TF360: 060 card for CD32

[trixster]

Originally Posted by Rochabian

Can a riser with SERIAL, FLOPPY & PARALLEL port will be done ?

The best addon for a CD32 for me is like a SX32 with 060 & 64 Mb or more RAM

SX32 is also much much much more expensive than TF330. It's a lot of money to pay for a few extra ports.

[Rochabian]

I think it's expensive because it's old and rare, not because the riser has extra ports.

I think a new riser with those extra ports can be redone, because there is no special hardware on it

[SKOLMAN_MWS]

TF360 can have SPI controller to which you can connect an SD card reader for convenient file exchange and an Ethernet or WiFi network, decoder MP3 etc.

[seb132]

Im terribly interested in following this development....

[th4t1guy]

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

Watch Stephens YouTube channel for this information. He explained already

The point in asking was to avoid sifting through hours of video to answer a yes or no question.

[alexh]

The SX1/SX32 riser did not have logic chips on the riser they had them on the SX1/SX32 main board plugged in.

Possibly using unused or not needed (for SX1/SX32) I/O on the riser connector?

That might explain why the SX1/SX32/WSi risers are not 100% compatible with TF328?

So in theory a new riser could be created with these I/O connectors and the plugin cards (TF329/TF361) could take advantage of them (if there are enough spare I/O)

[Daedalus]

Originally Posted by Rochabian

I think a new riser with those extra ports can be redone, because there is no special hardware on it

Yes, but there needs to be special hardware somewhere for those ports to work - and that hardware is not on the TF360, or the TF328. So the riser *does* need special hardware for those ports to do anything in this context.

[8 Bit Dreams]

Instead of speculate just wach this short video ive posted above!
[ Show youtube player ]
Its just few minutes long!
Floppy port needs 5 ics - these will NOT FIT physically on the riser!!!
Also serial and parallel ports will need some logic.
As i said - WILL NOT PHYSICALLY FIT on riser - needs additional pcb

As about CIAs - these are not needed - Akiko chip is emulating those - watch Steve's videos, he already explained how it works while he developed TF330

[cheshirenoir]

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

Instead of speculate just wach this short video ive posted above!
[ Show youtube player ]
Its just few minutes long!
Floppy port needs 5 ics - these will NOT FIT physically on the riser!!!
Also serial and parallel ports will need some logic.
As i said - WILL NOT PHYSICALLY FIT on riser - needs additional pcb

As about CIAs - these are not needed - Akiko chip is emulating those - watch Steve's videos, he already explained how it works while he developed TF330

Cheers 8 Bit Dreams.
I watched through the whole series. It was highly amusing to see such a glorious "kludge" come together and work at the end. (I also enjoyed hearing a fellow Aussie playing with this stuff.)
Now I'm wondering if there is a potential project here for an "enhanced" version of the riser, deliberately designed to pass through the signals needed by the TF boards, with a piggybacked daughter-board for the extra "goodies" people seem to want. (I'm not too fussed. I have a CD32 but I only use it for games. When the TF360 comes out I'll probably re-evaluate.)
I seem to remember a riser design (Edit: This one - http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=88826 ) that broke out a whole bunch of signals out the rear that could allow such a daughter-board without additional work.
Hmm. Interesting times indeed :-)
My personal wish list for a two stack riser for the CD32 would be:

• PS/2 mouse connector
• RGB Video out (15KHz either 15 pin VGA or 23 pin Amiga. I'd personally prefer the 15 pin because 23 pin adaptors are getting rarer than hen's teeth.)
• Floppy Drive Connector (Preferably as a 34 pin header to simplify using existing internal drives. Eh. I'm lazy. I don't have an external FDD right now, and this would be the fastest way to connect my Gotek.)

Of course this is just wishful thinking. I'll most likely just buy a Kipper2K one at the appropriate juncture, or get a bundle with a TF360 on AmiBay :-)
(My biggest problem, as always, is getting stuff to Australia. It's expen$ive getting stuff shipped here )

[8 Bit Dreams]

Yes, that riser from bprepared seem to be the right one. As about schematics - these are on Aminet since 1995.
You just need to figure out how floppy connector will be mounted..

As about shipping to Australia - it's 7€ only. Tracked of course. This is since 2017 - i started to offer TF530's, it remains same with TF534 & TF330 im offering now..

[Rochabian]

Yes ! The bprepared riser seems to be the one with extra ports working with TF boards !

Also, there is no update on the project since one year, i wish it's still on the way

For a TF360 + bprepared riser combo : Take my money !

[8 Bit Dreams]

I would be glad to build them, but these are not open source unfortunately.
And another thing You should keep in mind:
This riser doesn't have 23pin Video output, so You need to use S-Video wich is really crap compared to RGB...

[Rochabian]

French CD32 here with SCART RGB so no problem at all

Or RGB mod on TP9 for others, wich is quite easy to do...

[Daedalus]

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

As about CIAs - these are not needed - Akiko chip is emulating those

The Akiko chip only emulates enough to get the CD32 to work, since the OS depends on the CIAs for timers, the keyboard input uses them, and the joystick ports use them for the fire button on standard controllers, and for reading all buttons on the CD32 controller. Not only does the Akiko not emulate the other CIA I/O functions, it also lacks the I/O pins. So yes, you *do* need the CIAs, or at least a functional equivalent, for floppy, parallel and full RS232.

As an aside, I got to see the TF360 in the flesh when Steve brought it along to the Scottish Amiga users meetup yesterday... It's an impressive little bit of kit!

[Chucky]

I love how few components is needed for it. (and this was what people commented aswell when showing my board to people at the revision demoparty this easter)

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Daedalus

As an aside, I got to see the TF360 in the flesh when Steve brought it along to the Scottish Amiga users meetup yesterday... It's an impressive little bit of kit!

Slightly off topic I know but did I hear Steve say that he's also going to do a 360 for the A1200?

[alenppc]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Slightly off topic I know but did I hear Steve say that he's also going to do a 360 for the A1200?

I suspect Edu Arana will be doing the 1200 version, he's currently "porting" the 330 to the 1200.

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by alenppc

I suspect Edu Arana will be doing the 1200 version, he's currently "porting" the 330 to the 1200.

Cool

[Daedalus]

Yep, the plan is to have an A1200 version once the CD32 version is finished. Whether Steve does it himself, or someone else picks it up, we'll find out soon enough

[trixster]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this is a great development and really appreciated. In fact, the entire TF project has been excellent. Now I wish plasmab would return to eab, he’s missed.