Internal IDE for A500(and possibly 1000/2000)

coze · 28 February 2008, 16:42

Hello my dear EAB friends, once again I'm proud to present you a new project

This project was done by a finnish dude, I believe he's bluea who asked some gayle emulation questions in this thread, and the guy Alexh mentioned here.

Anyway, he's recently finished his project and announced at amiga.org. I quickly purchased one board from him and my parcel from Suomi arrived today.

I just tried it and I'm glad to say it works great

As far as I understand, the board emulates a gayle chip, so you're getting some A600 functionality for your A500. You probably need a kickstart > 37.350 for this board to work (I just tried with 3.1 and 2.04 (37.175) which naturally didn't work.). I installed a fresh 3.1 workbench and installed IDE-FIX. Then mounted a CD-Rom drive as slave and it worked just like on a A600

The only catch with this hardware is it needs to fetch some signals from the expansion slot. It's quite easy really, as signal exist side by side (pins 17 and 19 of expansion slot)

I will invite him to EAB too so we can discuss with him about other projects

An internal A500 board with 8 mb fast ram ?

Btw, this project also based on a Xilinx CPLD.

Project Page

Gotta love Finland. They gave us WinUAE, Blizkick, Linux, Lordi and now this

alexh · 28 February 2008, 16:52

Project Page

coze · 28 February 2008, 16:59

Ooops, yes, thanks for the correction

frost242 · 28 February 2008, 17:06

I've asked if it is possible to get one

I'd love to have an A500 with a HD to get some coding done some day

Btw, it costs 40 € for the board and 5 € for postage in Europe ! Quite cheap compared to ebay.

alexh · 28 February 2008, 17:07

I wish he had collaborated with Lordv and added 8Mbytes of FastRAM too

Zetr0 · 28 February 2008, 17:45

This is what i am trying to do.... but i sooo need to get some time!!!!

my hope is to engineer this IDE for a CD32

i do have a small cache of the cpld's

alexh · 28 February 2008, 17:53

If you bought one of those CD32WSI Floppy disk's from Analogic you'd have a great platform for developing one. Whip out the RTC board and plug in your own 4Mbyte RAM plus CF board

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=33303

Zetr0 · 28 February 2008, 18:02

@Alexh

indeed.... this thought has crossed my mind too....

oh the want for time and cash....

frost242 · 28 February 2008, 18:10

Zetro: I've purchase you one of such boards

Zetr0 · 28 February 2008, 18:51

LOL,

thank you

let me know how you get on developing it

remember please take lots of pictures, the need for Hardware pr0n you know

frost242 · 28 February 2008, 20:26

LOL, I'll do !

Jope · 28 February 2008, 21:56

Hmm, I almost ordered one from Mika when he announced those at the saku board, but then I realised I don't really have a machine to put it in. :-)

29 February 2008, 06:38

Hello.
I'm not the same person as Bluea, who asked about the Gayle specifics, and if you look at the post, he tells his name is Thomas.
I got the information to do the "Gayle emulation" from this russian amiga hack from Aminet: http://aminet.net/search?query=hddmem That project also adds fast ram and rom on an external PCB.

frost242 · 26 April 2008, 16:52

I've got one too ! Works great !

frost242 · 28 April 2008, 01:15

Some photos of my A500 here (french topic)

Zetr0 · 28 April 2008, 02:15

Clearly Awesome

rkauer · 28 April 2008, 07:45

Awesome!

OK, now I'm "horny". I'll make a board for me too! I have a lot of old IDE HDs surrounding. And 2 A500 and an unexpanded A2000 to start to play.

Zetr0 · 28 April 2008, 09:19

@rkauer

if you need a couple of CLPD's i have a couple i could send you for your research and testing purposes (i scored a nice load from an ebay job lot) very cheap

frost242 · 28 April 2008, 10:30

Thanks Zetro

About the CPLD's, which type are them ?

Eclipse · 28 April 2008, 12:22

This makes me want an A500 now

28 February 2008, 16:42	#1
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	Internal IDE for A500(and possibly 1000/2000) Hello my dear EAB friends, once again I'm proud to present you a new project This project was done by a finnish dude, I believe he's bluea who asked some gayle emulation questions in this thread, and the guy Alexh mentioned here. Anyway, he's recently finished his project and announced at amiga.org. I quickly purchased one board from him and my parcel from Suomi arrived today. I just tried it and I'm glad to say it works great As far as I understand, the board emulates a gayle chip, so you're getting some A600 functionality for your A500. You probably need a kickstart > 37.350 for this board to work (I just tried with 3.1 and 2.04 (37.175) which naturally didn't work.). I installed a fresh 3.1 workbench and installed IDE-FIX. Then mounted a CD-Rom drive as slave and it worked just like on a A600 The only catch with this hardware is it needs to fetch some signals from the expansion slot. It's quite easy really, as signal exist side by side (pins 17 and 19 of expansion slot) I will invite him to EAB too so we can discuss with him about other projects An internal A500 board with 8 mb fast ram ? Btw, this project also based on a Xilinx CPLD. Project Page Gotta love Finland. They gave us WinUAE, Blizkick, Linux, Lordi and now this Last edited by coze; 28 February 2008 at 16:59.

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28 February 2008, 16:52	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,379	Project Page

28 February 2008, 16:59	#3
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	Ooops, yes, thanks for the correction

28 February 2008, 17:06	#4
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	I've asked if it is possible to get one I'd love to have an A500 with a HD to get some coding done some day Btw, it costs 40 € for the board and 5 € for postage in Europe ! Quite cheap compared to ebay.

28 February 2008, 17:07	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,379	I wish he had collaborated with Lordv and added 8Mbytes of FastRAM too

28 February 2008, 17:45	#6
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	This is what i am trying to do.... but i sooo need to get some time!!!! my hope is to engineer this IDE for a CD32 i do have a small cache of the cpld's

28 February 2008, 17:53	#7
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,379	If you bought one of those CD32WSI Floppy disk's from Analogic you'd have a great platform for developing one. Whip out the RTC board and plug in your own 4Mbyte RAM plus CF board http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=33303

28 February 2008, 18:02	#8
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@Alexh indeed.... this thought has crossed my mind too.... oh the want for time and cash....

28 February 2008, 18:10	#9
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	Zetro: I've purchase you one of such boards

28 February 2008, 18:51	#10
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	LOL, thank you let me know how you get on developing it remember please take lots of pictures, the need for Hardware pr0n you know

28 February 2008, 20:26	#11
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	LOL, I'll do !

28 February 2008, 21:56	#12
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,869	Hmm, I almost ordered one from Mika when he announced those at the saku board, but then I realised I don't really have a machine to put it in. :-)

29 February 2008, 06:38	#13
mrmkl Posts: n/a	Hello. I'm not the same person as Bluea, who asked about the Gayle specifics, and if you look at the post, he tells his name is Thomas. I got the information to do the "Gayle emulation" from this russian amiga hack from Aminet: http://aminet.net/search?query=hddmem That project also adds fast ram and rom on an external PCB.

26 April 2008, 16:52	#14
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	I've got one too ! Works great !

28 April 2008, 01:15	#15
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	Some photos of my A500 here (french topic)

28 April 2008, 02:15	#16
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Clearly Awesome

28 April 2008, 07:45	#17
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	Awesome! OK, now I'm "horny". I'll make a board for me too! I have a lot of old IDE HDs surrounding. And 2 A500 and an unexpanded A2000 to start to play.

28 April 2008, 09:19	#18
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@rkauer if you need a couple of CLPD's i have a couple i could send you for your research and testing purposes (i scored a nice load from an ebay job lot) very cheap

28 April 2008, 10:30	#19
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	Thanks Zetro About the CPLD's, which type are them ?

28 April 2008, 12:22	#20
Eclipse Turpentine Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kent, United Kingdom Posts: 744	This makes me want an A500 now

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