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From 02/07/2018 to 03/08/2018

08:56 PM Bug #63 (New): Svideo issues in v20 on board v1: I am getting a green basic screen sometimes. Seems to be a bad state somewhere since its resolved when I switch to NT... foft

09:41 PM Feature #53 (Closed): Add version number to settings: Added board version, date and core version (need to update VERSION file manually on build) foft
09:40 PM Feature #58 (Closed): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: foft
08:46 PM Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Was getting tempted by a bigger rework, including settings in json: https://github.com/quartzjer/js0n
More work than... foft

09:56 PM Feature #58 (In Progress): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: On second thoughts, one more feature to add here.
Updating of roms on the flash by loading/then save all. foft
09:54 PM Feature #58 (Closed): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: foft
09:39 PM Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Added support for filtering in the file selector. Also added hotkeys to the device menu (1-4 and C). foft

10:05 PM Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: M25P (54MHz max), N25Q (108MHz max) I think. Thinking I should really move away from the M25P (or equiv) for v2 fix, ... foft
10:03 PM Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Well, I can increase the clock speed of the spi communication. I'm only at 25MHz and think I can go to 100MHz. But no... foft
09:54 PM Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Doh. Writing in 256 byte chunks increasing destination address each data, but not increasing data pointer! Oops! So w... foft
09:12 PM Feature #58: Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Loading of profiles is working (no hotkeys yet).
Saving is failing... I have to read 256KB of flash to sdram then re... foft

10:17 PM Feature #58 (In Progress): Maybe consider moving CART selection closer to top in F12 menu ?: Following the flash support, decided to split the menu into two parts:
i) Device emulation (disk + cart + usb stuff)... foft
04:44 PM Feature #37 (Closed): SD card insertion support: foft

05:19 PM Feature #62 (Closed): Store settings in spi flash: foft
05:19 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Tested as v1, working fine. Though I noticed that the i2c code hangs v1 (devices do not exist, I thought it'd be harm... foft
12:32 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Wondering about whether to put a file system on the flash chip. Such as spiffs, which is aimed at flash chips and low... foft

10:12 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: sadosp wrote:
> foft wrote:
> > Saving working too:)
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> \o/
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sadosp
10:12 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: foft wrote:
> Saving working too:)
\o/
sadosp
09:37 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Saving working too:) foft
09:10 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Step 1 done...
I add the settings to a jic file at a specified address.
Then I made the firmware load this if t... foft

10:07 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Next step...
Add default settings to the jic. Then I can try reading/writing it. To write apparently I need to erase... foft
10:01 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: sadosp wrote:
> foft wrote:
> > I thought about it and currently _believe_ the problem is that cs_n is raised in be... foft
10:00 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Yep, that was it. I can read and display the flash device id now.
The paves the way for saving settings, also it ... foft
09:42 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: foft wrote:
> I thought about it and currently _believe_ the problem is that cs_n is raised in between bytes (rather... sadosp
06:55 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: I thought about it and currently _believe_ the problem is that cs_n is raised in between bytes (rather than at the en... foft

10:28 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Tried with 9f since I'm not sure ab is supported. Same result.
Got the scope on it and checked that the commands a... foft
09:11 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: I found out I'd connected the hardware (in the vhdl) wrong, so no dice.
Reconnected what I thought was correctly, ... foft
08:20 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: Think I have the hardware side connected, trying to talk to it now via firmware. Fingers crossed! foft

10:13 PM Feature #62: Store settings in spi flash: On some cyclones the active serial pins can be directly used as IO. I tried that on here (cyclone v) but it didn't wo... foft

09:24 AM Feature #62 (Closed): Store settings in spi flash: Read/write settings from the flash chip, with override from sd.
Want to check this works before new boards. foft

09:09 PM Bug #47 (Closed): CORE 13 - Paddle, Touchtablet issues: foft
09:08 PM Bug #47: CORE 13 - Paddle, Touchtablet issues: In the next run of boards we are added a variable resistor to allow adjusting the level the paddle detector uses.
... foft
09:06 PM Feature #24 (Closed): A board with Atari SOUL!!!! (ROM in block ram support): Added basic support, see related issue.
I still plan to do the flash reading later. foft
07:56 PM Feature #24 (In Progress): A board with Atari SOUL!!!! (ROM in block ram support): foft
09:05 PM Feature #37: SD card insertion support: Confirmed that SD detect works.
Added primitive insert/eject support. Its kind of crap, but it works...
Boot wi... foft
07:57 PM Feature #37: SD card insertion support: Another place we need to check hardware before new boards... foft
07:56 PM Feature #37 (In Progress): SD card insertion support: foft
07:55 PM Feature #14 (Closed): Svideo core for first prototype: I don't see composite and svideo as core outputs, much worse quality even when perfectly done. I'm pretty happy with ... foft
07:53 PM Bug #56 (Closed): Galaxian Cartridge crash: Working fine on recent cores foft

09:14 PM Feature #12 (Closed): Set up redmine backups!: foft
09:14 PM Feature #12: Set up redmine backups!: My second disk died before I moved it to the NAS. Never mind though, recovered the data. Now backup is to my nas sinc... foft
09:13 PM Bug #17 (Closed): NTSC crashing on some builds: On second thoughts... closing until we see it again. foft
09:11 PM Bug #17: NTSC crashing on some builds: Not seen this for months, think it was an issue around this time that has been fixed. Marking as normal priority for ... foft
08:51 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support: Added to the video settings 'VGA connected' and 'HDMI connected' which look for the start of the DDC sequence '00FF' foft
08:25 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support: Setting back to normal since the hardware side is working fine. foft
08:25 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support: HDMI is working too... “00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 10 AC … foft
08:23 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support: VGA is working... receiving “00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 10 AC …"
Now for HDMI foft
08:00 PM Feature #7: Implement I2C vga/hdmi support: I had the pin assignments backwards. I can now write 4/5 to the control register and read it back. This should be cha... foft

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