foft Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Hello. I've just have got the fresh minty super-duper smelly MIST platform produced by Lotharek. How do you think, is it very hard to put the a800 into this board? Atari ST and Amiga are done already . http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=96 If you have time to try I can send you the code? :-) I will port to MIST if someone sends me one. Though starting my new job very shortly so it might take me a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhusak Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 If you have time to try I can send you the code? :-) I will port to MIST if someone sends me one. Though starting my new job very shortly so it might take me a while! I'll talk to Lotharek - he is (I hope) interested in having more cores for MIST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 No response from foft's website the past couple of days. Will the latest sof file be available again soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Thanks for the heads up. I got a new router and forgot to forward the port. Will be up this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanfanel Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hi foft! Are we seeing SD card support? Not in a hurry, but I'm eagerly wanting to load some games on my DE1 without any additional hardware, like I do with the Amiga and MSX cores. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I just had time to configure the core permanent into the DE1 board. This weekend i might have the time to buy two sub-d jacks and solder a SIO port to the GPIO. This is so cool, makes me thinking of creating a new case for it... Its been some time ... Thank you foft! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 I just had time to configure the core permanent into the DE1 board. This weekend i might have the time to buy two sub-d jacks and solder a SIO port to the GPIO. This is so cool, makes me thinking of creating a new case for it... Its been some time ... Thank you foft! :-) Just be careful since the DE1 is not 5V tolerant. I have some of the IDT Quickswitch boards left if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) (dupe) Edited November 12, 2013 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 No response from foft's website the past couple of days. Will the latest sof file be available again soon? Try it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 :-) Just be careful since the DE1 is not 5V tolerant. I have some of the IDT Quickswitch boards left if you are interested. Well, if you add SD card support (like emulating an SDrive connected to SIO) that would be enough, too. But in the end, having real SIO support would be cool. I guess thats part of your breakout PCB? I have an SDrive here, and if i remember correct, its 3,3V but 5V tolerant. I will check it again and maybe it is my solution already. What about the RS232 on the DE1 - couldn't it be used as a built-in SIO2PC interface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Try it now No luck currently I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 What about the RS232 on the DE1 - couldn't it be used as a built-in SIO2PC interface? RS232 on the DE1 can be used, but you need to solder an extra wire or two for command - see earlier in this thread. The DE1 only has TX and RX connected. There are spare pins on the max232 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) Unfortunately, all I'm able to get is a blank screen. I can type on the keyboard and get different codes on the DE1, but that's about it. I've tried flashing my ROMs and I've also tried using the atariroms.bin file from the site. I've tried setting switch 7 up. I read the flash memory to file and successfully verified it with the original file. I'm not sure what else to try here. I've also set SW4-8 up and still blank. Edited November 16, 2013 by Panther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 What are you using for the display? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I just did a write and then read of my SRAM and it came up with a lot of differences...I guess another problem board from Digi-Key? I'm looking into whether this scaler does in fact handle 240 line display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Well you can try the internal ram/rom testing core. See Hias' post in this thread on the 5th. Some sram errors from the control panel is normal - bug in the control panel core! How many bytes differ? With sw4 up you have hsync and vsync and 480 lines/576 lines. With sw4 down you have csync (on hsync pin iirc) and 240 lines/288 lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 The SRAM file comparison was off by 64 bytes. With SW4 up, the signal my monitor is getting is definitely within range, just blank. 848 x 480 @ H: 31.5 KHz / V: 60.1 Hz or with the converter connected, 640 x 480 @ H: 31.5 KHz / V: 60.1 Hz I'll see if I can dig up a CRT tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Can you try it with the internal sram? Which sram chip do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I had tried the test with just 4-8 up and same thing. The SRAM chip is IS61WV25616EDBLL-10TLI. I looked at the comparison again and see that the failures are in three distinct blocks. It kind of sounds like its the glitchy control panel that others have noted. At this point I'm just going to go on the consideration that this expensive little video converter doesn't work and find something different to connect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Did you test with experiment_20130813.sof Ref post #176 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/213827-potential-new-hardware/page-8?do=findComment&comment=2860719 I had tried the test with just 4-8 up and same thing. The SRAM chip is IS61WV25616EDBLL-10TLI. I looked at the comparison again and see that the failures are in three distinct blocks. It kind of sounds like its the glitchy control panel that others have noted. At this point I'm just going to go on the consideration that this expensive little video converter doesn't work and find something different to connect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Oops! Now I did! I missed that the internal SRAM test was only with that one version. That's what happens when I work on things like this so late. That gives me a memo pad! Did you test with experiment_20130813.sofRef post #176http://atariage.com/forums/topic/213827-potential-new-hardware/page-8?do=findComment&comment=2860719 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 @NML32:Any news from Digikey? Anyone fancy writing some sram testing vhdl? Then we can tell if its a board or problem with my core! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 This is the latest update from Digi. Hi Mark This part was just sent to our Product Manager to review. If the parts have to be returned to the supplier for evaluation this process can take a few weeks. We will advise as soon we have any information. Please let us know if there is anything else that we can help with. Thanks, Cristin Gums Customer Service DIGI-KEY CORPORATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 With SW5 down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Wonder if this is easy to run on the DE1... http://www.altera.co.uk/support/examples/entry-method/c-code/exm-c-memory.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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