This is the port of the Alice 4K / Tandy MC-10 to MiSTer FPGA.
To facilitate the use of the cassette player, an option to display the data stream on the screen is available form the OSD.
The core is compatible with .c10 tape files. A small script k72c10.py
is available for converting .k7 files from Alice into .c10 files. The script adds the two leader sections before and after the name block.
Usage: python k72c10.py <path to k7 file>
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You will end up with a new file named k7.c10, which should be compatible with the core.
While the Alice 4k was sold with a DB9 adapter cartridge, the MC10 has no official support for joysticks. A article published in SoftGold magazine shows how to build a simple two directional joystick connected on the RS-232 connector. The two joystick interfaces have been implemented in the core.
Many games/programs already work, however, there's currently a bug in the video module that prevents some games from changing the display mode. Other MiSTer contributors and I are working on the problem right now.