Bounty: A500 KickStart v1.3 patch with support for scsi.device 40.63

[dJOS]

Hi all, Im considering offering a small bounty ($50 AUD) for a clever programmer who can update the KickStart v1.3 patch on AmiNet with support for the A500 scsi.device 40.63 (from KS3.1).

Currently the patch only supports the use of 2 of the A1200 KS3.1 scsi.device versions which are incompatible with A500's using Kipper2k's or MKL's IDE expansion products.

I've tested KS v2.05 37.300 and KS v3.1 40.63 ROM's with Kipper2k's and MKL's A500 IDE expansion products and the scsi.device from both works perfectly so Im hoping we only need to use one of those 2 scsi.device modules in the patch to get the result I want.

To qualify for the bounty, the patch has to A/ work and B/ be made freely and publicly available on AmiNet for all of us to use and enjoy.

I can offer limited assistance (eg Testing of the patch using real Amiga 500's - I have eprom burning gear etc).

Confirmed Bounty Offers:
dJOS: $50 Aud
Kipper2k: $100 store credit

[Vot]

Djos.. I have my board from kipper on the way, i can help with testing and maybe kick-in for the bounty. In winuae i did make a rom that worked but it did do something weird from memory.

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by Vot

Djos.. I have my board from kipper on the way, i can help with testing and maybe kick-in for the bounty

Cool, that would be great.

[Vot]

Originally Posted by dJOS

Cool, that would be great.

Is your amiga open? Are you able to take a pic of kippers board and a close up of the chip on it (it may be an altera cpld atf1502as10jc44)

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by Vot

Is your amiga open? Are you able to take a pic of kippers board and a close up of the chip on it (it may be an altera cpld atf1502as10jc44)

Im at work atm and my Amiga is at home.

[Vot]

Originally Posted by dJOS

Im at work atm and my Amiga is at home.

Thats ok, my card should arrive in the next few days.

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by Vot

Thats ok, my card should arrive in the next few days.

It's definitely a CPLD (just found a pic on my phone) but I cant tell which one as it's obscured by a "4MB" sticker.

[Vot]

Originally Posted by dJOS

It's definitely a CPDL (just found a pic on my phone) but I cant tell which one as it's obscured by a "4MB" sticker.

It should be the one listed

[kipper2k]

Hi, i did not use the ATF CPLD... too buggy, i used the Altera EPM 7032 for RAM and the Xilinx XC9572 for the ide functions and ported the 40 pin IDE to CF card

[Arnie]

All I can help you with is confirm that the KS SCSI patch doesn't work with Kippers card for booting HD from KS 1.3. My board was the 8mb version, I tested it on an A500+ and a CDTV.

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by dJOS

Hi all, Im considering offering a small bounty ($50 AUD) for a clever programmer who can update the KickStart v1.3 patch on AmiNet with support for the A500 scsi.device 40.63 (from KS3.1).

Currently the patch only supports the use of 2 of the A1200 KS3.1 scsi.device versions which are incompatible with A500's using Kipper2k's or MKL's IDE expansion products.

I've tested KS v2.05 37.300 and KS v3.1 40.63 ROM's with Kipper2k's and MKL's A500 IDE expansion products and the scsi.device from both works perfectly so Im hoping we only need to use one of those 2 scsi.device modules in the patch to get the result I want.

To qualify for the bounty, the patch has to A/ work and B/ be made freely and publicly available on AmiNet for all of us to use and enjoy.

I can offer limited assistance (eg Testing of the patch using real Amiga 500's - I have eprom burning gear etc).

I'll match that bounty with a $50 credit in my online store if above conditions are met. (can the thread title be changed to show word "Bounty" ?

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by Arnie

All I can help you with is confirm that the KS SCSI patch doesn't work with Kippers card for booting HD from KS 1.3. My board was the 8mb version, I tested it on an A500+ and a CDTV.

Correct, both kipper and i have tried and failed to get it working on a500's- it works fine on a600's possibly because they have the pcmcia slot same as the a1200.

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by kipper2k

I'll match that bounty with a $50 credit in my online store if above conditions are met. (can the thread title be changed to show word "Bounty" ?

That's awesome, thanks Kipper will do.

[Vot]

Originally Posted by dJOS

Hi all, Im considering offering a small bounty ($50 AUD) for a clever programmer who can update the KickStart v1.3 patch on AmiNet with support for the A500 scsi.device 40.63 (from KS3.1).

Currently the patch only supports the use of 2 of the A1200 KS3.1 scsi.device versions which are incompatible with A500's using Kipper2k's or MKL's IDE expansion products.

I've tested KS v2.05 37.300 and KS v3.1 40.63 ROM's with Kipper2k's and MKL's A500 IDE expansion products and the scsi.device from both works perfectly so Im hoping we only need to use one of those 2 scsi.device modules in the patch to get the result I want.

To qualify for the bounty, the patch has to A/ work and B/ be made freely and publicly available on AmiNet for all of us to use and enjoy.

I can offer limited assistance (eg Testing of the patch using real Amiga 500's - I have eprom burning gear etc).

Confirmed Bounty Offers:
dJOS: $50 Aud
Kipper2k: $50 store credit

What does the rom do? Go to the 1.3 boot screen, crash or what?

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by Vot

What does the rom do? Go to the 1.3 boot screen, crash or what?

You can see the HD in HDToolBox and partition, but it but it never appears on the WorkBench Desktop and wont boot either. Also if you query the scsi.device version, it Guru's your a500.

[Vot]

I just read the release notes and the author of the patch says: on the a500+ he has with ide68k it requires him to reset to boot. It wont boot from power on

[dJOS]

Originally Posted by Vot

I just read the release notes and the author of the patch says: on the a500+ he has with ide68k it requires him to reset to boot. It wont boot from power on

That's a Rev8a Motherboard, it wont even do that on a Rev6a with ECS (or rev5).

[Vot]

That rom i download from you is the one you burnt and tried in the a500? Im just going to try it in winuae and see if it works..

[dJOS]

Yes, and it does work in WinUAE when you turn on the a600 ide - the problem is real a500's.

Btw, kipper has tried the very same ROM on real Amiga's with the same results as myself. It does work perfectly in a600's as you would expect.

[kipper2k]

Originally Posted by vot

that is interesting. I don't think it has to do with pcmcia reading what the patch does. Probably more to do with the ide68k implementation. The ide68k has to emulate the behaviour of gayle in the a600. I think it would help if kipper lets people know what version of the ide68k source code he used for the ide and did he make any changes to it)

4.03, no changes