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by shoggoth77
Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:46 pm
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Building the TF536r5 - recommendations
Replies: 6
Views: 843

Re: Building the TF536r5 - recommendations

Thanks guys :) Ordered some more stuff from Exxos. Think I've got everything except the CPLDs now.
by shoggoth77
Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:19 am
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Building the TF536r5 - recommendations
Replies: 6
Views: 843

Re: Building the TF536r5 - recommendations

Awesome. Having some stuff in the auto folder or ducking for VDI vs blitter (NVDI) is common practice for accelerators anyway.
by shoggoth77
Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:38 am
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Building the TF536r5 - recommendations
Replies: 6
Views: 843

Building the TF536r5 - recommendations

Howdy :) I'm building a few of the TF536r5, birdseed version. Looks awesome! Things are a bit unclear for me regarding the TOS; does it need patching or is it patched on the fly by the CPLD firmware? (i.e. which one should I buy; the one linked from the LaST upgrade pages seems to be unpatched, whic...
by shoggoth77
Sat Jul 16, 2022 9:05 pm
Forum: SOFTWARE
Topic: FPU Emulator
Replies: 44
Views: 7743

Re: FPU Emulator

Personally I think this should eventually end up in the mint kernel, though I suspect there are other opinions.

Awesome work, Granlund.
by shoggoth77
Tue May 31, 2022 5:46 pm
Forum: SOFTWARE
Topic: Basilisk II Atari
Replies: 394
Views: 90204

Re: Basilisk II Atari

And then and then and then and then and then?
by shoggoth77
Sat May 07, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST
Replies: 18
Views: 5504

Re: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST

tell me how? Or point me at a manual. I didn’t know how to tell the VDI what the hardware was capable of so just let FVDI do it for me (modifying the Line A variables let me do 640x480 16 col planar, but I didn’t want that). I was thinking NVDI. I've written some experimental drivers for it, perhap...
by shoggoth77
Sat May 07, 2022 11:46 am
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST
Replies: 18
Views: 5504

Re: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST

... or 8bpp chunky/indexed of course, that can be done too (NVDI).
by shoggoth77
Sat May 07, 2022 11:45 am
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST
Replies: 18
Views: 5504

Re: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST

Cool stuff indeed. TOS4 requires some patching to unlock the chunky stuff, but it's incomplete, and I'd rather recommend some hackery using NVDI and custom screen drivers (which have been done). To make sure the thing can become compatible enough, I suggest arranging the 12-bits of color in a way wh...
by shoggoth77
Sat May 07, 2022 8:32 am
Forum: SOFTWARE
Topic: Basilisk II Atari
Replies: 394
Views: 90204

Re: Basilisk II Atari

As long as the reason for the performance drop is documented, I think people will be fine with it.
by shoggoth77
Sat May 07, 2022 7:34 am
Forum: HARDWARE DISCUSSIONS
Topic: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST
Replies: 18
Views: 5504

Re: 320x240 12-bit chunky display on an ST

Dude. This is awesome.

I see you're running TOS4 or at least some later incarnation of the AES, and it does indeed support chunky resolutions not only in 16bpp but also in 8 and 32bpp mode (it's somewhat unfinished though).

Is this what you're doing?

Or did you go fVDI?

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