Breakthrough for the ao486 core announced - Cache

[tlaloc]

How does one go about dismounting a drive in the ao486 core, btw?

I've just been switching to non bootables as a workaround, any guidance would be welcomed.

[flynnsbit]

open the mounting screen for it and then hit backspace. It probably needs a hint on that screen to hit backspace to unmount. Let me see what I can do.

[Goingdown]

How does one go about dismounting a drive in the ao486 core, btw

In the disk selection screen, press backspace.

It is same in all cores.

Edit. I am too slow

[tlaloc]

open the mounting screen for it and then hit backspace. It probably needs a hint on that screen to hit backspace to unmount. Let me see what I can do.

Ah, makes sense. Thank You for that bit of insight.
I vaguely remember reading (or perhaps, hearing) that on one of the many tutorials I've scoured.
It would be nice to see some scrolling text 'courtesy reminder on how to dismount' added to the mount menus globally, as it isn't readily apparent what to do in order to dismount when in that screen.

Once again, thank you for your time and consideration.

[Caldor]

open the mounting screen for it and then hit backspace. It probably needs a hint on that screen to hit backspace to unmount. Let me see what I can do.

Ah, makes sense. Thank You for that bit of insight.
I vaguely remember reading (or perhaps, hearing) that on one of the many tutorials I've scoured.
It would be nice to see some scrolling text 'courtesy reminder on how to dismount' added to the mount menus globally, as it isn't readily apparent what to do in order to dismount when in that screen.

Once again, thank you for your time and consideration.

Yeah, I was thinking this as well. Its pretty obscure right now, being something you have to find out reading the wiki or asking on forums. I tried reading all that scrolling text and it was not mentioned at all.

[kathleen]

Was mentioned here by Cebion the 26th of July : viewtopic.php?f=13&t=680&p=6436&hilit=backspace#p6436

[Caldor]

Was mentioned here by Cebion the 26th of July : viewtopic.php?f=13&t=680&p=6436&hilit=backspace#p6436

Yes, that is how I found out. Still a lot more helpful if its something that is explained in the menu, rather than on some forums.

[jrronimo]

Was mentioned here by Cebion the 26th of July : viewtopic.php?f=13&t=680&p=6436&hilit=backspace#p6436

Yes, that is how I found out. Still a lot more helpful if its something that is explained in the menu, rather than on some forums.

Especially on page 10 of a 22 page thread! It could be as simple as, in the Win+F12 menu, saying "Press Backspace to Unmount". Seems like that would be useful across all cores.

[thorr]

I finally got around to trying this. I have been waiting because so many improvements have been coming and I wanted to let it mature a bit before taking the plunge. Well, I have to say that I am thoroughly impressed! A great benchmark for me is the Future Crew Second Reality demo. I played this demo so many times on my 386DX33, my friend's 486DX33 and eventually my 486DX2-66 although my memory of it on the DX2-66 is foggy. On MiSTer the performance is for sure better than the 486DX33, and maybe even better than the 486DX2-66. The way to tell is how far the sword comes out and how fast the screen spins during the piano part of the song. I don't remember the sword ever coming all the way out and flying off the screen, but it does on the MiSTer, and the spinning part is faster than I ever remember seeing it.
A few things I noticed that don't work right for some reason:
- I tried Doom the shareware version and the right mouse button is supposed to move you forward, but it is strafing instead.
- The Future Crew demo called "Panic" crashes near the beginning. I remember this demo being finicky even back in the day. It might be the EMM386 I have loaded causing it. (Edit: I read the readme for it and it suggested trying different sound settings, and turning off the sound makes it not crash, but there is no sound of course).
- The Incredible Machine 2 demo doesn't have any picture but I can hear the music.
- When I select 60Hz in the menu, my VGA monitor goes out of sync range. On Variable, it works fine but the screen shakes a little bit.

This weekend I am going to build my MT-32 and hook up my SC-55 MK2. Can't wait to get some great games going. Thanks for the great work!

[ZigZag]

Glad to see I'm not the only person with monitor sync issues. I find cache version 40 runs fine for me using normal MiSTer file if set at 90mhz. Anything later than that I can't get to work because of monitor synch issues with the MiSTer file. That includes other cores & even main menu, tested with multiple resolutions & vsync/scaling options but with VGA output only as my HDMI is fried. I've ordered a new DE10 Nano so I was hoping that'd solve some of the sync issues (if the HDMI got fatally zapped by static electricity who knows what other weird damage could've been done?).

[Schyz]

Glad to see I'm not the only person with monitor sync issues.

I'm using a PC CRT monitor with my MiSTer, and these are my findings:
- VGA Scaler set to "on" solves a lot of my problems
- Changes on speed will cause issues unless I restart the core, so every time I want a different speed I set it to that speed, save settings as default, exit the core back to the main menu and then start the core again.
- 15 MHz still causes the monitor to report wrong frequencies, but 30, 56 and 90 work fine.
- As a rule of thumb, I would recommend to restart the core as described above for any config change, not only speed, for stability.

[NightShadowPT]

Where have you guys downloaded the compiled core from? I'm looking forward to try the new improvements, but don't have the tools to compile the core myself...

[SuperBabyHix]

Where have you guys downloaded the compiled core from? I'm looking forward to try the new improvements, but don't have the tools to compile the core myself...

First page of this thread. viewtopic.php?p=5058#p5058

[NightShadowPT]

First page of this thread. viewtopic.php?p=5058#p5058

Didn't notice the post was being updated ... silly me. Thanks

[tontonkaloun]

the newest:

[Caldor]

the newest:

Ahh... you beat me to it. Did you build the new MiSTer main as well?

cache43b.7z

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[NightShadowPT]

the newest:

Ahh... you beat me to it. Did you build the new MiSTer main as well?
cache43b.7z

It seems I'm having trouble having this core version to recognize my VHDs (keeps telling me the boot failed as it could not read the boot disk),

Do I also need a new MiSTer core? (mine is up to date from the update script, but it may not be enough)

[tontonkaloun]

the newest:

Ahh... you beat me to it. Did you build the new MiSTer main as well?
cache43b.7z

no, I didn't have time !!

[breiztiger]

@NightShadowPT : yes you must have last beta main MiSTer also

[Caldor]

the newest:

Ahh... you beat me to it. Did you build the new MiSTer main as well?
cache43b.7z

no, I didn't have time !!

I added the latest MiSTer main as well in the 7zip file I linked.

[Juri]

the newest:

Ahh... you beat me to it. Did you build the new MiSTer main as well?
cache43b.7z

hello, do you know "what's new" in cache 43?

[Chris23235]

Ladies and Gentleman, there is an official release Congratulations and many thanks to Sorgelig, FPGAzumSpass and everybody else who helped to make this core such a fantastic experience.

[sofakng]

I want to say thank you again for all of the hard work with this core!

Do we need to use the drivers from this thread? (ie. ET4000 BIOS, etc)

[SuperBabyHix]

Yes, thanks you very much to everyone involved. This is a really amazing accomplishment. I can finally clean out my old computer closet.

[Caldor]

Ladies and Gentleman, there is an official release Congratulations and many thanks to Sorgelig, FPGAzumSpass and everybody else who helped to make this core such a fantastic experience.

That is great news, thanks

the newest:

Ahh... you beat me to it. Did you build the new MiSTer main as well?
cache43b.7z

hello, do you know "what's new" in cache 43?

You can read the full changelogs here:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_M ... ommits/dev

So its some stuff with how the video works. Not sure what it actually does.

Here is the log with all the changes added to MiSTer main:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_Mi ... its/master

[tlaloc]

I guess I wait for the official update.

Beeble (and/or ppl), get ready...

...after three (3) months of ironing out residual bugs from the many (many) various improvements - the wait is finally over.

Looking forward for the official update.

Beeble, Behold:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_M ... 200814.rbf

[thorr]

LOL, I didn't want to officially say it in my post a few hours ago, but I was also waiting for an official release before trying it. If only I had waited a few more hours... I am looking forward to trying the official release now! Thanks so much.

[NightShadowPT]

HOLY MOLLY!!!!

The new core is crazy fast
Midi to my SC-88 Pro works flawlessly (i.e.: DOOM)
And an unexpected gift... Scanlines are working perfectly!!!!! YEAH BABY!

Thank you to all the developers that have been hammering at this core for the past weeks. You guys are truly amazing.

Just one note, unlike in the past, when I load the core I am always greeted with a blank screen (need to press the core reboot button for it to work). Minor annoyance but thought I'd share.

Wow... just wow

[punnyandfunny]

Thanks all for your hard work. Managed to install Windows 95 with zero problems. I need help to transfer the MisterFS exe - can't get a secondary HDD to mount unfortunately. Any other ways? Thanks

[zomgugoff]

The new video seems to be less useful than the old video. I can't get my monitor to sync (it does support 70hz) at all now with variable vsync. Direct video to OSSC doesn't work at all. VGA to the OSSC has a lot of noise, although that was the case before. VGA to a 31Khz CRT is not working at all either.