[Patch] PC200 and PC1512: Hardware font and monitor selection

[JohnElliott]

This patch adds support for the multiple hardware fonts supported by the PC1512 and PC200 built-in video adapters, and mono/colour monitor options for these systems.

[JohnElliott]

This replaces the above patch - it fixes a crash (when changing to the built-in adapter from an add-on) and adds emulation of the PPC512 with its LCD screen.

[SA1988]

I can't get the MDA and LCD MDA modes to work, it only sees a blinking cursor.

[JohnElliott]

Oops. Missed amstrad.c out of the patch. Here's a supplementary patch for that file (basically adding PPC512 checks to the existing PC200 checks).

[omarsis81]

That LCD screen looks quite authentic. Nice job

[SA1988]

Are you sure this also fixes the LCD MDA/normal MDA configurations? I still get a blinking cursor on a green background, or maybe I haven't applied the patch properly.

[JohnElliott]

That LCD screen looks quite authentic. Nice job

The colours I used are a compromise between looking authentic and having enough contrast to be readable

[JohnElliott]

Are you sure this also fixes the LCD MDA/normal MDA configurations? I still get a blinking cursor on a green background, or maybe I haven't applied the patch properly.

I've just tested with the following sequence of commands (where 3a9af.orig holds the baseline code) and got a build where MDA monitor and MDA LCD work:

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mkdir 3a9af.ppc512
cd 3a9af.ppc512
cp -a ../3a9af.orig/* .
patch -p1 < ../ppc512.patch
patch -p1 < ../ppc512fix.patch
autoreconf
./configure
make

[SarahWalker]

Committed at rev 1215. I fixed a couple of config bugs and added the PC200/PPC disc change line while I was at it.