27 April 2010, 21:43 | #1 |
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Analogic CD32 floppy drive questions
A few questions about the CD32 fWSI/Analogic Floppy drive.
* To use the parallel port/VGA port do you need the extra power supply? * If so, where can I get one, or one that would work with it? * What sort of adaptor(s) would I need to get the VGA port to work with a "normal" monitor? * How much RAM does the floppy drive use when plugged in? Cheers. |
27 April 2010, 23:47 | #2 |
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* No.
* See above * Make your own or buy one from Analogic. It is standard wiring. I think they fecked the schematics and fitted the wrong connector. VGA is a 15-pin Sub D and the CD32fWSI has a 15-way D. * Enough to make some CD32 discs not work |
28 April 2010, 11:40 | #3 |
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Indeed, for example Super Stardust or Microcosm WON'T work.
If it just could be possible to use the internal drive slot to put there more than a friggin' battery... My dream is that someone could design an easy to build board with RAM and CF or SD support. That would be awesome. |
28 April 2010, 13:00 | #4 |
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Thanks for the reply.
Curious, but I wouldn't know where to start making my own. Unless I'm being stupid, I don't think there is one listed on their website. It would be brilliant to have a card for it that had CF/SD and some RAM. |
28 April 2010, 15:20 | #5 |
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It also disasbles the buttons on your cd32 pad.
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28 April 2010, 15:46 | #6 |
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Maybe if you reburnt the game to include the lowlevel.library it might work Do you remember some of the games that didnt work?
Or possibly a Floppy boot disk might work. Does legends still work with the CD32 Pad? as I dont think this uses the Lowlevel.library Last edited by Retro1234; 28 April 2010 at 15:58. |
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It would be an SX32 and cost 2x the price. |
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Yeah, I was referring to the VGA adaptor, I guess I'll fire off an email.
Well, it would be good if such a card existed at a low price then. How feasible would it be to make just a RAM card? |
29 April 2010, 07:07 | #9 |
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Very easy if we had the pinout of the connector. Without it I think you're talking maybe 10-20 hours for reverse engineering, schematic entry and CPLD programming, phoning round for quotes and getting parts, ordering etc. A not unreasonable sum of money to produce a prototype 2-layer PCB. Then perhaps £500 to have 20 boards manufactured and tested. If you factor design labour at £30/hr. Probably looking at £55 each for 4Mbyte boards if you want to break even.
No serious company is going to do it because no-one knows how many of these devices there are. Last edited by alexh; 29 April 2010 at 07:14. |
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Well, interesting to know all the same.
Analogic inform me that they have no such VGA adaptor. Where would I start learning to make one or find one elsewhere? Many thanks |
29 April 2010, 14:48 | #11 |
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Hmm, possibly it was a SCART cable? They did have them for an extra £15 when they first started selling them.
http://static.cd32-allianz.de/images...llStreet10.jpg You should forget about any adapter OR connecting it to a VGA monitor. You should be able to make your own SCART cable up with a bit of work. RED, GREEN, BLUE, CSYNC are probably going to be on the same pin numbers as VGA but use a multimeter to make sure they are not pwr or gnd. http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml |
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Ah ok, thank you for the information.
Related slightly, but when I tried a audio digitaliser with the parallel port it didn't work. I think this is because it's a PC parallel port (pinouts), not Amiga. I don't have a multimetre to test it though. |
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The Amiga and PC parallel ports are incompatible. Let's hope that neither the Amiga's parallel interface nor your digitizer has been damaged.
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Well, my Digitizer is fine, it works on my A600.
My CD32 died recently, so I can't test anything to do with that for a while. I don't know how I'd use any software with the PC parallel port on a CD32, if it even is that, just guessing based on what I know Can anyone with this floppy drive share their experiences to do with this? Last edited by Twiggy; 02 May 2010 at 12:09. |
02 May 2010, 10:48 | #15 |
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I find it unlikely that it be a pc parallel port
But thats just an assumption |
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If you get a chance can you comfirm the CD32 Pad button Problems and if including the lowlevel.library fixes this.
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I own such a CD32fWI-DiskDrive too and I would be very happy to see such a Ram-card for the CD32. Would it be possible to use a RAM-card from A1200 with that port?
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the analogic drive makes the cd32 look horrible!
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