Terrible Fire Accelerators

[utri007]

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

thanks Steve! watched Your update right now, seems that it's indeed rom related, mate..
Of course Zorro III brings a lot of fun and many interesting experiments, and yes, if you are able to build TF card - there will be no problem to patch the ROM to enable 32bit fast RAM support.. in other hand there will be a lot of people not so familiar with it, and they will wonder why TF534s card isn't working on a standard A500/2000...
in my opinion best option is to leave it as Zorro II (if it works like that) as a standard, and maybe, if You will get some mojo and some time, You can build an experimental firmware with a custom ROM and Zorro III support..
regards,

-Viktor

Whats the difference to other acceleratos wich doesn't use zorro II address base? Those accelerators patch rom? http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ematrix530

Zorro III address base is waited feature for many. It would made Terrible fire more compatiable with other expansions. Please note, that target audience for Terrible fire is not a "usual A500 user". Many A2000 users are waiting this and of course CDTV, etc. Most of us has a pimped Amigas, with lots of expansions already.

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by utri007

Whats the difference to other acceleratos wich doesn't use zorro II address base? Those accelerators patch rom? http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ematrix530



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Presume it’s a ROM on the board to config.

[plasmab]

Ok I think I’m can do this but I may need help getting the code size down and or use an spi rom on a rev 2.

[plasmab]

Actually before I do this I may be a sneaky bar-steward and try letting the A500 configure the ZIII card from the ZII configuration address. In theory that will work

[a4k-oerx]

From reading further information on the internet, it appears that only certain roms look for boards in Zorro-III space at EZ3_EXPANSIONBASE, while other roms look at E_EXPANSIONBASE instead.

That would explain the amigaforever kb note and why Zorro-III card is not found/configured during startup with the rom in yesterdays plasmab livestream.

[plasmab]

Sorted ..



Working perfectly on the A500

[EzdineG]

Originally Posted by plasmab

Sorted ..



Working perfectly on the A500

Do tell.. Was it Z2 config voodoo?

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by EzdineG

Do tell.. Was it Z2 config voodoo?

For that you'll need to tune in to Terrible Fire live + wine later.

[8 Bit Dreams]

Originally Posted by plasmab

For that you'll need to tune in to Terrible Fire live + wine later.

@ Steve:
wow!
excellent work!!!!
just need to check is it really Zorro II "friendly" now. if i remember correctly - You've got one of Brian's 4/8Mb expansions.. sooo why not make a stream about it?

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

@ Steve:
wow!
excellent work!!!!
just need to check is it really Zorro II "friendly" now. if i remember correctly - You've got one of Brian's 4/8Mb expansions.. sooo why not make a stream about it?

Yeah i plan to add that and see how it goes.

[supaduper]

[ Show youtube player ]

Awesome Dude !!

[kipper2k]

yah, very nice, cant wait to see it in action!

[keith]

Amazing! Well done! I am really interesting to know what it was.
I can't wait for an update vid / live stream & when you get some time!
Top bloke!

[kgc210]

Well done and good work!

[plasmab]

And some more good news ...

[kipper2k]

Awesome!, so that means with an A500+ you will have 2mb chip, 8MB Z2 fast and 4MB Z3 fast

[plasmab]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

Awesome!, so that means with an A500+ you will have 2mb chip, 8MB Z2 fast and 4MB Z3 fast

I am seeing errors with systtest.. but once those are resolved you are correct.

[kipper2k]

One strange bug i am seeing with the k1208 is that if there is a CF in the A1200 (main motherboard) the floppy will not boot first. The only way to make the floppy boot when CF is inserted is to enter early startup and select DF0 to boot first,. I'm not sure if this is something that snuck through from the CD32 lack of floppy drive testing.

[fgh]

Check your boot priorities in hdtoolbox.
DF0 is 5 if I recall correctly, so make sure your boot partitions are below that.

[keith]

Awesome news about z3! Sorry to ask with the most up-to-date firmware is there fpu support on the rev2, or do I have some funky fpu's, as the fpu are not being detected, I have tried two rev2 boards and two different type 40 mhz 68882 all not showing in sysinfo.
Many thanks.