Re: [hatari-devel] DIP switch support

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

Am Fri, 13 May 2016 16:18:38 -0400
schrieb "Roger Burrows" <anodyne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On 13 May 2016 at 21:44, Thomas Huth wrote:
> 
> > Am Tue, 10 May 2016 21:17:49 -0400
> > schrieb "Roger Burrows" <anodyne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >   
> > > Hi Eero,
> > > On 11 May 2016 at 0:10, Eero Tamminen wrote:  
> > > > 
> > > > That link seems to be TT-only, but Roger mentions also Falcon,
> > > > are they the switches same for Falcon:    
> > > 
> > > No, I was wrong, there are no switches for the Falcon.  The link
> > > seems to be accurate; note that the use of sw1 for the CaTTamaran
> > > is not Atari-sanctioned (but may well be accurate).  
> > 
> > Changing Hatari to return the default values for the DIP switches
> > should be pretty easy, I can do that... question is: Is there any
> > real need for making this selectable for the users, too, e.g. to be
> > able to fake the setting for the CaTTamaran?
> >   
> I would not think so, but I don't want to speak for others.
> 
> Just a point to note: changing the switches to return the correct
> values will cause EmuTOS to detect the presence of an HD floppy
> drive, so it will act differently when accessing the floppy.  That
> may show up other issues with floppy handling in EmuTOS or Hatari.
> Since I don't attempt to keep my copy of the Hatari source current,
> it would be helpful to know when the change is made so I can update
> my copy of Hatari.

FYI, I've now pushed a patch that should now return the right default
value (0x02) when reading the $ff9201 register.

 Thomas