Something else which doesn't make sense is, what is roms.zip supposed to be ? There does not seem to be any mention of it anywhere else :shrug: Setup file structure From the pistorm-atari directory, perform the following commands mkdir ../roms mkdir ../dkimages mkdir ../configs mkdir ../screendumps ...

@exxos If you now know the MAC address & have it enabled on your network (or whatever it is you needed to do) Then I suggest stop using this new install & attempt to burn & configure the image I gave you. I did try, but I cannot remember (or even have) any programs to restore the SD car...

Steve wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:27 pm Don't forget @alexh @Roberto @exxos that isn't the only reversed cap on the Falcon motherboard: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5989&p=94897

Thanks I will add it to the list.

alexh wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:23 pm If this is confirmed. Does it deserve being part of the "mandatory fixes" for Falcon030?

Yeah I will add it to the list. Though primarily it was a investigation into it rather than a "how to fix" article.

:D Capture.PNG So running through... https://github.com/gotaproblem/pistorm-atari First "issue"... Append the following to your /boot/cmdline.txt file quiet vt.global_cursor_default=0 fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes NOTE Do not add new-lines to this file. The entries must be one continuous...

Progress


So I never enabled SSH it seems. So starting again with this basically.

Meanwhile I setup wifi just to see if I can get the thing to connect at all.

The first annoying thing was the first SD card (new) seems to be faulty

ah screw it, i'll order a hdmi cable. I've gotta go up in the loft at some point soon, so hope I can find a keyboard up there. I will probably end up needing to SSH in at some point anyway. So might as well get it over and done with sooner rather than later. Also ordered a heatsink set. Also worked ...

Well found, @exxos. :thumbup: But just to be clear, I did not find this issue, Steve asked me about it originally because the capacitor kept bulging.. So Steve came across the problem first. Though it's not the first time Atari have had caps in backwards in some machines (not limited to just the Fa...

Badwolf wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:22 pm At its heart, PiStorm is a synchronously driven state machine acting as a multiplexer.

That's what I was wondering. I only expected it to be a IO level shifter.

I should be able to get some boards made. I will get the 374 latches. I need to get some other boards made up anyway.