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RoC 30 May 2020 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyromania (Post 1396501)
It looks like the CDTV RAM/IDE expander requires KS 3.1. Is it easy to boot the system back to the CDTVs special 1.3 ROMS? Does the case close with this expansion installed?


Yes, the cover closes well.

mine is a CDTV with ACE2, Sukkopera 1.3/3.1 CDTV rom switcher, exp rom 2.3 and Witcher CDTV

I use it almost exclusively with the hard drive, so someone else could answer that. I tested only a single CD (CDTV Welcome disk) that seemed to work.

Mine is suffering from the usual dodgy PSU issue, so most of the time to kick-in the SD I have to power on and then push the reset button (was behaving like that with another expansion as well)

thesush 22 June 2020 23:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoC (Post 1403662)
Yes, the cover closes well.

mine is a CDTV with ACE2, Sukkopera 1.3/3.1 CDTV rom switcher, exp rom 2.3 and Witcher CDTV

I use it almost exclusively with the hard drive, so someone else could answer that. I tested only a single CD (CDTV Welcome disk) that seemed to work.

Mine is suffering from the usual dodgy PSU issue, so most of the time to kick-in the SD I have to power on and then push the reset button (was behaving like that with another expansion as well)


I do have the same expansions installed, except for the ACE2. However, I noticed that both with WHDLoad and booting directly from disk, there is a dramatic drop in frame rates every now and then. It goes down to single digits. Is that related to the Wicher-Card?

spidi 05 December 2020 01:24

New hardware:


Wicher 1211 - Fast Memory expansion for Amigi 1200



https://www.7-bit.pl/images/Wicher1211_450.jpg

Video


Specification

  • Amiga 1200-compatible,
  • RAM characteristics: 11MB FAST RAM for AmigaOS (used 16MB SDRAM memory),
  • RTC clock
  • SPI controller,
  • PCMCIA friendly,
  • MAPROM function,
  • BootRom function,
  • recommended Kickstart version: Kickstart 3.1,
  • MINI ENC28J60 ethernet module,
  • microSD card slot




SPI BusBoard - for Wicher 500i, Wicher 500iEx


https://www.7-bit.pl/images/SPIBusBoard_450.jpg

Video

Specification

  • MINI ENC28J60 ethernet module,
  • microSD card slot,
Supports:
  • Wicher 500i2c, Wicher 500iEx

spidi 24 December 2020 13:58

Free CPLD firmware update for Wicher 500i rev.2a and rev.2b cards.


https://www.7-bit.pl/?lang=en&go=aktualnosci&view=202

duga 25 December 2020 13:59

Great news for Wicher owners!

spidi 01 February 2021 12:59

New turbo cards in preparation :)


https://www.7-bit.pl/foto/100_2355_400.JPG


Wicher 520EC
- MC68EC020 processor clocked at 25 or 33 MHz,
- RAM memory: 11MB FAST RAM for AmigaOS,
- RTC clock,
- SPI controller,
- MapRom function,
- BootRom function (included HD disk driver for Kickstart 1.3),
- FileRom function (loading Kickstart from a file).
- cooperation with the SPIBusBoard (microSD reader and Ethernet controller).









https://www.7-bit.pl/foto/100_2360_400.JPG


Wicher 520i
- MC68020 processor clocked at 25 or 33 MHz,
- RAM memory: 16MB FAST RAM for AmigaOS,
- RTC clock,
- SPI controller,
- MapRom function,
- BootRom function (included HD disk driver for Kickstart 1.3),
- FileRom function (loading Kickstart from a file).
- cooperation with the SPIBusBoard (microSD reader and Ethernet controller).

spidi 01 February 2021 14:04

Wicher520EC and Wicher520i allow to start Workbench 1.3 (Kickstart 1.3) from hard drive.


https://youtu.be/8SfbmDcmvZY

AJCopland 01 February 2021 15:31

Wow, nice work!

Luffe 26 February 2021 13:06

Hi Spidi
Have 1 question about the Spi Busboard.
Will it work with SPI MasterBus CP on amiga 600

Photon 26 February 2021 19:52

Awesome :) SDRAM > DDR. Had it in my $3000 Dell computer, and then the cheapos destroyed it for us techies as always...

Luffe 05 March 2021 20:36

Hi
Wicher 5201 will it work on 500+

spidi 07 March 2021 21:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luffe (Post 1465418)
Hi Spidi
Have 1 question about the Spi Busboard.
Will it work with SPI MasterBus CP on amiga 600


Requires an Amiga 1200 compatible clock port.

spidi 07 March 2021 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luffe (Post 1467700)
Hi
Wicher 5201 will it work on 500+

Yes.

Lemaru 08 March 2021 01:35

@Spidi - any chance of new firmware for Rhys MkII adaptors. Loads of modern wireless nice, particularly Logitechs no longer work.

I know you said a year or two ago you were going to look into it, but there's been nothing since

Luffe 10 March 2021 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidi (Post 1468322)
Requires an Amiga 1200 compatible clock port.

Hi my a600 have eX601 ram expansion and room for indivision ecs v2 and 2 22pin clockport

trixster 10 March 2021 21:44

@spidi does your clockport spi module work on clockports other than the A1200? Can it be set to work on a clockport on a zorro card such as an ISDNSurfer?

Luffe 12 March 2021 11:48

Hi
Got my spi masterbus cp controller today, looking forward to buy the busboard.
How are the pinout, just a picture with pin 40 mark

utri007 24 April 2021 20:32

Is LAN support dropped from SPI masterbus? There is no manual for it and new archive doesn't have a driver anymore?

spidi 26 April 2021 23:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luffe (Post 1469607)
Hi
Got my spi masterbus cp controller today, looking forward to buy the busboard.
How are the pinout, just a picture with pin 40 mark

https://www.7-bit.pl/foto/100_2370_800.JPG

spidi 27 April 2021 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007 (Post 1479058)
Is LAN support dropped from SPI masterbus? There is no manual for it and new archive doesn't have a driver anymore?

SpiMasterBus doesn't have an official LAN driver yet.


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