Terrible Fire Accelerators - Page 201

plasmab · 02 November 2018, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Signman

That would be of great interest to me. I was unaware about this particular tragedy, to survive war and then this.

Back on topic.

Not likely to be in English though.

plasmab · 03 November 2018, 17:06

Backported TF530 firmware.

https://github.com/terriblefire/terr..._11_3_beta.zip

Verified working with a 4Mb GVP ZII card installed (A2000-HC+8)

Both revisions working on the A2000 @ 50Mhz, 33Mhz and 25Mhz.

Any issues let me know.

Big thankyou to @Daedalus for popping round with the GVP.

SukkoPera · 03 November 2018, 18:34

Wow! Time to buy the FPGA programmer! Thanks!

(Still could not get CF to work on my card)

plasmab · 03 November 2018, 18:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by SukkoPera

Wow! Time to buy the FPGA programmer! Thanks!

(Still could not get CF to work on my card)

Just use a RPi if you can. Unless you're doing lots of updates.

8 Bit Dreams · 03 November 2018, 19:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by plasmab

Backported TF530 firmware.

https://github.com/terriblefire/terr..._11_3_beta.zip

Verified working with a 4Mb GVP ZII card installed (A2000-HC+8)

Both revisions working on the A2000 @ 50Mhz, 33Mhz and 25Mhz.

Any issues let me know.

Big thankyou to @Daedalus for popping round with the GVP.

Excellent news!!!
Thank You very much!!!

plasmab · 03 November 2018, 19:24

Does anyone know if there is a generic MMU version of MapROM? Unsure if i'm asking for the right thing.. basically I want to load a rom into RAM and run it. Extended rom preferably.

SukkoPera · 03 November 2018, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by plasmab

Just use a RPi if you can. Unless you're doing lots of updates.

Actually I plan to start my own FPGA development soon, I already have a devel board on the way to me. What programmer would you recommend?

plasmab · 03 November 2018, 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by SukkoPera

Actually I plan to start my own FPGA development soon, I already have a devel board on the way to me. What programmer would you recommend?

Whatever anyone uses with your board. For Xilinx i have the DLC9G and for Altera the USB Blaster II. Each manufacturer seems to need its own programmer.

8 Bit Dreams · 03 November 2018, 20:27

i'm happy to report: TF520 finally works on A2000! (with latest firmware from 10.29)
tested in pair with my Zorroll 4MB card - RAM was detected correctly and works witout issues! TF520 gives not average speed, but there is small boost though - it can be compared with TurboCD expansion for CDTV, for example..
Im running TF520 with 32Mhz oscillator atm

alenppc · 03 November 2018, 20:49

Just tried the backported TF530 firmware.

It fixes the Zorro issue for me, however it still maps the 1.5 MB slow-fast incorrectly so that ram still has to be limited to 1 MB. This is odd cause the TF534 does not have the same problem.

The IDE interface seems a lot pickier though, it won't work with any cabled CF adapter for me now, only straight plug in adapters work.

8 Bit Dreams · 03 November 2018, 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by alenppc

The IDE interface seems a lot pickier though, it won't work with any cabled CF adapter for me now, only straight plug in adapters work.

Double check Alen, maybe You've updated bus only..

can't test TF530 atm - im sold out, didn't get these restocked, was hoping to launch TF534's before Christmas

alenppc · 03 November 2018, 21:01

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Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

Double check Alen, maybe You've updated bus only..

can't test TF530 atm - im sold out, didn't get these restocked, was hoping to launch TF534's before Christmas

Nope I tried on 2 cards 36 & 50 Mhz.

I even tried the ISSI ram just for the heck of it, this one needs to be definitely removed from the compatibility list.

8 Bit Dreams · 03 November 2018, 21:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by alenppc

Nope I tried on 2 cards 36 & 50 Mhz.

I even tried the ISSI ram just for the heck of it, this one needs to be definitely removed from the compatibility list.

So ISSI RAM is still not working!?
never tried different RAM on TF530, i was under impression it started to work with Beta fw?

plasmab · 03 November 2018, 21:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by alenppc

Nope I tried on 2 cards 36 & 50 Mhz.

I even tried the ISSI ram just for the heck of it, this one needs to be definitely removed from the compatibility list.

i have both a rev2 and rev3 running sweetly here. v weird. On the A2000.
S.

8 Bit Dreams · 03 November 2018, 22:12

just want to report: my Combitec Zorroll 4MB RAM card
https://www.bigbookofamigahardware.c...t.aspx?id=1626
is working without issues in pair with TF534 @50Mhz! Sucsess!

alenppc · 03 November 2018, 22:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

So ISSI RAM is still not working!?
never tried different RAM on TF530, i was under impression it started to work with Beta fw?

It sort of worked but not really. It would crash frontier within the first or second loop, and with this one it won't even make it to workbench, albeit memcheck reports no errors on it. It's usefulness really is moot at this point, I just bought some chips to experiment with but I'd say let's remove them from the wiki. They don't work.

Fun fact: The external A1000 Microbotics ram expansion shows no errors at all with the TF530, but does show addressing errors with the TF534. Go figure. Either way I'd say you nailed the Z2 support, Stephen.

EDIT: after playing with the 534 I forgot just how blazing fast the 530 is. Almost 20 mb/sec fast ram transfer rate and with a 3.1.4 rom and CPU FASTROM it feels like you're ruinning on a 68040.

plasmab · 03 November 2018, 23:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by alenppc

EDIT: after playing with the 534 I forgot just how blazing fast the 530 is. Almost 20 mb/sec fast ram transfer rate and with a 3.1.4 rom and CPU FASTROM it feels like you're ruinning on a 68040.

Yeah.. the TF530 is really fast. Like *really*.

Here is a RAM CPLD firmware to try on the TF530.. it adds a waitstate for stability.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdtfnb2nkm...m_top.jed?dl=0

It says r2 but it should also work on r3. Pinout is the same.

8 Bit Dreams · 03 November 2018, 23:43

Have tried to install TF520 into CDTV,
well, it starts, but booting from cd fails,
with Jumper removed it acts as a normal A500

utri007 · 03 November 2018, 23:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8 Bit Dreams

Have tried to install TF520 into CDTV,
well, it starts, but booting from cd fails,
with Jumper removed it acts as a normal A500

Do you Still see CD0 in early startup menu? Does it try to boot from CD and fails, or it just doesn't boot from cd?

8 Bit Dreams · 04 November 2018, 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by utri007

Do you Still see CD0 in early startup menu? Does it try to boot from CD and fails, or it just doesn't boot from cd?

it tries to boot, but then screen get's red, i need to admit, i still have KS 1.3 and extened roms 1.0 in it

03 November 2018, 17:06	#4002
plasmab Banned Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: UK Posts: 2,917	Backported TF530 firmware. https://github.com/terriblefire/terr..._11_3_beta.zip Verified working with a 4Mb GVP ZII card installed (A2000-HC+8) Both revisions working on the A2000 @ 50Mhz, 33Mhz and 25Mhz. Any issues let me know. Big thankyou to @Daedalus for popping round with the GVP. Last edited by plasmab; 03 November 2018 at 18:00.

03 November 2018, 20:27	#4009
8 Bit Dreams Retro maniac Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: near Munich / Germany Posts: 486	i'm happy to report: TF520 finally works on A2000! (with latest firmware from 10.29) tested in pair with my Zorroll 4MB card - RAM was detected correctly and works witout issues! TF520 gives not average speed, but there is small boost though - it can be compared with TurboCD expansion for CDTV, for example.. Im running TF520 with 32Mhz oscillator atm Attached Thumbnails Last edited by 8 Bit Dreams; 03 November 2018 at 20:53.

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