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Forum: support.Hardware 28 November 2020, 09:47
Replies: 3
Views: 690
Posted By whitebird
To insure it's not a deeper IC related issue,...

To insure it's not a deeper IC related issue, what happens when you insert a game floppy? Does it load? Are you able to see some changes in the display, even if still vertical black lines or do they...
Forum: Amiga scene 21 November 2020, 11:58
Replies: 24
Views: 9,394
Posted By whitebird
Thanks for clarification! Sorry I mistakenly...

Thanks for clarification!

Sorry I mistakenly had in mind the whole 227 bus cycles are kept and splitted over two 32µs lines. That wouldn't be possible as cycles would get lost during horizontal...
Forum: Amiga scene 20 November 2020, 20:09
Replies: 24
Views: 9,394
Posted By whitebird
That makes sense, and if true, should...

That makes sense, and if true, should "synchronously" apply to sprites, Bit planes... and even CPU speed. Everything shall be doubled in terms of memory access.

However, as pixels width is doubled...
Forum: Hardware pics 14 November 2020, 18:47
Replies: 0
Views: 5,577
Posted By whitebird
A1200 tower project

After years of occasional upgrades, please find my A1200 tower project:

Upgrades from standard A1200 are:

-Tower ATX PSU + power switch management
-PS2 keyboard support
-Hardware Buffered IDE...
Forum: support.Hardware 12 November 2020, 10:32
Replies: 59
Views: 10,922
Posted By whitebird
Thanks. I guess they are the...

Thanks. I guess they are the STREQU/STRVBL/STRHOR/STRLONG addresses?
Forum: support.Hardware 11 November 2020, 17:31
Replies: 59
Views: 10,922
Posted By whitebird
I am wondering how the indivision flicker fixers...

I am wondering how the indivision flicker fixers retrieve sync information as they don't get HSYNC and VSYNC from Alice... There is also a CSYNC signal but not available on Lisa.
Forum: support.Hardware 15 June 2020, 16:39
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Tried MiamiDX. Seems promising. I am able to get...

Tried MiamiDX. Seems promising. I am able to get an address from the router using DHCP which is some true benefit as compared to Genesis. However was not able to find my network adapter's driver...
Forum: support.Hardware 08 June 2020, 14:38
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Just tested. Now it goes online and I am able to...

Just tested. Now it goes online and I am able to ping the Amiga from a PC attached to the same network. For some unknown reason, don't find the ping utility in Genesis/serv, but the ability to ping...
Forum: support.Hardware 05 June 2020, 12:55
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Tried Genesis, upon depressing the "Online"...

Tried Genesis, upon depressing the "Online" button, green LED blinks on card's cable, and on router side I can see the LED relating to the Ethernet cable going green. However genesis reports "cannot...
Forum: support.Hardware 05 June 2020, 10:23
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Thanks for the tip about workbench 3.0. In...

Thanks for the tip about workbench 3.0.

In the meantime I tried cardres.ld.strip along with cardres_loader which can be found from here:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=89383&page=2
...
Forum: support.Hardware 04 June 2020, 18:28
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Thanks for those precious information. So...

Thanks for those precious information.

So there are actually 4 potential solutions to overcome this issue:

1)Use card.resourcevX from card.lzx
2)Soft kick kickstart 3.0 so that disabling...
Forum: support.Hardware 03 June 2020, 21:32
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Don't know which one I need. I thought that...

Don't know which one I need. I thought that card.resourcev2 is a newer version of card.resourcev1

And I suppose it shall be added to startupsequence. Also noted there is already a card.resource...
Forum: support.Hardware 03 June 2020, 14:35
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
OK, thanks. After upacking I get two files...

OK, thanks.

After upacking I get two files card.resourcev1 and card.resourcev2, where shall I copy those files?
Forum: support.Hardware 26 April 2020, 17:47
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
As I plan to add a PCMCIA 3COM EtherLink III...

As I plan to add a PCMCIA 3COM EtherLink III board to my M-TEC 1230/28 equipped A1200, had a look again to this topic, and it seems to me there is no final conclusion about the issue discussed...
Forum: project.aGTW 25 April 2018, 14:00
Replies: 10
Views: 6,380
Posted By whitebird
Correct this is the issue from which I took the...

Correct this is the issue from which I took the picture.

Franck Sauer do not remember the name of the game?
Forum: support.Hardware 20 November 2017, 16:12
Replies: 2
Views: 1,771
Posted By whitebird
Hello arjanv, I had a RAM chip issue some...

Hello arjanv,

I had a RAM chip issue some years ago and successfully replaced the faulty chip with a TMS45160 equivalent.

Have a look at thread:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=60148
...
Forum: support.Hardware 15 November 2017, 11:29
Replies: 19
Views: 6,208
Posted By whitebird
How the playback frequency actually accomodates...

How the playback frequency actually accomodates to the DMA fetches frequency?

Does Paula anticipate telling agnus to load 2 new samples so that the slot within the scanline is not missed or some...
Forum: Amiga scene 13 October 2017, 20:12
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
R-type does not run at 50 fps on Amiga, probably...

R-type does not run at 50 fps on Amiga, probably no more than 25 fps so even if 2 pixels per frame it is only 50pixels per second.
Forum: Amiga scene 13 October 2017, 10:21
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
Graphics are now smoother with softer color...

Graphics are now smoother with softer color transitions. However there is no more music, only sound FX... Will you activate it again in the playable demo?
Forum: Amiga scene 11 October 2017, 12:37
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
Is it intended to be 32 or more colors?

Is it intended to be 32 or more colors?
Forum: support.Hardware 09 October 2017, 19:36
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Initiating a software reset with CardReset may be...

Initiating a software reset with CardReset may be even better.
Forum: support.Hardware 07 October 2017, 19:57
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Lengthening the period of the CC_RESET signal...

Lengthening the period of the CC_RESET signal through a slightly modified version of the pcmcia reset fix may be a solution for maintaining the card in the reset state long enough to let the patch...
Forum: support.Hardware 07 October 2017, 14:00
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
Ok but I don't like the fact you have to reinsert...

Ok but I don't like the fact you have to reinsert the card each time you reboot
Forum: support.Hardware 06 October 2017, 17:44
Replies: 60
Views: 18,205
Posted By whitebird
As per my understanding upon booting, Amiga OS...

As per my understanding upon booting, Amiga OS 3.9 replaces the ROM version of kickstart 3.1 by one loaded into RAM.

Does it actually solve the PCMCIA issue? Maybe a workaround is includes in the...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 October 2017, 16:16
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
Maybe because the developers considered tha Amiga...

Maybe because the developers considered tha Amiga a "CPU-centered" computer as any other computers and completely forgot it has custom chips...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 October 2017, 14:16
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
Hopefully the game will only inherit the style...

Hopefully the game will only inherit the style from R-Type, not the technical performance as R-Type even in its second edition is far from excellence when it comes to smooth scrolling... (note the...
Forum: Amiga scene 04 October 2017, 14:39
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
Is it running at 50fps?

Is it running at 50fps?
Forum: Amiga scene 04 October 2017, 14:38
Replies: 1,109
Views: 196,972
Posted By whitebird
I had a look at the videos on you tube and have...

I had a look at the videos on you tube and have to say it is very promising. Will probably match quality commercial titles.
Forum: request.Other 30 August 2017, 14:12
Replies: 0
Views: 1,169
Posted By whitebird
Books about Amiga hardware and functional architecture

Hello,

Are there any books dealing with Amiga architecture from a functionnal and hardware point of view similar to the PC ISA architecture books of the Mindshare collection?

There are some...
Forum: support.Hardware 28 August 2017, 15:15
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
. Yes but it is assumed the Amiga has...

.

Yes but it is assumed the Amiga has booted. CardReset avoids mechanical card removal after OS got initialized but cannot solve the reset bug by itself.
Forum: support.Hardware 25 August 2017, 14:46
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
Maybe it has not been fixed in kickstart 3.1. ...

Maybe it has not been fixed in kickstart 3.1.

If it does not rely on kickstart, then it is hardware dependent, but it is hard to believe there are such variations between Amigas within the same...
Forum: support.Hardware 25 August 2017, 09:27
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
The best is to give it a try. The cause that...

The best is to give it a try.

The cause that prevents the Amiga from booting is probably well known. Is it kickstart related?
Forum: support.Hardware 24 August 2017, 16:30
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
Mine is rev 1D4

Mine is rev 1D4
Forum: support.Hardware 24 August 2017, 15:27
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
Doing it from software will not avoid removing...

Doing it from software will not avoid removing and hot reinserting the card each time the Amiga is powered as the drivers will not be ready fast enough and as far as I know the presence of the card...
Forum: support.Hardware 24 August 2017, 15:22
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
You mention interrupt lines as an example of open...

You mention interrupt lines as an example of open collector usage, so I completed by stressing that open collector can be seen as a replacement for an OR gate.
Forum: support.Hardware 24 August 2017, 09:46
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
Which allows the well known wired OR making an OR...

Which allows the well known wired OR making an OR gate useless.

Open collector outputs are mentionned as "o c" within gayle's datasheet but maybe a mistake has been made and CC_RESET is a PNP open...
Forum: support.Hardware 23 August 2017, 19:06
Replies: 15
Views: 1,434
Posted By whitebird
You are right, but as written by myself, if the...

You are right, but as written by myself, if the strips appear in standard OCS/ECS mode it will confirm the bad chips (LISA/ALICE) issue. Of course if strips are not visible, it does not prove...
Forum: support.Hardware 23 August 2017, 16:14
Replies: 15
Views: 1,434
Posted By whitebird
I would like to add that faulty chip ram would...

I would like to add that faulty chip ram would mean the problem resides only in the portion of the ram allocated to video display or the amiga won't boot in.
Forum: support.Hardware 23 August 2017, 16:10
Replies: 15
Views: 1,434
Posted By whitebird
Did you try booting only from the roms? If the...

Did you try booting only from the roms? If the strips still appear over the kickstart floppy insertion animation then the faulty chips may be considered.
Forum: support.Hardware 23 August 2017, 15:27
Replies: 18
Views: 1,834
Posted By whitebird
The solution from Amigakit implements a...

The solution from Amigakit implements a transistor for driving the CC_RESET signal from the _RST signal, but it basically acts the same way as other capacitor based solution by pulling the CC_RESET...
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