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Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9588
Posted: 08:32am 05 Dec 2016
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Very impressive.
As WW asks, any chance of porting this over to the 64 or 100?
MY GUESS WOULD BE NO. Reasons I expect would be lack of speed, memory and SPI channels on the E64 and E100, correct?Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2932
Posted: 08:59am 05 Dec 2016
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@Grogs
I am referring to the possibility of it running on a 64pin MZ (not E64 or E100). Peter currently has this brilliant development on the 100pin MZ; and had mentioned in a previous post that the 'enclosed Betas for the MZ' only had the VGA feature on the 100pin version of the code.
Hoping it will be possible on the 64pin MZ (no money left for any more hardware this side of Xmas )
matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10209
Posted: 09:46am 05 Dec 2016
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The VGA display will never run on the MX470 as it doesn't have enough SPI channels
I wasn't intending to implement on the 64-pin MZ as it only has 4 SPI channels vs 6 on the 100-pin but I'll look at it again once I have everything running
Everything now fully integrated except console - job for tomorrow
WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2932
Posted: 10:04am 05 Dec 2016
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That would be brilliant Peter, especially if it is technically possible.
In an earlier post you gave some useful 'figures' for the 100pinner (as follows):
Can you indicate the equivalent numbers for the 64pinner please when you get a spare minute
I assume with the VGA needing 3 SPIs, and the SD needing another, then that is the four SPIs 'used up'. Is this the reason you were not thinking initially for doing VGA on the 64pinner?
Sorry for all the questions whilst you are trying to concentrate on this very exciting development
matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10209
Posted: 09:18am 06 Dec 2016
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Nearly there . Just some tidying up and VGA is complete on the 100-pin MZ including console capability with edit.
WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2932
Posted: 10:48am 06 Dec 2016
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Looking really sweet
So is that a total of (what appears to be) 50 x 24 screen size (columns x rows); or is the font size variable to allow different numbers of columns and/or rows?
Great progress . . .
matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10209
Posted: 12:35pm 06 Dec 2016
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The normal OPTION LCDPANEL CONSOLE [font [,fc [,bc]]] works as per the SSD1963
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(no money left for any more hardware this side of Xmas 
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. Just some tidying up and VGA is complete on the 100-pin MZ including console capability with edit.
