USB Gamepad as Paddle and add Support Mega138k Pro

New feature(s)

• USB Gamepad Stick as Paddle emulation to support Paddle games like Clowns
• fpga companion firmware in use
• Support for Tang Mega 138k Pro added

Important

nothing special

Note

Bugfixes
none

Warning

An updated firmware for the BL616 µC on the Sipeed M0S Dock has to be flashed in order to support the enhanced functions.
This release also does not include the MCU firmware, anymore. Instead the FPGA Companion is now recommended.

• XML OSD configuration in the release package

v1.4.0

New feature(s)
Tang Nano 9k core enhancement:

• 8K or 16K SRAM memory expansion
• VIC20 KERNAL and BASIC ROM moved to external SPI FLASH. See here how to program the ROM's.

Important

• HW modification needed for micro SDcard support)

Note

use for all other TANG boards previous release files.

v1.3.0

New feature(s)

• Support of Tang Nano 9k
• (no C1541 Disk, no Tape loader, no memory expansion

Important

• HW modification needed for micro SDcard support)

Note

Bugfixes

• several fixes for Tang Primer 20k

v1.2.2

New feature(s)

• Support Tang Nano Primer 20k
• misterynano and fpga companion firmware update to improve keypresses behavior of unused keys

Note

Bugfixes

• user experiance improved related to Keyboard use

Warning

An updated firmware for the BL616 µC on the Sipeed M0S Dock has to be flashed in order to support the enhanced functions.
(firmware file supports 4 cores)

v1.2.1

New feature(s)

• None
• Readme enhanced
• misterynano / fpga companion firmware update to improve keypresses behavior of unused keys (27.07.2024)

Important

De-featured and removed from core

• TAP autoload after a power-up or cold boot

Note

Bugfixes

• SD_CARD PRG loader stuck in case no C1541 image selected
• user experiance improved related to Keyboard use

Warning

An updated firmware for the BL616 µC on the Sipeed M0S Dock has to be flashed in order to support the enhanced functions.
(firmware file supports 4 cores)

v1.2.0

Bugfixes

• D9 digital retro Joystick pinmap fixed related to MisteryShield usage
• README update reflecting D9 Joystick pinmap

v1.1.0

New features:

• Tape image (*.TAP) loader support
• Design update to handle 5 drives simultaneously in order to utilize unified minsterynano firmware for all cores.

**Important Note **

An updated unified firmware for the BL616 µC on the Sipeed M0S Dock has to be flashed to support all the new functions.

v1.0.0

New features:

Cartridge ROM (.PRG/CRT) loader support
BASIC Program file (.PRG) loader support
Kernal ROM 8K (.BIN) loader support

**Important Note **

This time an update firmware for the BL616 µC on the Sipeed M0S Dock has to be flashed too to support all the new functions.

Please keep in mind that C1541 DOS moved to Flash a while ago. You have to program C1541 DOS images to the Tang Flash for a full working system.

BL616 Firmware with fix added

v0.1

VIC20 initial release

Note: CRT loader via OSD not yet implemented

a release specific misterynano_fw has to be flashed to M0S Dock!