+tf_hh Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Hi all, just want to announce that I´ve made a new replica for the Atari 1050 diskdrive, it´s The Mini Super Speedy 1050! This is an updated version of my MiniSpeedy 1050 with Super-Speedy functionality. You get all the features from the well-known Mini-Speedy 1050 with the additional feature to copy whole discs in less than 40 seconds (format, write, verify)! The Super-Speedy includes a 256 KByte buffer which holds the complete single density, enhanced/medium density or double density disc read before. Because the data must not transferred through the bottleneck SIO buss, one complete double density disc will be read in approx 10 seconds or less. Once loaded into the internal memory, you can create as much copies you want. Maximum time for writing a full double density disk with format and verify is 40 seconds. The special copy tool for using the Super Speedy function will be booted with open disc lever and the 1050 set as D1: into your Atari computer. Further the computer is only used as a terminal, all read and write accesses will be done by the 1050 itself. Without booting the copy tool, the Super-Speedy acts like any other Speedy 1050, too. It has the firmware V1.7 and runs fine with NTSC, too! By default (see the red jumper) the Super-Speedy firmware is active. When the jumper is removed, the standard Mini-Speedy V1.7 firmware with HSS copier is active. I patched the HSS copier to english language. Of course it also runs fine with NTSC systems. Find the installation instructions here: http://www.van-radecke.de/MiniSpeedy/MiniSuperSpeedy1050.pdf I´ve made a little video (made with cell phone, please excuse the quality) copying one double density disc with the Super Speedy: http://www.van-radecke.de/MiniSpeedy/MiniSuperSpeedy_copy_in_action.mp4 When using NTSC, you will see the timer more increasing, the reason is the 60 Hz vertical frequency, which is used for the timer. So real time needed is approx 30-33 seconds for a full double density disc to write (format & verify), but when done with a NTSC system, it will show up to 40 seconds, but uses only 30-33 ? Mini Super Speedy 1050 is availible in 2-3 weeks. See my linked document in the signature below for more informations! Jurgen 21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Ha! Exactly what I wanted, when I contacted mega-hz many years ago about the Super-Speedy. But then they came out with the Mega-Speedy, which included Mini-Speedy, Super-Speedy and the possibility of up to a dozen of other emulated drive enhancements (Turbo, Archiver, USD, Happy, IS-Plate, etc.). For me a Super-Speedy is more than enough and I did not like cutting holes into the drive bezel for the Mega-Speedy (its rotating switch and track lcd). But since then, I already bought four Mini-Speedy's and built them in into four 1050 drives and so now I am thinking if I should replace them with your brandnew Super-Mini-Speedy... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Amd what is the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) If you read the PDF (link is in Juergen's signature!), you see the Mini Super Speedy is 26 Euro + p&p... Edited July 7, 2019 by CharlieChaplin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Hi, Can you upload code to the 256k, I'm assuming it's a 6502 CPU, with some sort of bank switching? Am interested in the technical spec., given that the Mega speedy is probably never going to be produced again, a programmable mini super speedy may be the closest thing going! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespertillio Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Count me in for one when they are ready. :-)Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I hate you and every product you make; there is always another awesome toy I have to buy!!! ? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I wish I had a 3rd working 1050 to install this drive into. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) 26 euro??? 1 please for my 1050... Always wanted to have a Speedy 1050 those days... as it was cheaper I got Turbo1050 instead by Engl. Not bad either but was annoying due to track formatting. Edited July 8, 2019 by Heaven/TQA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tf_hh Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 7/7/2019 at 11:32 PM, E474 said: Can you upload code to the 256k, I'm assuming it's a 6502 CPU, with some sort of bank switching? Am interested in the technical spec., given that the Mega speedy is probably never going to be produced again, a programmable mini super speedy may be the closest thing going! Yes, this is possible. The 256 KByte disc buffer is mapped in 32 banks with 8 KByte each. Of course you could put 65C02 code there and let it run. The Speedy systems uses the 65C02 CPU, this is the CMOS enhanced 6502 with some new commands. Most Atari 8-Bit compilers/assemblers supports creating code for this CPU, too. Here´s the memory map: $8000-$9FFF Banked 256 KByte disc buffer, 32 banks with 8 KB each $A000-$BFFF Standard 8 KB trackbuffer as found in all Speedy versions $C000-$DFFF Dependent on firmware: SuperSpeedy copy tool or HSS copier (booted into computer) $E000-$FFFF Speedy base firmware Change of bank: Write bank-number 0 to 31 to any address between $6000 and $7FFF. The area between $4000-$5FFF is used for track display and density display (supported not by all firmware versions of the speedy). Also the beeper is accessed in this area. All addresses below $4000 are routed to the 1050 mainboard to access FDC, RIOT etc. Attention: My solution allows the usage of 32 banks (=256 KB), the genuine Super Speedy uses six SRAMs with 32 KB each giving a total of 192 KB only. Jurgen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Hi, Thanks very much for the reply, this sounds like a great upgrade! Is there a typo in the address ranges for bank select and track display, as there is some overlap in the memory ranges given? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tf_hh Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 12 hours ago, E474 said: Thanks very much for the reply, this sounds like a great upgrade! Is there a typo in the address ranges for bank select and track display, as there is some overlap in the memory ranges given? Yes, this was a typo - corrected! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Ok, Thanks very much for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tf_hh Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 Hi all, the Mini-Super-Speedy 1050 is now available. Also I´ve refilled the stock of Super Colour CPU cards and the Atari 400 RAM card. Find all infos as usual in my info-PDF. Thanks and best regards, Jurgen 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 This is great news!!! I have sent you ( @tf_hh ) an email. I remember using the original super speedy in the nineties. We (ANG Software) used to spend many nights to copy hundreds of disks, with the super speedy we got our nights back ? This speedy is so incredibly fast, that we copied our games at shows almost litterally on demand ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 7/28/2019 at 4:35 PM, tf_hh said: Hi all, the Mini-Super-Speedy 1050 is now available. Also I´ve refilled the stock of Super Colour CPU cards and the Atari 400 RAM card. Find all infos as usual in my info-PDF. Thanks and best regards, Jurgen Ordered or better money sent via PayPal... after 30 years my first speedy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Got mine... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Ok. Took me noob 10 minutes to build in. Formated Disk etc. what makes me wonder... I have spartados X on cart and I did not manage to use highspeed or even copy files to drive but under mydos it worked. now I never was a Sparta or dos expert so how is best to use the speedy now? as the drives formats and copy files I assume it works? but under Sparta i had error 139 and strange loading sounds while copy files? and i might remember that when booting with open drive it would load something from drive (bibo dos etc?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Ah ok. Drive is d4: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Ok. Works... I used the drive as D4 and not D1... rtfm... just copied a DD disk in lightning speed... always wanted to have that speedy back in 87/88.... thx! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Hi, This is an easy install! I didn't take any pictures of the CPU and EPROM removed (see the ones I did take, below), but removing these chips is quite easy to do (I put the original chips into the strip of foam that went over the Speedy's pins, and then into the supplied anti-static bags, so they are safe and sound). The 4 capacitors were quite easy to desolder/remove, but didn't survive the procedure. The built in copier (boot Atari with 1050 drive door open to get it to load) is a sector copier, not a track copier (that is, it doesn't copy protected disks). On the other hand, I have never seen a floppy on any format 8-bit/PC/etc. get copied so fast. I noticed one minor bug with the built in copier - if you try to copy a protected disk - you get an error, but the English text messes up the margins, so I guess there is a character string length issue. On the other hand, it's not really a problem at all. I tried the track copier on the Speedy system disk, and it did a 2 pass copy of Mercenary (single density protected disk) at high/ultra speed (not sure of how fast, but it was fast) successfully. I don't know what other utilities there are for the Speedy, e.g. custom track formatter, Happy Backup Pre Defined Backups etc., and I don't know what the Speedy is actually capable of - presumably most things apart from stuff that only a BitWriter can do. Does anyone know of any programming info? Can you get it to emulate The Chip, or similar, so you can run the Archiver/Editor software? The Mini Speedy passed the ROM/RAM tests OK, and could be set back to stock 1050 mode with a utility on the disk. I had a look at the BiboDOS disk, but didn't do anything with it apart from check it booted OK, as my German is minimal. The drive worked fine with MyDOS, which is what I am using most at the moment. I haven't tried it with Hias' high-speed SIO patched OS yet, but I am guessing it should work fine. Nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Any way to order one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
777ismyname Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, videofx said: Any way to order one? http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf He is quite responsive via the email listed in the catalog PDF link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Does it do the happy enhancement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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