Sonnet 7200 PCI programming

[Hewitson]

Originally Posted by nexus

pci is just a bus not specific to PC
and Dave Haynie wanted to use it
the VL-Bus was specific to x86 as its the zorro of x86

Well not really. I'd say ISA was.


I guess in Amiga terms you could put it like this:


Zorro II: ISA
Zorro III: VLB.

[Wrangler]

In case anyone isn't following my other thread on this, Stratagus for WOS (Warcraft 2) is now available on an Aminet mirror near you. Enjoy!

[nexus]

ISA isnt 32bit so it really is the zorro of x86 yes both are but we are talking 32bit
anyways PCI is a standardized bus that any design can use just like SCSI bus etc
really most used bus for 68k is VME

[deling]

Question about superbuster , is There version important to install mediator and k1 ?
I have two Amiga 4000 witch rev 9 socketed and 11 soldered to mobo
I wonder which Amiga will be nice choice because first One I have full occupied
witch CSmk060 network scan doubler fast ata4000 cybervision64 ,very good machine , next one with super buster 9 socketed is A3660 cyberviison 64 3d and scan doubler

[BULI]

Originally Posted by Hedeon

I don't really need a complete system just:

1) The assurance that the BPPC will work with the G-Rex (I heard something about rev 0 vs rev 2) with correct firmware.
2) An archive containing a complete installation of AmigaOS 3.9 with installed CGX drivers/other drivers necessary for a Warp3D/RTG environment.

The thing is that I don't want to spend hours and hours (days/weeks) to set-up a complete new Amiga system.

Yes, best choice is rev 2 and of course correct firmware.
Do you have BlizzardPPC? Which revision?

[BULI]

Originally Posted by Wrangler

In case anyone isn't following my other thread on this, Stratagus for WOS (Warcraft 2) is now available on an Aminet mirror near you. Enjoy!

Great
Thank You

[starship]

Originally Posted by Wrangler

In case anyone isn't following my other thread on this, Stratagus for WOS (Warcraft 2) is now available on an Aminet mirror near you. Enjoy!

It is wonderfull. Thank you .
Any project for war1gus or other stratagus games?
http://stratagus.com/games.shtml

[grelbfarlk]

Originally Posted by starship

It is wonderfull. Thank you .
Any project for war1gus or other stratagus games?
http://stratagus.com/games.shtml

If they were supported under this version of Stratagus they should run, otherwise the LUA scripts would have to be converted (rewritten). Otherwise wait for a newer version. Or just try them.

[JimDrew]

Originally Posted by amigoun

From what I have read on web from the time iFusion was developed, it only could run on 604e due to some MMU tables stuff. They never make it work on 603. Also only supported direct video mode on CGX, so most likely no chance it would run on P96.

iFUSION worked on the 603 and 604e, you just needed the proper libraries. It also ran on P96.

[Apollon]

does anyone know if you can run the killer k1 333mhz with 400 mhz? I had read this somewhere, I think.

[nexus]

we are workin on it

[Crumb]

Originally Posted by Stedy

Hi,
I worked with the PowerPC 8349E 11 years ago, a nice little processor, had it running at 667MHz with 333 MHZ DDR RAM.

If I can practically help with PCI/PPC stuff, I will of course help. Hope I've not rambled on too much.

Do you think you could add support to init manually PCI-PCIe bridges? Just like the Startech ones sold by Amazon. It could be very useful to use PCIe versions like Bigfoot 2100 that include 128MB of memory

[amigoun]

Originally Posted by JimDrew

iFUSION worked on the 603 and 604e, you just needed the proper libraries. It also ran on P96.

Thanks for clarifying, but sadly Blizzard PPC cards used 603e which was (is) not supported by iFusion.

[nexus]

Originally Posted by Crumb

Do you think you could add support to init manually PCI-PCIe bridges? Just like the Startech ones sold by Amazon. It could be very useful to use PCIe versions like Bigfoot 2100 that include 128MB of memory

just remember those are a tad slower PPC than the 8343 they use the 8315
difference is cache size mainly

[pawelek]

Originally Posted by Crumb

Do you think you could add support to init manually PCI-PCIe bridges? Just like the Startech ones sold by Amazon. It could be very useful to use PCIe versions like Bigfoot 2100 that include 128MB of memory

We must ask ELBOX to add support for PCI-PCIe bridges in the pci.library driver.

[JimDrew]

Originally Posted by amigoun

Thanks for clarifying, but sadly Blizzard PPC cards used 603e which was (is) not supported by iFusion.

Not by the official last release of iFUSION, but we did have preliminary support in later releases that never made it public.

[grelbfarlk]

Has anyone successfully used the Sonnetlib PPC cards with any of the following HDD controllers:
FastATA-MKI
Fastlane Z3
A4091

Problem I'm having is that with the FastATA or the Fastlane, system will not boot with a flashing yellow screen, which I think is an address conflict. Setting the SWAP jumper will allow the Fastlane to see drives but I get a block access error past the range of blocks on the HDD.

The A4091 works and I've copied quite a lot of data with it, but I'm getting random lockups after the library is initialized.

[deling]

hi , when I put one of my K1 killer to PC and install driver for XP , Card automatically was flashing upgraded flash , it is still later work on Amiga PCI with no problem ?
I don't know what exactly happened , card in PC work excellent very fast in Quake 3 , and other multiplayer games , in future I want use this card on Amiga but
afraid there is something wrong after flashing

[trixster]

Are you asking if it is safe to flash the card on a pc and it still be usable in an Amiga?

Are are you saying you have flashed it on a pc and it is still ok in an Amiga?

[deling]

Originally Posted by trixster

Are you asking if it is safe to flash the card on a pc and it still be usable in an Amiga?

Are are you saying you have flashed it on a pc and it is still ok in an Amiga?

second question , not yet tested on Amiga , in PC work excellent I don't know what exactly this driver do on PC with card