CydandClaude Opus 4.8 ba7c657dd9 FPGA reconstruction design note: block-by-block feasibility + the three-retarget plan ...

The governing insight: specification is the bottleneck, not substrate --
igc_exec.py is the golden reference model every port (RTL or GPU) validates
against. EMC array = natural FPGA target (208KB BRAM + ~50k LUT full-parallel,
or 8:1 muxed); IGC = reimplementation from our cracked ISA; i860 = software
(emu860 as executable spec); wire-identical boot via the blind boot-from-link
property.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-07-19 07:54:34 -05:00

..

deploy

Deploy: --pipe trim -- named-pipe serials to vRIO/vPLASMA for every mode

2026-07-17 21:54:23 -05:00

firmware-decomp

FPGA reconstruction design note: block-by-block feasibility + the three-retarget plan

2026-07-19 07:54:34 -05:00

net-boot

Deploy: RP loops (no single-shot) + confirm DOSBox needs no bundled DLLs

2026-07-10 12:06:49 -05:00

net-tools

VDB: honor the VGA-DAC pixel-mask (RP drives it; BT left it 0xFF); park Mac mirror

2026-07-09 14:53:22 -05:00

pod-launch

Deploy: --pipe trim -- named-pipe serials to vRIO/vPLASMA for every mode

2026-07-17 21:54:23 -05:00

render-bridge

pvision solved (texture-value ramp) + i860/hardware reverse-engineering

2026-07-14 22:29:53 -05:00

rio-firmware

RIO firmware: build + verify patched image (reply-wedge fix)

2026-07-04 21:14:07 -05:00

roms

Sound: dual-AWE32 EMU8000 emulation -- the pod has audio

2026-07-04 19:40:15 -05:00

vpx-device

Emulator: VDB heads mirror TEXT mode -- boot scroll + suite menus, like the

2026-07-17 07:48:04 -05:00

.gitignore

Gauges: fix out-of-memory crash (HEAPSIZE), draw instrument panels

2026-07-03 17:48:07 -05:00

alpha1.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

analyze_capture.py

Phase 1 complete: captured VPX boot conversation from shipped binary

2026-07-02 22:46:20 -05:00

baseline.conf

Phase 0 complete: DOS game boots to VPX link protocol on Windows 10

2026-07-02 19:33:34 -05:00

CAMERA-REVIEW-NOTES.md

Document Live Cam + Mission Review architecture (CAMERA-REVIEW-NOTES.md)

2026-07-08 09:21:46 -05:00

capture.conf

Phase 1 complete: captured VPX boot conversation from shipped binary

2026-07-02 22:46:20 -05:00

cycle.conf

Add FLYK render harness from VWETEST diagnostic suite

2026-07-03 09:27:52 -05:00

decode_fifodump.py

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

DEPLOYMENT-PLAN.md

Cockpit camera complete + namedpipe transport + 832x512 native res

2026-07-14 10:08:15 -05:00

divrgb-decoded.png

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

divrgb-frame0.png

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

divrgb-live-gl.png

Phase 3b: live OpenGL render backend in DOSBox-X (VPX_RENDER=1)

2026-07-03 14:27:58 -05:00

divrgb.conf

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

divrgb.fifodump

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

EGRESS-HOLD-FIX-PLAN.md

Egress hold: CLOSED (won-t-fix) -- floor lamps gone from surviving cockpits; findings preserved

2026-07-09 14:00:36 -05:00

ENV-VARS.md

Add emulator/ENV-VARS.md -- pod (L4*/DPLARG) + host emulator env var catalog

2026-07-09 19:09:29 -05:00

flyk.conf

Add FLYK render harness from VWETEST diagnostic suite

2026-07-03 09:27:52 -05:00

game_rio.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

game-cockpit-decoded.png

Phase 3d: game world decodes and renders -- offline and LIVE

2026-07-03 16:22:35 -05:00

game-live-gl.png

Phase 3d: game world decodes and renders -- offline and LIVE

2026-07-03 16:22:35 -05:00

game-live-lit.png

Phase 3f: lighting from wire normals; defuse shipped-in debug crash

2026-07-03 17:13:46 -05:00

game-live-textured.png

Phase 3e: live texturing + serial receive-latency fixes for the RIO

2026-07-03 16:43:21 -05:00

game-mech-decoded.png

Phase 3d: game world decodes and renders -- offline and LIVE

2026-07-03 16:22:35 -05:00

game.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

gauge_rio_log.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

gauge_rio.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

gauge-display.png

Gauges: fix out-of-memory crash (HEAPSIZE), draw instrument panels

2026-07-03 17:48:07 -05:00

GAUGE-NOTES.md

Gauges: fix bank-switching (window-granularity mismatch)

2026-07-03 18:03:29 -05:00

gauge.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

gaugelog.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

gaugemem.conf

Confs: default L4TIMER to FAST (setenv arg2 s->f, all 14 launch confs)

2026-07-08 09:10:08 -05:00

LAUNCH.md

Cockpit camera complete + namedpipe transport + 832x512 native res

2026-07-14 10:08:15 -05:00

net_diag.conf

Net: NIC off IRQ 3 (plasma COM2 owns it) -- pod no longer goes deaf in-game

2026-07-09 00:13:11 -05:00

net_full.conf

Net: NIC off IRQ 3 (plasma COM2 owns it) -- pod no longer goes deaf in-game

2026-07-09 00:13:11 -05:00

net_loop_pipe.conf

Deploy: --pipe trim -- named-pipe serials to vRIO/vPLASMA for every mode

2026-07-17 21:54:23 -05:00

net_loop.conf

Net: NIC off IRQ 3 (plasma COM2 owns it) -- pod no longer goes deaf in-game

2026-07-09 00:13:11 -05:00

net_rp_pipe.conf

Cockpit camera complete + namedpipe transport + 832x512 native res

2026-07-14 10:08:15 -05:00

net_rp.conf

RP 4.10 runs on the pod emulator: net_rp.conf (netnub -f rpl4opt, shared MUNGA stack)

2026-07-09 14:13:38 -05:00

NET-NOTES.md

NET-NOTES: one-console-at-a-time (netnub -p single session); Mac vs .NET conflict

2026-07-09 18:26:22 -05:00

patch_btl4opt.py

Gauges: fix out-of-memory crash (HEAPSIZE), draw instrument panels

2026-07-03 17:48:07 -05:00

PHASE0-RESULTS.md

Phase 0 complete: DOS game boots to VPX link protocol on Windows 10

2026-07-02 19:33:34 -05:00

PHASE1-RESULTS.md

Phase 1 complete: captured VPX boot conversation from shipped binary

2026-07-02 22:46:20 -05:00

PHASE2-PROGRESS.md

Phase 2 COMPLETE: full VPX protocol working; game reaches content loader

2026-07-03 00:04:33 -05:00

PHASE3-PROGRESS.md

Phase 3f: lighting from wire normals; defuse shipped-in debug crash

2026-07-03 17:13:46 -05:00

PLAN.md

Add VPX emulation implementation plan for Windows 10 cockpits

2026-07-02 19:09:33 -05:00

rebuild.sh

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

render_capture.py

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

render_game.py

Phase 3d: game world decodes and renders -- offline and LIVE

2026-07-03 16:22:35 -05:00

render_vdb_palettes.py

VDB: dump captured palettes (VDB_PALDUMP) + swatch renderer

2026-07-03 18:27:10 -05:00

RENDER-HARNESS.md

Phase 3a: decode captured VPX render stream to pixels (SMPTE bars)

2026-07-03 14:13:02 -05:00

RENDERER-COLLAB.md

collab: RP runs full pod; open renderer item = RP track-decal z-fighting + vrview_gl merge points for David

2026-07-09 19:31:46 -05:00

respond.conf

Phase 2 progress: boot handshake + i860 download solved; FIFO path mapped

2026-07-02 23:18:45 -05:00

RIO-NOTES.md

Cockpit camera complete + namedpipe transport + 832x512 native res

2026-07-14 10:08:15 -05:00

rio.conf

Phase 2: FIFO transport working + RIO validated on real hardware

2026-07-02 23:41:49 -05:00

rp_egg_pipe.conf

Cockpit camera complete + namedpipe transport + 832x512 native res

2026-07-14 10:08:15 -05:00

SOUND-NOTES.md

Sound: dual-AWE32 EMU8000 emulation -- the pod has audio

2026-07-04 19:40:15 -05:00

VDB-NOTES.md

VDB-NOTES: RP heads fully verified -- all MFDs + radar correct (RP VDB DONE)

2026-07-09 19:24:00 -05:00

XP-PORT-PLAN.md

Cockpit camera complete + namedpipe transport + 832x512 native res

2026-07-14 10:08:15 -05:00