Author Topic: New CRT Emudriver/VMMaker/Arcade OSD download, documentation and discussion site (Read 365645 times)

Calamity · « **on:** October 13, 2014, 08:08:25 am »

We've created the new site Eiusdemmodi, at http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/index.php

This will be the official site for CRT Emudriver and its related tools: VMMaker & Arcade OSD, so here you will always find the latest versions for Download.

Besides, you will find Documentation and Support sections, which we expect to eventually become a complete reference for the usage of these tools, as well as other topics regarding video emulation accuracy.

Last but not least, this is a place for Discussion on everything related to emulation accuracy, emulators other than MAME, home systems, CRTs, lag issues, etc.

Support for GroovyMAME/UME and all related topics will continue as usual here in BYOAC.

In our opening, we present the following news:

New versions of CRT Emudriver, VMMaker & Arcade OSD, for both Windows XP and Windows 7. Full support for Windows 7 and lots of bug fixes for XP and 7.
Brand new tool ATOM-15 : ATI/AMD Radeon ATOMBIOS 15/25/31 kHz Modder.

NOTE: Due to spam prevention, forum registration may be eventually disabled. If you want to register an account and get that or another problem, our contact address is postbackweb at yahoo dot com.

adder · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2014, 08:45:30 am »

thanks very much to all involved, brilliant exciting news!!

adder · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2014, 08:58:17 am »

i tried to register at the new site but it wont allow it, giving the message "Bad match, Mr. Bot. Try again?" although i am typing the correct characters in the anti-bot verification field
can anyone comfirm it is working please, thanks
http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/register.php

Calamity · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2014, 09:30:29 am »

Quote from: jadder on October 13, 2014, 08:58:17 am

i tried to register at the new site but it wont allow it, giving the message "Bad match, Mr. Bot. Try again?" although i am typing the correct characters in the anti-bot verification field
can anyone comfirm it is working please, thanks
http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/register.php

Sorry for this, check my first post to know what to do if registering fails.

adder · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2014, 11:33:41 am »

cool registration seems to be working ok now
the site already contains a big amount of information and documentation
looking forward to having a really good read up!

EvilDindon · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2014, 12:42:26 pm »

Wow, that's quite good news !

I'm setting up my cabinet with calamity + hyperspin on XP now !

Thanks a lot for your work calamity.

8BitMonk · « **Reply #6 on:** October 13, 2014, 04:34:46 pm »

Very nice, good to have all the info centralized, registered.

Doozer · « **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2014, 03:15:34 am »

I am impressed, well done.

Unfortunately I do not have a recent card with AtomBIOS fw to give it a try now.

By the way, I did not spot any EDID related section in the source code. Do you know if the modification will allow the BIOS/EFI boot to honour the EDID modeline?

Cheers

Calamity · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2014, 08:00:16 am »

About ATOM-15: a critical bug affecting older Radeon cards (the X series at least) has been found and fixed. There's a new version 1.1. Please make sure to update and DO NOT flash the X series with the old version! Users of HD models don't need to worry, it's just a problem related to older models.

Thanks to ID4 for reporting this.

gurbzs · « **Reply #9 on:** October 16, 2014, 10:22:49 am »

Incredible news.
I installed new driver and Arcade OSD 1.4 but I get a debug console:

createsurfacewithpattern error
activatemode:ddrawinit error

I doesn't show the grid for modifying when entering a mode

Help!

Grtz,

Gurbz

sean_sk · « **Reply #10 on:** October 18, 2014, 06:32:32 am »

OMG!!

That ATOM-15 tool sounds absolutely incredible! If I patch my HD4650's BIOS with this, I literally have zero reason to use my AVGA now.

elvis · « **Reply #11 on:** October 18, 2014, 06:51:57 am »

ATOM-15 is extremely exciting.

Pardon me for not checking, but is this open source? As a long time Linux user, an eventual Linux port would be great.

I'll be testing it out in WINE soon, either way.

ReelTechnoFreek · « **Reply #12 on:** October 18, 2014, 03:21:26 pm »

Great resource calamity. And as I've mentioned in another thread, atom is awesome, worked perfectly first time for me

P.H.U. · « **Reply #13 on:** October 18, 2014, 11:08:08 pm »

You guys are so dedicated. Thanks so much for all you do.

Sledge · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2014, 04:58:53 am »

Excellent work!
Worked perfectly on my HD4850!

ID4 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2014, 12:38:33 pm »

Hi!

HD4650 1 Gb patched to 15 Khz perfectly!

damonbeals · « **Reply #16 on:** November 04, 2014, 12:40:45 pm »

Just FYI your website has been down for two days now.

Error: Unable to connect to MySQL and select database. MySQL reported: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2).

Damon

Calamity · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2014, 11:21:33 am »

We're back online.

capitaineflam25 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2014, 12:13:56 pm »

Hi,

thanks a lot Calamity for the driver and the BIOS patcher !

I'm facing an "EDID" issue with my Radeon HD4850 on Win7 x64 :
The only way for me to get valid15Khz modes is to plug an LCD screen until windows has booted and then replace it with my CRT (Hantarex 9110).

If i boot directly with my CRT plugged in, i've got a blacksceen when windows has loaded up.

Is there any workaround for this issue actually ?
Do you think this VGA EDID emulator could do the job ?

Regards

capitaineflam25 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 10, 2014, 08:19:31 am »

Hi,

what is the difference between "Set as desktop mode" and "Set as default display mode" in Arcade OSD ?

Regards

Calamity · « **Reply #20 on:** November 10, 2014, 11:00:54 am »

Quote from: capitaineflam25 on November 10, 2014, 08:19:31 am

Hi,

what is the difference between "Set as desktop mode" and "Set as default display mode" in Arcade OSD ?

Regards

"Set as desktop mode" applies to the current display device, e.g. "\\.\DISPLAY1", while "Set as default display mode" applies to the generic default display device "\\.\DISPLAY". I added the second one in an attempt to get it working on cards with monitor detection issues.

capitaineflam25 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 10, 2014, 11:01:52 am »

Thanks.

jaysedai · « **Reply #22 on:** November 12, 2014, 12:53:47 pm »

Getting an error message in atom-15.exe when patching the rom from my ATI HD 4800.

Error: Hook not possible. Not enough blank space below 0xFFFF.

Any advice?

jaysedai · « **Reply #23 on:** November 18, 2014, 11:49:21 am »

Sorry to bump my request for help, but I don't know where else to turn to diagnose this error. My whole project is on hold until I find a solution.

Update: Calamity has contacted me and is looking at my ROM file.

Calamity · « **Reply #24 on:** November 18, 2014, 12:06:02 pm »

Please don't use this thread to request support. This thread was just to announce the new Eiusdemmodi site.

Thanks!

adder · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2014, 07:11:34 am »

06/12/2014 - hey, just wanted to report that the eiusdemmodi side has been down for a day or two

EDIT: it's working ok again now

haynor666 · « **Reply #26 on:** December 07, 2014, 08:58:37 am »

Site is working again but when I try register I get sql/php error:

Error: Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the forum administrator with the following error message reported by the SMTP server: "534 5.7.9 https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 f143sm2542200iof.27 - gsmtp ".

Calamity · « **Reply #27 on:** December 07, 2014, 10:42:14 am »

haynor666,

You appear as registered. Are you able to post?

haynor666 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 07, 2014, 01:55:27 pm »

No bacause registration does not give me option to set password. I assume that I set it through email which I can't receive.

However when I use option restore password forum informs me that there no user associated with my email.

EDIT.

Problem bypassed, thanks for help Calamity

Calamity · « **Reply #29 on:** March 01, 2015, 10:14:36 am »

[01/03/2014][VMMaker + Arcade OSD 1.4a]

- [Arcade OSD] Fixed error when setting desktop resolution in Windows XP. Windows 7/8 not affected.

Calamity · « **Reply #30 on:** June 09, 2015, 04:06:01 am »

Groovy MAME: Installation and quick configuration guide

http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=290

adder · « **Reply #31 on:** June 09, 2015, 07:32:58 am »

> Groovy MAME: Installation and quick configuration guide ...

excellent, many thanks!

Calamity · « **Reply #32 on:** October 04, 2015, 08:28:19 am »

[04/10/2015][CRT Emudriver 1.2b][VMMaker + Arcade OSD 1.4b]

- [VMMaker] XML processing adapted to MAME v.0162

Calamity · « **Reply #33 on:** December 30, 2015, 11:52:29 am »

Your new year's resolutions:

CRT Emudriver 2.0 - beta

New version based on Catalyst 12.8 (Windows 7/8/10): for HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, HD 5000, HD 6000, HD 7000 series

Paradroid · « **Reply #34 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:52:05 pm »

Quote from: Calamity on December 30, 2015, 11:52:29 am

Your new year's resolutions

Nice pun and amazing list of new features!

Wow, you've really gone to town! Can't wait to check all this new stuff out!

xga · « **Reply #35 on:** December 30, 2015, 10:39:39 pm »

Quote from: Calamity on December 30, 2015, 11:52:29 am

CRT Emudriver 2.0 - beta

Awesome work, Calamity! Thanks heaps!

Calamity · « **Reply #36 on:** December 31, 2015, 05:49:17 am »

New beta 2

[31/12/2015][CRT Emudriver 2.0][CRT Tools 2.0][beta 2]

- [Emudriver] Fixed OpenGL support.

premuto · « **Reply #37 on:** January 01, 2016, 12:35:41 pm »

very good news, i think to install windows 10 to test it

glewis · « **Reply #38 on:** January 01, 2016, 06:07:37 pm »

Premuto I'm starting mine build tomorrow. I was going to use win 7. But because win 10 is a free update I would love to hear your feedback on 10. So keep us posted. Thanks

Calamity · « **Reply #39 on:** January 02, 2016, 07:28:25 am »

New beta 3

[02/01/2016][CRT Emudriver 2.0][CRT Tools 2.0][beta 3]

- [Emudriver] Fixed mixed-up file version in beta 2, probable cause of installation issues. Now the drivers will be recognized as version 12.6.

- [Emudriver] Added fix for certain modes being reported as "native".

- [VMMaker] Version properly reported in window caption.

Notes

- First test reports on Windows 10 indicate BSOD. Do not install in Windows 10 by now.


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