Wilbert Pol is an emulation enthusiast who works on several MESS drivers. Wilbert also tries to make sure that the different releases of sdlmess (and sdlmame) keep compiling and working on OS X and FreeBSD.
Currently work is being done on the PC drivers. Below is a priority list of things to work on:
Clean implementation of MGA using the mc6845 device.
Clean implementation of Hercules using the mc6845 device.
Clean implementation of CGA (without advanced composite graphics) using the mc6845 device.
Clean implementation of TGA (used in Tandy 1000 models) using the mc6845 device: 1130
Clean up drivers (on-going work):
1312,
382
IBM 5150 driver(s)
IBM PC Jr driver(s)
IBM XT driver(s)
others
Fix at driver issues:
1397
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Fix the CHD issues:
1559,
826, dimensions currently hardcoded to ~20MB
Add cassette support.
Add 8087 FPU support.
Add 80287(?) FPU support.
Fix cpu core issues.
Update VGA implementation to use the mc6845 device.
Add proper MCGA support.
Add proper EGA support.
Update pc_aga video code to use the mc6845 device. pc_aga is a combined Hercules and Plantronics graphics card.
Add proper composite support to the CGA code:
431
Finish/fix EGA (scrolling doesn't work right in Commander Keen 4 or Bio Menace, could be other issues) and VGA support
Dual head support for IBM 5150.
Important achievements for the PC drivers will be:
Clean drivers.
Clean graphics card implementations.
Working floppy drive emulation.
Working HDD emulation.
IBM POST passing without errors
Windows 3.0 working.
Windows 3.1 working.
DMESS running inside
MESS. :)
Windows 95 working.
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Wilbert is planning to work some more on:
Fix the gameboy driver. Making nice progress already.
Fix the color gameboy driver. The color gameboy has already seen some improvements because of the improvements made to the gameboy driver
Replace the current super gameboy driver by a combination of the snes and gb drivers
Continue work on the Tiger Game.com driver
Improve the Sega Master System/Gamegear drivers
Add the store display unit sega master system driver
Improve the Wonderswan drivers
Improve the a2600 driver
Make the a2600pal driver (why is that not in mess yet?)
Improve the TG16/PC Engine driver(?)
Add NeoGeo Pocket driver
Add NeoGeo Pocket Color driver
Add pokemini driver
Add tms1xxx/tms12xx cpu core
Making more cpu cores cycle exact
Clean up old mess drivers(?)
Possibly work on a 3DO driver