misc/playcenter.cpp: Add, as not working, a new Playcenter machine #11777
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New NOT_WORKING machine --------------------------------- Playcenter Evolution III (v14.0, 'Epox' hardware) [Cuclis, Oskarito (Molivtec, RetroArcadePlay), Angel (Valdegamers)]
src/mame/misc/playcenter.cpp
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| ROM_LOAD("vp4f1313.bin", 0x00000, 0x40000, CRC(bd4b155f) SHA1(3eafe71e89bf84b72a42e933187676fe08db0492)) | ||
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| DISK_REGION( "ide:0:hdd" ) | ||
| DISK_IMAGE("playcenter_e_14_0_t", 0, SHA1(b7c7fce1522e64fc5132f223d8a73555c24002a9)) // From an operator, may contain user data. Dump contains a raw image for a (c) 1998 Trident video card (C:\videorom.bin) |
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You can generally detect what video card is by digging the PCIR signature inside the binary and check next 4 bytes byteswapped. i.e. PCIR\de\10\00\01 is a nVidia 10de GeForce 256 SDR 0100.
Being likely a Trident Blade MVP4 should be PCIR\23\10\80\98
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It would make sense to order the ROM definitions the same way as the GAME macros.
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Done!
I was thinking on having the Epox-based ones together, but...
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At this point it isn't even confirmed if they uses the same base motherboard so the order is okay with year releases for the time being.
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Or, put in another way, if the cards/motherboard etc. are identical but the CPU diverges then it's a matter of fixing those in the machine configs instead (something we are miles off anyway).
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Yeah, this is for Epox, what about the others?
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It’s a matter of time, we’ll end up finding a working machine with a Celeron or K6-1
src/mame/misc/playcenter.cpp
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| ROM_LOAD("vp4f1313.bin", 0x00000, 0x40000, CRC(bd4b155f) SHA1(3eafe71e89bf84b72a42e933187676fe08db0492)) | ||
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| DISK_IMAGE("playcenter_e_14_0_t", 0, SHA1(b7c7fce1522e64fc5132f223d8a73555c24002a9)) // From an operator, may contain user data. Contains a BIOS for a Trident card (C:\videorom.bin), probably a Trident Blade 3D (PCIR 1023:9880) |
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It is a Trident Blade 3d, there's no need of the probably. :)
https://admin.pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/1023/9880
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@angelosa Is anything left to do about this game? Thanks |
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You can try booting the HDD with |
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It boots, tries to configure the hardware and install device drivers and then asks for the Windows 98 install CD for more drivers. Thanks! |
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Are these people trying to sneak advertising into the credits? “Valdegamers” appears to be an online merchandise store. It seems an increasing number of people from the Iberian Peninsula seem to think MAME’s release notes are a platform for advertising their businesses. Given the added systems appear on the MAMEdev web site, this looks like a form of SEO keyword stuffing. |
I've asked them for alternative credits without commercial references. Thanks! |
Ok! Removed the commercial references from the credits!! |
…(not working). (mamedev#11777) New systems marked not working --------------------------------- Playcenter Evolution III (v14.0, 'Epox' hardware) [Cuclis, Oskarito, Ángel]
New NOT_WORKING machine
Playcenter Evolution III (v14.0, 'Epox' hardware) [Cuclis, Oskarito, Ángel]