foft Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I am building an Atari XL in VHDL - which currently runs on the Altera DE1. I am tempted to also build a 5200, since I understand its just a different memory layout of the same custom chips. Is anyone interested in trying/testing this? + perhaps someone into electronics who fancies connecting a real controller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 $150 for a DE1 board, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Yep, round about that. It can run on smaller FPGAs but this is nice for development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratzengeballer Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Any chance that it will work with the chameleon? http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Chameleon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) It should be possible to port to the Chameleon without many issues. For now I'm targeting: DE1 Sockit Replay Soooo anyone interested in a 5200 or not? Edited September 25, 2013 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Warning: Stupid question ahead... Would it be possible to connect a cart port to this? I'm not all that familiar with FPGA If so, then I'm in! (As long as the price is reasonable) Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'm working on accessing Atari 800 carts now, expect 5200 ones are similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) I'm in. Do I need to buy a DE1 dev board from Terasic or Altera? I alreayd have Quartus II and USB Blaster. Hmm, I wonder what packages the FPGA come in, perhaps I can just make a board for it. Edited September 26, 2013 by grips03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Great. If you already have Quartus and a blaster do you already have a dev board? Which one? Current a800 builds are for DE1. I bought one recently from Digikey. You can also buy from Terasic. Would be nice to design an all-in-one pcb at some point. For now I'm going along the breakout board route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Great. If you already have Quartus and a blaster do you already have a dev board? Which one? Current a800 builds are for DE1. I bought one recently from Digikey. You can also buy from Terasic. Would be nice to design an all-in-one pcb at some point. For now I'm going along the breakout board route. so this is the board you have? http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=165&No=83 I have board for Max 5 and 7000S - CPLDs. Looks like I'm getting an FPGA board or making one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Yes that's the one. It's a nice board to start with. Where are you based? US? If you make one - few things to consider: I) audio dac Ii) video dac iii) ram/rom. I use external for the a800 but for 5200 we only need 2k rom + 16k ram. ie 18 kbytes internal ram will do. It's also good to have extra for debugging. iv) My design takes about 5000 logic elements on cyclone 2. Good to have extra space to debug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Didn't someone here already do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Interesting. Link please:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Yes that's the one. It's a nice board to start with. Where are you based? US? If you make one - few things to consider: I) audio dac Ii) video dac iii) ram/rom. I use external for the a800 but for 5200 we only need 2k rom + 16k ram. ie 18 kbytes internal ram will do. It's also good to have extra for debugging. iv) My design takes about 5000 logic elements on cyclone 2. Good to have extra space to debug. Hmm 144pin in 20x20 or BGA.... I might be buying the dev board. Let me know how close you are and as you get closer I'll pickup a board. My first 5200 should be here to tomorrow. I bought to make a better controller, kind of like what I did on Intellivision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Interesting. Link please:) If it was from kevtris, he said the cpu was done but he still didn't decide to make a 5200. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/214384-has-anyone-worked-on-an-fpga-atari-7800/?do=findComment&comment=2806116 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Well there are a couple of good 6502 cores. So it's a decent Antic, Pokey and GTIA that matter. It sounds like Kevtris is easily capable of building these. That said, I have already built them and just need to reconnect the custom chips. + finish some Pokey bits needed for the controller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehenciak Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Do you have any updates on this project? Just curious :-). BTW, the 5200's controllers were actually analog in nature and sensed by POKEY. Your best bet might be to hack this behavior into your design and test with a simple joystick ... maybe fake out the 5200's keypad with a PS2 keyboard ... just some suggestions :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Well I bought a real 5200 joystick for it:) I already got the Pokey analog inputs working for paddles on the a8. Updates are mostly on the a8 side of the project - for now:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Interesting, yes. Have you posted about this on the A8 forum, you'd get plenty of interest. For the computer you could quite easily just get away with fudging the keyscan. Probably not quite the case for 5200 mode. 5200 operates Pokey IIRC with keyscan enabled but debounce not enabled. With the computer the keyboard only works properly with keyscan/debounce both enabled. I've not used a 5200 - no idea if you could fudge the keyscan there. I don't even know if it allows simultaneous key presses (disregarding those buttons which aren't part of the normal matrix). If anything the memory mapping for 5200 should be simpler - Antic is the same, not sure how long GTIA/Pokey have repeated images through the map. Of course the tricky part is cartridges if you're not using the real thing - you'd probably want to have mappers for the popular banking schemes which in both cases would be a bit of work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) I've made a start on this over the weekend. I've got most things wired up, just need to connect a real controller and sort out cartridge support. Initially just from SD card (+basic types only to start with), though of course a real break out board could be built fairly easily... Quick question though since I don't have a real 5200. Should I get the Atari logo rainbow without a cartridge inserted? Or the 'Insert 5200 cartridge message'? I know I know, its only 2K I can step through it :-) Anyone got a handy commented 5200 os listing? Edited August 31, 2014 by foft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Nothing happens, the machine crashes and burns, there is no message. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Thanks, its very helpful to know. I popped in the Acid 5200 'cartridge', fingers crossed it all passes first time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Still interested in this, and if you do a 7800 version (It seems kevtris' development seems to have stopped) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foft Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Not bad for the first successful boot I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8rRlfAr6MuU&list=UU4whFObEsLCccA249BIZMtA Now to load a game ROM and connect my controller... I just hope the controller I imported last year works. Edited September 1, 2014 by foft 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NML32 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Not bad for the first successful boot I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8rRlfAr6MuU&list=UU4whFObEsLCccA249BIZMtA Now to load a game ROM and connect my controller... I just hope the controller I imported last year works. Good to see it passed the Acid5200 test. Are you wiring up a 5200 controller to your DE1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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