Mucking around on the...ATW800/2

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Re: Mucking around on the...ATW800/2

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Darklord wrote: 09 Sep 2025 22:44 I understand that it's not specifically for the Mega STe but will it still run on it?
Its the VME memory mapping of the Seurat VRAM that will be different (for the STe), so it will perhaps run, but you probably wont see anything.

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mrbombermillzy wrote: 09 Sep 2025 20:51 * This version is for the Mega ST with 4mb (2mb may work, but Ive not tested) + ATW800/2 (If enough people are interested, I can probably knock up an STe VME version, if asked nicely).
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Okay, thanks for the explanation. We've got a table at the upcoming
VCF Midwest 2025 show here in the US and we're planning on showing
at least 1 machine with an ATW800/2.

It would have been nice to show that if possible, but it's okay.

Thanks for the work on it, appreciated. :)
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@Darklord

Give me a few days and I'll have a MegaSTe version uploaded here. :)

Hopefully someone can check if they work or not.
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Alright, that was quicker to do than I thought; hopefully, its just a hard coded palette address needed seeing to, as vidmem was using Screenbase pointer. :)

Here we are...

MK Demo Mega STe 4Mb version:

[PENDING TESTING] See details below for fixed version.


N.B: I dont have the above machine and this is out of scope of any emulator to test with, so it SHOULD, but may not work.

Remember to look here for any further details of the demo:

viewtopic.php?p=133592#p133592

If anyone tries this, can you please let me know how you get on.

Good luck! :D
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Thank you so much! I'll have my TT with it's ATW800/2 at VCFMW as well. I'll get this loaded on and try it out!
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coonsgm wrote: 10 Sep 2025 12:31 Thank you so much! I'll have my TT with it's ATW800/2 at VCFMW as well. I'll get this loaded on and try it out!
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I'll keep my fingers crossed until someone can confirm it working. :)
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My initial quick test on the TT resulted in it bombing out. However, I need to read more in detail, because it could be a "me issue" not a code issue.
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@coonsgm Let me know if you figure it out or its definitely the demo thats the problem.

One thing I didnt menion in the 'rules', is that the TT will also need 4Mb ST RAM minimum - I just took it for granted that would be the case already. I cant remember what the minimum size of ST RAM the TT can be configured to right now, but for this demo, it has to be 4Mb.
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mrbombermillzy wrote: 10 Sep 2025 07:48 @Darklord

Give me a few days and I'll have a MegaSTe (also a TT, why not?) version uploaded here. :)

Hopefully someone can check if they work or not.
Thanks, I'll try it out after while and report back. :)
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mrbombermillzy wrote: 10 Sep 2025 15:26 @coonsgm Let me know if you figure it out or its definitely the demo thats the problem.

One thing I didnt menion in the 'rules', is that the TT will also need 4Mb ST RAM minimum - I just took it for granted that would be the case already. I cant remember what the minimum size of ST RAM the TT can be configured to right now, but for this demo, it has to be 4Mb.
The TT has 2MB of ST RAM on the motherboard, so I guess that this is the minimum. :-)
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