Sonnet 7200 PCI programming

[spudje]

Thanks Trixster! Guess I'll order me some ready made external (v5.x I believe) SCSI2SD from Amigakit then

[xterc]

I have a Prometheus in my AA3000+, I've watched Wranglers videos and I am going to assume the version of the libraries he used are not available yet as I can't get the PPC running.

If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

I am going to assume the pci.library needs to be updated to support the Prometheus as when I run any of the utilities mentioned in Wrangler's videos I get 'can't open pci.library' errors.

[trixster]

the prometheus powerpc.library is not available yet, it is still being tested

[xterc]

Originally Posted by trixster

the prometheus powerpc.library is not available yet, it is still being tested

OK, this makes a lot more sense. Thank you for your reply.

Is there any chance I can sign up to beta test?

[trixster]

I am not the person to ask!

[xterc]

Originally Posted by trixster

I am not the person to ask!

Understood. I have sent a request to Hedeon.

[matt3k]

You may have to get the firmware updated to the latest version on the firebird first...

[matt3k]

Originally Posted by spudje

Preparing for my imminent AA3000+ (The builder is still joining the DSP "hackaton" ). I'm considering ditching the FastATA which is in my A3000 for a SCSI2SD solution in the AA3000+. However I fear all PCI/Zorro brackets will be taken up by cards so no room for an internal SCSI2SD that exposes it's SD card on the back of the Amiga. I prefer these kind of setups to easily change flash cards.

Would an external SCSI2SD, via the 25pin SCSI connector be fast enough? Especially for the 3D PPC games like Quake, etc?

Just saw Quake 2 being loaded on Wranglers PPC video for the AA3000 and it did look slow. May want to check out the end of the video. Think he is using a CF to SCSI adapter.

[xterc]

Originally Posted by matt3k

You may have to get the firmware updated to the latest version on the firebird first...

I built and flashed my Firebird, but to be honest I can't remember which firmware I put on it. Either way, I can flash it again if required.

[xterc]

Originally Posted by spudje

Preparing for my imminent AA3000+ (The builder is still joining the DSP "hackaton" ). I'm considering ditching the FastATA which is in my A3000 for a SCSI2SD solution in the AA3000+. However I fear all PCI/Zorro brackets will be taken up by cards so no room for an internal SCSI2SD that exposes it's SD card on the back of the Amiga. I prefer these kind of setups to easily change flash cards.

Would an external SCSI2SD, via the 25pin SCSI connector be fast enough? Especially for the 3D PPC games like Quake, etc?

I have my SCSI2SD located where the old mechanical hard drive was. You could run a SD card extender to the outside of the case in a variety of ways.

In addition there is a slot free above the top PCI card for items like drive brackets. My only concern here is that you might be impeding air flow for a PPC solution.

[spudje]

Thanks for the extra info! With SD card extension cables I have bad experience using them on an SCSI2SD (in my X68000). I tried 3, none worked.

[xterc]

Originally Posted by spudje

Thanks for the extra info! With SD card extension cables I have bad experience using them on an SCSI2SD (in my X68000). I tried 3, none worked.

I've had issues with some, but I found a brand that worked reliably. I use this in my Dreamcast and BBC Micro. I'll try it with the SCSI2SD this weekend and if it works I'll let you know the part # for reference.

[Hedeon]

Latest 17.4 beta for AA3000+

1) I cannot for the love of God get the K1/M1 working in 3D with the Voodoo.
2) Warp3D for Prometheus seems to contain some errors. I see differences between these and the Mediator Warp3D drivers. FreeSpace has wrong fonts for example. WipeOut2097 is not working. (Starts off in wrong endian, then black screen).
3) There seem to be Zorro3 time-out issues when the PPC card writes to the VGA memory resulting in bus errors. That is a Prometheus firmware problem which I cannot fix.
4) Mediator compatibility has not been tested in a long time.

For debug output use a serial connection or Sashimi.

[trixster]

Testing now. Working ok so far for me Will try WO2097 if i can find a way to transfer it from A4000 to AA3000+

[Hedeon]

Regarding point 3. This is when also the 68k reads/writes from/to pci memory, like the Gfx card interrupt does.

[trixster]

Something in Jen's 3.0.1 Picasso96 doesnt like warp3d - it slows gears fullscreen to 35fps (down from 80 or so) and interferes with the fps counter, and also puts the brakes on BlitzQuake. Reverting back to the older version of p96 i was using makes the problem go away. Not sure if it's the api library, rtg library or emulation library which is the issue.

need to test more, and give p96 3.0.1 a go on the Mediator system.

[Hedeon]

What older P96 version?

[trixster]

The versions which work ok and are the ones i was using previously are:

RTG.library 40.4029 - 219,004 (from p96 2.1e)
emulation.library 41.445 - 37,920 (not sure where from, but i think one of Jen's previous versions)
picasso96api.library 2.300 - 24,520 (from p96 2.1e)

The latest versions from jens, p96 3.0.1 are:

RTG.library 42.557 - 227,452
emulation.library 41.455 37,940
picassio96api.library 2.373 - 25,104

havent had chance yet to work out which of the three is the culprit, but suspect rtg.library

[Hedeon]

Would be nice to have a new compatibility list. Also I would like to get in contact with Michael Boehmer.

[xterc]

First of all... Thank you Hedeon for releasing this beta!

I've been messing with the libraries on my AA3000+ but I can't get the PPC & 3D software to run at the same time. The 68k version of the gears demo runs ok (see attached capture), but as soon as I run an application with 3D & PPC at the same time the screen is instantly corrupted and the system crashes (see attached capture).

It may be a current incompatibility with my 'prototype G4 board', I was also told the card had 128MB, but it is reporting 256MB.

My configuration:

2MB Chip, 16MB Motherboard Memory, Z3 256MB BigRAM, G4 prototype 500Mhz PPC card, Voodoo 3 PCI 16MB

Starting the PPC works without issue and Bogomips runs with the following result:

Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 1012.96 BogoMips

PrmScan runs with the following result:

Prmscan 1.6 by Grzegorz Kraszewski.
PCI cards listing:
-------------------------------------------------
Board in slot 1, function 0
Vendor: 3dfx Interactive Inc
Device: Voodoo3 All Voodoo3 chips, 3000
Revision: 1.
Device class 03, subclass 00.
Address range: 62000000 - 63FFFFFF (32 MB).
Address range: 60000000 - 61FFFFFF (32 MB).
Address range: 7FE01000 - 7FE010FF (256 B).
64 kB of ROM at 64040000 - 6404FFFF.
Board driver: 3dfxVoodoo.chip.
-------------------------------------------------
Board in slot 2, function 0
Vendor: Motorola
Device: 1058 Electronics & Telecommunication Res

Revision: 2.
Device class 06, subclass 00.
Address range: 64050000 - 64050FFF (4 kB).
Address range: 64051000 - 64051FFF (4 kB).
Address range: 70000000 - 7FFFFFFF (256 MB).
Address range: 64000000 - 6403FFFF (256 kB).
Board driver: NONE.
-------------------------------------------------

WhichAmiga returns the following result:

WhichAmiga 1.3.25 (7.02.07)
Written by Harry "Piru" Sintonen. Copyright © 1995-2007 Harry Sintonen.

Evaluating system...
Central Processing Unit: MC68060 49.5 MHz (rev 5)
1 WarpUP Processor(s): PPC ??? 500 MHz (rev 17.4), 100 MHz busclock
Floating Point Unit: 68060fpu 49.5 MHz
Memory Management Unit: 68060mmu running
Custom graphics chip: AGA Lisa 4203 (rev 0)
Custom animation chip: AGA PAL Alice 8374 2M (rev 3-4)
Other custom chip(s): Paula 8364 (rev 0), Ramsey (rev 13), Gary (rev 0)
Graphics system: Picasso96
Hardware Clock: clock + battmem found, sunday 01-jan-1978 00:17:43
Max. Chipmem available: 2032 K
Max. Fastmem available: 519104 K
ROM chip version: 46.143 (Kickstart unknown)
Workbench version: 45.194 (Workbench 3.9)
SetPatch version: 45.25
Expansion board(s):
4626/134: Individual Computers Unknown Prod.ID #134 (@$40000000 256M)
3643/200: Unknown Man.ID #3643 Unknown Prod.ID #200 (@$60000000 512M)

Your computer is some Amiga or compatible.

If anyone could offer some advice I would appreciate it. If there are any other utilities I can run to give the developers some insight I will gladly run any test.

I did run a MBR-2 manual scan of the 256MB on the PPC card and it seemed to check out.