AGE Labs

Releasing updated MP3 FPGA image. No new features were added, but significant improvements: (1) clocking redesigned, now DAC is clocked at native MP3 file speed (48k or 44.1k), (2) same sample timing confusion issue as in regular image was fixed.

In my opinion sound is better now, but still has aliasing on the lower frequencies. I did not deeply deal with it, and suspect it is a "feature" of architecture/fixed point math/small form factor of the MP3 decoder, and can not be overcome with simply tuning something wrong.

And it is version 0.12 now so machine does not complain about difference of versions on startup :)

GR8BIT MSX booting from 3.5", 5.25" and hard disk drive! Work is still in progress.

GR8BIT booting Nextor from 3.5" and 5.25" floppies, and from HDD This is a demonstration of the functionality of GR8BIT's new I/O board and its firmware. It can boot (and work with, in general) with 3.5" diskettes of 720k ...

Tested, and awaiting.

Here's the end product. Composite is not perfect, but acceptable enough - it is possible to recognize text when in 80 char mode :) Interesting that PAL mode looks better than NTSC, I expected otherwise.