mikey Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Update: Rudimentary SIO flasher works. Now development should be far less cumbersome (tossing flash chips around all the time is no fun) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Update: done full DD (read, write, format), percom. Track buffer under way. Ultraspeed SIO needs debugging. Stay tuned, it's closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hey after quite a while University work got in the way of development, I'm sorry for the delay. I am reinstating work on the project, n eed some more time but the end is closer. If anyone got fed up with waiting for the 1050E firmware, then sorry - it's all my fault. But now future looks promising. Stay tuned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom4728a Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Great News, I would also like to purchase a few of those boards when they are ready. Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Cool. Nowadays more and more A8 Atarians use floppy-emulation, like SIO2SD, SDrive, SIO2PC, SIO2USB, etc. and yet there are at least two new 1050 upgrades (the 1050E and the Super/Mega-Speedy by mega-hz) under development. I like that, since I still use my 1050 every day. Here is a thread with pics about mega-hz`s project: http://www.abbuc.de/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1658&start=260#p44301 His upgrade will not only support all the Speedy firmware (like Bibo-DOS, HSS-Copy, Super-Speedy), it will also be able to work like a Happy or Turbo upgrade... -Andreas Koch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Yeah, that's great. We're not competing though The more hardware, the merrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 its a pity that mega-hz project is using 65c02 - this is not something you may buy off the shef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 its a pity that mega-hz project is using 65c02 - this is not something you may buy off the shef 65C02 is required for Speedy, and - thanks to Western Design Center - easily available :-) You can buy new 65C02s (in DIP, PLCC or TQFP) from Jameco, Mouser, Coltek, Dema, ... - a lot easier to get than NMOS 6502 chips... so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 really? Thanks Hias is there any easy source for 816 chips? in poland they are as good as none some years ago they were quite obtainable, but no more if i had to redo 1050e to use another cpu, i would go with motorola mcu instead for bus compatibility, or just ignore it and use avr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 is there any easy source for 816 chips? Same as 65C02 - still manufactured by Western Design Center and available from the same companies. For example Mouser has 55 of them on stock (in DIP). BTW: A list of distributors can be found on the Western Design Center website. so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I can't wait for this to come out, I can use at least one. I like having my 1050 available and the more it can do the better! Any idea on cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 1050E? cheap, although i can't give any details as i don't even remember exact BOM it has hopefully Mikey will speed up a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Firedawg Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 1050E? cheap, although i can't give any details as i don't even remember exact BOM it has hopefully Mikey will speed up a bit This could be useful to me, as I have about 20 or so 1050's which I used with stock Atari setups. I would like to order a couple of these when they become available. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Has there been any new updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenjennings Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That's remarkable -- someone making new 6502s. Just can't kill the good stuff. Now If I could just find someone making a cheap SPO256-AL2 then I can fix my Cheep Talk voice synthesizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 for 1050e i know there is stable 57200 transmission, and there is debug session with oscilloscope planned for 68kbits transmission features missing: track buffer, virtual disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 1050E? cheap, although i can't give any details as i don't even remember exact BOM it has hopefully Mikey will speed up a bit This could be useful to me, as I have about 20 or so 1050's which I used with stock Atari setups. I would like to order a couple of these when they become available. Mike I'm not sure if this was discussed, and how it compares to this topics development project, but there is always the "Happy Upgrade option". Might be good for you. http://www.atarimax.com/sio2pc/documentation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Bump! Any further updates? Status? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Update: debug session with oscilloscope planned but no time on my hand right now. Actually what's missing now is ultraspeed 68k and track buffer. anything else is working and just needs putting it all together. I promise myself (and Candle even more to be honest, I'd had it delayed already) to finish it this summer. Sadly, too many things with life got out of hand. The patient ones will be rewarded though Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 A little thing to move along....68.2k was a bitch but I loved her mikey@tokyo:~/stuff/code/atari/1050e-final-final$ sudo ./testserial ftdi_sio: custom divisor 352 sets baudrate 68141 Sending data to drive, checksum: 0xff 0000: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0010: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0020: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0030: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0040: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0050: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0060: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0070: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0080: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0090: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00a0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00b0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00c0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00d0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00e0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00f0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* Drive reports following checksum: 0xff Drive sends buffer 0000: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0010: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0020: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0030: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0040: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0050: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0060: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0070: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0080: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 0090: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00a0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00b0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00c0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00d0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00e0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* 00f0: 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa 55 aa U*U*U*U*U*U*U*U* Checksum from the drive: 0xff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 It's very close. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uhAxFE1hUc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Looks fantastic. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRAFi Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Mikey, I have that turbo installed. Tested it and it turned out the firmware need some work. I love that this turbo does not need any modification of your 1050. You can install or remove it just in few minutes without cutting anything. The problems I have: - turbo mode does not start automatically when I power up computer with qmeg 4.04 - the drive can lock itself with some timeout loop for some reason resulting in sio error on atari - do not know why but for 10 brand new floppie I tried to format at least 5 or 6 reported format error (in qmeg during coping) same floppies went completely fine in the drive without 1050e. I would really appreciate if you could fix these flows in the firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hi, You might want to try this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRAFi Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I know this. The problem these upgrades requiring to modify original board (cut capacitors out). I do not want to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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