MiSTer FPGA Forum

Interesting, though converting videos has its downsides (and CRT TVs can do better than just 320x240). Would combining it with Mistercast be possible?

The 2nd batch of MiSTer Pi units goes on sale "on Nov. 19th at 10am HKT (UTC +8) / Nov. 18th at 9:00pm EST".

This means morning in Asia, evening in the USA, and middle of the night in the good ol' Europe. So I'm out of the contest again. Perhaps it's fate saying I don't really need a 3rd MiSTer

Dual ram costs money. Before jumping in, perhaps it'd be wise to wait for a compatibility chart or at least a bit more information about how this core performs. A few comments about how games "work" or are "playable" isn't really saying much.

It's wonderful news that there's an ongoing development for this core. TRS-80 I is one of my favourite computing underdogs. Thank you!

Make sure you also have direct_video=1
With that, using scandoubler should be optional (I prefer to avoid it).

Are you using an original DE10 Nano or a clone board?

One of these posters made a good point though: is there any other place (apart from Discord) where updates are advertised?

Or, in other words, are we up to speed with updates in that thread overall? I always thought it's very reliable, but one of them suggested we might be missing out?

Thanks for the info. I'm kind of looking at some handhelds at the moment and so was interested in this option. But it looks like he has a long way to go with this, seein' as even the MiSTer Pi thing has stalled. Also, I get a feeling it might be kinda big (Switch Lite size is "big" for me) so not really my kind of handheld.

I've heard that Taki Udon is planning to release a DE10 Nano clone based MiSTer handheld, but are there any specifics? Eg size, controls, ETA, anything else of interest?

I have yet to see a set in Europe which would have S-Video but not RGB. Imo, in this situation it's always better to use RGB, since S-Video looks nearly identical, only a bit worse. So there's no real reason to use it, unlike composite, which does offer a different "look".

My thought is that any core would be better with save states

But it's not exactly a novel idea, and I'm pretty sure all the devs are aware of the popularity of such request (just look at the reaction to SNES core). So, it's clearly not a trivial thing to implement, and in some cases probably impossible due to hardware limitations.

Are there any VGA hats for Rpi 4/5?

I'm out of the loop with RPi things now, but last time I checked there weren't any, and getting a decent CRT image required jumping through some serious hoops (unlike on RPi 3). That was couple or so years ago though, so maybe (well, most likely) the situation has changed.

https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=72893

From a quick skim of this thread, you might need 040, and do some other things.
Also, I needed to set 64MB Z3 RAM in WinUAE to just get to the decrunching screen.

It seems they deliver it on a SD card, and also mention digital download. So I guess you can just transfer the file to the games/zxnext directory (or put it on the vhd? I don't remember exactly) on your MiSTer SD.

I'd ask them first if it works on MiSTer, to be 100% sure though, since there might be some OS or other differences.

Your problem sounds like this old sync issue: https://www.misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=55222#p55222

So basically you will need to use an extra adapter if you want to use Direct Video and modelines.

This problem doesn't exist when using I/O board, so maybe it's worth considering getting one.

FPGA64 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:35 pm

and can have exactly the opposite effect too.

If you say so, but it goes against common sense and most people's experiences.

And this kind of gatekeeping can keep people from engaging with the community, especially on a niche forum which is already pretty quiet as it is.

FPGA64 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 12:00 pm

It will be done if and when and asking for it to happen wont make it occur any faster,

People expressing interest in something (cores in this case) can absolutely be a motivation for the developer and result in resuming work, faster completion, etc.

Theoretically, 4K allows for better use of shaders / upscaling to represent the "CRT look". How it works in practice remains to be seen, although their (as per usual) borderline religious marketing pronouncements about "the unmistakable essence of a CRT." and "true CRT reference quality" made me chuckle.