Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-16, 20:35
Very nice!
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-15, 10:30
Scali wrote on 2023-12-12, 16:34: Yea, isn't that the thing with software engineering... You need to build something to figure out how you should build it. Lol, yeah, quoted for truth 😁. JAL
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-12, 10:21
Coolness. It it already available somewhere?
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-11, 07:18
Great work GloriousCow!
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-03, 18:36
Thanks. What I started with was a plain text file with most of the book's content, though many source listings were missing (and the images, though some were recreated with ASCII art). I then lent the book in the Archive.org's library, and created HTML with styling to match the books styling and …
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-02, 19:18
There's a lot of info on the PC gfx cards in this book I digitized a while ago (hence the obscure URL). It includes Hercules and its successors. JAL
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-12-01, 23:28
Very nice! Do you think you'll add MDA/Hercules support in the future?
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-11-24, 08:33
Multiple window support would be really great in combination with MDA/Hercules emulation, as many developers had both MDA and CGA back in the days, for easy debugging on one monitor (MDA) and the output on CGA (of course, with a built-in debugger that's less of a concern, but hard-core Turbo …
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-11-22, 08:35
Not at this time; but I can add an option for startup window scaling. It will try to double the emulated video card's resolution if it will fit on your monitor. This was convenient for me since I always have a bunch of debug windows open and need the space; I recognize it is less convenient for …
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-11-20, 13:40
Maybe I'm overlooking some setting, but MartyPC starts up huge (taking almost the full height of my screen), any way to start smaller (I know I can resize it, but I'd rather it started smaller directly).
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-11-14, 15:00
Well, it seems that double-clicking a VHD in Windows automatically mounts it, and the context menu has an unmount ("Eject") so that's easier to work with than I thought (I had first read tutorials about using disk manager to mount, so I was a bit scared :)). So I think for now I'm set :). Short …
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-11-14, 09:13
Ok, cool, I'll take a look. Though having to execute a command and reselect a floppy (or mount/unmount) is still a bit cumbersome, so I hope you can implement something like native mounting quickly. Nevertheless, I love MartyPC, it's a great piece of work!
Re: MartyPC
Posted on 2023-11-13, 09:09
What would be the easiest way to transfer files from host machine to MartyPC? Are there any Windows drivers/apps that allow the VHD to show up as a folder? I'm asking because I'm actively developing some code, and the advantage of DosBOX is its easy way to edit sourcecode in e.g. Notepad++ and then …
Re: Troubleshooting EGA card on a NuXT
Posted on 2023-09-29, 07:18
Memory conflict with the ROM? Something else trying to load at that same address? XT-IDE? I tried disabling the search for extension ROMs after F0000 (where the XT-IDE ROM resides), but to no avail. You're getting a screen or looking at POST codes? Does the BIOS emit POST codes, and you confirmed …
Troubleshooting EGA card on a NuXT
Posted on 2023-09-28, 18:16
This is a long shot, but anyway... I've purchased an EGA card ( this one , looking exactly like Vlask's Paradise Systems PEGA2A) on eBay which the seller said they've tested. When I tried it in my NuXT however, the computer doesn't boot. It hangs right after the memory check. According to the BIOS …
Programmer's Guide To PC & PS/2 Video Systems
Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:28
For those interested in the very old video adapters of yore, I've recently digitized the "Programmer's Guide To PC & PS/2 Video Systems" by Richard Wilton, from 1987. It covers MDA, CGA, Hercules, EGA, MCGA, VGA and Hercules InColor. It can be found here , at least until I've found a better location …
Re: DOSBox game blaster emulation vs. SAAYM
Posted on 2023-03-07, 10:30
I've also tested with DOSBox Staging, and it does get the pitch correct. Hopefully the patch can make it into an "official" DOSBox release.
Re: DOSBox game blaster emulation vs. SAAYM
Posted on 2023-03-05, 20:19
Thanks, I'll check out the SVN. Funny this patch was from 2014, committed three years later, and still not in an official build 😀.
Re: DOSBox game blaster emulation vs. SAAYM
Posted on 2023-03-05, 14:27
Ah, thanks for the confirmation! I'll see if I can find where the problem lies in the DOSBox source code. It's quite annoying that my development (which I mainly do in DOSBox) sounds different than the real thing (my NuXT with SAAYM).
DOSBox game blaster emulation vs. SAAYM
Posted on 2023-03-04, 20:47
I recently purchased an SAAYM sound card from TexElec, which sports two SAA1099s and should be Gameblaster / CM/S compatible. However, I noticed after writing a quick test program that in DOSBox the notes play a lot higher (8 halfnotes to be precise). Is this a known inaccuracy? If not, is there any …
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