* added save state support to the MIPS3 recompiler
* added save state support to CAGE audio system
* added save state support to the voodoo emulator
* added save state support to the smc91c9x emulator
* added save state support to the kinst, seattle, and vegas drivers
* fixed core video handling of save states with dynamic screen resolutions
SMC91C9x:
* converted to proper device
* updated seattle and vegas drivers to allocate devices
* added separate 91C96 device for eventual 2049 use
* cleaned up code
- Lots of improvements on the input system.
- Adjusted the CPU adressing to 14 bits for systems 903/904.
- Adjusted the CPU adressing to 15 bits for system 905.
- Rewrote all the ROM loads based on these changes.
- Defined CPU, UART and sound clocks.
- Splitted the sound interface to cover different systems.
- Splitted the PIAs interfaces to cover different systems.
- Added sound to system 905 games.
- Added MACHINE_START and MACHINE_RESET to initialize the devices properly.
- Documented the systems 903/904 UART connections.
- Traced and added PIAs connection diagrams for systems 903/904/905.
- Hooked the missing DIP Switches bank to the AY8912 for system 903.
- Added preliminary serial/UART support to systems 903/904.
- Hooked the missing DIP Switches bank to the ACIA 6850 for systems 903/904. It allow to choose the proper transfer rate for UART.
- Fixed graphics ROM loads for different Hotline versions.
- Added support to Game 8.0 (Arcade Black Jack).
- Added support to Game 12.3 (Ticket Poker).
- Added support to Game 23.0 (FC Bingo (4-card)).
- Renamed all roms of each set according to the systems schematics and official list.
- Cleaned-up the sets.
- Cleaned-up the driver.
- Updated technical notes.
New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Cal Omega - Game 8.0 (Arcade Black Jack) [Roberto Fresca]
Cal Omega - Game 12.3 (Ticket Poker) [Roberto Fresca]
Cal Omega - Game 23.0 (FC Bingo (4-card)) [Roberto Fresca]
Removed call to discrete_reset() in the initialization code. It is already
called by the sound system during reset, at which point it is safe to read
input ports.
looks like the protection on vgoal might do more than just return jump
addresses, it seems to be in charge of the game timers too, so who knows
if there is additional subtle behavior on both.
Subject: some more diff
Hi, attached please find a few more patches about indexed port reads.
* g_patch01 & g_patch02 cover drivers starting with g (it seems I never sent you these ones :) ). With these patches I also simplified gaplus inputs, fixed a small problem with grchamp coin lockout (it was reading the accelerator rather than the right dipswitch) and removed some old code from galaxold.c (driver & machine).
* k_patch & l_patch cover drivers starting with k & l. Notice that I simplified a bit konamigx ports and used input_port_read_safe to avoid the need of too many fake ports
* snes.diff removes indexed port reads from snes based drivers (nss.c & kinstb.c). Please let Arbee know that if he's still using the debug graphic inputs in his local builds, he has to add tags (DEBUG1, DEBUG2, DEBUG3, see kinstb.c). OTOH If he's not using those anymore, it's now easier to remove the dead code searching for those 3 tags.
* md.diff removes most of indexed port reads from megadrive/genesis based drivers (plus segas18, that I realized later it was sharing only video code). It also removes some dead code (handlers used only by megaplay/megatech, with a local copy in the driver).
Notice that port_read_indexed is still used to read pad inputs: indeed, the natural 'tagged' replacement has issues with 6 button pad (and therefore breaks ssf2ghw). hopefully, I'll find a clean solution to be submitted after u6 :)
Regards,
Fabio
From: Fabio Priuli [mailto:doge.fabio@gmail.com]
Subject: 3 more
Hi,
"thanks" to a sleepless night (due to jet lag) a few more patches. Let me know if something fails to apply, as usual.
Regards,
Fabio
Subject: ddragon3 fix & The Combatribes (Italian bootleg)
Added The Combatribes (Italian bootleg) to the ddragon3 drive, the game has an different z80's rom sound and the sprites roms are split in more small.
I've also done some fixes in ddragon3 drive (on mama tester ID 01441,00417,00181):
- Fixed the mess dips location in ctribe
- Added dips location in all sets of ddragon3
- Added the missing dips (now are 8x2) on ctribe,ctribe1,ctribeb,ctribb2 and ddrago3b
- Fixed the "Stage Clear Energy" dips in ctribe
- Adjusted the frame rate from 60hz to around 57 as reported on mametester ID 00417
- Adjusted OKI frequency to 1.000mhz (according to recording on mametester ID 00181)
- Adjusted the ddragon3 & ctribe volume (according to recording on mametester ID 00181 and 01441)
Bye Sonikos
Subject: more indexed read removed
Thanks to long flight connections in my trip back to Europe, here you can find more patches removing input_port_read_indexed and adding (where suitable) AM_READ_PORT.
In details:
* d_patch02.diff, d_patch03.diff, d_patch04.diff complete the removal among drivers starting with d
* e_patch.diff, f_patch.diff do the same with drivers starting with e & f
* atari.diff removes the occurrences in atari drivers using atari JSA sound chip and changes atarijsa_init to pass a tag in place of a port number (to remove input_port_read_indexed from atarijsa.c as well)
Let me know if something doesn't apply cleanly (diff generated from u5).
Also, notice I tested all the patches with mame_regtest to be sure there are no missing/unrecognized tags & I extensively tested many games to be sure I haven't made any typo... However, the list of supported sets for these drivers is huge (e.g. dynax.c, ddenlovr.c and various deco) and, even if I'm confident to have tested at least one set for each INPUT_PORT, I'll keep checking Mametesters to fix promptly any regression!
Subject: cps1 clocks
Changed all games after Street Fighter 2 CE to have a 12mhz clock.
Verified on Megaman and Quiz and dragons (original kits with plastic
case).
I am resonable sure all the other games after ST2CE have the DASH cps1
board with 12mhz clock
