- Create EFO, Promat, Terminal, Wing projects to help reduce the weight of libmisc
- Eliminate Veltmeijer Automaten project (only two games by this company are in MAME, and one actually on Excellent System hardware)
m68705: expose more more internal registers through the state interface
* shows contents of registers that can't be read by program code
i8251: make receive more reliable clean up a little
zorba: meat on the bones
* create emulated keyboard device
- 88 of 96 matrix keys identified, 6 of 8 DIP switches identified, 3 of 6 outputs identified
* connect IEEE-488, RS232 and Centronics ports
* hook up all IRQ sources and connect PIT to UARTs
* more notes
osborne1, gladiatr: use input changed member (nw)
* remove non-obvious mcu_status_r and semaphore_r members and move to drivers (varies by system)
* slap fight functionality can be safely folded into base class so do so
* remove leftover crud from driver state classes
qix.cpp, bub68705, changela: use new MC68705P3 core
- Conversion of the Cedar Magnet board from a base device class to a mix-in interface
- Emulate EFO ZSU as main variant of the Cedar Magnet sound board
- Hook up ZSU1 to Skill Flight and Phantom Ship
- Modernize ZSU soundlatch/IRQ mechanism
- More hardware notes (nw)
- Various associated code cleanups (nw)
we've been sitting on this for a while, progress was shown a few years ago, but is apparently lost. Smitdogg should be able to clarify the exact part numbers, they're not readable in the pictures.
Mario driver now uses netlist audio implementation instead of discrete
implementation. The previous discrete sound emulation has not been
removed yet because it still contains a lot of documentation.
[Couriersud]
Mario driver now uses netlist audio implementation instead of discrete
implementation. The previous discrete sound emulation has not been
removed yet because it still contains a lot of documentation.
[Couriersud]
in the mizar lib. This is suboptimal, but the code seems to
crossreference across object files and from the bus code into the driver
code.
At least the source now links again. (nw)
- MSM5205 hooked up through 40105 FIFO
- Various notes based on Z80 code and schematics for related pinball sound board
40105 device improvements (nw)
- Split up configuration macros
- Tweaked device name and device type name
- New callback for automatic output write
- A few bug fixes for so_w
- Many comments and pinout added
It doesn't have much in common with the other games in the driver. Also
clean up the implementation, make spriteram 8-bit, add some hardware
info and add button descriptions.
- Uses the standard 6840 PTM core for sound generation
- New MM583 Noise Generator device
- New DAC-76 DAC sound
- Use resistor network values for colors
- Use bankdev device for banking
Archimedes 305, Archimedes 440, Archimedes 3000, Archimedes 410/1, Archimedes 420/1, Archimedes 440/1, Archimedes 540, Acorn A5000, Acorn A4, Acorn A4000, Acorn A5000 Alpha
- renamed a310->aa310 to avoid conflict with Amiga machines
- added all missing OS releases Arthur 0.30, RISC OS 2.01, RISC OS 3.00, RISC OS 3.10, RISC OS 3.19 (German)
- all machines default to OS (Arthur, RISC OS 2, RISC OS 3) they were shipped with
- corrected ROM labels/locations
- added default CMOS to boot to desktop
- mapped Acorn A4 Power Management extension
the bios and turn off JP1 as part of the installation. A v1 bios flash is included, but
you aren't forced to use it. [smf]
Moved G-NET protection out of ATAFLASH and into individual devices for each type of card [smf]
Implemented enough analogue control reading on ZN1/ZN2 for RC De Go & Go By RC [smf]
Fixed ZN1/ZN2 DSW descriptions [smf]
Added build dates and times to G-NET game descriptions [smf]
New machines added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Shikigami no Shiro - internal build (V1.02J 2001/09/27 18:45) [rtw, ShouTime, smf, O.Galibert]
Go By RC (V2.03O 1999/05/25 13:31) [smf]
RC De Go (V2.03J 1999/05/22 19:29) [smf]
05928: nbajamex: game crashes / nvram gets corrupted
- Emulated the Acclaim RAX sound board, adding sound to Batman Forever and NBA Jam Extreme [Phil Bennett]
- Hooked up extra NVRAM in NBA Jam Extreme [Phil Bennett]
with the following games
Time Scanner (TS 2.0, Magnet System, prototype)
Exzisus (EX 1.0, Magnet System, prototype)
Xain'd Sleena (SC 3.0, Magnet System, prototype)
this is a checkpoint, there is a sizeable ToDo list but I think this is a good enough state for initial inclusion before working out the remaining issues. ArcadeHacker has the hardware working for questions etc.
I would especially appreciate help with sound (haven't a clue how it hooks up, tried lots of things, no luck) and some help in going over the CPU comms, especially with the sprite CPU as I think I must be missing something important. Likewise help from somebody more familiar with the floppy code from MESS so that it can use that, I had no luck in getting it to work with the copy protection or from a rom region, I've kept all floppy related code in a device so it's very easy to swap out so for now what I've got isn't intrusive.
note, very weird idea for a system, they've ported 3 arcade games from other manufacturers, original titles were advertised, but it's likely nothing more of the system exists.
the system uses 5 PCBs, one Z80 on each and instead of having dedicated sprite / tilemap chips they have the Z80s doing software rendering, using 8bpp framebuffers. 2 of the boards are for background planes, 1 of the boards is for sprites. The hardware has various memory expansions which look like afterthoughts as they're addressed in strange ways.
