* Implemented front panel mode switches/LEDs and reset switch
* Added skeleton bus for "universal" slots and connected control lines
(nw) Default keyboard mapping is annoying because left shift, Z and X
are used both for typing into the TTY and switching program bank. You're
better off changing the mapping to make it less annoying or using a
socket and talking to it with telnet.
* Renamed to MCS-40.
* Emulated 8-clock instruction cycle, interruptible at any point.
* Converted TEST input to an input line.
* Added SYNC and CM output lines.
* Added support for 4040 CY output, logical operations, extended registers, ROM banking and disassembly.
* Made I/O space mapping more flexible to support the variety of peripherals available.
* Notable missing features are 4040 interrupt and halt, and "program memory" space.
* This turns the current state save feature to a menu; one can still press 0-9, but you can also browse a menu when loading and saving state
* Fixed some issues requested by Vas Crabb
* Updated state menu to support arbitrary character slots
* WIP, transitioned 'entry_char' to std::string
Still need to address Joystick and FR keyboard concerns
* Reimplemented state save support with joystick buttons
* Changed the state menu to be "code driven" rather than "character driven"
When the menu is displayed, it will look at the filenames, and translate them to a visual representation as per the user's locale
* Vas feedback
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Spirit of 76 [PinMAME]
New not working clone
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Black Knight 2000 (PF-1) [PinMAME]
* This turns the current state save feature to a menu; one can still press 0-9, but you can also browse a menu when loading and saving state
* Fixed some issues requested by Vas Crabb
* Updated state menu to support arbitrary character slots
sound board, completing the tromba circuit
(nw) I'm not sure whether the model works properly or not, but in the
circuit where it's used, I don't think it can work properly with the
current TTL output model. A capacitor is charged by the Q output of a
74LS74 flipflop (U3A) until the voltage passes the Schmitt trigger's
threshold, causing it to reset the flipflop. However, the positive
trigger voltage of the Schmitt trigger is 1.6V, but our TTL output model
has a high output voltage of 1.0V (see nl_base.cpp:89). I realise the
simplified model of TTL logic with high impedance inputs and outputs
behaving as though thery're loaded is convenient and fast to simulate,
but it's not detailed enough for applications like this where
7400-series chips are used in analog circuitry. This is what held me up
last time I tried adding a netlist for this sound board.
- OPENMP refactored. All OPENMP operations are now templatized in pomp.h
- We don't need thread-safe priority queue. Event code updating analog
outputs now runs outside the parallel code.
(nw)
* Tromba (trumpet) sound is not working - requires Schmitt trigger device
* Connecting cassa (bass drum) swamps other instruments so it's disconnected for now
* Mixing melody sound with speech/SFX is not done in netlist (should be)
* Relative levels of melody/speech/SFX are probably still wrong
(nw) A good test case for this is the Money Money driver (monymony).
There's a bit of buzzing on this one as well. The problem with the
cassa could be caused by running into non-ideal characteristics of opams
again (the LM3900 seems to ignore the V+ value supplied to it). When
the netlist library gets Schmitt trigger support, the tromba can be
completed. Unfortunately, the tromba is a key part of the
characteristic sound of these boards, so you really notice when it's
lacking.
(nw) It doesn't work quite right yet. The "Hammer" and "Pest" sounds
are generated by free-running 555/556 timers and gated with LM324
applifiers. For whatever reason, the netlist system produces a kind of
buzzing from the "Hammer" circuit when it's supposed to be suppressed,
and it doesn't think the pest sound should be suppressed completely so
you can always hear it at a low level in the background. The "Cheese"
circuit is a bit weird - either they're using the base-emitter junction
of a 2SC945 as a signal diode, or there's an error in the schematic
(collector is shown unconnected). Connecting this part of the circuit
causes the netlist system to hang, so R2/R3/C8/Q2 are not connected for
now.
