WinUAe A590 Emulation

[Mad-Matt]

Im not sure, but is this feature currently known to be broken or am I just setting it up wrong

Mainly trying to make it work out of curiosity (and bordom ).

rom scanner says a590 rom available. I know its not ment to be selectable in rom menus. Ive set up a 20mb rdb hdf on scsi0 (tried ide0), enabled a590 in adv.chipset. Booting using A590 setup disk. Not of the progs on the disk see the emulated drive (hdprep/hdtoolbox).

This cryptic error is shown when emu is launched:-
A590/A2091 SCSI boot ROM (16k)
A590/A2091 SCSI boot ROM (16k)
A590/A2091 SCSI boot ROM (16k)
A590/A2091 SCSI Guru boot ROM (32k)

The rom scanner has confirmed it is available so I cant think of what else to try. log attached. I tried the rom from this site too with no luck (rom scanner doesnt recognise so is probably why. http://babel.de/amiga.html#omni

[Toni Wilen]

Hmm.. Some debugging remnants causes A590 7.0 ROM to be ignored. Only 6.0 and 6.6 works.. (GuruROM won't work either, it gets in infinite loop for some reason)

[Torisoft]

Dear Toni,

Can you tell me how to config A590/2091 scsi for a500 in winuae 2.8.1. I did everything but it does not work, as if nothing is attached.

[Arnie]

This config works for me. Make sure you have tha A590 roms in the rom path.

[Toni Wilen]

Standard answer: no config and no winuaelog.txt = can't help.

[Torisoft]

Thanks to Arnie,

Seems like your Rom files are different from mine, or are they!? (the SCSCI BOOT selection panel under ROMS section does not work for me at all, but with your config it is active and shows a Rom name!!). I set the machine exactly like you do, but the box refuses to get enabled! What is the problem? Perhaps my version of UAE differs? Also, you have used a "KS ROM v1.3 (A3000)(SK) rev 34.5 (256k)", why is that? Is the standard 1.3 not enough?

I have these files: "A2091O14.BIN", "a2091PDMA-07.U12" and "a2091PDMA-07.U13".
Please let me know if the files are sufficient or if I need to find better Roms. Could you let me know where to download them (if I need to)?

Thanks a million.

[Arnie]

Originally Posted by Torisoft

Thanks to Arnie,

Seems like your Rom files are different from mine, or are they!? (the SCSCI BOOT selection panel under ROMS section does not work for me at all, but with your config it is active and shows a Rom name!!). I set the machine exactly like you do, but the box refuses to get enabled! What is the problem? Perhaps my version of UAE differs? Also, you have used a "KS ROM v1.3 (A3000)(SK) rev 34.5 (256k)", why is that? Is the standard 1.3 not enough?

I have these files: "A2091O14.BIN", "a2091PDMA-07.U12" and "a2091PDMA-07.U13".
Please let me know if the files are sufficient or if I need to find better Roms. Could you let me know where to download them (if I need to)?

Thanks a million.

All the rom files that I used are from AmigaForever.
I used WinUAE 2.8.1 (2014.06.18).
The A3000 1.3 rom is equivalent to a standard 1.3 rom.
If by "box" you mean the A590/A2091 SCSI Rom File box, then you need to tick the A590/A2091 box in the Expansions panel to enable it.

Not sure about the A2091 rom but you will only be able to use the A2091014.bin file as the others are high/low files meant for 2 rom sockets.
EDIT: If the A2091O14.BIN file doesn't work try renaming it to A2091O14.rom, or if it's not 16kb then you need to use the 2 other files to make a 16kb rom (copy /b a2091PDMA-07.U12+a2091PDMA-07.U13 a2091PDMA-07.rom) If that doesn't work then I would try different roms.

EDIT: Copy both u12 + u13 to the roms dir and they should work. I just tried them and they work for me.

The reason I posted my config is to give people a starting point from a working config. Just alter the file paths, hd, roms etc to suit your paths.

Also if you are starting out with a new HDF then you will need to prep and format the new HD. I use the A590 Install disk v1.7 for this. The prep tool doesn't work but you can use HDToolbox to get the drive definitions and partition the HD. Reboot and then use the format tool to set the HD up.

[Torisoft]

Thanks a million, how could I miss that expansion pannel!? It gets "disabled" once you start the emulation though! What is that for I wonder. Yeah I have both 12 and 13 files (roms) and they are in the path. They are checked as "available" and I just had missed the expansions page. Thanks again.

One more point, even after the roms are enabled the starting boot shows nothing but a rather long delay. Is this it? Now I have to set an scsi hdf and prep it as you said? I have to try that.

Kind of you to reply that quick. Best

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Torisoft

Thanks a million, how could I miss that expansion pannel!? It gets "disabled" once you start the emulation though! What is that for I wonder.

Do you also change ROM chips when your Amiga is turned on and expect it to work?

One more point, even after the roms are enabled the starting boot shows nothing but a rather long delay. Is this it? Now I have to set an scsi hdf and prep it as you said? I have to try that.

Yes, boot rom scsi driver is doing SCSI detection. You can check winuaelog.txt, there should be message about WD SCSI chip being in use.