Old Computer Appreciation Thread

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly None that I can see on the surface, except what I told you regarding the B cores missing from RetroPie-Setup. Then again I suspect if I remove a couple hundred scriptmodules they'll appear ^^

So far it's actually an improvement. Systems that didn't work now work.

I'll install all the cores I want and begin testing over the course of the next few weeks.

Massive kudos on an impressive discovery.

Edit : Got pippin to boot. It hung ; probably a wrong BIOS. Never got it to boot before. I'm having trouble getting PC6001 to appear in ES though. I had an entry for that system before in es_systems.cfg, so I'm guessing that's why.

Check your es_systems for multiple entry's

you can just make a blankfile.bin

Zering

@folly No it's not picking up on the .bin files at all. I've had that glitch before, editing es_systems.cfg sometimes doesn't register. I don't know why. It's nothing to do with your scripts I don't think. I think I'll remove the entry entirely and reinstall the core.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly No it's not picking up on the .bin files at all. I've had that glitch before, editing es_systems.cfg sometimes doesn't register. I don't know why. It's nothing to do with your scripts I don't think. I think I'll remove the entry entirely and reinstall the core.

Good idea !
I should work

mess 0.151 bios

Zering

@folly Yep, got the right BIOS, looks like it didn't like my .chd then. Maybe because the BIOS is Mess 0.151 and the .CHD 0.149.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly Yep, got the right BIOS, looks like it didn't like my .chd then. Maybe because the BIOS is Mess 0.151 and the .CHD 0.149.

ok

But I don't have the .chd extension in the script of pc6001
Or did you added this ?

Zering

@folly Sorry, I got confused ; that was for Pippin ^^
I'm fixing PC6001 now.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly Sorry, I got confused ; that was for Pippin ^^
I'm fixing PC6001 now.

ok I understand !

So many systems now HiHi

Zering

@folly I recommend you try the Sharp MZ700 and MZ2500 and the Fujitsu FM77AV!

Also where do we need to place BIOS files now? In BIOS, roms or the system's directory?

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly I recommend you try the Sharp MZ700 and MZ2500 and the Fujitsu FM77AV!

Will try that later.
I am really curious.

Zering

@folly So am I. I'd bet there's over a hundred systems I'm keen to try out.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly I recommend you try the Sharp MZ700 and MZ2500 and the Fujitsu FM77AV!

You had these system already ?

Also where do we need to place BIOS files now? In BIOS, roms or the system's directory?

Just the bios dir. should work.
It's all lr-mess.

Zering

@folly I experimented with those three systems previously, yes. I talked about them several times before.
The MZ700 is interesting, I don't know if I'd say it's fun though ^^

I think I figured out the problem with my es_systems.cfg : the one I've got in opt and the one I've got in etc/emulationstation have different entries, but it seems the scripts write to the one in etc rather than the one in opt.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly I experimented with those three systems previously, yes. I talked about them several times before.

I remember, had no time then. will look at it.

The MZ700 is interesting, I don't know if I'd say it's fun though ^^

I think I figured out the problem with my es_systems.cfg : the one I've got in opt and the one I've got in etc/emulationstation have different entries, but it seems the scripts write to the one in etc rather than the one in opt.

I don't have one in opt.

Zering

@folly opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/

Sorry ^^

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/

Sorry ^^

only es_input.cfg

Zering

@folly I think it's a backup I created, but it supercedes the one in etc... Problem is when one system has different entries in both files I think it creates weird conflicts.
Anyway, PC6001 is showing up now! :D

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly I think it's a backup I created, but it supercedes the one in etc... Problem is when one system has different entries in both files I think it creates weird conflicts.
Anyway, PC6001 is showing up now! :D

Backup, think so too.

Zering

@folly Mountain Climber, PC6001 :D

Seems most games for that system are on .cas files though, but I guess we've added enough games for one day (or one year ^^)

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly Mountain Climber, PC6001 :D

I also want to try ZX81 (last year I scored an original one for 15 euro's)
The one in retropie doesn't work that good.

Zering

@folly The one in RetroPie doesn't work at all! ^^
Let me know how you get on.

I'm looking at the ZX80, the Amstrad PCW, the Acorn Atom, Archimedes and Electron, the BBC Micro, the Fujitsu FM8, and about a million others ^^