| ID | Category [?] | Severity [?] | Reproducibility | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 09262 | Media Support | Major | Always | 14 days ago | 8 days ago |
| Tester | Robbbert | View Status | Public | Platform | MAME (Self-compiled) |
| Assigned To | AJR | Resolution | Fixed | OS | Windows 11/10 (64-bit) |
| Status [?] | Resolved | Driver | |||
| Version | 0.280 | Fixed in Version | 0.281 | Build | 64-bit |
| Fixed in Git Commit | 236eb3b | Github Pull Request # | |||
| Summary | 09262: b2m: Regression - no longer can boot a floppy | ||||
| Description |
This system was last able to boot a floppy in MESS 0.135 - it since regressed and nobody noticed. Back then, software lists didn't exist, and so it was loose software. The item exists in the current software list but it isn't known if it can work from there. Probably best to extract the file and load it loose. From mess: >mess b2m -flop1 e:\data\Russian\b2m\DISK1.CPM |
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| Steps To Reproduce |
>mame b2m -flop1 e:\data\Russian\b2m\DISK1.CPM Hit enter (any key should work I believe), and it should immediately boot into a Russian version of CP/M at the A: drive. But, although the cursor stops flashing, it just hangs there. |
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| Regression Version | 0.136 | ||||
| Affected Sets / Systems | b2m | ||||
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 No.23686
Robbbert Moderator
12 days ago
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Tested working. Thanks for fixing this ancient regression. |
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 No.23703
AJR Developer
8 days ago
edited on: 8 days ago
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The regression was almost certainly due to a botched floppy modernization that happened very shortly after the MAME/MESS source merger. When the driver was working in old MESS, it was using a rather specific timing hack on top of legacy floppy emulation (https://github.com/mamedev/mess-svn/commit/e8d422f83a7be7ef2d937c7de12ef05a435d6e3a ). |