My New A600 Project =D - Page 3

fitzsteve · 24 February 2011, 16:21

Thanks for the tips Bubsy

BrooksterMax · 24 February 2011, 16:57

I've seen this A600 for real along with the real fitzsteve (what an honour too) and I said at the time "that machine is not natural". It is a beast, no Amiga (particularly a A600) was designed to play Doom but it DOES!

Great piece of kit, even better to see it in the flesh complete with owner!

Keep up the good work.

fitzsteve · 24 February 2011, 17:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrooksterMax

I've seen this A600 for real along with the real fitzsteve (what an honour too) and I said at the time "that machine is not natural". It is a beast, no Amiga (particularly a A600) was designed to play Doom but it DOES!

Great piece of kit, even better to see it in the flesh complete with owner!

Keep up the good work.

Hey it was great to meet you too

& thanks for the kind words.

Lovin' the challenge if just how much HP and kit you can cram in an A600

I think once USB goes in that would be it though for this one...

Steve.

Jeff_HxC2001 · 24 February 2011, 23:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Yep its functional without the screen and just the one button. But that is only at the boot menu as you see in the Video.

Its not possible to swap Disks inside the OS or within a game without a Screen + 3 Buttons.

So this option is fine for 1 and 2 Disk Games only

Of course this is possible ! You just need to use the "next" button instead of the select button.

If you press the "next" button less than one second you select the next floppy disk.

If you press the "next" button more than one or two second you select the file selector disk (autoboot.hfe)

jf

fitzsteve · 25 February 2011, 11:41

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for the info

With using next Disk, does it just choose disks in order on the SD Card? So if I have Monkey Island Disks 1 & 2 inserted, if I want to insert Disk 3 or 4 I just press once or twice?

Without screen it would be hard to tell so I think at the end of the day I will find a solution to have the screen and all buttons mounted somewhere. I will move the switches to 'next' though and let you know how I get on

What about Disks in other directory's is there a way to access those with one button? What would be great is a simple Workbench app to manage disks, is this possible?

Also noticed the new Beta Firmware what stops the drive click, awesome stuff I saw in mfilos' post, I will have to try that since I have to upgrade anyway

Cheers!

Steve.

Jeff_HxC2001 · 25 February 2011, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for the info

With using next Disk, does it just choose disks in order on the SD Card? So if I have Monkey Island Disks 1 & 2 inserted, if I want to insert Disk 3 or 4 I just press once or twice?

Without screen it would be hard to tell ...

No this is simple : this is the order you have define into the floppy disk manager. Did you have understand how works the slots ?
You have just to hear the emulator sound when you pressing the button and you will understand

There are no reason at all to use the lcd to play Monkey Island ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

What about Disks in other directory's is there a way to access those with one button? What would be great is a simple Workbench app to manage disks, is this possible?

The actual file image selector can be started from the WB. But due to my bad skill programming on amiga you have to reboot the computer

.
Yes this is possible with an future update.

fitzsteve · 02 March 2011, 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_HxC2001

No this is simple : this is the order you have define into the floppy disk manager. Did you have understand how works the slots ?
You have just to hear the emulator sound when you pressing the button and you will understand

There are no reason at all to use the lcd to play Monkey Island ...

Hi Jeff!

I wired my button to 'next' but it just seems to eject the disk in the same way

I wonder if I bodged the soldering job...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_HxC2001

The actual file image selector can be started from the WB. But due to my bad skill programming on amiga you have to reboot the computer

.
Yes this is possible with an future update.

This would be awesome, looking forward to this feature

Jeff_HxC2001 · 03 March 2011, 07:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Hi Jeff!

I wired my button to 'next' but it just seems to eject the disk in the same way

I wonder if I bodged the soldering job...

More details please. Which way exactly ?

fitzsteve · 13 March 2011, 17:34

Hi All!

Just a quick update

Screws are in and case is closed, I guess that means for now this project is complete

To celebrate here is a little Video:

[ Show youtube player ]

It starts with a little slide show then I show the OS which is CWB OS3.5, big thanks for mfilos for helping me out with the custom rom I re-kick via the ACA630, boots pretty quick now!

I also show some Doom and Shapeshifter for the fans out there

Enjoy!

@Jeff - I think its sorted now I resoldered a couple of the pins with some decent silver core solder

fitzsteve · 15 April 2011, 11:46

Forgot to post this little update here, had some fun messing around trying to overclock the ACA (yes I know I voided my warranty but I don't care

)

My buddy mfilos sent me a 40mhz rated 030 CPU so I could have another go, first thing I done was remove the Heatsink

(Click thumbnail for Hi Res Image)

And some goodies to go on

Popped her back in the A600 with nice shiny new CPU:

And, hmm - lets try a slightly quicker X-Tal

Not bad eh

I wouldn't call it a sucess though since it only boots sometimes if you clock over 27.5mhz, mosty just Guru's so I guess thats why Jens only done a handful of the 30mhz units...

So I'll be sticking to 27.5mhz which is a 10% boost and 100% reliable. For some reason it wont boot at all with 60mhz X-Tal (30mhz clock)

Still - fun times

DDNI · 15 April 2011, 12:08

pic1 ..... FOCUS

fitzsteve · 15 April 2011, 12:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

pic1 ..... FOCUS

Yeah I noticed that after I'd already put the card back together - didn't want to strip it down again

Damn auto fucus

(As you can imagine it looked ok on the 3" LCD)

DDNI · 15 April 2011, 12:23

well I still want the 2 seconds it took to look at it back!

FOL · 15 April 2011, 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

So I'll be sticking to 27.5mhz which is a 10% boost and 100% reliable. For some reason it wont boot at all with 60mhz X-Tal (30mhz clock)

Wierd, been running mine with 66MHz (33MHz) fine.
I have left it doing AIBB for 8 hours straight most days and its never crashed once. 100% rock solid.

fitzsteve · 15 April 2011, 14:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

Wierd, been running mine with 66MHz (33MHz) fine.
I have left it doing AIBB for 8 hours straight most days and its never crashed once. 100% rock solid.

Yeah so have a couple of other people - looks like I got the lemon

Zetr0 done the X-Tal socket so I know its a sound job.

I know were pushing the limitations of the Ram timings so that probably what it is, but I tried another CPU to rule that out.

Steve.

PS - Actually one thing I didn't try is without ACATune, maybe one of my ACA options is causing the crash on faster speeds?

FOL · 15 April 2011, 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

PS - Actually one thing I didn't try is without ACATune, maybe one of my ACA options is causing the crash on faster speeds?

I have them all set on,

.

Maybe a REV thing? I got a 1.5 board.

fitzsteve · 15 April 2011, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

I have them all set on,

.

Maybe a REV thing? I got a 1.5 board.

Same here. But I might try in another A600

fitzsteve · 10 May 2011, 21:15

Hey Guys!

Just a small update to this pretty much finished project

Maybe I'll add USB one day but for now, its complete! I had Kipper2k's CF adapter here for a while now and decided to use it in this project because this case already has two holes and some broken clips so I don't mind filing out the PCMCIA slot.

Its not quite as straight as I would have liked but simetimes you have to stop before you make things worse

First cut wasn't big enough, so had to chop some more off

Another quick look at the inside, notice my 1.3/3.1 dual Rom is missing, its gone a bit tits up and stuck on 1.3, so need to fix that as one of the cables came away from the switch... Should be a simple solder job. For now I've fitted a 3.1 Rom only

I also made a slight slot for the SD card because with the HxC screwed down the SD Card was being pushed up and not making good contact.

Thats it for now

mfilos · 11 May 2011, 09:28

Really cool there Steve my friend! Getting closer to completion me thinks

fitzsteve · 11 May 2011, 09:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by mfilos

Really cool there Steve my friend! Getting closer to completion me thinks

Thanks mate

By the way, you have kippers adapter right? Do you get continuous LED flicker?

Cheers,

Steve.

10 May 2011, 21:15	#58
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Hey Guys! Just a small update to this pretty much finished project Maybe I'll add USB one day but for now, its complete! I had Kipper2k's CF adapter here for a while now and decided to use it in this project because this case already has two holes and some broken clips so I don't mind filing out the PCMCIA slot. Its not quite as straight as I would have liked but simetimes you have to stop before you make things worse First cut wasn't big enough, so had to chop some more off Another quick look at the inside, notice my 1.3/3.1 dual Rom is missing, its gone a bit tits up and stuck on 1.3, so need to fix that as one of the cables came away from the switch... Should be a simple solder job. For now I've fitted a 3.1 Rom only I also made a slight slot for the SD card because with the HxC screwed down the SD Card was being pushed up and not making good contact. Thats it for now Last edited by fitzsteve; 10 May 2011 at 21:28. Reason: typo

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24 February 2011, 16:21	#41
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Thanks for the tips Bubsy

24 February 2011, 16:57	#42
BrooksterMax Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norfolk UK Age: 43 Posts: 433	I've seen this A600 for real along with the real fitzsteve (what an honour too) and I said at the time "that machine is not natural". It is a beast, no Amiga (particularly a A600) was designed to play Doom but it DOES! Great piece of kit, even better to see it in the flesh complete with owner! Keep up the good work.

25 February 2011, 11:41	#45
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Hey Jeff, Thanks for the info With using next Disk, does it just choose disks in order on the SD Card? So if I have Monkey Island Disks 1 & 2 inserted, if I want to insert Disk 3 or 4 I just press once or twice? Without screen it would be hard to tell so I think at the end of the day I will find a solution to have the screen and all buttons mounted somewhere. I will move the switches to 'next' though and let you know how I get on What about Disks in other directory's is there a way to access those with one button? What would be great is a simple Workbench app to manage disks, is this possible? Also noticed the new Beta Firmware what stops the drive click, awesome stuff I saw in mfilos' post, I will have to try that since I have to upgrade anyway Cheers! Steve.

13 March 2011, 17:34	#49
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Hi All! Just a quick update Screws are in and case is closed, I guess that means for now this project is complete To celebrate here is a little Video: [ Show youtube player ] It starts with a little slide show then I show the OS which is CWB OS3.5, big thanks for mfilos for helping me out with the custom rom I re-kick via the ACA630, boots pretty quick now! I also show some Doom and Shapeshifter for the fans out there Enjoy! @Jeff - I think its sorted now I resoldered a couple of the pins with some decent silver core solder

15 April 2011, 11:46	#50
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Forgot to post this little update here, had some fun messing around trying to overclock the ACA (yes I know I voided my warranty but I don't care ) My buddy mfilos sent me a 40mhz rated 030 CPU so I could have another go, first thing I done was remove the Heatsink (Click thumbnail for Hi Res Image) And some goodies to go on Popped her back in the A600 with nice shiny new CPU: And, hmm - lets try a slightly quicker X-Tal Not bad eh I wouldn't call it a sucess though since it only boots sometimes if you clock over 27.5mhz, mosty just Guru's so I guess thats why Jens only done a handful of the 30mhz units... So I'll be sticking to 27.5mhz which is a 10% boost and 100% reliable. For some reason it wont boot at all with 60mhz X-Tal (30mhz clock) Still - fun times

15 April 2011, 12:08	#51
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,432	pic1 ..... FOCUS

15 April 2011, 12:23	#53
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,432	well I still want the 2 seconds it took to look at it back!

11 May 2011, 09:28	#59
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	Really cool there Steve my friend! Getting closer to completion me thinks

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