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| matherp Guru  Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 11668 |
yes, they share most of the code and should be in sync |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3829 |
Both Claude Code and Gemini report "out of memory" on every usqlite attempt, including opening. I'm reverting to 0.10. Everything Gemini tried on v0.10 worked. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on FOTS |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 11668 |
Have you got PSRAM? Try running it yourself rather than using AI. I guarantee your test program works What are Claude and Gemini actually testing? Unless you give me actual programs that fail I can't do anything and your reports are pointless Edited 2026-07-24 02:28 by matherp |
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| okwatts Regular Member  Joined: 27/09/2022 Location: CanadaPosts: 78 |
Sorry to nitpick but new download of the .v11 emulator has a banner claiming v.10 Is this the right version? |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 11668 |
It probably wasn't rebuilt after I changed the version but the code should be OK |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3829 |
I have PSRAM. I flashed v0.11 again and the test program runs and the "Out of memory" errors aren't occurring, so I'd have to guess it was a flashing problem, although by appearance there was no issue. Meanwhile, it's hard to keep up, but I'm trying to be a fast follower. Gemini Antigravity CLI 1.1.5 with a Pro monthly subscription running in Windows PowerShell built this in about an hour, talking directly to the PicoCom3 over Com4.  Youtube Northwinds I plugged in the usb RF module from this to get mouse and keyboard:  ~ Edited 2026-07-24 05:02 by lizby PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on FOTS |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2012 |
@lizby This is too   |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 11668 |
v0.12 released https://github.com/UKTailwind/micropython/releases/tag/v0.12 New in v0.12 SQLite hardened against resets and power loss — a full review of the on-device SQLite engine (import usqlite) fixed three classes of defect. A soft reset (Ctrl-D) with a database open no longer corrupts the engine (previously the next session could hard-lock on its first db.close()); connections and cursors are now fully garbage-collector-safe (a use-after-free on close(), and dropped connections leaking their memory for the rest of the session); INTEGER columns are now true 64-bit in both directions — millisecond timestamps stored from Python no longer overflow on write or silently wrap on read. Filesystem trouble (missing directory, full flash, an SD card pulled mid-query — pulling the card is a supported action) now raises a clean Python error and leaves the engine healthy instead of unwinding through SQLite's internals. And power-fail recovery now actually works: a power cut mid-write leaves a "hot journal" that is detected and rolled back on the next open, where previously a torn database could be served as valid — verified on hardware with physical power pulls during committed batch writes (clean rollback each time). The API is unchanged and existing databases are unaffected. On-device test suite included (tests/sqltest_a..e.py). USB mouse: high-resolution mice fixed, and any HID mouse now works — mice reporting 12- or 16-bit movement moved erratically: the firmware left the mouse in USB boot mode (plain 8-bit reports) while decoding the full-resolution format the mouse describes, so the two never matched. The mouse is now switched to report mode at connect (as MMBasic does), and the decoder has been generalised to read each mouse's own HID descriptor — any button count, movement resolution, wheel position or report-ID scheme — instead of recognising three fixed layouts. Combo receivers that share the mouse interface with media keys no longer jitter the cursor when those keys are pressed, and a mouse that refuses the mode switch falls back cleanly to 8-bit decoding. PC emulator — the refreshed pc3emu-linux-x64.tar.gz carries all of the above (banner v0.12). Runs on Linux, and on Windows via WSL2 — see INSTALL-WINDOWS.md inside the tarball. Needs glibc 2.43 / Ubuntu 26.04+ for the prebuilt binary; on older systems build from source (a few minutes, any distro). Manual and development notes updated (the mouse section now documents descriptor-driven support for any standard HID mouse). Edited 2026-07-24 22:09 by matherp |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3829 |
Claude code reports that all the hangs it had encountered with v0.11 have been fixed in v0.12. The 56 queries from PicoDB all run successfully against the 64K dataset when both queries and data are converted to SQL. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on FOTS |
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Bleep Guru Joined: 09/01/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 820 |
Hi Peter, I'm currently attempting to write bubble universe in Python, I have a, currently V.slow, working version. But I've found a problem when I Ctl-C out. If I use fm() and go straight to the program and run it I can't Ctl-C out, if I edit it first I can? running it straight from the command line Ctl-C works fine. This is from a terminal or a USB keyboard on a HDMIUSBI2S V0.14 Regards Kevin. |
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LeoNicolas Guru Joined: 07/10/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 608 |
Can anyone with a pico 3 board run the Another World game port on it? I'm curious to know if it will run and if it will have a decent performance |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3829 |
Leo--I gave Claude Code the link to your post and asked it to get the program. It got that but said the data is under copywrite and it wouldn't get it. (Note--I'm older than most of you guys, was over 30 when I made my first CP/M PC and never played any of these games on the PC, so 1) I don't know how, and 2) I don't have the hand/eye coordination memory. Plus no nostalgia impetus.) Claude also said: PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on FOTS |
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| LeoNicolas Guru Joined: 07/10/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 608 |
To have access to the game files I bought the game here: https://www.gog.com/en/game/another_world_20th_anniversary_edition Theses files are not on the git repository. The post online is related to the game engine. My post contains instructions on how to run the game. Regarding performance, I will work on it after having the pico 3 board on hands. |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 11668 |
firmware updated on https://github.com/UKTailwind/micropython/releases/tag/v0.14 |
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