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

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

Am Fri, 13 May 2016 23:50:32 +0300
schrieb Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> On 05/13/2016 11:13 PM, Nicolas Pomarède wrote:
> > Le 13/05/2016 21:41, Thomas Huth a écrit :  
....
> >> Mega ST ... we could maybe define this as ST + Blitter + RTC, and
> >> then get rid of the selectable Blitter and RTC options in the GUI.
> >> These two options were also often causing confusion in the past:
> >> Users wondered for example why they could not enable the Blitter
> >> for the TT machine type (or disable it for STE or Falcon) that
> >> way. The only disadvantage would be that you could not emulate a
> >> plain ST with a blitter anymore... would that be an issue for
> >> anybody?  
> 
> IMHO removing separate (ST) blitter option is fine.
> I've never heard anybody to use/need it.
> 
> RTC is different matter.  It's useful for any machine type,
> for emulated machine to have correct date/time (at least
> at boot).

That's what I meant with "causing confusion": Actually, the RTC option
was only for ST and STE mode - so it's not for "any machine type". The
RTC in TT and Falcon mode works differently and was always enabled
anyway.

I've now removed the RTC option. RTC is now enabled for Mega-ST and
Mega-STE machines, but disabled for plain ST and STE, just like with
real hardware. Let's see how that works out.

I still think we should do the same with the blitter option as
well and always disable blitter for plain ST mode... How common was it
to fit a blitter in a normal (non-Mega) ST machine? I think most people
did not do that, did they?

 Thomas