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Will still be some stuff missing though
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You'll surely need a Buster and a few other custom chips?
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Sure, but I would hope that the buster/other chips might be found fairly easily. Well, at least compared to PALs if the logic wasn't available from Dave Haynie
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ROM sockets?
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Ya' like it Retr0?
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@rkauer
I like your thinking there, I wonder if one of the 28pin sockets could be for the SCSI unit? |
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I suppose it's possible, but that leaves the question of "what type should the chips be" and "what was on them"
I've made an effore to contact Dave Haynie, but not really much luck so far.. anyone know how to get hold of him? (None of the "know" email addresses that I've tried work any more) |
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did you try him through his ebay account?
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I read Zeet's post as querying if one of the 28Pin sockets was for a firmware ROM to drive the SCSI controller.
Could be for 32bit Kickstart but 28pin sockets would mean a lower capacity ROM too small for KS. I think the Card uses the Mobo's Kickstart & these are the 32Bit firmware ROMS to run the card & SCSI, ie Card disable on startup etc... TC ![]() |
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If that is true then it must be game over as these were (by all accounts) never written. |
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If this does exist then who knows it may even be great big chunks of code lifted from the current kickstart at the time & possibly quite usefull. I for one would like to see the board up & running & I bet If Dave Haynie can be contacted he would be willing to help as I've seen him quoted with fond memories of this project. TC ![]() |
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i dont know if this is any help i dont know where it gose but if mant to be on there chip name Super Buster 45 : part number 390539-09 it was used in the a3000 too
http://www.thule.no/haynie/research/a2631/pals/ Last edited by jimbob005; 21 January 2009 at 17:09. |
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@Jimbob005: but not in the earlier stage when this board was developed. I bet it accepts an updated Buster, as an updated SCSI chip (the mature -08 version).
The other slot is probably only for SCSI ROM and even for some other features, like TC written. ![]() |
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Thx for that
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I was reading Dave Haynie's paragraph on BBoA about the 2631... he states that the prototype was unfinished... wonder what he means by that??? I hope you get her working anyway..
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