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Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:23 pm
by AmintaMister
Hi!
I would like to run two instance of Minimig on my MISTer, one for Amiga with MegaAGS (I already have it) and one with the Shapeshifter configuration (I already have this config too, Shapeshifter auto run emulating a Macintosh Classic).
Now I have copied Minimig_20220108.rbf to MacClassic_20220108.rbf and changed accordingly the names in names.txt.
So far so good.
Now, what I would like to achieve is that Minimig_20220108.rbf can load at startup the MegaAGS.cfg and MacClassic_20220108.rbf the Shapeshifter.cfg.
Is it possible?
Re: Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:14 pm
by darksakul
You want to run both cores simultaneously?
Re: Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:25 pm
by Flandango
AmintaMister, unfortunately it's not possible.
Each core has a hard coded "Core" name so you can call the Minimig.rbf file anything you want but it will still load the Minimig configuration.
Re: Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:42 pm
by AmintaMister
Flandango wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:25 pm
AmintaMister, unfortunately it's not possible.
Each core has a hard coded "Core" name so you can call the Minimig.rbf file anything you want but it will still load the Minimig configuration.
Ok, thanks!
Re: Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:42 pm
by AmintaMister
darksakul wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:14 pm
You want to run both cores simultaneously?
Not, only launch each of them with a different configuration.
Re: Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:36 pm
by limi
Yeah, you can’t just rename the core, unfortunately.
The workaround I have used is to duplicate and rename the kickstart.rom file to something descriptive, since that becomes a “poor man’s” label in the Load Configuration part of the Minimig core.
E.g. in my setup, I have MegaAGS.rom, Amiga4000.rom and Shapeshifter.rom, and I have set them up with their respective configuration entries, so that it’s easy to see which one I select. Would of course be great it the core added support for labels on these configurations, but that’s what I’ve done for now.
Re: Run two instances of Minimig
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:28 am
by dec_alpha
limi wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:36 pm
Yeah, you can’t just rename the core, unfortunately.
The workaround I have used is to duplicate and rename the kickstart.rom file to something descriptive, since that becomes a “poor man’s” label in the Load Configuration part of the Minimig core.
E.g. in my setup, I have MegaAGS.rom, Amiga4000.rom and Shapeshifter.rom, and I have set them up with their respective configuration entries, so that it’s easy to see which one I select. Would of course be great it the core added support for labels on these configurations, but that’s what I’ve done for now.
Thanks for this idea, will definitely help me to keep track of which config does what
