Hi everybody, I`m running my early version of a Tutor emulator and looking at what the ROM is doing - I need to trap the graphics calls etc. of course and to...
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emucompboy
Apr 2, 2003 6:55 pm
The floodgap doc is probably based on TI 99/4a, and may not be valid for Tomy Tutor. ... what ... this ... write ... all...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Apr 2, 2003 11:25 pm
... The hardware spec is partially based on guesses off the TI-99/4A, so it may not (necessarily) be correct. -- ... Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene...
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swap_and_shop
Apr 6, 2003 1:36 am
None sold by me.. Just thought I would point out the activity for the members.. Good chance to pick up Carazy Racer. A data recorder, a boxed system, or...
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David S. Brain
dsbrain2001
Apr 8, 2003 10:04 am
... Tomy Tutor is one of my saved searches, and the email a couple days ago had about 13 hits, only a couple of which were not Tomy Tutor Computer related...
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spirantho
Apr 8, 2003 2:09 pm
It's in the screenshots section... Still very early but progress is being made. Does anyone have a game ROM they can send me? Getting BASIC to work will be...
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emucompboy
Apr 8, 2003 6:37 pm
Picture doesn't show on my computer... ... game ... more...
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kwoodrg
Apr 8, 2003 8:39 pm
Hey everyone. I am new to this group, and realize that many times there is quite a sense of community amongst discussion groups (especially when it involves...
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spirantho
Apr 8, 2003 10:07 pm
... Hmm.. strange.. appears fine on my work machine (Win 2K) and my home machine (Amiga 4000 IBrowse 2.2 demo). Are you looking in the right place? It's in the...
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emucompboy
Apr 10, 2003 8:45 pm
Hmmm, been a while. Um, start your computer up without a game cartridge plugged in? ... of ... being ... function ... thing ... genius ... Engineer...
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emucompboy
Apr 10, 2003 8:47 pm
I see it now. WOW! COOL!!! ... the "screenshots" ... like...
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David S. Brain
dsbrain2001
Apr 10, 2003 8:54 pm
... Been a while for me too, but I think the carts only affect GBASIC space. I'm thinking that you can enter Tomy BASIC even with a cart plugged in. But worth...
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David S. Brain
dsbrain2001
Apr 10, 2003 8:58 pm
Hey group, It really is the time to get Tomy Tutor stuff on eBay. There is a Japanese system and 4 Japanese import Tomy Tutor carts up on eBay right now (not...
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emucompboy
Apr 11, 2003 1:56 am
Tell us everything you've learned about the system! How about... at what addresses is the 9918a appearing in the CPU's memory space? ... like...
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spirantho
Apr 11, 2003 8:19 am
... I will do when I know more. I`m currently at the stage where the graphics editor displays lots of blue bordered black boxes, like it should, but it...
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swap_and_shop
Apr 11, 2003 3:26 pm
There is currently several very nice auctions with Tomy Pyuuta games, and also a Pyuuta system. Should be interesting... :)...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Apr 12, 2003 7:57 pm
They're surprisingly expensive compared to other systems, though. Neil ... From: "David S. Brain" <dsbrain@...> ... right ... here's the ... .......
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spirantho
Apr 16, 2003 2:46 pm
Hi everybody, My Tutor emulator is faring quite nicely - I now have the graphic editor working fine (at last) but am quite stumped when going into the BASIC...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Apr 16, 2003 10:21 pm
Study books on the TRS-80 Basic Rom. Those guys figured out a lot of how MSoft Basic works, which includes stuff like jumping into the middle of instructions...
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spirantho
Apr 17, 2003 1:10 pm
... Hmm.. I might take a look but the problem is a lot more focussed than trying to understand the whole BASIC. Essentially I have what seems clearly right...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Apr 17, 2003 4:56 pm
... From: "spirantho" <IanG@...> ... than ... seems ... can ... and ... an ... That's certainly true for the 68000. I just wanted to make the point ...
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emucompboy
Apr 21, 2003 5:29 pm
It may be that writing those locations will either bank switch (a la Commodore 64), or activate a pre-stored bank switched configuration (a la Commodore 128). ...
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emucompboy
Apr 21, 2003 10:24 pm
Sure, send it along and I'll look at it and steal it! It's what I do best! Ha ha ha ha ha! emucompboy ATnospam yahoo DOTnospam COMnospam ... code...
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spirantho
Apr 28, 2003 12:24 pm
Hi again, Still can`t figure out what's wrong with my emulator - having any joy, emucompboy? In the meantime I've just bought myself 3 games - Car-azy racer, ...
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emucompboy
Apr 28, 2003 6:23 pm
... joy, ... Your emulator worked pretty well, so I tried stealing it (I said I would). So, with what I stole, my emulator now gets to the title screen, but ...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Apr 29, 2003 1:29 am
... Probably. Where does the emulator try to write to the emulated 9918ANL just so I can update the memory map? -- ... Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene...
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spirantho
Apr 29, 2003 8:27 am
... but ... 9918ANL ... It's >E000 to write data and >E002 to read/write to registers. Emucompboy: Yes, IIRC it's an interrupt that drives the bars - you need...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Apr 29, 2003 2:53 pm
... Noted. Group vote: is there any worth to my continuing to develop Tutti? It's a serious question, since there are always other projects on my list. :-) -- ...
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emucompboy
Apr 29, 2003 7:54 pm
I'm using the MAME CPU module. I tried the equivalent, and it didn't work with the MAME CPU. I think the MAME CPU has bugs -- either that or I'm not using it...
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emucompboy
Apr 30, 2003 3:20 am
Depends on what those other projects are. Spirantho's emulator is mighty impressive. If he had an independent ROM dump, and a few game cart images, then he'd...
