05151: cybiko (all sets): Doesn't work at all

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
05151	Gameplay	Critical (emulation)	Always	Feb 12, 2013, 08:08	Apr 30, 2022, 12:50

Tester	Robbbert	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	cybiko/cybiko.cpp
Version	0.148u1	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	05151: cybiko (all sets): Doesn't work at all
Description	The 3 cybiko sets are marked as working, however they have never worked to my knowledge. Currently 2 of the sets do nothing at all, the other shows an error that cannot be passed. Also, there is no facility to load software. I tried another emulator (c4pc) to get an idea of what to expect. MESS doesn't do anything that c4pc shows.
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Affected Sets / Systems	cybiko (all sets)

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No.09345 R. Belmont Developer Feb 12, 2013, 15:56	The driver works fine, but it requires fairly arcane setup procedures to load the OS and games because Tim S. doesn't understand image devices. There was a thread on bannister where Tim explained how to make it run.
No.09350 B2K24 Senior Tester Feb 13, 2013, 00:32	http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=4823&Number=71883#Post71883
No.09357 Robbbert Senior Tester Feb 13, 2013, 09:58	OK this makes somewhat more sense.. cybikov2 is working now although it crashed first time round. I've just got to work out how to load software. ----------------------------------------------------- Exception at EIP=00F05CE4 (ncr5390_device::status_r(address_space&, unsigned int, unsigned char)+0x0002): INTEGER DIVIDE BY ZERO ----------------------------------------------------- EAX=00000008 EBX=04B0C8F0 ECX=00000000 EDX=00000000 ESI=000001D0 EDI=04AFFD60 EBP=00000000 ESP=0028C0D0 ----------------------------------------------------- Stack crawl: 00000000: 00F05CE4 (ncr5390_device::status_r(address_space&, unsigned int, unsigned char)+0x0002)
No.09361 Robbbert Senior Tester Feb 13, 2013, 11:37	OK I can see that imgtool is needed to load software, didn't actually try it but I assume it works. Not exactly the friendliest thing for the casual user though. I'm still having no luck with cybikov1 and cybikoxt.
No.09364 sronco Developer Feb 13, 2013, 18:37	I can't reproduce the cybikov2 crash, if you still have this problem please be a bit more specific on how reproduce the crash. cybikoxt has regressed before 0.148 (works in 0.147u3) and I have not yet identified the checkin that caused the regression.
No.09376 R. Belmont Developer Feb 14, 2013, 15:30	It definitely could use a quickload handler for software, yes.
No.09381 Robbbert Senior Tester Feb 15, 2013, 06:34	The v2 crash hasn't happened again, so don't worry about it. Now that xt is fixed, it does run but the flashcard is empty so no games are available. I assume this is correct? I would be happy to add a quickload facility, if someone can tell me the load and execute addresses for .app software.
No.09388 sronco Developer Feb 15, 2013, 20:15	If you want load software in the cybikoxt you have to create a new ramdisk (imgtool create cybikoxt new_ramdisk.bin) and copy the .app files in the image (imgtool put cybikoxt new_ramdisk.bin <SRC_FILENAME> <DEST_FILENAME>). For the cybikov2 you can't just create a new image since the OS expect that some system files are present in the flash so you have to use the dump in the romset as basis for your modifications. I plan to add the quickload support soon, but for now you have to replace the file in the NVRAM folder in order to run the software. I hope this can help you.
No.20143 Robbbert Senior Tester Apr 30, 2022, 12:50	This has run its course, closing.