Ben Boldt wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:13 pm
rainwarrior wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:28 pm
Yes, the MMC5 resets phase with the register that writes the high bits of period. This is explicitly mentioned on the wiki.
No, there's no sweep workaround with no sweep unit available.
Why so rude rainwarrior. I am asking if anyone knows "for sure" that the MMC5 resets the phase. We can't rely on the wiki to be accurate. Someone may have done a really good job making that part of the wiki accurate, or someone like me might have slid it in there and nobody double-checked. I am asking how sure we are, which is a very legitimate thing to ask. Maybe MMC5 and MMC5A are different in this way; I doubt anyone checked that.
Of course it does not have a sweep unit, I said that myself. That doesn't mean there can't be a workaround. I really don't like it when I make a reasonable post and then you pipe back with such abrupt superiority-driven responses. It really rubs me the wrong way and that's too bad because you're really knowledgeable and I would like to be able to work with you. Unfortunately I have to avoid you because I know I will be bitten.
This is an entirely unexpected response. I confirmed exactly what you asked, and you wanna tear my head off for doing so. Not sure why you think I'm trying to assert superiority, or whatever this is about, but good grief. Please try to assume good faith here. If you think it's insulting to confirm the thing you asked for confirmation about, then I'm sorry, but I don't understand why I deserved this, at all.
I don't know anything about MMC5 vs MMC5A. If you have the hardware and you're interested, please go ahead and test it yourself. Normally I'd dig up a link to the actual test ROMs I used to do so before to offer you, but I'm a bit short of time and energy right now and your response hasn't helped this situation. I don't know if you'd consider being handed the actual test ROM insulting or posturing or something?
Maybe my confirmation was short, but it's only a function of how much time I have to spend on reading NESdev today, not about whatever you seem to think it was.
As for why I said it says so on the wiki, is that I personally worked to make sure that stuff was up to date with everything I learned about the audio stuff. If you want to know what I know, it's on there. At this point the wiki is a better source of this information than I am personally, because I my memory fades over time.
It's okay to be skeptical of the wiki, but if when you ask "can we trust the wiki about XXX", can I not just say "yes" without you reading something entirely unwarranted in it?
You weren't asking about something that is unknown or unclear, and you weren't offering some suspicious game or some hardware test you'd done that might cast any doubt on it. You just straight up asked if the thing it says is correct. The answer is yes, to the best of my knowledge. What did you want besides that?
Ben Boldt wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:13 pmOf course it does not have a sweep unit, I said that myself. That doesn't mean there can't be a workaround.
There's always a possibility of something undiscovered, but I don't know of another workaround, so I can't offer such a thing. You specifically asked about the sweep workaround, so I confirmed that it doesn't exist. Please help me understand how this deserved the reaction I got, because I really don't get it.