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by PaulJ
Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:52 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: Looks like I'll be getting a Mega ST4 soon
Replies: 276
Views: 103077

Re: Looks like I'll be getting a Mega ST4 soon

exxos wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:23 pm
PaulJ wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:44 pm Never hurts to have some extra pull-ups available in various locations on the H4. :D
:lolbig: :merryxmas:
I really didn't put it out there as a challenge. :stars:
by PaulJ
Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:44 pm
Forum: MEMBER BLOGS
Topic: Looks like I'll be getting a Mega ST4 soon
Replies: 276
Views: 103077

Re: Looks like I'll be getting a Mega ST4 soon

Don't cut it off RJ, bend it up and if you ever need another pullup you can wire wrap to the pin that's bent up along the body. Never hurts to have some extra pull-ups available in various locations on the H4. :D
by PaulJ
Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:04 pm
Forum: PHOENIX ZONE
Topic: Flashy Clock - Yet another DEV board
Replies: 386
Views: 137319

Re: Flashy Clock - Yet another DEV board

Excellent board guys. :thumbup: Can't wait for the extended memory option board. :excited: Since the target board for these daughter cards is the mongrel the purchaser will most likely have built the Mongrel and have the skills to deal with the construction or know someone who does. I would believe ...
by PaulJ
Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:29 pm
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2
Replies: 178
Views: 63428

Re: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2

Ya, the UltraS runs @ ~990 -> ~1020 kbytes / sec while the IDE is consistently is 1420. DMA's read cycle / byte is faster but IDE is reading two bytes for each read. Plus, the way IDE is designed for the Atari, the CPU can do two 16-bit IDE reads with a single instruction. Therefore, it takes only ...
by PaulJ
Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:53 am
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2
Replies: 178
Views: 63428

Re: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2

Ya, its a nice board and faster that the US. Odd, it shouldn't be faster than US.. I think by rights IDE should be half the speed of stuff on the DMA port. Ya, the UltraS runs @ ~990 -> ~1020 kbytes / sec while the IDE is consistently is 1420. DMA's read cycle / byte is faster but IDE is reading tw...
by PaulJ
Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:15 am
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2
Replies: 178
Views: 63428

Re: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2

Ya, its a nice board and faster that the US. Plus you get availability to TOS 2.06. :bravo:
by PaulJ
Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:01 pm
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2
Replies: 178
Views: 63428

Re: PaulJ's H4 Mongrel Build x 2

The Exxos IDE dev board is working with TOS 2.06 or TOS 1.04.
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by PaulJ
Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:45 pm
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: will it compute? btl's attempt to build the H4
Replies: 72
Views: 29590

Re: will it compute? btl's attempt to build the H4

btl wrote: Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:09 pm OK, now that i've overcome my first oopsie, i connected a floppy disk drive.

Time to run a GB6!
Nice job btl. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
by PaulJ
Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:03 pm
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: PhilC's H4 Mongrel edition build x 3
Replies: 178
Views: 55230

Re: PhilC's H4 Mongrel edition build x 3

15759067655791762065424929064746.jpg@PaulJ yes it's all good, I've got a problem with my RGB it seems but its booting to desktop now, so I'm very happy. Ya, mine is also washed out but not as bad as yours. I normally use high def anyways so its not really much of a handicap. When I finish the secon...
by PaulJ
Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: MONGREL H4 USER BUILDS
Topic: PhilC's H4 Mongrel edition build x 3
Replies: 178
Views: 55230

Re: PhilC's H4 Mongrel edition build x 3

So, as it turns out, my dyslexia is a pain in the butt, guess who put the wrong value caps in c85 and c86 and therefore had no clock signal the the MFP, yes, you guessed it Me. So I have a diagrom serial output now, which is cool, so just got to fix the video etc, wish me luck. Nice find PhilC , do...

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