09142: alto2: Blank screen

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
09142	Misc.	Critical (emulation)	Always	18 days ago	10 days ago

Tester	Robbbert	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To		Resolution	Invalid report	OS	Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	xerox/alto2.cpp
Version	0.275	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	09142: alto2: Blank screen
Description	This system is listed as working. History shows work on it from 0.154 to 0.177, and I do remember it was able to display text at startup during that time. However, now it does nothing, and it's been non-functional for years.
Steps To Reproduce	Run it with >mame alto2 You get a blank white screen. You should get some very tiny text ~~near the top~~ at the bottom. I can't give more info as I don't know anything about this system.
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Affected Sets / Systems	alto2

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No.23154 hap Developer 11 days ago edited on: 11 days ago	Do you mean the fake status line at the bottom? That was removed deliberately. Over here: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/8b32480113a2620bc2482ea6aee8fc6bcfcb4f7c#diff-479939b190a7016b2d99645eab6ea76793df6238f56e41263dfef0810afe85b2L588
No.23156 Robbbert Moderator 10 days ago edited on: 10 days ago	It's been a long time, so I had to go check with old versions, and yes you are correct. So, closed as an invalid report. The problem is of course that the only media used is a custom hard drive, of which I couldn't find one anywhere, and there's no software list. The blank screen, although apparently correct, isn't going to let anyone know as to whether the system works or not. The system was thought to have regressed here: https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=118933 There is one difference I noticed between now and then, is that back then it took 13 seconds for the screen to change from black to white, now it only takes about 1 second. So I guess there nothing that can be done.

No.23154

hap

Developer

11 days ago

edited on: 11 days ago

Do you mean the fake status line at the bottom? That was removed deliberately.
Over here: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/8b32480113a2620bc2482ea6aee8fc6bcfcb4f7c#diff-479939b190a7016b2d99645eab6ea76793df6238f56e41263dfef0810afe85b2L588

No.23156

Robbbert

Moderator

10 days ago

edited on: 10 days ago

It's been a long time, so I had to go check with old versions, and yes you are correct. So, closed as an invalid report.

The problem is of course that the only media used is a custom hard drive, of which I couldn't find one anywhere, and there's no software list.

The blank screen, although apparently correct, isn't going to let anyone know as to whether the system works or not.

The system was thought to have regressed here: https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=118933

There is one difference I noticed between now and then, is that back then it took 13 seconds for the screen to change from black to white, now it only takes about 1 second.

So I guess there nothing that can be done.