IDE Card Group Buy ?

[+TheBF]

I got the board.  Looks like the new postmaster general is really making a difference.

It only took 1.5 months to get from Texas to the great white north.  

[+OLD CS1]

44 minutes ago, TheBF said:

It only took 1.5 months to get from Texas to the great white north.

? If I didn't need to work I wouldn't be here, I'd be back home on the Last Frontier. ?

 

Okay, so technically not Canadiastani, but still pretty close.

[+TheBF]

4 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

? If I didn't need to work I wouldn't be here, I'd be back home on the Last Frontier. ?

 

Okay, so technically not Canadiastani, but still pretty close.

Ya. I am way out there in the middle of nowhere, a 60 minute drive from Port Huron Mi.   

(Ok so maybe Port Huron is not NY City but hey. It's USA)

 

Question:  Where do I find the latest DSR and loader program for this beautiful blue play toy that I have here?

 

Answer: I found Fred's site and downloaded V14.

 

[+TheBF]

In other news... I powered up the card and looked at the DSR RAM in Forth.

Works fine. Filled it up with data and erased it etc from the command line.

 

I noticed that the 5V heat sink runs really hot. (I took it off and reinstalled it with some heat sink compound just to maximize heat transfer)

 

Build a floppy disk with the DSR and loader.

[Shift838]

21 hours ago, TheBF said:

Ya. I am way out there in the middle of nowhere, a 60 minute drive from Port Huron Mi.   

(Ok so maybe Port Huron is not NY City but hey. It's USA)

 

Question:  Where do I find the latest DSR and loader program for this beautiful blue play toy that I have here?

 

Answer: I found Fred's site and downloaded V14.

 

Latest DSR can be obtained from Fred's site.

 

http://www.ti99-geek.nl/

 

 

[+TheBF]

Just now, Shift838 said:

Latest DSR can be obtained from Fred's site.

 

http://www.ti99-geek.nl/

 

 

Thanks Chris.  I found it and ran the IDELOAD progam. Got all passes so good work by you.

 

I have an old 80Gb IDE drive that I know works cuz I put Linux mint on it for fun.

 

Should I be able to run CALL IDEST in BASIC with no drive connected but the board loaded?

Neither E/A BASIC nor XBASIC can find the sub-program.

 

 

[Shift838]

Once you load the DSR you should be able to do a CALL IDEST

 

You do not need a drive hooked up to run the command.

 

 

[+TheBF]

OK I have done something wrong then.

Did a full restart and same result. 

 

?

[Shift838]

are you running my 838 clock module or the standard BQ4847 ?  I don't recall if you purchased both..

 

 

[+TheBF]

1 minute ago, Shift838 said:

are you running my 838 clock module or the standard BQ4847 ?  I don't recall if you purchased both..

 

 

BQ4847.

 

I just went to reload the DSR and I tried to set the clock. It said the DSR was not loaded so the RAM did not retain the load.

I will try it again

[+TheBF]

Works if I don't power down the PEB. 

Battery dead in the BQ4847?

[Shift838]

it should not be.  They were all brand new.  of course old stock.

 

So if you have voltmeter.

 

Vout is pin #1

ground is pin #14

 

check to see if you are getting 3v between those 2 pins.

[+TheBF]

1 minute ago, Shift838 said:

it should not be.  They were all brand new.  of course old stock.

 

So if you have voltmeter.

 

Vout is pin #1

ground is pin #14

 

check to see if you are getting 3v between those 2 pins.

OK thanks

[+TheBF]

Wish I had a board extender.

 

[coolio]

2 minutes ago, TheBF said:

Wish I had a board extender.

 

If you mean PEB board extender, I have one that admittedly I've never used. PM me, I'm sure we can work out a deal. 

[+TheBF]

Just  to confirm that the card is loaded from another piece of S/W, here is a memory dump from Forth without shutting off the PEB.

Looks like a DSR header to me.

 

Working on volts...

 

[+TheBF]

Out of the socket it slowly crawls up to 2.74 volts with a 40Mohm meter. (If memory serves)

 

In socket it drops to 2V.

It seems like something loading the chip on the board. ?

 

Edit: Pin 1 to Pin 14 show 268K ohms with the chip removed.

[+TheBF]

If the schematic is accurate it looks like Vout is powering U23 all the time.

That doesn't sound right.  The battery RAM would normally not power anything external would it?

[Shift838]

the battery does power the SRAM (U23) constantly as that is where your DSR is loaded.

[+TheBF]

Ok.  Now I get it.  I thought the clock had SRAM built in.

 

So I suppose I could hay wire a 3V battery onto the board and solve the problem.

Or should I just get one of your clock boards?

 

(gotta run for the evening)

 

[Shift838]

if you wire a battery on it then you will also need a diode or a FET in series with the battery to help ensure to protect the battery from getting a surge of power and exploding.  At least that's how I understand it.

 

Be safe.. Buy my board!  ?

Edited September 16, 2020 by Shift838

[+retroclouds]

Have to do more testing, but have the same issue with the first card I tested. 

DSR needs to be loaded again when I turn off the PEB overnight.

Guess the battery in the BQ is half-dead.

 

It’s not a very big deal as loading the DSR goes real quick with Fred’s FGROM IDE loader cartrdige image. 

But obviously it means I need to set the time again as well.

[+retroclouds]

On 9/27/2020 at 9:03 AM, retroclouds said:

Have to do more testing, but have the same issue with the first card I tested. 

DSR needs to be loaded again when I turn off the PEB overnight.

Guess the battery in the BQ is half-dead.

 

It’s not a very big deal as loading the DSR goes real quick with Fred’s FGROM IDE loader cartrdige image. 

But obviously it means I need to set the time again as well.

 

The BQ clock ship seems to have died and is no longer recognized, rendering the IDE card useless. Not a good day...