Let's get started with a Pandora port

Nothing that I can do it myself. Too stupid

I’ve changed a Beta, so I can work with the Pandora on the translation.

With the my “PiTab” (DSi Display) also 800×480 it works without problems. It fit automatic to screen.

For palettised modes we could probably support it by rendering to an off-screen buffer and having the OS/video driver convert it to true colour.

The route I took to solve this particular problem, was to allow most GraphicsV calls to drop through to the OS to get it rendering to DA2 (for game compatibility) and blit that on VSync to the GPU.

I suspect I’ll go with something similar – an extra GraphicsV driver which sits between the OS and the real driver.

You’re welcome to use my code after it’s publicly released, if its of any use in RISCOS.

Thanks for the offer – I’ll keep it in mind.

Is the serial module also aviable in the omap3 ROM and is it usable with the external Pandora serial via UART2 or 3?

Yes, the serial module is in the OMAP3 ROM. However I haven’t tested it on the Pandora so I’m not sure if it will work right away (e.g. the pin mux settings might need changing).

All the serial ports should be available via DeviceFS (Serial1 = UART1, Serial2 = UART2, Serial3 = UART3). The default serial port (OS_SerialOp) will be UART3. This is the same setup as for the other OMAP3 boards.

Thanks for this… have made a cable for UART3… look at the other thread .

I have made a RISC OS Direct based card image for the Pandora.
The download you find here.
The Image was created with USBit 1.76 in “WIN”.
USBit can create packed images and can write back without extracting before.

Is there allready a touchscreen driver for the pandora available?

If it uses absolute coordinates then no driver is necessary (e.g. Adafruit touch screen)