EclaireXL

09/03/2018

09:31 AM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

Ok good. That’s as I hoped. I still need to make switching from slow to fast sio and back more reliable, I just fixed... foft

09/02/2018

10:01 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

It doesn't seem to be happening as much although I did run into some weirdness a couple of times that might be relate... Farb

09:53 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

Farb, are you still running into this with the latest builds? foft

10:00 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Ok, I just checked in a couple more changes. Your patch file should get pretty small now :-D Farb

09:37 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

So this is what I ended up with as a patch to atx.c.
I'm updating gTrackInfo on every disk change or access to dif... foft

09:44 PM Core v28

* atx support, thanks to Farb
* fixed disk change sio ack bug (swap file read before ack led to failed reads on disk... foft

09/01/2018

04:40 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

That's great, thanks. foft

04:09 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Ok, done and checked into v09 branch. Farb

01:44 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Could it be changed somehow like this? i.e. move the avr parts to another file and add byte swapping? foft

08/31/2018

11:08 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Oh, and let me know if there are things I can do in the atx.h/c code to make it easier for you to consume :-) Farb

11:07 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I just updated to atxv5 and confirmed that 107 all passes and the few games I tested worked great. Fantastic work!! Farb

09:47 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I put this up as atxv5.
So 107 all passes, but 107 track35 seems to have a lot of NOKs... foft

09:39 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Updated to the v9 code.
I need to split out the eclaireXL changes to make this easier to update. I was going to m... foft

08/28/2018

09:45 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

Added more structure to the command handling (common ack/nak etc) and looking much better. More to do though... foft

09:57 AM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

I guess a disk revolution at 288rpm is 200ms, so it must be ok timing wise to do the ack first. foft

08/27/2018

09:34 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

The time spent on iii is in pf_open, the fat file system open. I guess this must do some work.
Perhaps if I ack fi... foft

09:22 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

So 3 problems...
i) Sometimes bad checksum, must be a sync issue with pokey clock I guess.
ii) Flip flopping betwee... foft

08/26/2018

09:41 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

Hmmm, gets a failed checksum on the first sector read and switches to high speed sio. Then takes a while to resync.
... foft

08:45 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

Setting up the logic analyser to check the cause of the first few fails on the scanalyzer... foft

08:51 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Thanks. It loaded more on the 400/800 rom (but not that far) and stopped early on the XL/XE. I think I have the patch... foft

08/25/2018

06:00 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I just tried it with SDrive Max and Eclaire in XL/XE mode. It loaded and I got to the point that the plane was on the... Farb

05:31 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Hmm, will check the timing some more.
Does flight sim II work on the max? I remember that being time sensitive and... foft

03:58 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I just tested Bandits with SDrive Max and Eclaire XL in 800 mode. It works fine. You need to wait until the full game... Farb

08:41 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Hmm, Bandits just worked with no change. Perhaps related to the other sector error issue. foft

08:31 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I'll put it up as atxv4 shortly.
Tested the few you sent. They all seem to work, except Bandits still does not pla... foft

12:02 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Fantastic! :-D Farb

08/24/2018

09:42 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Now M.U.L.E. works:-) + Bruce Lee. foft

09:41 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Ooops, had the subtraction backwards in waitForAngularPosition, doh. foft

08/23/2018

08:40 PM Bug #74: Mounted disks don't always load

Probably about time I fix this, might be impacting some atx loading too. foft

08/22/2018

12:56 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Here's further info about those two disks:
http://a8preservation.com/#/software/dump/82
http://a8preservation.com... Farb

12:55 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I believe phantom and duplicate sector are synonymous. Yes, multiple sectors with the same number on a track. Both Ag... Farb

12:50 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

What is a phantom sector? Same sector number and valid/crc error/weak on same track? Do you have examples for one on ... foft

08:50 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I quickly confirmed that changing $F7 to $EF didn't break any of the images I ran the Scanalyzer test and it returns ... Farb

07:19 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Hmm, good point. The status bits are active low which would make $F7=11110111 and $EF=11101111. Bit 4 represents reco... Farb

07:03 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Why does the code default to 0xf7? It says that means ‘data crc or weak sector’ in the hardware manual. The comment i... foft

06:22 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

As you have already surmised, the status byte returned from loadAtxSector contains the FDC status bits. Are you takin... Farb

08/21/2018

11:27 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Ok, I tested v3 and saw a few things:
1. Agent U.S.A. and Goonies successfully loaded. Woohoo!
2. Bandits success... Farb

09:17 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

OK, have to call it a day for today. I'll put up v3 with the latest anyway, though I suspect not much really helped y... foft

09:15 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

OK, can reproduce the same results in the linux sim... Which is good. So its not a missed byte swap (there is no byte... foft

09:05 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Yeah I wired status up right after building atxv2. I am getting back 0xf7 though. Its not finding the sector in the l... foft

09:03 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Glad it is making progress. I did wonder if bug 74 had something to do with what I was seeing. Are you using the stat... Farb

08:33 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

OK, little better. Now getting 247 on 19,20,... and 28,32. Investigating why the status is not 239 now. foft

08:26 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I think the first few errors may be related to the bug 74 you raised.
I do see failure on those sectors though I w... foft

07:00 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

If it’s that broken I wonder why air strike, Bruce Lee and lode runner work.
I’ll try that tool... foft

07:28 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I did some further testing and something definitely seems quite wrong. I can understand timing problems causing dupli... Farb

08/20/2018

10:16 PM Bug #74 (Closed): Mounted disks don't always load

I have been seeing some strange disk loading behavior for the past few builds. Intermittently, when I mount a disk an... Farb

10:14 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I should add (in case it wasn't completely clear) that all those titles work with the current version of atx.c. Farb

10:06 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I just tried atxv2 as well.
It sounds to me like the "slow" parts are too slow and the "speed-ups" are too fast. I... Farb

09:54 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

An aside, but noticed I seem to have a bunch of hexdumps still in this code. Better remove them since I'm sure they t... foft

09:51 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Nope, still seems to hang on most things. Hmmm. foft

09:50 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Trying to hook up sector status to 0x53 to see if that helps foft

09:34 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Fixed that and put it up as atxv2.
Load a bit quicker, but still only a few things seems to work (baker street and... foft

09:09 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Seems that it was just a + vs - issue when calculating the wait on rotation. Doh. foft

06:31 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I think something might be wrong with track step or something. Since its loads slow, slow slow, then occasional fast.... foft

06:30 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I've put the rpd there now. foft

05:11 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I am not aware of anything that exists like that today but think it is an excellent idea. I have reached out to some ... Farb

07:51 AM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Oh, forgot to copy that! Will do that this evening.
I was thinking a test suite would be great. On an atx that boo... foft

08/19/2018

09:30 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

That is great news. I'm happy to test it out. How do I make an .rpd from the .jic and/or .sof? Farb

09:04 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Farb, I've put the latest test version here. Can you give it a try please since you are more familiar with how the be... foft

08:44 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Added byte swapping and changed the wait_us delays to be in us. For some reason wait_us(3.22*1000) was hanging rather... foft

08/18/2018

09:52 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Looks an an endian issue. I see AT8X ok, then version is 256... foft

08/17/2018

09:33 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

If I comment loadAtxSector it does not hang, so must be something stuck in a loop in there. Will instrument and print... foft

09:27 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Now the core is working again in general: USB, atr, xex. I can insert atx disks, but they fail to load - firmware han... foft

08/16/2018

10:03 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I got the core building but I've broken it enough that usb no longer works... ooops, will have to debug another day. foft

10:02 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

There are the default (original) sdrive delays in us iirc. If an ack is sent too soon it can arrive before the sio co... foft

09:58 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

I'm not sure what DELAY_T2_MIN, DELAY_T5_MIN, etc. actually represent here so unfortunately I can't comment on that s... Farb

09:46 PM Feature #73: Implement ATX disk image support

Changed the timer/pause reg to be in microseconds and exact (USB clock/48 with clock domain crossing by toggle)
Adde... foft