Re: [hatari-devel] Mega ST(E)

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

Am Sat, 28 May 2016 20:49:57 +0300
schrieb Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
> 
> On 05/28/2016 08:05 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > FYI, I've now committed a change that allows to select "Mega ST" and
> > "Mega STE" machine types now. The RTC option is gone - just like
> > with the real machines, the RTC is only available with the Mega
> > ST/Mega STE machine type now.  
> 
> I noticed that in "if"s in:
> - clocks_timings.c
> - ioMem.c
> - video.c
> 
> You didn't use the isMachine*() inline functions
> you had added in the previous commit.  Was there
> some reason for this?

Yes, these functions do not check the global
ConfigureParams.System.nMachineType, but a local parameter
instead. So using the Config_IsMachine*() functions here would
change the the way the function is working.

> In the System settings dialog, would it look better
> to list machine types like this (names aligned):
> o ST
> o ST (Mega)
> o STE
> o STE (Mega)
> o TT
> o Falcon

Looks ugly if you ask me.

> > I thought about this for a while ... and maybe it would be best to
> > move all CPU related options into a separate dialog? With the
> > WinUAE core, we've got now plenty of CPU options, so they would
> > justify a dialog on their own, wouldn't they? Then we would also
> > have space in the "System" dialog again, where you could put in new
> > options like the wakeup state settings, I think (we could place
> > them in a box labeled "Advanced settings" there, so it is clear
> > that they should only be touched by people who know what they are
> > doing ;-)).
> >
> > But the main problem is maybe rather: How to add another button to
> > the main dialog, without disturbing the nice 3x4 button raster that
> > we currently have?  
> 
> Add the advanced CPU options button to the System dialog,
> not to the main one.

I'd like to avoid nested dialogs if possible, since it slows you down
when you want to get to these options... hmm, might be ok in this case
since these are "advanced settings" that you normally should not need
to change ... got to ponder on that a little bit longer...

 Thomas