Ich habe hier ein Display (ST7789) mit einem CS-Pin (zwischen DC und BLK).
Wie muss ich den CS Pin anschließen, damit das Display mit Sidekick funktioniert?
kurze Antwort: ich weiss es nicht, aber probiere einfach mal CS mit einem Pull Down (10kR) auf Masse zu legen.
Danke, das werde ich probieren.
Hallo, werden Spielstände beim SideKick im CRT gespeichert ?
Eigentlich wollte ich das Board nur testen, ist jetzt auch nix wirklich Dolles...
Aber ich komme selten bis LvL4... (ich hasse Spinnen)
Mfg Jood
Bei einem EasyFlash-CRT sollte das gespeichert werden, spätestens, wenn Du per Reset zurück ins Menü springst.
Natürlich wird nun wegen Murphy's Law nicht gespeichert, weil Du vor dem Ausprobieren gefragt hast. 
Also Reset und gut ?
Sonst bleibt der C64 an bis zum Tag des jüngsten Gerichtes, oder Blackout!
Mfg Jood
Deine C64 hängen doch sowieso an der USV! 
Hallo,
ich bin nun endlich mal dazu gekommen das Image der Version 0.51c_2 auf die SD zu bannen und den Sidekick64 in Betrieb zu nehmen.
Zur Verwendung kommt ein Pi 3A+ . In der config Datei habe ich dann "include sidekick64_rpi0_c128.txt" aktiviert.
In der sidekick64.cfg Datei habe ich das richtige Display "DISPLAY ST7789" ausgewählt.
Soweit alles Prima: der sidekick64 bootet, das Logo ist im Display zu sehen und nach dem starten des C64 ist das Start-Menu auf dem Bildschirm zu sehen.
Das Abspielen eines SID Files sowie einer d64 Datei über den Browser "F7" klappt einwandfrei 
Nun meine kleinen Probleme:
- im Start-Menu ist nur die Rubrik SPECIAL enthalten, die Rubriken CRT, PRG, FREEZER und KERNAL sind nicht vorhanden.
- auch der Eintrag einer .PRG Datei in der sidekick64.cfg brachte kein Erfolg.
... Was mache ich falsch?
... Wie ist die sidekick64.cfg Datei zu bearbeiten damit die Rubriken mit Kurzwahl angezeigt werden?
You can change this in SD:/C64/sidekick64.cfg. There is a new setting called
USE_FAVORITES_FOR_MAINSCREEN since 0.49. If this parameter is not set to zero, the files in folder SD:/FAVORITES are being displayed. If that folder is empty, nothing is displayed.
USE_FAVORITES_FOR_MAINSCREEN 0
wo gibt es denn eine Firmware 0.51c_2
ich verwende die 0.51a
USE_FAVORITES_FOR_MAINSCREEN 0
Hello! Sorry for using English in this post but German is not my first language.
I have an NTSC 128 ("flat"), pi3A+, and have no success finding the right timings to be compatible with many EasyFlash images. Hours of trial and error still result in games like Prince of Persia, Ultima V Remastered, Maniac Mansion, and Eye of the Beholder either failing to fully start or crash within minutes of playing. Some settings appear to get a game like EOB working, only to make the others fail even harder. And sometimes it seems I've got relative stability only for it to be very unstable a short time later. Games that run at 2MHz (EOB, PoP) appear to have more difficulty but this is not entirely the case as 1MHz games like Maniac Mansion and Ultima V Remastered are also prone to fail.
I have two 128 computers, two 3A+'s, multiple SD cards, and have tried various combinations -- in other words I've ruled out a hardware failure.
Frenetic has been graciously trying to assist on the github discussion group as he does not have an NTSC 128 to test with, but with no luck so far. If anyone has an NTSC 128 and can lend advice on timings, overlocking or other configurations, I would be extremely grateful!
Cheers!
I didn't have a chance to answer your last post on github. The overclocking values which I posted there do not prevent a RPi Zero 2 from booting. Given that your RPi 3A+ does not even show the logo on the TFT (i.e. it does not boot) I'm still skeptical whether your power supply is working fine. I've never had any Zero 2 or 3A+ which did not boot with 1300MHz, Core/SDRAM 600/700. Can you check what the HDMI output of the RPi displays?
It is very odd. Across three disparate power supplies, one being an official Pi 3A+ supply (2.5A @ 5v) and the others also being of high quality, anything higher than sdram_freq=650 will prevent booting to the GUI. By around 670 I start to get a typical Pi rainbow screen on HDMI rather than just black, but at 650 I start to get the actual SideKick splash screen on both HDMI and internal display.
That said, even at 650, with the other supplies values I only get a "Commodore blue" blank screen when launching most things.
Is there a way to see diagnostic information on the HDMI screen?
For others' benefit, here are the timings I'm attempting:
arm_freq=1350
over_voltage=6
core_freq=600
sdram_freq=700 (again had to lower to 650 or lower)
WAIT_FOR_SIGNALS 40
WAIT_CYCLE_MULTIPLEXER 170
WAIT_CYCLE_READ 430
WAIT_CYCLE_WRITEDATA 420
WAIT_CYCLE_READ_BADLINE 341
WAIT_CYCLE_READ_VIC2 393
WAIT_CYCLE_WRITEDATA_VIC2 449
WAIT_CYCLE_MULTIPLEXER_VIC2 226
WAIT_TRIGGER_DMA 500
WAIT_RELEASE_DMA 500
That said, even at 650, with the other supplies values I only get a "Commodore blue" blank screen when launching most things.
Is there a way to see diagnostic information on the HDMI screen?
no, except for a yellow flash-sign when the power supply is insufficient. But with this range of timings (or even the original ones) you should definitely see RPi booting and displaying the logo on the TFT, and get to the menu (the 2MHz mode in some EF CRTs might require more finetuning). Do other cartridges work fine on your C128? Have to tried cleaning the expansionport connector?
Today was eventful, though not successful!
My test grabbers came in the mail so I finished hooking up the SID and CPU jumpers, for one of my C128s and also for an NTSC C64 breadbin 250407 that I thought I should also try. While I was at it, I reset all SK files to their defaults so I'd start with a clean slate (.51c). All config settings are back to their defaults.
To my surprise, the issues are the same on the C64 as on the 128: most large/complex Easy Flash games (exception being things like Disk2EasyFlash and various compilation carts), such as Prince of Persia, EOB, and Maniac Mansion fail to load in the same way. Other things like C128 function ROMs (haven't tried a C64 kernal replacement yet), D64s and PRGs all work, but what fails does so on both computers ruling out 2MHz mode being the issue.
Also, on a side note and possibly my own fault for not understanding how sound works: setting SID output to PWM or HDMI and running Tuneful 8 returns distorted noise (sounds like an industrial metal version of whatever should be playing) rather than clean, expected music from the 128's output; is this right? I don't have HDMI audio nearby so can't test that output. (Should the pi 3A+'s analogue 3.5mm output work when set to HDMI?). Similarly, if I run Super Mario.prg with stereo SIDs, I get no audio from second SID at $420 but it works at $500. Again, this may just be learning curve for me. And this is all secondary to my Easy Flash issues.
SID emu im Sidekick outputs the sound at the back of the Pi and not at the back of the Commodore.
PWM means analog audio jack of Pi. Not avaiable on Pi Zero 2 W.
HDMI means HDMI socket.
Poor original SID in your Commodore also is trying to play sound but gets all the commands for eight SIDs. Hence distortion.
the SID-emulation problem is exactly what emulaThor explained!
To my surprise, the issues are the same on the C64 as on the 128: most large/complex Easy Flash games (exception being things like Disk2EasyFlash and various compilation carts), such as Prince of Persia, EOB, and Maniac Mansion fail to load in the same way. Other things like C128 function ROMs (haven't tried a C64 kernal replacement yet), D64s and PRGs all work, but what fails does so on both computers ruling out 2MHz mode being the issue.
I do have a C64-NTSC and gave it a try: for me all EF-CRTs I tested (except for EOB) did work with the default settings (RPi0, C128 <- also for C64). I know what the reason is that EOB doesn't work: it's using a new/experimental code path in the emulation which uses a new caching strategy. Long story short: I have not yet tested this particular path on NTSC and I need to move things a little bit to get the timings right (will do an update sometime soon -- meanwhile you could try an older release, but it has graphical glitches :))
Thanks guys! SID issues are now resolved, and Tuneful 8/Hiro/Super Mario, etc. sound great.
With that out of the way: I installed .51a and kept everything at the defaults:. PoP, Ultima V Remastered, and Maniac Mansion all fail to run on either the C128 or C64. I imagine if I dig up more examples of current/demanding EF games they'd likewise not work. EOB launches with graphical glitches as expected, but crashes within a second or two of moving even without toggling the 2MHz.
Everything else, from lower-powered Easy Flash games to kernal/ROMs, Super Snapshot, etc., SID/FM/MIDI/GeoRAM emulation, all works. I hope that enough IS working to rule out hardware faults or power issues with my various adapters.
At this point I could start overclocking and tweaking, but that has led me to dark and obsessive places so far so instead I will hold for your advice on what to try next.
Cheers,
-Doug
