Lost Donation Box Incident (ZX Evolution)

[PeterJ]

Not brand new (October 2019), but not mentioned here before. This is the first time I have mentioned a ZX-Evolution game.

https://nihirash.itch.io/lost-donation-box-incident





https://youtu.be/3FeCGE9aI00

I only found this title due to it being included in the ZEsarUX Extras package from [mention]chernandezba[/mention], which appears to be the only emulator to emulate the ZX-Evolution.

There are downloads for the TSConf configuration of the ZX-Evolution, and a downloads which has an emulator included (I have not tried this).

You can read about the Evolution here:

http://www.nedopc.com/zxevo/zxevo_eng.php

[abelenki]

I only found this title due to it being included in the ZEsarUX Extras package from @chernandezba, which appears to be the only emulator to emulate the ZX-Evolution.

ZXMAK2 also emulates ZX Evolution.

[PeterJ]

Thank you [mention]abelenki[/mention],

I will give it a go. Unless I'm mistaken (which is quite possible), it's not mentioned on the GitHub page.

Edit: Just spotted 'PentEvo 4096K' and assume this is it? Does it actually support the 'TSConf' implementation.

I remember now, I tried this for my Emulator Spreadhseet, but did not get very far. W10 has DirectX installed by default. I just get this:

[chernandezba]

Unreal emulator also emulates ZX Evo:

https://github.com/tslabs/zx-evo/tree/m ... eal/Unreal

Notice that ZX Evolution (or just ZX Evo) is the machine, but there are two main configurations for this machine: TSConf and BaseConf. You can choose to boot one or the other, as ZX Evo has something like a boot manager.
ZX Evo behaves as a FPGA machine, although it has a real Z80 cpu, so booting one or the other defines part of the fpga hardware

If I remember well, TSConf is like an enhanced Pentagon, but BaseConf is an enhanced ATM
The two are available on ZEsarUX, but BaseConf is not finished yet (the machine does not boot), I haven’t managed yet to work

You can get more info in a thread I opened some time ago, when I was asking for help to emulate it

http://forum.tslabs.info/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=758

Cheers
César

[abelenki]

Edit: Just spotted 'PentEvo 4096K' and assume this is it?

yep:

http://speccy.info/ZX_Evolution

WIP name was Pentevo, which became ZX Evolution.

[PeterJ]

Thank you [mention]chernandezba[/mention]. Whilst I know it's very good for the Russian Clones its very good, Unreal has always made my head hurt! I'm also wary of it needing to be run with administrator rights.

Thanks for the note about the two configurations. Something I learned recently. As mentioned in the OP, the game is for the TSconf configuration only.

[abelenki]

I remember now, I tried this for my Emulator Spreadhseet, but did not get very far. W10 has DirectX installed by default. I just get this:

well, i just tried ZX Evolution with the latest ZXMAK2 GitHub build, and i get this:

[PeterJ]

Hi [mention]abelenki[/mention],

I'm no expert on the Russian machines, but that looks like the Base Configuration.

PS - My browser blocks your image, because its not HTTPS.

Are you using this one?

https://github.com/zxmak/ZXMAK2/releases/tag/v2.9.3.8

If not, can you post a link. Cheers.

[abelenki]

I'm no expert on the Russian machines, but that looks like the Base Configuration.

i'm not expert on ZX Evolution, as well. i just described, that ZX Evolution machine is working in latest ZXMAK2.

P.S.: i'll do some more research tomorrow.

[PeterJ]

[mention]chernandezba[/mention],

Do you know how you configure the ZX-EVO in Unreal? I'm assuming its called ATM-Turbo 3?

This is as far as I have got:

[chernandezba]

@chernandezba,

Do you know how you configure the ZX-EVO in Unreal? I'm assuming its called ATM-Turbo 3?

This is as far as I have got:

I don't remember it now. I tried ZXEvo TSConf on Unreal some time ago, but I run it from Wine on Mac (and I don't have Wine now). I think the Unreal "standard" version does not support TSConf, but you must download the Unreal version with TSConf support from here:

https://github.com/tslabs/zx-evo/tree/m ... Unreal/bin

Cheers

[Pegaz]

[mention]PeterJ[/mention]

Here you can find preconfigured UnrealSpeccy for TS Config:
https://github.com/tslabs/zx-evo/tree/m ... Unreal/bin

In TS-BIOS, set 7 or 14 Mhz and press Shift + F12 to start.
To enter Bios again, pres Left+Right Shift + F12.
If you cant access BIOS, delete CMOS and NVRAM files and start again.

Lots of info about TS-Conf, here:
http://prods.tslabs.info/

TS-Conf forum (in Russian), here:
http://forum.tslabs.info/

[Alone Coder]

If I remember well, TSConf is like an enhanced Pentagon, but BaseConf is an enhanced ATM

BaseConf is both enhanced Pentagon (Pentagon 1024SL v2.x compatible) and ATM (Turbo2+ and ATM3 compatible), supporting also timings of firm machines (switchable) and ULAplus.
TS-Conf is not an enhancement over Pentagon, but a number of fantastic features (such as hardware tiles and sprites inside the ULA) with basic Pentagon support.