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      Folly @Zering
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      @zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

      @folly Weird. What BIOS are you using? Are you using lr-np2kai or np2pi?

      /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/np2kai
      with 14 subdirectory's with different NEC romsets in it.

      These are the "root" ones :
      md5sum .
      90310248964425690f47c7d09b0ae61b 2608_bd.wav
      4932d26fc9eaa60dca90248cdd4ff8b0 2608_hh.wav
      8510f4de81aad417f7853606d899760f 2608_rim.wav
      f0e65db251cbda5af7def30fbb9c24dc 2608_sd.wav
      2c15be5d50c94721288d9700de736b86 2608_tom.wav
      5b5bf9736631d3ef01180ed66dafe270 2608_top.wav
      0c052b1f1bfd0ece11286d2ff45d296f bios.rom
      693fd1da3239d4bbeafc77d211718fc5 font.rom
      72ea51443070f0e9212bfc9b793ee28e itf.rom
      57d4951e275b2abc641cefc1bc123d48 np2kai.cfg
      42c271f8b720e796a484cc1165ff4914 sound.rom

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        Zering @Folly
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        @folly I can confirm that the font.bmp has nothing to do with it. My text boxes are still blank.

        Thanks for sharing your checksums. It's time to go BIOS hunting again. Woo-hoo ^^

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          AdamBeGood @Zering
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          @zering On The Scheme, I Google translated the text and it mentioned speed. Changed my CPU from 8 to 4 MHz fixed it. :)

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            Zering @AdamBeGood
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            @adambegood Oh that would make sense, my quasi88 is set to 8 for Final Crisis.
            I'll try that later!

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              Folly @AdamBeGood
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              @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

              @zering On The Scheme, I Google translated the text and it mentioned speed. Changed my CPU from 8 to 4 MHz fixed it. :)

              There seem to be better roms.
              Mine is fully English and works in 4 and 8 Mhz.

              Catch up with you all later on.

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                Zering @Folly
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                @folly Well I'm now at my wit's end with this font issue. My BIOS files match yours exactly and I still can't get any text in games that use the japanese font.

                Could it be a permissions issue? My BIOS are set to 0755 and I can't seem to be able to change that.

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                  AdamBeGood @Folly
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                  @Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                  @adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                  @zering On The Scheme, I Google translated the text and it mentioned speed. Changed my CPU from 8 to 4 MHz fixed it. :)

                  There seem to be better roms.
                  Mine is fully English and works in 4 and 8 Mhz.

                  Catch up with you all later on.

                  Could you give the name of your ROM when you are able please? Maybe it is less graphically glitchy than mine also.

                  @Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                  @folly Well I'm now at my wit's end with this font issue. My BIOS files match yours exactly and I still can't get any text in games that use the japanese font.

                  Could it be a permissions issue? My BIOS are set to 0755 and I can't seem to be able to change that.

                  To be fair, mine are 0777 but I doubt that is the issue. You never know though! I SCP in from my PC and change permissions that way, but there is probably a better way.

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                    Zering @AdamBeGood
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                    @adambegood I don't think it is either. Japanese text displays properly in np2pi. But that core is a mess.
                    SCP won't let me change permissions, every time I edit them it resets back to 0755. But I'm probably doing it wrong.

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                      AdamBeGood @Zering
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                      @Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                      @adambegood I don't think it is either. Japanese text displays properly in np2pi. But that core is a mess.
                      SCP won't let me change permissions, every time I edit them it resets back to 0755. But I'm probably doing it wrong.

                      winSCP or some other software?

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                        Zering @AdamBeGood
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                        @adambegood WinSCP.

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                          AdamBeGood @Zering
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                          @Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                          @adambegood WinSCP.

                          Logging in as Root or Pi?

                          I've got EVO working with English Translation, and Farland Story.

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                            Zering @AdamBeGood
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                            @adambegood As pi. How do i log in as root?

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                              AdamBeGood @Zering
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                              @Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                              @adambegood As pi.

                              I think you can only change as Root, but make sure you change back as that is where all my shiz came from.

                              Just change the login details. I forget the standard password but if you Google, it is totally standard. I don't think you need to change any settings before you do this.

                              Edit: or maybe the default is there is no password - sorry it has been so long! It is totally doable, we just need to work it out.

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                                Zering @AdamBeGood
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                                @adambegood I'll try once I come back from my grocery run.

                                I can't lie, this font issue is starting to aggravate me ^^

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                                  AdamBeGood @Zering
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                                  @Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                  @adambegood I'll try once I come back from my grocery run.

                                  I can't lie, this font issue is starting to aggravate me ^^

                                  I feel your pain, mate. Try this root issue, which shouldn't take long and then see where you are.

                                  I was going mad with my BIOS issue previously.

                                  Go and punch a watermelon in the shop or something. :p

                                  I would whack a font.bmp in there just in case also. You never know.

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                                    Zering @AdamBeGood
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                                    @adambegood I've tried both font files with no result. Which is why I'm looking into permissions. The whole issue reminds of me of how no matter which BIOS you tried they didn't have any effect. Maybe it's a similar problem.

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                                      AdamBeGood
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                                      Did Garudius '95 control okay for you? I can't move the ship yet, but maybe the issue will resolve itself. I find that sometimes my keyboard plays up (maybe to do with Num Lock).

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                                        Zering @AdamBeGood
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                                        @adambegood Why are you using a keyboard? Most of those games are designed to be played with a two button joypad. Same for most Japanese computers of the era.

                                        It could be that Garudius 95 does not have any keyboard controls.

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                                          AdamBeGood @Zering
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                                          @Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                          @adambegood Why are you using a keyboard? Most of those games are designed to be played with a two button joypad. Same for most Japanese computers of the era.

                                          It could be that Garudius 95 does not have any keyboard controls.

                                          Well, the way I'm using my controller is by mapping arrow keys to it in Options. So if my keyboard doesn't work, my controller doesn't.

                                          Should I be doing it another way?

                                          I was just using keyboard as joypad wasn't a goer, I have to use numpad on some games which don't use arrow keys.

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                                            Zering @AdamBeGood
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                                            @adambegood I do believe there's an option to use a joypad in the retroarch menu for that core. At the bottom I think.
                                            I don't know how your keyboard would work with that as I play exclusively with joypads. Keyboards... yuck ^^

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