polystar gets a little farther but crashes when the sub cpu attempts
to enable interrupts.
Removed HAS_PPC* in favor of a single HAS_POWERPC, and a single
definition in cpu.mak for all PowerPC variants.
If you're going to point to banks, they must be mapped. Increased all
"main" regions to 0x2000000 in order to accommodate all possible 16
banks the code might try to switch to.
Disassembled PCs are now forcibly aligned to the minimum opcode size
and explicitly masked.
Also normalized the CPU cores to always do while (icount > 0), in order
to remove the kludge in cpuexec.c that caused us to overeat by 1 cycle to
accommodate those cores that there looping while (icount >= 0).
* all code now lives in mcs48.c
* rewrote disassembler as unified MCS-48/UPI-41 disassembler
* changed UPI-41 interfaces to match MCS-48
* added new master read/write interfaces for external access
* unified interface to 8243 expander chip
* converted tnzs and decocass to the new interfaces
DECO Cassette fixes/cleanups:
* converted tape handling to a device
* changed tape handling to use a timer callback
* updated to work with new UPI-41 core
* corrected clock speeds for all chips (esp. the 8041)
* fixed very wrong CRC implementation (how did it ever work?)
* corrected sound IRQ rate
* corrected video timing
Burger Time hardware fixes:
* corrected sound IRQ rate and handling
* removed lnc audio reset hack
* full audio memory maps based on schematics
* corrected video timing
Converted the tilemaps chip to an 8-bit bus width, and added 16-bit handlers using the macros in memconv.h.
Improved bishjan memory map. Implemented line scroll emulation. [Luca Elia]
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Ying Hua Lian 2.0 [Luca Elia, Angelo Salese, David Haywood]
- Added another set of Cherry Bonus III.
- Reworked and cleaned ncb3, cb3a, lucky8 and lucky8a inputs.
- Added the 2nd set of controls to the above games.
- Removed the OKI references from machine driver and rom load for the above games.
- Promoted ncb3 and cb3a to working status.
- Reparented sets.
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Cherry Bonus III (Version 1.40, set 1) [Roberto Fresca]
Cherry Bonus III (Version 1.40, set 2) [Roberto Fresca]
- Proper 3x PPI 8255 connections.
- Created a new AY8910 interface due to different ports addressing.
- Hooked all the input banks (8).
- Improved DIP switches with main game and D-UP rates, keyin values, D-UP game type (reels/cards) and other options to both sets.
- Added PORT_DIPLOCATION to all DSW banks.
- Promoted both sets to working state.
The game has 2 sets of controls. Once coined, both players can switch control through their own 'BIG' key.
If the game boots with 'Coin Jam' error, press RESET to normalize. Please delete your old .nv and .cfg files before run this update.
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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New Lucky 8 Lines (set 1) [Roberto Fresca]
New Lucky 8 Lines (set 2) [Roberto Fresca]
- Completed the missing inputs.
- Mapped 4 of the 5 DIP switches banks. (can't find the 5th)
- Worked out the conditional DIPs.
- Documented all DIP switches bank.
- Added PORT_DIPLOCATION to all switches.
Cherry Bonus III (Version 1.40):
- Worked the remaining inputs.
- Mapped and documented all 5 DIP switches banks.
- Worked out the conditional DIPs.
- Added PORT_DIPLOCATION to all switches.
The game is working, but need a workaround for the status connection. Each time the player press 'Take' to get the credits, a "call attendant" msg appear and credits must be taken pressing 'Key Out'.
- Fixed memory map.
- Fixed NVRAM. (please delete the old .nv)
- Added sound through sn76496.
- Added 3x PPI 8255.
- Created basic inputs from the scratch to match the PPI connections.
- Defined the output port.
- Change description to "New Lucky 8 Lines"
- Change manufacturer to Wing Co.Ltd.
- Added an alternate set.
New clones added
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New Lucky 8 Lines (set 2) [Roberto Fresca]
Added common device interface, merged witchcrd and sloco93 machine drivers, and added/corrected the 50/60 Hz. DIP switches to all games. The 50hz mode needs to be corrected. Some games as most bsuerte sets have the 50/60 Hz. DIP switch connection patched.