Scope for 1.7

[sy2002]

Gentlemen, we might want to find a videochat (GoToMeeting) time slot in late September or early October to have a rough idea about what will be part of 1.7, since I have the gut feeling that the list tagged "V1.7" might proove to be too large 😄

[MJoergen]

Here is a list of the open issues currently marked V1.7:

• Optimize ROM/RAM usage: Let programs start at 0x2000 #7 Optimize ROM/RAM usage
• HW Breakpoints plus debugging support in Monitor #10 HW Breakpoints plus debugging support in Monitor
• Add qtransfer as standard functionality to the Monitor #11 Add qtransfer as standard functionality to the Monitor
• BS/DEL when entering hex digits (and at other reasonable places) #13 BS/DEL when entering hex digits (and at other reasonable places)
• STDIN switch during input #14 STDIN switch during input
• Add multicolour support in VGA: Hardware and Emu #17 Add multicolour support in VGA: Hardware and Emu
• UART inconsistencies #19 UART inconsistencies
• Make the native assembler independent from an external preprocessor #20 Make the native assembler independent from an external preprocessor
• Feature Request : Add FIFO to keyboard I/O #29 Feature Request : Add FIFO to keyboard I/O
• Refactor code to remove critical warnings in Vivado #34 Refactor code to remove critical warnings in Vivado
• Feature Request: Add interrupt when VGA retraces specific scan line #35 Feature Request: Add interrupt when VGA retraces specific scan line
• Simplify Portability and Maintenance and unify common VHDL code #41 Simplify Portability and Maintenance and unify common VHDL code
• Simulation: Timer Interrupt Hardware: Test Daisy Chaining Edge Case #42 Simulation: Timer Interrupt Hardware: Test Daisy Chaining Edge Case
• Timer Interrupt Hardware: Check Edge Cases and Stability #45 Timer Interrupt Hardware: Check Edge Cases and Stability
• CPU bus functional test #55 CPU bus functional test
• Document architectural basics #56 Document architectural basics
• Webassembly target of Emulator: Make the timer interrupt work there #58 Webassembly target of Emulator: Make the timer interrupt work there
• Calculate all the hardcoded bit-widths automatically #60 Calculate all the hardcoded bit-widths automatically
• Nasty edge case with timer and memory load via UART  #62 Nasty edge case with timer and memory load via UART
• Making the timer emulation more robust #63 Making the timer emulation more robust
• VBCC: Test the ISR feature and write a timer interrupt/ISR test for VBCC #77 VBCC: Test the ISR feature and write a timer interrupt/ISR test for VBCC
• Add Yamaha Sound Chip #79 Add Yamaha Sound Chip
• CPU speed-up "Fastpath": Direct register to register operation #81 CPU speed-up "Fastpath": Direct register to register operation
• Making qtransfer should be done automatically #86 Making qtransfer should be done automatically
• Maze: Show your gamers some more love :-) #87 Maze: Show your gamers some more love :-)
• Assembler parses comments #88 Assembler parses comments
• MEGA65: HyperRAM: 16-bit write/read not stable #90 MEGA65: HyperRAM: 16-bit write/read not stable
• MEGA65: HyperRAM: Very first control register read needs two reads #91 MEGA65: HyperRAM: Very first control register read needs two reads
• Add support for Ethernet #97 Add support for Ethernet
• Add a stereo SID (and maybe a 6510 co-processor) #96 Add a stereo SID Add a stereo SID (and maybe a 6510 co-processor) #96 (and maybe a 6510 co-processor)
• Get rid of all hardcoded speeds in VHDL #98 Get rid of all hardcoded speeds in VHDL
• Update to new compiler version, recompile all libraries and test #100 Update to new compiler version, recompile all libraries and test
• Support the concept of SYSINFO #101 Support the concept of SYSINFO
• Q-TRIS 2.0: Classic Mode and Color Mode #102 Q-TRIS 2.0: Classic Mode and Color Mode
• Emulator: Optimize vga_refresh_rendering() for VGA_FONT_DATA and VGA_PALETTE_DATA #103 Emulator: Optimize vga_refresh_rendering() for VGA_FONT_DATA and VGA_PALETTE_DATA
• Refactor Daisy-chaining in all devices and provide a proven-to-work implementation for future devices #104 Refactor Daisy-chaining in all devices and provide a proven-to-work implementation for future devices
• Palette handling in Monitor #105 Palette handling in Monitor
• VGA: A reset should reset the VGA to factory defaults #107 VGA: A reset should reset the VGA to factory defaults
• First basic version of "Monitor-OS" documentation #110 Write documentation about how to make and publish new OS functions (Monitor functions) in asm, VASM and C
• Use GitHooks to make sure that tools/make-toolchain.sh is executed on each branch switch #112 Use GitHooks to make sure that tools/make-toolchain.sh is executed on each branch switch
• Marketing TODOs for V1.7 #113 List of qnice-fpga.com website TODOs
• Spinning Globe Demo #115 Spinning Globe Demo
• Create PaqNice #141 Create PaqNice
• Oldschool demo effects #116 Oldschool demo effects
• Website First WASM Steps Experience: Reformat demos/mandel.asm source code to fit to 80 columns #122 Website First WASM Steps Experience: Reformat demos/mandel.asm source code to fit to 80 columns

[MJoergen]

Here are issues that have already begun, or perhaps even almost complete:

• Add multicolour support in VGA: Hardware and Emu #17: Already started. Will be part of V1.7
• CPU speed-up "Fastpath": Direct register to register operation #81: Almost done. Needs documentation. Will be part of V1.7
• Refactor code to remove critical warnings in Vivado #34: Is there anything else that needs to be done here?
• Simplify Portability and Maintenance and unify common VHDL code #41: Not sure what is left to be done here either.