News
- 1st
Apr '08 - Interesting stats I compiled on the alt.games.mame
usenet newsgroup
- 18th
Jan '08 - *** All PACE news, information and source repository has
moved to PACEDEV.NET ***
- 05th
Dec '07 - Coco - No progress, but a
picture of an assembled PCB, with
ugly patches...
- 13th
Dec '07 - PACE news, information and (soon) source repository has
moved to PACEDEV.NET
- 05th
Dec '07 - Coco - CPLDs have *finally*
arrived - 1st board built (footprint problems) but CPLD operational!
- 29th
Nov '07 - Platform -
Space Invaders ported to the RC10.
- 28th
Nov '07 - Platform -
NES ported to the RC10. 2/5 sound voices operational.
- 22nd
Nov '07 - Platform -
NES sound produces something recognisable on 1 channel.
- 22nd
Nov '07 - Amiga - PS/2 mouse adapter
fully tested and working. Available for sale.
- 19th
Nov '07 - Amiga - 1st PS/2 mouse
prototype tested and working so far...
- 14th
Nov '07 - Platform -
NES Tennis running on my PPU (no sprites yet).
- 9th
Nov '07 - Amiga - We've ordered the
PIC programmer upgrade so we can program the PIC...
- 7th
Nov '07 - Platform -
NES Tennis tilemap rendered in colour with composite/VGA output
- 4th
Nov '07 - Platform -
NES Tennis tilemap rendered in greyscale...
- 3rd
Nov '07 - Platform -
Started work on a proper NES implemetation...
- 29th
Oct '07 - Platform -
Starting porting Gary Becker's AppleFPGA...
- 25th
Oct '07 - Platform -
NES Super Mario Bros is complete. That's about it for the NES for now...
- 24th
Oct '07 - Platform -
NES Wrecking Crew is complete. Next - Super Mario Bros.
- 22nd
Oct '07 - Platform -
NES Wrecking Crew is running - just need to fix the scrolling tile-map.
- 19th
Oct '07 - Platform -
NES sprites are almost working. NES sound is WIP. Update:
Tennis 99.99% playable!
- 16th
Sep '07 - Amiga & Coco -
PCBs have arrived.CocoFlash ROM-option board built and tested OK.
- 16th
Oct '07 - Platform -
NES - fixed attribute RAM writes, added palette registers.
- 15th
Oct '07 - Platform -
NES Tennis is actually running!!! Really!
- 15th
Oct '07 - Platform -
Have PACE rendering the tilemap for NES Tennis with correct palette.
- 12th
Oct '07 - Platform -
Investigating the feasibility of doing a NES.
- 26th
Sep '07 - Amiga & Coco -
PCBs panelized and to be sent out ASAP. Components (mostly) procured.
- 20th
Sep '07 - Amiga - PS/2 Adapter PCB and
Coco - Flash Cartridge PCB
- 22nd
Aug '07 - Hardware
- Brief description and pictures of PACE-P3M platform
- 21st
Aug '07 - Platform -
New PACE-P3M hardware arrived! Ported Space Invaders.
- 20th
Aug '07 - Platform -
Bally Astrocade is running
- 19th
Aug '07 - Platform -
Work but no progress on Cabal, Bally Astrocade
- 16th
Aug '07 - Platform -
Cabal running for the first time!
- 13th
Aug '07 - Platform -
1541 emulation reading G64 image off Compact Flash
- 10th
Aug '07 - Platform -
1541 still WIP - playing Lode Runner with the NGC Wavebird controller!
- 8th
Aug '07 - Platform -
1541 emulation now working - I can finally play Lode Runner!
- 7th
Aug '07 - Platform -
1541 emulation tantalisingly close...
- 4th
Aug '07 - Platform -
Some success with 1541 emulation
- 1st
Aug '07 - Platform -
Slow progress on the FPGA 1541 emulation
- 27th
Jul '07 - Platform -
FPGA 1541 emulation can communicate with both FPGA64 and a real C64
- 18th
Jul '07 - Platform -
FPGA emulation of 1541 is progressing well
- 17th
Jul '07 - Platform -
Re-porting MikeJ's VIC-20. Contemplating 1541 FPGA emulation
- 15th
Jul '07 - Platform -
FPGA64 working - complete with SID
- 12th
Jul '07 - Platform -
Porting Peter's FPGA64 project (again)
- 16th
Jun '07 - Platform -
Porting Videopac and Scramble/Frogger from fpgaarcade.com
- 10th
May '07 - Coco - Added TINYMS.MAK for
Win32 MESS v0.113, v0.115
- 10th
Apr '07 - Platform -
Tutankham is working
- 6th
Apr '07 - Platform -
Tutankham is WIP - actually for a non-PACE related project
- 15th
Mar '07 - Platform -
Decided to try to finish off the Coco1 - 6883 WIP
- 13th
Mar '07 - Platform -
Fixed ZXGATE TRS-80 Level II characters set and PS/2 problem
- 12th
Mar '07 - Platform -
Scan doubler on ZXGATE version of TRS-80 is working
- 10th
Mar '07 - Platform -
PACE source to be released soon...
- 6th
Mar '07 - Platform -
What to do, what to do... NES???
- 2nd
Feb '07 - Platform -
Asteroids works - surprisingly well with very crude decay algorithm
- 28th
Feb '07 - Platform -
Simulation of asteroids - some eye candy
- 26th
Feb '07 - Platform -
Started on porting Asteroids
- 25th
Feb '07 - Platform -
Nothing too exciting - updated AdventureVision port
- 24th
Feb '07 - Platform -
Nothing too exciting - updated Colecovision port
- 22nd
Feb '07 - Platform -
1-Chip MSX works!!!
- 19th
Feb '07 - Platform -
1-Chip MSX and ZXGATE TRS VGA (WIP)
- 15th
Feb '07 - Platform -
ZXGATE projects all working, Hardware
- layout continues
- 14th
Feb '07 - Platform -
ZX81 working, Spectrum WIP
- 13th
Feb '07 - Platform -
Port of ZXGATE projects
(initially ZX81) WIP
- 9th
Feb '07 - Platform -
Re-ported John
Kent's System09 to the new firmware architecture and PACE-P2
- 8th
Feb '07 - Platform - Arnim Läuger's
games all ported. Added Gamecube controller input
- 7th
Feb '07 - Platform -
port of Arnim Läuger's
Lady Bug to PACE-P2
- 1st
Feb '07 - Platform -
port of Katsumi
Degawa's Donkey Kong
- 30th
Jan '07 - Hardware
(layout continues) and platform
(Coco) news
- 12th
Jan '07 - Hardware (new
I/O boards WIP) and platform
(JAMMA/MapleBus interfaces) news
- 28th
Dec '06 - Not much spare time so Scramble
is WIP
- 21st
Dec '06 - A few more conversion to PAL video
output and some eye-candy
- 20th
Dec '06 - More hardware
add-ons being designed and PAL video
output
- 12th
Dec '06 - Defender 100%
(sound WIP)
- 8th
Dec '06 - Hardware and platform
news (Defender WIP)
- 1st
Dec '06 - PACE-P2
hardware platform up and running!!!
- 21st
Nov '06 - Nothing too exciting.
Steve Howell, if you're out there contact me pls!
- 16th
Nov '06 - PACE-P2 PCBs
wrong - getting re-made. Porting of existing projects
continues.
- 9th
Nov '06 - PACE-P2 getting
manufactured. Pacman and Galaxian full-screen VGA.
- 2nd
Nov '06 - PACE source
re-organisation progresses nicely on Nanoboard and DE2 platforms.
- 30th
Oct '06 - PACE source
re-organisation and yet another prototype hardware
platform.
- 27th
Oct '06 - PACE-P2 PCB about to go out
for manufacture.
- 17th
Oct '06 - Added new Amiga A1200
information.
- 30th
Aug '06 - Added download
for Galaxian (Nanoboard EP1C12).
- 29th
Aug '06 - Added download
for Moon Cresta (Nanoboard EP1C12).
- 18th
Aug '06 - The FPGA pages are in the middle of a re-organisation.
- 4th
July '06 - [Nanoboard]
Ported Arnim Läuger's Adventure
Vision design to the NanoBoard.
- 3rd
July '06 - [Nanoboard]
Ported Arnim Läuger's Colecovision
design to the NanoBoard.
- 2nd
July '06 - [Nanoboard]
Added Midway 8080 B&W games with sound to downloads.
- 27th
June '06 - [Nanoboard]
Added WDC 1793 floppy controller source (FWIW)
- 21st
June '06 - [Nanoboard]
Added sound to Space Invaders just to hear what it sounds like....
- 15th
May '06 - [Nanoboard]
FINALLY - perfect VGA text-mode output from my 6883/6847.
- 3rd
May '06 - [Nanoboard]
Coco's 6847 implementation continues - slowly.
- 25th
Apr '06 - [Nanoboard] Composite &
VGA output from the Coco's 6847.
- 14th
Apr '06 - [PACE] Layout nearing
completion on 2nd prototype platform.
- 14th
Apr '06 - [PACE] TRS-80
Model I fully functional (boots NEWDOS/80).
- 13th
Apr '06 - [PACE]
Miscellaneous updates - 6847, TRS-80 Model I, PACE prototype hardware.
- 25th
Mar '06 - [PACE] Video
glitches fixed - a 100% functioning (text mode) COLOR BASIC 1.0 Coco.
- 15th
Mar '06 - [PACE]
MC6883/6847 implementation continues - text mode almost looks right
again.
- 13th
Mar '06 - [PACE]
Started implementation of the MC6847 VDG.
- 8th
Mar '06 - [PACE] MC6883
is providing the system timing and memory mapping/decode for the Coco.
- 2nd
Mar '06 - [PACE] BASIC
problems persist. Started on implementation of the MC6883 (SAM).
- 1st
Mar '06 - [PACE]
Keyboard fixed. Can execute BASIC commands but have suspected memory problems.
- 28th
Feb '06 - [PACE] CoCo
boots BASIC ROM to "OK" prompt. Keyboard input working (sort of).
- 26th
Feb '06 - [PACE] CoCo
displays screen RAM using Coco font and colour scheme.
- 20th
Feb '06 - [PACE]
Started work on implementing a basic Coco 1.
- 16th
Feb '06 - [PACE] John
Kent's System09
is running on the Nanoboard.
- 14th
Feb '06 - [PACE]
Started porting John's System09
to the Nanoboard.
- 27th
Oct '05 - [PACE] Port
of Donkey Kong WIP.
- 26th
Oct '05 - [PACE] Bally
Astrocade done. Added TRS-80 binaries with floppy disk image support.
- 18th
Oct '05 - [PACE] Port
of Bally Astrocade WIP.
- 13th
Oct '05 - [PACE] C64
runs!
- 6th
Oct '05 - [PACE] VIC-20
runs!
- 30th
Sept '05 - [PACE]
Started porting a VIC-20 implementation to the Nanoboard.
- 28th
Sept '05 - [PACE] Two
(2) "drives" but incomplete keyboard implementation.
- 24th
Sept '05 - [PACE] 'NewDos/80
Ready' now working in read-only mode! Yah!!!
- 21st
Sept '05 - [PACE] 'NewDos/80
Ready'... but no DIR...
- 19th
Sept '05 - [PACE]
NEWDOS/80 Boots!!! And boots, and boots...
- 15th
Sept '05 - [PACE] FDC
continues - getting closer to booting (I think).
- 2nd
Sept '05 - [PACE]
TRS-80 with integrated SPI controller.
- 29th
Aug '05 - [PACE] TRS-80
is now 100% VHDL. Integration of opencores SPI continues.
- 26th
Aug '05 - [PACE] Got
MikeJ's Invaders running on the Nanoboard and conversion to VHDL.
- 19th
Aug '05 - [PACE]
Cranked up the Nanoboard for the first time in a long time. TRS-80 FDC.
- 19th
Aug '05 - [PUCE] Simulating a simple NES mapper. Chris is looking
at Guppy-PUCE again.
- 27th
May ‘05 - [TRS-80] Added
screenshot of MX80 font rendering
- 15th
December - [PACE]
Some TRS-80 FDC progress and Microbee WIP
- 30th
November - [PACE]
Colour composite video is on hold. Working on (TRS-80) 1793 FDC
- 21st
November - [PACE]
Working on composite video output directly from the FPGA..
- 10th
November - [PACE]
Added preliminary Apple ][+ emulator to the downloads.
- 1st
November - [PACE]
Text and hires page 0 supported on the Apple ][+.
- 31st
October - [PACE]
Applesoft Basic runs on the Apple ][+.
- 29th
October - [PACE] Started work on
Apple II and announcement on the design of the video module.
- 28th
October - [PACE]
Centipede attract mode runs but the Centipede project has been suspended.
- 21st
October - added some PACE
news; started on a 6502 game and a 6809 core
- 19th
October - added the Sega
console page and some Nanoboard
WIP
- 15th
October - added ZigZag to the Nanoboard page with working sound
core
- 14th
October - AY-3-8910 sound core is 95% working in ZigZag.
- 11th
October - added Nanoboard
game ZigZag
- 29th
September - PACE news
- 26th
September - added preliminary Nintendo
page.
- 15th
September - minor news update for PACE
(Nanoboard News)
- 31st
August - added preliminary 'My Collection' page under 'Arcade'.
- 29th
August - uploaded (finally) to web site. Added Frogger Test ROM
v0.1 to Arcade Technical.
- 1st
August - new look homepage incorporating my project pages
