+karri Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 What is this? Any guesses? -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 It looks like it would make my life much easier, and a bit faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Okay I'll take a stab (or two) A) A way to transfer a binary from your 'puter to the Lynx or B) A method of "Lynxing up" with an emulator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Okay I'll take a stab (or two) A) A way to transfer a binary from your 'puter to the Lynx or B) A method of "Lynxing up" with an emulator I am not familiar with the lynx, but i doubt that it is B because it looks like it is comming from the cartrige slot. However, that would be very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 What is this? Any guesses? -- Karri Oooooo... pick me! Pick me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_lynx1989 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 That's the new Lynx to TV card from Video 61, isn't it? I thought, that was supposed to be a secret till Fall '08, wasn't it? Oh well! Or is that the "long lost" 836K Eye of the Beholder cart that Atari experimented with? I had one of those back in 2000 and lost it! Talk about a real loss and heartbreak! Lost Atari history. :( DAMN IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguar_fan Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 What is this? Any guesses? -- Karri This looks like a ComLinx to USB interface/converter, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.dlpdesign.com/usb/txrx.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguar_fan Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.dlpdesign.com/usb/txrx.shtml Looks like my guess wasn´t to much way off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxman Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hm, this is some kind of RS232 to USB, made with a FTDI-Chip. But what kind of application running on the Lynx and PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) Hm, this is some kind of RS232 to USB, made with a FTDI-Chip. But what kind of application running on the Lynx and PC? Right! And the application that runs itcan be downladed from http://sipo.fi/Mttty.exe If you choose baudrate 62500 it will now use it. The flash uploader also supports the new higher speed. Oh, on the Lynx you need MegaPak or Lynx Reloaded. -- Have fun with it, Karri Edited February 16, 2008 by karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 Hm, this is some kind of RS232 to USB, made with a FTDI-Chip. But what kind of application running on the Lynx and PC? Right! And the application that runs itcan be downladed from http://sipo.fi/Mttty.exe If you choose baudrate 62500 it will now use it. The flash uploader also supports the new higher speed. Oh, on the Lynx you need MegaPak or Lynx Reloaded. -- Have fun with it, Karri In case someone downloaded it then please download a new copy. I had a bug in the previous version and the high speed system was not using 62500 bauds. This one that is there now works OK at 62500 bauds also. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 In case someone downloaded it then please download a new copy. I had a bug in the previous version and the high speed system was not using 62500 bauds. This one that is there now works OK at 62500 bauds also. Karri, can we use this new version with the existing flash carts? Does the flash boot ROM need to be updated as well (and if so, how do I do that)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 In case someone downloaded it then please download a new copy. I had a bug in the previous version and the high speed system was not using 62500 bauds. This one that is there now works OK at 62500 bauds also. Karri, can we use this new version with the existing flash carts? Does the flash boot ROM need to be updated as well (and if so, how do I do that)? It works with all devflash carts. But you need to buy some kind of hardware to your PC that can produce non-standard baudrates. The one I am using is the FTDI board. You also need to solder 3 pins from a 5-pin connector to a Lynx connector. And then you need to flash MegaPak to the cart as the new flash loader. (Or compile a new version of testflash - not done yet.) -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Now I also added support for 31250 bauds. The new binary is http://sipo.fi/MtttyNew.exe The thing is good also for debugging ComLynx traffic for large ComLynx arrays where 62500 may be too unreliable. In case someone is designing new flash carts then please use chips that support the write sequence: lda #$40 sta $fcb3 lda data_to_write_to_cart sta $fcb3 StrataFlash series does support this kind of programming. Perhaps also other component families. The Lynx cannot program flashes that require direct memory access. The Mttty software supports only streaming capable flashes where the byte 0x40 is the "program byte" command. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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