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- Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Dragon Hardware
- Topic: Dragon keyboard conversion to USB HID (XRoar)
- Replies: 23
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Re: Dragon keyboard conversion to USB HID
I don't really know how your setup works, but producing @ on a PC keyboard usually involving pressing shift, which may interfere with the logic at the Dragon end. Also is it coincidence that @ vs " is one of the differences between US & UK keyboards? What happens if you type into a text editor inste...
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:34 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: XRoar video debug builds
- Replies: 25
- Views: 31159
Re: XRoar video debug builds
Brilliant stuff! It recreates the purple shimmer on the PMODE4 display beautifully :) To complete the Dragon video experience we would need a small and very slow drift on the colour frequency to simulate the machine warming up! @Alistair Chroma highpass can be set to zero or 0.25 to simulate the eff...
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: Dragon Hardware
- Topic: Dragon 32 with DRAM removed, video output?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23209
Re: Dragon 32 with DRAM removed, video output?
I would have expected some kind of video display i.e. something with a border. The vdg will generate sync signals with just a clock input, except when something is pulling the CHB output down to ground activating a test mode. I've seen this happen once due to a bad ceramic cap. The video circuit req...
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: OLL '22 Video Games Convention
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6413
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:45 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: OLL '22 Video Games Convention
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6413
OLL '22 Video Games Convention
We had a family afternoon out at the recent OLL '22 Video Games Convention as it was close to where we live. The Centre for Computing History had quite a large presence and I was pleasantly surprised to see a D32 set up with Chuckie Egg. Of course I felt obliged to put my name on the high score tabl...
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:25 pm
- Forum: Dragon Hardware
- Topic: D64 with new Dragon PSU issue
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11554
Re: D64 with new Dragon PSU issue
Curious that it works in a D32. Can't really say much else without seeing a schematic and more detailed measurements.
Assuming you've followed the build instructions to the letter, the ball is very firmly in the court of the supplier and/or designer.
Assuming you've followed the build instructions to the letter, the ball is very firmly in the court of the supplier and/or designer.
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:34 am
- Forum: Dragon Hardware
- Topic: D64 with new Dragon PSU issue
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11554
Re: D64 with new Dragon PSU issue
I would use an oscilloscope to see how much ripple there is on the supplies. The fact that it works when more current is drawn suggests one of the supplies is moving to a more stable region, which in turn suggests an incorrect component value. A component value could be incorrect because it was put ...
- Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:45 pm
- Forum: Dragon Hardware
- Topic: Display bars
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2954
Re: Display bars
Hmm, strange one. In my experience, jail bars on Dragons are usually caused by missing bypass caps on the DRAM array, and fitting all eight 100n caps virtually eliminates them. I don't think I've ever seen hum bars on a Dragon. That tends to indicate a fault, particularly if you say 1u caps didn't m...
- Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:07 pm
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: Blockdown cartridges for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11438
Re: Blockdown cartridges for sale
Love the artwork! Brilliant
- Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: Hints and Tips
- Topic: Some useful short 6809 routines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12657
Re: Some useful short 6809 routines
Cool. Thanks for sharing :) There is an old trick for converting a binary digit to ascii hex that is fewer bytes than the branching version: adda #$90 daa adca #$40 daa Also, I wonder how the long multiplication compares with a version that uses 6809 MUL (8x8) to generate the partial products.