ZX81 (ZX01 core)

[tdg8934]

I originally bought my MIST as another alternative to using it as a ZX81. However, so far I have been able to get cores working for Minimig (Amiga), Colecovision, Atari800, C64, A2600 but not for the ZX81. When I rename the zx01_170223.rbf to core.rbf and boot up my MIST, it flashes the red LED fast for about 3-5 seconds and then goes out. My VGA monitor never comes on and certainly not to see a "K" symbol as I would expect. I live in the USA (Chicago area) and have been frustrated with this for some time now. Has anyone gotten this to work?

https://github.com/mist-devel/mist-bina ... cores/zx01

[ericgus]

Perhaps your monitor doesn't support the video signal generated by the core (this is a big issue with Mist and a great number of cores.. some work fine.. other cores dont.. personally I found Samsung monitors most compatible .. others have said BenQ are good as well) .. When I am home I can try this core on my setup which is pretty adaptable and see what I get.. secondly are you using the most recent MiST firmware as well?

[DrOG]

This core has a non-standard video output, we discussed it already in another topic:

viewtopic.php?f=101&t=31182

Just tested with my BenQ BL912, but had no luck: the screen remains black. On my Belinea CRT the top of the picture is distorted, "skewed" in PAL and NTSC modes also.

[tdg8934]

I am saddened by this. I did send my MIST back to Lotharek? as I had bricked the firmware (locked up when updating) - expensive shipping between Chicago and Poland and he sent it back working again (assuming he put the latest firmware on).

On another note, I have ordered a new custom ZX81 board called ZXmore from Germany which looks promising: http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/11719

Tim

[ericgus]

For what its worth the Samsung SyncMaster 715v monitor works with this core ..

[tdg8934]

I'm using an HP 23" monitor with VGA and HDMI I bought a few years back.

[tdg8934]

I tried the ZX81 (ZX01 core) on a Samsung monitor I picked up at Goodwill for almost nothing (has a green line down the middle - ugh) and the core worked. So it was an actual monitor issue as my HP monitor did not work with it.