A570 & tf536

Hiddenevil · 14 December 2020, 23:53

Daft question but can I use my CD-ROM with my terrible fire?

alexh · 15 December 2020, 00:54

Not today. And it’s not just the TF536 but any accelerator with 32-bit autoconfig FastRAM. It’s a software issue in the Extended ROM

Hiddenevil · 16 December 2020, 00:19

Hmm just wondering if I could disable my accelerator to allow the A570 to function.

sviru · 22 May 2023, 15:20

Just to revive old thread. Is this still the case today? I was thinking about buying TF536.

alexh · 22 May 2023, 16:03

No you can get a 2.35 ROM for A570 that works with TF536 (and other 030+ accelerators with 32-bit FAST RAM)

Reynolds · 23 May 2023, 09:53

What about the A590, can that be used as well?

alexh · 24 May 2023, 10:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reynolds

What about the A590, can that be used as well?

It will work but why would you want to? Great care has to be taken with the DMA mask. When transferring data from HDD into TF536 FastRAM it must use PIO mode and that makes it terribly slow.

Just use the TF536 PATA interface!

Reynolds · 24 May 2023, 11:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

It will work but why would you want to? Great care has to be taken with the DMA mask. When transferring data from HDD into TF536 FastRAM it must use PIO mode and that makes it terribly slow.

Just use the TF536 PATA interface!

In a case when I have a stock A500 with this expansion, but I'd like to fill up hdd with installable stuff. I'd like to set up a classic A500+A590 config with all major stuff from it's heydays but would like to bypass the pain of dismantling the A590, putting the HDD into a SCSI equipped Amiga, then all this way back. A CF card to load and copy from there is much more simple for me. Speed (or slowness) is not really relevant.
I have various configs, ACA500, TF, etc, so as I'd like to customize them I'd like to find the shortest way for the SW side.

alexh · 24 May 2023, 13:20

You will be able to copy from A590 to TF536-IDE if that is what you need to do. It's a "do once" thing so transfer speed not really relevant. You might have to use HDToolBox to change DMA mask for the A590 disk so it is only 24-bits and doesn't try to DMA into TF536 FastRAM (Which lives in the Zorro III address space)

14 December 2020, 23:53	#1
Hiddenevil Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 237	A570 & tf536 Daft question but can I use my CD-ROM with my terrible fire?

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	You will be able to copy from A590 to TF536-IDE if that is what you need to do. It's a "do once" thing so transfer speed not really relevant. You might have to use HDToolBox to change DMA mask for the A590 disk so it is only 24-bits and doesn't try to DMA into TF536 FastRAM (Which lives in the Zorro III address space) Last edited by alexh; 24 May 2023 at 13:26.

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15 December 2020, 00:54	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	Not today. And it’s not just the TF536 but any accelerator with 32-bit autoconfig FastRAM. It’s a software issue in the Extended ROM

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Hiddenevil Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 237	Hmm just wondering if I could disable my accelerator to allow the A570 to function.

22 May 2023, 15:20	#4
sviru Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Wroc?aw Posts: 30	Just to revive old thread. Is this still the case today? I was thinking about buying TF536.

22 May 2023, 16:03	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	No you can get a 2.35 ROM for A570 that works with TF536 (and other 030+ accelerators with 32-bit FAST RAM)

23 May 2023, 09:53	#6
Reynolds Alien Breeder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Szigetszentmiklos / Hungary Age: 46 Posts: 1,096	What about the A590, can that be used as well?

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