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lizby
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Posted: 08:11pm 06 Jul 2022

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Martin H. said I thought that I could ask questions, relating to PicoMiteVGA V5.07.05 betas.

I wasn't questioning where you posted, but your source for the status of BLIT, which I missed.

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Posted: 09:00pm 06 Jul 2022

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Martin H. said Hi,
after the BLIT Command is no longer in future MM-Basic versions,

Er, what now?

What makes you think it will not be there?

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Posted: 10:25pm 06 Jul 2022

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Martin H. said
Hi,
after the BLIT Command is no longer in future MM-Basic versions,

Er, what now?

What makes you think it will not be there?

John

I think Martin H maybe referring to this:

www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?FID=16&TID=14884

In particular, about SPRITE replacing BLIT.

The answer to his question is also in that thread.

Jason.

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Posted: 10:39pm 06 Jul 2022

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Oh!

Thanks, Jason.

(I didn't take away anything from that thread as extreme as Martin H posted.)

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Posted: 03:19am 07 Jul 2022

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jasonl said

I think Martin H maybe referring to this:

www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?FID=16&TID=14884 �

In particular, about SPRITE replacing BLIT.

The answer to his question is also in that thread.

Jason.

Thank you Jason for this Link, that should have been the better thread.
mea culpa. sorry for bringing confusion in in this thread

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matherp
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Posted: 06:59am 07 Jul 2022

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B13 and b14 for the VGA both have issues (change in SDK and compiler?) when running at 126MHz in mode 1 - 126MHz in mode 2 and 252MHz and 378MHz in both modes both work fine for me. Will post an update later. non-VGA seems to be OK and seems to run faster than before

UPDATE b14 for VGA replaced in the download to fix issue with mode 1 @ 126MHz
Edited 2022-07-07 20:35 by matherp

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Posted: 03:13pm 07 Jul 2022

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Hmmm... and I interpreted it to be Sprite replaced Blit because they were essentially the same.

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Posted: 04:26pm 08 Jul 2022

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Thanks Peter. :)
I now have it running ok.

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Posted: 08:37am 09 Jul 2022

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Updated driver for the PicoMite ILI9481IPS display - no other changes

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Posted: 06:13pm 09 Jul 2022

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Hi, Matherp.
Best wishes to You and forum members :)
Thank you all for a good time we have.

It`s not about PicomiteVGA beta, but about 5.07.04 from Geof`s official.

I was writing small program and saved it and powered off/on PicomiteVGA and everything went as expected. And while tinkering around I noticed once empty edit screen :) As it was no any program.
OK. I loaded some pre-save from flash slot n and continued on. And then it happened again.
OK. I started looking more carefully whats the heck is going on and this is what I found.

I was powering PicomiteVGA via monitors (NEC P242W) USB.
Monitor was set to sleep after 10 mins, so all goes OK until it is going to sleep and if it is in sleep mode, still everything goes well.

If I wake up monitor from sleep state, PicomiteVGA works some few seconds, then error rises "Error: Invalid adress - resetting". PicomiteVGA resets and boom! Nothing to edit. Still flash slots stores all pre-saved program versions.

I just switched to normal power supply, and no problem so far.
Still it seems to me this case might be interesting for you :)

Few pictures how it goes, and I have no idea, how it might erase main, coz if I would kill off power from regular power supply - no problems :).

Editing program

Running it, my work monitor, powering PicomiteVGA is in sleep mode

Waked up, and thing is reseting

After reboot

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Sasquatch

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Posted: 08:01pm 09 Jul 2022

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@electricat

Please download the latest beta version from that same website and report back if the problem is still there. The beta version fixes many bugs as well as adding new features.

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Posted: 09:39pm 09 Jul 2022

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You could also try a USB charging cable that only has the power wires and no data wires.
It might be that when the monitor wakes up it interrogates the USB port with commands that confuse the Pico.

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Posted: 09:46pm 09 Jul 2022

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HI,

is cpuclock 378 working yor you ?
ive testet several picos including a new picow.
most time the pico will not come back and a reconnect will not help.
is there a difference with in vga and normal ?
is a step up to 378 possible or got you timimg problems with ?
thx

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Posted: 07:48am 10 Jul 2022

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Well , OK.
Comes out I had problems with drivers (WIN7).
Used zadig, and installed USB serial (CDC) and no more problems I described earlier.

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chris
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Posted: 11:39am 10 Jul 2022

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... now fixed in the (updated) beta 14.

Quote Hello,

I have a problem.

The most recent firmwares do not seem to display an image on my monitor:

(The last one I tried)

https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/uploads/matherp/2022-07-09_183659_PicoMite.zip

The firmware below works well when flashed (in both mode 1 and mode 2):

https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/uploads/matherp/2022-05-23_171027_PicoMiteVGA.zip

Chris

Edited 2022-07-10 21:45 by chris

matherp
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Posted: 11:50am 10 Jul 2022

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Quote The most recent firmwares do not seem to display an image on my monitor:

That's because it is a PicoMite patch and not for the PicoMiteVGA. Use the VGA beta from Geoff's site

Plasmamac

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Posted: 06:04pm 10 Jul 2022

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hi,

i test several pico ( 8 and a pico w) with the
option cpuspeed 378000 .

only 1 come back but close the port after a few seconds.

i get internal error , invalid adress or nothing.

have anyone the same problems or is it me ?

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matherp
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Posted: 06:23pm 10 Jul 2022

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Works on every Pico I've tried including a pico_w. Check your power supply?
Of course it is way out of the chip's spec so no guarantees

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Posted: 09:12pm 10 Jul 2022

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thx Matherp . My front usb port sux , ports direct from the motherboard is working.

all Picomite works with 378 . thx again

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Running PicoMite v5.070514 with the Waveshare 3.5" LCD.

I see that lines that extend off screen at an angle leave improper pixels on the edge of the screen, as if the off-screen coordinate were being clamped to the edge of the screen.

For example, try this from the prompt:

> cls
> line 50,50,200,-50

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