/PC88_MiSTer

NEC PC8801 MKII SR For MiSTer

Primary LanguageVHDL

This is the port of the PC8801 MKII SR core by Puu-san.

  • Thanks to Puu-san for the core
  • Thanks to Yosinda
  • Thanks for the help of Alanswx and Kitrinx
  • Thanks to Sorgelig

Features

  • Modes N, N88V1L, N88V1H, N88V2
  • CPU Speeds (4MHz and 8MHz)
  • 2 Floppy Drives using D88 format
  • Sound chip YM2603 by default and ADPCM

Installation

Copy the PC88_*.rbf file to the root of the SD card. Create a PC8801 folder on the root/games of the card, and place PC8801 floppies (*.D88) inside this folder.

  • boot.rom = PC8801 MKII SR BIOS file. Required to start the core.

How to build the boot.rom

  • 00000 ~ N88BASIC (32ko) mk2sr_n88.rom A0FC0473
  • 08000- N-BASIC (32ko) mk2sr_n80.rom 27E1857D
  • 10000 ~ N88 4th-0 (8ko) mk2sr_n88_0.rom 710A63EC
  • 12000 ~ N88 4th-1 (8ko) n88_1.rom C0BD2AA6
  • 14000 ~ N88 4th-2 (8ko) n88_2.rom AF2B6EFA
  • 16000 ~ N88 4th-3 (8ko) n88_3.rom 7713C519
  • 18000 ~ FONT (8x16) (2ko) + (2ko blank) font.rom 56653188
  • 19000- Simple graphics font (attached Font / graphfont.bin) (4ko) graphfont.bin CDD1BE6B
  • 1a000 ~ DISK ROM (8ko) + (16ko blank) mh_disk.rom A222ECF0
  • 20000 ~ KANJI1 (128ko) kanji1.rom 6178BD43
  • 40000 ~ KANJI2 (128ko) kanji2.rom 154803CC

copy /b mk2sr_n88.rom+mk2sr_n80.rom+mk2sr_n88_0.rom+n88_1.rom+n88_2.rom+n88_3.rom+font.rom+2KO_BLANK_00.ROM+graphfont.bin+mh_disk.rom+8KO_BLANK_00.ROM+8KO_BLANK_00.ROM+kanji1.rom+kanji2.rom boot.rom

Known Issues

  • Timing issues
  • Gamma correction doesn't seem to change anything (?)
  • Some floppy formats are not implemented (like for Xak Series, ...)
  • Some games have severe graphical issues (Like Fangs, Snatcher during the intro, ...)

TODO

  • Update T80 cpu
  • Add choice Sound YM2203 or YM2603 on the OSD
  • Add Audio Mix
  • Add Mouse support required for some games
  • Add support of multi-resolution
  • Add support of tapes
  • Add support of other models like PC8801MC
  • ...