this is looking mighty fine!
Makes me wonder if there will be Tate mode.
by Reed_Solomon
Mon May 16, 2022 1:33 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller
Replies: 156
Views: 91203

Re: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller

#1 is the ideal fix, both solutions could probably be implemented in due course without conflicting with each other. Certainly it is, but someone's got to do it. Right now it would seem that there's no motivation for people who know their way inside the kernel. Maybe we should stage a group buy to spark interest ;) If you have one of these devices...
by Reed_Solomon
Sun May 15, 2022 6:14 am
Forum: SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: MSU-1
Replies: 121
Views: 137838

Re: MSU-1

Missing MSU-1 on Mister keeps me from selling my SD2Snes so Great work!!!! Same here! With the addition of MSU-1 (once it's working properly), the SNES core will officially have more capability than the SD2SNES! (Which is still missing SPC7110 support) compatibility maybe, but SD2SNES does have save states I do believe so it has that going for it.
by Reed_Solomon
Fri May 13, 2022 2:44 am
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller
Replies: 156
Views: 91203

Re: Taito Egret II Mini Rollerball/Spinner Controller

So I've been thinking about this, If the problem is that these USB spinners are basically just showing up as mouse scroll wheels (I don't have one but that seems to be the case from what's posted here), then there are 2 possible solutions I can think of at least when it comes to MiSTer. 1) Fix the drivers in the Linux kernel so that they function a...
by Reed_Solomon
Mon May 02, 2022 4:53 am
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Show Us Your MiSTers
Replies: 633
Views: 498205

Re: Show Us Your MiSTers

Thanks! I like the right angle usb that definitely improves it a lot. I also widened the holes on top so my screws would actually go inside them, and I'm using rubber feet on the bottom and screws to hold that in. I use the standoffs that came with the de10 inside the bottom of the case to make room for the ssd and USB C. I really like this viperm...
by Reed_Solomon
Sun May 01, 2022 11:18 pm
Forum: Hardware Setups
Topic: Show Us Your MiSTers
Replies: 633
Views: 498205

Re: Show Us Your MiSTers

I'm using a heavily mangled version of viperman3's case on Thingiverse that I've added some extra space to and covered up all the ports I don't use. Extras I've added: 2tb M.2 drive (what a waste over USB2), internal mt32-pi, 2 oled screens for the mt32 and i2c2oled, and USB C power supply (3A). Very nice. I also just had Viperman3's standard case...
by Reed_Solomon
Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:08 am
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Hybrid AO486 core?
Replies: 88
Views: 37298

Re: Hybrid AO486 core?

If FPU tasks could somehow be offloaded to the ARM side for calculations and results passed back to the ao486 core as if it were like plugging in a 386sx math coprocessor chip you could turn off and on from the mister ao486 menu, that would be more than enough for me.
by Reed_Solomon
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:04 pm
Forum: Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET
Topic: C64: ChiCLI (command line interface terminal)
Replies: 4
Views: 6899

Re: C64: ChiCLI (command line interface terminal)

Hi! I made ChiCLI. If someone points me to some docs or source code or something I'll look into supporting this. I don't have a Mister right now, but if it's re-creating a specific RTC that I can test in the VICE emulator then it's possible! Thanks! From the c64 mister core github page (https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/C64_MiSTer): RTC is PCF8583 c...
by Reed_Solomon
Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:52 pm
Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
Topic: Coco3 Core Released
Replies: 52
Views: 63563

Re: Coco3 Core Released

gwobcke wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 10:21 am Being closed source does not make it irrelevant - I am happy to support it, even if it goes against some idealisms.
Closed source projects are pretty much Irrelevant to an open source project. It might be relevant to people who wish to use it, but it provides no noticeable benefit to the mister FPGA project itself.
by Reed_Solomon
Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:34 pm
Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
Topic: Coco3 Core Released
Replies: 52
Views: 63563

Re: Coco3 Core Released

JudgeDrokk wrote: Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:05 am What's the difference between this and Roger Taylor's "REALCOCO" core?
This one is open source and based on Gary Beckers core. Roger Taylors core is closed source and I suppose ultimately irrelevant to the MiSTer FPGA project at this point.
by Reed_Solomon
Tue May 04, 2021 6:25 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: What Do You Think Will Happen Once MiSTer Reaches It's Limits?
Replies: 92
Views: 64150

Re: What Do You Think Will Happen Once MiSTer Reaches It's Limits?

If raspberry pi's and other SBC's keep getting more powerful, we'll probably see the day where a future rPi compute module can be paired with an compatible FPGA development board to work in a similar way to how the DE10-Nano interfaces with its ARM side, but with the increased power on the ARM side probably be capable of hybrid emulation maybe even...
by Reed_Solomon
Sat May 01, 2021 7:53 pm
Forum: Other Computer / System Cores
Topic: IBM PCJr Core
Replies: 25
Views: 18950

Re: IBM PCJr Core

Q*Bert uses an 8088 cpu running at 5Mhz would that implementation be sufficient?
by Reed_Solomon
Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Topic: Early prototype of MiSTer FPGA NES core Savestates
Replies: 15
Views: 15083

Re: Early prototype of MiSTer FPGA NES core Savestates

Neocaron wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:57 am This is great! Once it's there I can't image not using it. It's gonna be so convenient. I hope we get something like for more cores.
Will it be possible to have multiple save states per game?
Yes the preview video shows save slots.
by Reed_Solomon
Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: Arcade Cores
Topic: @!#?@!
Replies: 4
Views: 2852

Re: @!#?@!

Yes this is cool and will be useful for many other cores based on the same cpu!
by Reed_Solomon
Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:31 am
Forum: Game Boy Advance
Topic: Gyro support for controllers
Replies: 5
Views: 7633

Re: Gyro support for controllers

I wonder if gyro could be useful for mouse input for shooting games?