Supermodel: initial Real3D Pro-1000 image-generator emulation

Requirements & limits

• Prerequisites: Supply the Pro-1000 firmware images p1_p4.bin and p2.bin from the SDK disc; Config/Games.xml lists their CRC32 values, and the repository does not include them. The PR says the default scene and model data sat in a SCSI ROM that the SDK lacks and would have to come from original hardware that likely no longer exists; a synthetic SCSI ROM only gets past renderer initialization.
• Prerequisites: Supermodel documents builds with GCC and Make on Windows (MSYS2, with SDL2 and SDL2_net), Linux and macOS, and a Visual Studio project; the PR adds its sources to the shared Makefile rules and that project. No Pro-1000 test or rendering comparison accompanies the change.
• Scope: Reviewed at merge commit 4f5d686 of pull request #343, merged 2026-10-14, which adds a CPro1000 emulator class beside the Model 3 one. The PR boots the firmware to its UART monitor and accepts console commands such as help; it states that nothing is drawn, not even the start-up logo, and that SCSI communication is the next step.
• Limits: Source comments describe the hardware findings as reverse-engineered working hypotheses drawn from firmware disassembly, logs of unmapped accesses and UART output, embedded SCCS module strings, address cross-references, part datasheets and the SDK manuals. Some registers and the JTAG scan chain remain unknown.
• License: Supermodel’s source headers declare GPL-3.0-or-later; the firmware, SDK material and demo databases keep their own rights. The author’s X post credits Claude with doing the reverse engineering and writing the emulation, and credits co-author Ian Curtis with the earlier SCSI-interception demos.

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Primary sources

1. Src/Pro1000/Pro1000.cpp GitHub · trzy/Supermodel · Revision 4f5d686
2. https://github.com/trzy/Supermodel/pull/343
3. Src/Pro1000/Pro1000.h GitHub · trzy/Supermodel · Revision 4f5d686
4. Config/Games.xml GitHub · trzy/Supermodel · Revision 4f5d686
5. README.md GitHub · trzy/Supermodel · Revision 4f5d686
6. Makefiles/Rules.inc GitHub · trzy/Supermodel · Revision 4f5d686
7. Docs/LICENSE.txt GitHub · trzy/Supermodel · Revision 4f5d686
8. https://x.com/BartronPolygon/status/2110028302215999825
9. https://x.com/BartronPolygon/status/2109806939718943205