+Al_Nafuur Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: That is... I see the networks but when I select one it goes to another "select Wifi network" screen showing ".." should be fixed now with v2.0.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I tried... git clone git@gitlab.com:firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart.git git branch dev <made changes> git push The push was rejected; it was trying to write to master. So I guess I don't know how to properly branch a new dev so I can contribute the new menu/keyboard speed/delay stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 2.07: wifi -- select network, start to enter password, select (Go Back) You see the abandoned password with menu option ("..") So something's not quite right there, still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: I tried... git clone git@gitlab.com:firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart.git git branch dev <made changes> git push The push was rejected; it was trying to write to master. So I guess I don't know how to properly branch a new dev so I can contribute the new menu/keyboard speed/delay stuff. git checkout -b dev makes a new branch named "dev" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: So I guess I don't know how to properly branch a new dev so I can contribute the new menu/keyboard speed/delay stuff. Maybe push your changes to the "reunion" branch, so they will be available for "UnoCart" and SD Logo builds too? but I am about to push my new changes because of the new keyboard handling Edited February 24, 2021 by Al_Nafuur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I'll send you the files as attachments here I'm having issues ATM The changes involve a) initialisation of delay counter (which was causing long delay on initialisation of menu) b) reduction of delay between joystick up/down from 10 to 7 PlusCart.asm firmware_pal_rom.h firmware_pal60_rom.h firmware_ntsc_rom.h 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: I'll send you the files as attachments here I'm having issues ATM The changes involve a) initialisation of delay counter (which was causing long delay on initialisation of menu) b) reduction of delay between joystick up/down from 10 to 7 PlusCart.asm 45.86 kB · 0 downloads firmware_pal_rom.h 4.11 kB · 0 downloads firmware_pal60_rom.h 4.12 kB · 0 downloads firmware_ntsc_rom.h 4.42 kB · 0 downloads I need the (3) header files with SD-Logo (SPINNER = 1) too. ? but I can build them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Draft version v2.0.8 now with fast menu and keyboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: 2.07: wifi -- select network, start to enter password, select (Go Back) You see the abandoned password with menu option ("..") So something's not quite right there, still. ? seems like a new version of the old exit from search result bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: I'll send you the files as attachments here I'm having issues ATM The changes involve a) initialisation of delay counter (which was causing long delay on initialisation of menu) b) reduction of delay between joystick up/down from 10 to 7 PlusCart.asm 45.86 kB · 1 download firmware_pal_rom.h 4.11 kB · 2 downloads firmware_pal60_rom.h 4.12 kB · 1 download firmware_ntsc_rom.h 4.42 kB · 1 download I have added (and pushed) the changes to the reunion branch with everything that's in the v2.0.8 draft release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Al_Nafuur said: Draft version v2.0.8 now with fast menu and keyboard. Installed Loving the fast keyboard and a chat system on the Atari 2600 is quite amazing Have not come across any issues as of yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 New update vastly improves navigation speed and keyboard. Love it guys great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 19 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: 2.07: wifi -- select network, start to enter password, select (Go Back) You see the abandoned password with menu option ("..") So something's not quite right there, still. should be fixed now with v2.0.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I've created a dev branch and pushed. I put the keyboard speed changes in, as I based it of master I've added a new row to keyboards with space/!/?/,/. that should make text entry way way quicker For example, to select "A. K." before you'd have to do (and this is rough because it depends on the random position of the menu bar on changes) 59 joystick moves/button presses in the old version vs. 32 in the new keyboards. Having to switch to "SYMBOLS.... find row... find punctuation/space" is quite tedious. Putting Space in particular on the alpha keyboards is a huge improvement. As to the SPINNER thing, I don't know how that's managed. I don't think I ran into that before. I just generated the ntsc/pal60/pal header fies before this. Anyway, all pushed to dev. Hope it's usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 26 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: I've created a dev branch and pushed. I put the keyboard speed changes in, as I based it of master I've added a new row to keyboards with space/!/?/,/. that should make text entry way way quicker For example, to select "A. K." before you'd have to do (and this is rough because it depends on the random position of the menu bar on changes) 59 joystick moves/button presses in the old version vs. 32 in the new keyboards. Having to switch to "SYMBOLS.... find row... find punctuation/space" is quite tedious. Putting Space in particular on the alpha keyboards is a huge improvement. good idea.? 26 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: As to the SPINNER thing, I don't know how that's managed. I don't think I ran into that before. I just generated the ntsc/pal60/pal header fies before this. have already added all to the reunion branch. Basically there are 3 new header files "firmware_uno_(ntsc/pal60/pal)_rom.h" for the SD-Logo build now. To see them, and to build/test the branch locally you should do: git fetch git checkout --track origin/reunion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I forgot to mention in the comment/commit... I put a full TIA clear (0..$3F) in the menu initialisation. I think that will address @alex_79's point about register init. That should make its way into the reunion/master version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: I forgot to mention in the comment/commit... I put a full TIA clear (0..$3F) in the menu initialisation. I think that will address @alex_79's point about register init. That should make its way into the reunion/master version. I can't find it in the commit changes: https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/commit/752742e507eafb42908ef358510215994d382bec is this at boot only or at "emulation exit" events too or after every RAM waitroutine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: I can't find it in the commit changes: https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/commit/752742e507eafb42908ef358510215994d382bec is this at boot only or at "emulation exit" events too or after every RAM waitroutine? WaitCart SUBROUTINE lda StatusByteReboot beq .dontReboot ldx #$3F lda #0 .clearTIA sta 0,x ; Clear TIA ($00-$3f) inclusive dex bpl .clearTIA ; copy exit routine to ram ldx #ZP_REQUIRED_EXIT-1 .add lda ExitCartRoutine,x sta $80+RESERVED_ZP,x dex bpl .add jmp EXIT_WAITCART .dontReboot rts I guess it must already have been there from before...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 46 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: WaitCart SUBROUTINE lda StatusByteReboot beq .dontReboot ldx #$3F lda #0 .clearTIA sta 0,x ; Clear TIA ($00-$3f) inclusive dex bpl .clearTIA ; copy exit routine to ram ldx #ZP_REQUIRED_EXIT-1 .add lda ExitCartRoutine,x sta $80+RESERVED_ZP,x dex bpl .add jmp EXIT_WAITCART .dontReboot rts I guess it must already have been there from before...? Yes this has been in there before. But these are TIA addresses ($0 - $3f) I think SWCHA, SWACNT, SWCHB and SWBCNT are RIOT addresses ($280 - $283) and we have to reset them after "emulation exit" too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Just now, Al_Nafuur said: Yes this has been in there before. But these are TIA addresses ($0 - $3f) I think SWCHA, SWACNT, SWCHB and SWBCNT are RIOT addresses ($280 - $283) and we have to reset them after "emulation exit" too. Ah, what was I thinking. OK. Well I guess that seems the right spot to put those....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: Ah, what was I thinking. OK. Well I guess that seems the right spot to put those....? Yes this would a right spot to put those too (if we have enough space in VCS RAM ?) otherwise I would put it into the emulation exit function in the firmware.. https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/blob/master/source/STM32firmware/PlusCart/Src/cartridge_emulation.c#L25 Edited February 25, 2021 by Al_Nafuur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: Yes this would a right spot to put those too (if we have enough space in VCS RAM ?) otherwise I would put it into the emulation exit function in the firmware.. https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/blob/master/source/STM32firmware/PlusCart/Src/cartridge_emulation.c#L25 btw. does the break (BRK) : https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/blob/master/source/STM32firmware/PlusCart/Src/cartridge_emulation.c#L32 not trigger the reset sequence of the 6532 too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: Yes this would a right spot to put those too (if we have enough space in VCS RAM ?) There's 2 bytes free and little hope of finding more space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Andrew Davie said: There's 2 bytes free and little hope of finding more space. my proposal is to feed this exit sequence in the exit_cartridge function (instead of the just the NOP and BRK): const uint8_t exit_sequence[] __attribute__((section(".flash01"))) = { 0xea, // NOP 0xa9, 0x00, // LDA #0 0x8d, 0x80, 0x02, // STA SWCHA 0x8d, 0x81, 0x02, // STA SWACNT 0x8d, 0x82, 0x02, // STA SWCHB 0x8d, 0x83, 0x02, // STA SWBCNT 00x0 // BRK }; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: btw. does the break (BRK) : https://gitlab.com/firmaplus/atari-2600-pluscart/-/blob/master/source/STM32firmware/PlusCart/Src/cartridge_emulation.c#L32 not trigger the reset sequence of the 6532 too? I didn't write that...! Looks to me like it would have to be doing that. The BRK vector is pointing to FirstStart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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