Mist AGA "english" menu
Publicado: 23 Oct 2018, 22:27
Hello all,
I've recently managed to get my UnAmiga working. At first I couldn't get it to display anything except red screen which means kickstart problem. To make long story short SD card socket wasn't soldered correctly, there were shorts on 6 pins so FPGA couldn't access SD card and load kickstart, or de1_boot.bin file. If anyone stumbles on this issue check SD card pins with multimeter to be sure some of them aren't shorted.
Now, I've noticed that there isn't any English version of de1_boot.bin file so I've made one. It's nothing complicated, I simply "overwrote" strings with hexadecimal editor. That's why it's not perfect .
I mostly managed to squeeze English translations over original Spanish text. Main issue was with "yes/no" choice. In Spanish it's "si/no" and there's no way to squeeze three characters in space for two characters . That's why I made two variants of the menu.
In first variant I sorta managed to squeeze "yes" into "si", but not without issues . It works fine everywhere except "Restart" menu, when you enter it you for some reason "no" line is blank, only "yes" is displayed. But "no" line can be selected, it just doesn't show "no" text.
In second variant I changed it to "ys/no" instead of "yes/no" and "Restart" menu shows both lines.
So, if you're annoyed by missing text in one menu use second variant, if not use first .
TLDR
Menu variant 1 - it has "yes/no" selection, but "Restart" menu is missing text in "no" option, although it still works as no, only text is missing
Menu variant 2 - it has "ys/no" selection, but "Restart" menu is showing both text lines
Next on to do list is 3D printed case for UnAmiga. I've mostly finished with the modeling, just to sort few details and I'll upload STL files so anyone with 3D Printer will be able to print it.
I've recently managed to get my UnAmiga working. At first I couldn't get it to display anything except red screen which means kickstart problem. To make long story short SD card socket wasn't soldered correctly, there were shorts on 6 pins so FPGA couldn't access SD card and load kickstart, or de1_boot.bin file. If anyone stumbles on this issue check SD card pins with multimeter to be sure some of them aren't shorted.
Now, I've noticed that there isn't any English version of de1_boot.bin file so I've made one. It's nothing complicated, I simply "overwrote" strings with hexadecimal editor. That's why it's not perfect .
I mostly managed to squeeze English translations over original Spanish text. Main issue was with "yes/no" choice. In Spanish it's "si/no" and there's no way to squeeze three characters in space for two characters . That's why I made two variants of the menu.
In first variant I sorta managed to squeeze "yes" into "si", but not without issues . It works fine everywhere except "Restart" menu, when you enter it you for some reason "no" line is blank, only "yes" is displayed. But "no" line can be selected, it just doesn't show "no" text.
In second variant I changed it to "ys/no" instead of "yes/no" and "Restart" menu shows both lines.
So, if you're annoyed by missing text in one menu use second variant, if not use first .
TLDR
Menu variant 1 - it has "yes/no" selection, but "Restart" menu is missing text in "no" option, although it still works as no, only text is missing
Menu variant 2 - it has "ys/no" selection, but "Restart" menu is showing both text lines
Next on to do list is 3D printed case for UnAmiga. I've mostly finished with the modeling, just to sort few details and I'll upload STL files so anyone with 3D Printer will be able to print it.