Posts by Erestor

Good morning all,
A few hours from the end of the year, allow me to wish you a happy New Year's Eve.

I got into my head to build a C64 emulator inside a Breadbin box, using BMC64 and a Raspberry PI - there are a few video projects like this on the net.
I bought a Keyrah V2, in order to connect a real C64 keyboard - it works pretty well!

Next, what I would like to do - and I haven't found anything about it on the net, is use the "physical" switch on the Keyrah to turn the Raspberry on / off.

Is there any hardware solution / trick for this?

Best regards,

Marc

Ok, thanks for that !

So, what are the good options in A and S menu if :

- I want "to hear the full stereo effect" ?

- I want "to hear chords played with more than 3 voices" ?

Many thanks;

Marc

Hello,

I have 2 SIDs (sid 1: 6581 sid 2: 8580) and I am wondering what would be the best configuration for this in the Remote Control Menu.

There are indeed 2 menus available: "A: Audio Output" and "S: stereo SID options"

I don't really understand how these 2 menus can complement and / or neutralize each other - and which one takes priority over the other. Example:

- Should I set the A menu to L (sid 1 left / sid 2 right) to get the S menu stereo options to work?

- What happens if I choose option 1 of A Menu (mono SID 1) as well as option 2 of S Menu (mono SID 2)

What effects of the different possible configurations of these 2 menus if I use the audio output at the DIN A / V (video output)?

And if I choose the 3.5mm jack Audio output ? Is this always a better option ?

In summary: What would be the best possible options for playing / listening to "ordinary" music? to listen to music specially made for 2 SIDS?

Best regards,

Marc

Just tried this morning with another SD card.

Good news - the reset with red button is ok, and so is F8+A.

I need to do more tests, but I think everything will be ok.

Many thanks for this personalized assistance !

Best regards,

Marc

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Update : Without the SDCard, the red button reset well !

And the F8 + A works too.

So perharps the SD card is defective ? Do you have any prerequisites for the SD card?

I have to find another one and make some more tests.

Yes, I confirm :

A works always,

F8 then A never works

Even in standalone mode ...

No luck !

So, what should I do ? return the Chameleon at this adress ? https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/de/about.html#filter=*

Is there a "support number" to mention ?

Best regards,

Update :

When I press "A" from the Chameleon menu, it works

But if I press F8, then "A", I got a black screen, green light on, red light blinking.

Yes it work normally after a powercycle, but I need to power-off the C64R (power switch down).

Yes, when I press A, it works.

A note: when I try a reboot with the red button, I first have a blue screen / yellow writing, then the usual yellow background writing blue.

Then the system crash.

This is the only time I see this "blue background", which never appears at startup.

Bad news, I'm afraid.

As the problem persisted even in stand-alone mode, I proceeded with the update, which went well, as far as I can tell (using flasher.exe)

But the problem remains, whether on the C64R, the C64 breadbin or even in stand-alone mode: A long-press of the read button causes a system crash. The Chameleon starts to reboot, but freezes before the end (see image).

Quote from Tobias

For Chameleon v2 just a second USB cable, For v1 you need the breakout cable.

If you get the same behaviour in standalone mode, please update via USB using the update program

I do not want to make a mistake - So I need two cable ?

- One for "power" - mini USB connector at the bottom/left

- One for "data" - mini connector at uper/left ?

I have a V2 Chameleon, but currently I'm at work, and cannot examine it

Best regards

Marc

Quote from Jens

That's expected behaviour, as the colours need to be loaded from the flashed settings - before that's done, the bootloader needs to chose "some" colours, and that's the default ones.

OK; so yellow is the default color; you should update the documentation, and recommend sunglasses for first use

Hello Tobias,

I already updated the Cameleon. I unziped everything at the root of the SD Cards, and let the Chamelon auto-update. Now I can see "Beta-9i" in the system info menu. (But the boot loader remains v0.4)

What do I need to test the cartridge in standalone mode ? A power cable ?

I tried this with two C64 : a "classic", old C64 breadbin, but also my brand new C64 reloaded :). (I'm pretty sure that the C64R does not need to be cleared with alcohol)

Both are working fine, but I have the same problem with both of them when I want to use the right, red button.

Best regards,

Marc

PS : maybe this is normal behavior, but when I start the Chameleon, the screen is on a yellow background for a few seconds (despite I changed the background color to blue) before switching to blue.

Hello to the Community;

I don't know if this is a problem, or misuse on my part, but the red button is giving weird results.

I understand that a long press is equivalent to a "reset", but I always have a crash of the C64 when I use it.

This gives the impression that the "reboot" phase has not come to an end.

Any idea ?

Thanks !

Hello again,

I have several possible monitors to test the video quality of the Chameleon.

What would be a good choice for a demo / games / PRG to quickly get an idea of the rendering - for example the fluidity of the scrolling?

Best regards,

Thanks !

Good morning all,

I just bought this promising cartridge.

I haven't unpacked anything yet, I wisely read the user manual

Out of curiosity, is the update requested in chapter 3 (Beta-9i) essential? I don't think I have the required cable.

Regards,

Many thanks for your fast answer.

Well, I'm a "breadbox lover" - as you said, it's the computer I played with when I was young, a long time ago.

The C64C looks too much like an Amiga to my taste ...

Best regards

Marc