Old Computer Appreciation Thread

Zering

@folly Honestly I'm not the best person to ask as my total experience with the Amiga comes down to a short session on Turrican, but I think the concensus is that Amiberry with kickstart roms and .lha files is the best way to run it.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly Honestly I'm not the best person to ask as my total experience with the Amiga comes down to a short session on Turrican, but I think the concensus is that Amiberry with kickstart roms and .lha files is the best way to run it.

Indeed. At the moment I am not much playing with Amiga.
Now there are other interesting things to do.

Folly

@Zering @AdamBeGood
This morning I thinkered with the script again.
I made a version 1.2 .

I will put it on github when there is an interest for this.
Because I also have to decide if it is usefull to replace 1.1 fully,
or having it working next to each other.

This version makes systems fully depending on the supported media.
Tested this with "hbf1xdj" (Sony MSX2+) so it should work for all.
So this is how it works, with "hbf1xdj" as example :

old rom directory :

hbf1xdj

new rom directories (depending on how many different media you want to install) :

hbf1xdj-cart1
hbf1xdj-cass
hbf1xdj-flop

This way we don't have to switch the emulator media wise.
Also I don't have to join non compatible extensions, in the script, anymore.
The supported media will now completely match the startup commandline in emulators.cfg.

Zering

@folly Is there still an option to have all the extensions in the same directory? This is great stuff but I've got 160 systems already and my Pi is becoming tricky to navigate ^^

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly Is there still an option to have all the extensions in the same directory? This is great stuff but I've got 160 systems already and my Pi is becoming tricky to navigate ^^

If you have, for example, 3 different media for 1 system, you don't have to install them all, you know.
Install just 1, for example, only floppy.

If we want to keep it in 1 directory where all media is recognised, for example, "hbf1xdj".
Then this can only be done, if I can program it so, that extensions are joined like this :
cass : .cas
disk : .dsk
becomes : .cas .dsk
(EDIT: I will give it a try : nailed it, now it's version 1.2 )
I think it can be done but it's quite a challenge
But then you have a dissadvantage.
Because you have to know, that if you are in, for example, floppy mode.
You can't boot cassettes.
Then you have to associate every individual cassette thats not supported by the default setting.
Or you have to switch from time to time.
I think you will understand.

EDIT : this option doesn't work :
However I can also try to see if media automatically can be recognised.
This core option exists. But I think this it will depend upon the softwarelist.
But I can try this option.
That would be really nice.
(All media in 1 directory and recognised automatically)

Zering

@folly It would be awesome if you could achieve that! But don't go thinking I was criticising, you're doing awesome Work!
Still haven't had a chance to test this, but I promise I will as soon as I'm able!

AdamBeGood

I'd quite like to get BBC Micro and Atari Jaguar working through MESS. I might have a trawl through your old posts, @Folly, and work out what I need to do.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@folly It would be awesome if you could achieve that! But don't go thinking I was criticising, you're doing awesome Work!
Still haven't had a chance to test this, but I promise I will as soon as I'm able!

No I don't think that.
It is good to have some feedback.
That way i will come up with better stuff, I think.

Well I nailed it, I think.
But It took me a whole day.
This morning I was hoping to finish it.
But I got terribly stuck again.
(just when you think you are almost there)
So I started again from scratch.
(sometimes you have to do this, otherwise it becomes too difficult and you don't see it anymore)
Well now I got it wotking with just 3 lines made in 1 hour, incredible.

I will do some tests, and then i will put it on github.
Perhaps I am going to implement my other idea into it.
So we can choose how we want to install.
Just in a system directory or in a system-media directory.
That would be cool, I think. ;-)

Zering

@adambegood If you figure it out I'd love to hear how. I found them to be tricky to run in mess.

@Folly you're unstoppable ! How did you crack it?

Folly

@adambegood said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

I'd quite like to get BBC Micro and Atari Jaguar working through MESS. I might have a trawl through your old posts, @Folly, and work out what I need to do.

Nice, well I advice you to wait a few hours.
I will put the new 1.2 version online.

Folly

@zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@adambegood If you figure it out I'd love to hear how. I found them to be tricky to run in mess.

@Folly you're unstoppable ! How did you crack it?

First I was looking for the same systems in my array "database" from the script.
Matching and joining.
But you get stuck in the loops.
And so the values that you want to have,
you then have to put back into the other places in the array "database".
That is quite hard to do.

So I did it this way but than in a loop for what system you want to create :
(stupid of me, the other times I use this solution too)

/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -listmedia fsa1st | grep -o "\...."

It becomes just what I need in one array "database" place.

Folly

@AdamBeGood @Zering

Pushed version 1.2 to Github.
I hope it is the right one :-)

You can both try it now.

EDIT :
Put it online, and my god, it didn't work anymore, was thinking that I erased something somehow. Rebooted the system. Seems it fixed my problem. Tested all again and committed again in github. Here it didn't update, so I assume the files are working. PFFFF...

Well let me know how it's working for you both, very curious ;-)

AdamBeGood

@folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

@AdamBeGood @Zering

Pushed version 1.2 to Github.
I hope it is the right one :-)

You can both try it now.

EDIT :
Put it online, and my god, it didn't work anymore, was thinking that I erased something somehow. Rebooted the system. Seems it fixed my problem. Tested all again and committed again in github. Here it didn't update, so I assume the files are working. PFFFF...

Well let me know how it's working for you both, very curious ;-)

Have you got the details of your GitHub? I am trying to scroll up through all this, but the thread is so massive now!

Folly

@adambegood

https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share

Sort of, about what you have to install and how to run :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/831

Didn't have the time to do a readme, this how you can run :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/924

Look for systems:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/926

Folly

@Zering @AdamBeGood
Running Bally Professional Arcade (astrocde) :
Gunfight :
Blast Droids :
Astro Battle :

Zering

@folly I've got the Astrocade running too! I tried a few games and well - let's just say i have some trouble with games older than the third generation of consoles! ^^

Well done for getting that running!

Folly

@Zering
Tried the apple2gs but the bios checksum is different and something is missing.
Can we run some other apple2 ?

Folly

@AdamBeGood

Can you get the script working ?

Folly

Did a commit : did a filter fix, so "coleco adam" and perhaps more systems can be created.

Zering

@folly I've got Apple IIGS working with no problem using valerinos script. Are you getting your BIOS from official mess packs?
Bearing in mind though we can run pretty much every Apple II the GS is somewhat different and has a unique library.