From caab7799864b7145c906055e8fe3e326a4ba0bd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hap Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:27:28 +0200 Subject: fidelity/elite: update notes about new game --- src/mame/fidelity/elite.cpp | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/mame/fidelity/elite.cpp b/src/mame/fidelity/elite.cpp index a3ff78a40cb..8c05ef7a3f0 100644 --- a/src/mame/fidelity/elite.cpp +++ b/src/mame/fidelity/elite.cpp @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Fidelity Elite A/S series hardware (EAS, EAG, PC) see eag68k.cpp for 68000-based EAG hardware +NOTE: To start a new game in EAS/PC, press Game Control (aka Reset), activate +the D6 square, and then press CL. See below for more info. + TODO: - verify fpres/feas irq active time @@ -39,10 +42,18 @@ Though model EWC(improved Budapest) had a 3.57MHz XTAL and EAS-C(Glasgow) had a 4MHz XTAL. A condensator/battery keeps RAM contents alive for a while when powered off. -Note that EAS doesn't have a "new game" button, it is done through game options: + +Note that EAS/PC doesn't have a "new game" button, it is done through game options: Press GAME CONTROL, then place/lift a piece on D6 to restart, or D8 to reset with default settings, then press CL. +Anecdote from Ron Nelson regarding the new game issue (Sid Samole was the CEO): +"The next year I designed it into a wooden housing, and Kathy said she wanted to +design the User Interface. I said ok go for it. When it was finished & masked, +I was at an internal sales meeting. No one could figure out how to start a new game. +Sid turned to me with a questioning look. I showed him how to do it (multiple key +presses as I recall) and explained about Kathy. He said, don't let them do it again." + Prestige Challenger (PC) hardware is very similar. It was released before EAS, it doesn't have the 8255 PPI, but has more RAM(7*TMM2016P). Some were released at 3.6MHz instead of 4MHz, perhaps due to hardware instability? Opening module PC16 was -- cgit v1.2.3