TerribleFire's H4 Build

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Re: TerribleFire's H4 Build

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terriblefire wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 5:29 pm
JezC wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 5:08 pm Fair enough...any idea what the part number is (and where you got it) please?
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My H4 floppy just stopped working. I may have either knocked something or possibly powered up briefly with the TF536 and 68000 in the machine.

I'm trying to boot / use the Frontier floppy image..

https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Files/files.html

It doesnt show the notice you usually get and goes straight to the desktop. If i click the program in auto i get Error #35.

Symptoms are that the drive clicks up to sector 170.. then 233 then the flashfloppy firmware decideds whatever has been asked for is BS and gives me a d-A on the display.

Any suggestions where to look. Could i have killed the WD1772?

(all this happens with plain 68000)
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Sounds like a bad address, so bad bus between DMA <> 1772 ?
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I found 2 pins unsoldered on the WD1772 and

HDRQ (pin 23 on the DMA)

and RESET (!) on the WD1772.

I fixed this and the behaviour is changed. Now frontier just 4 bombs and the drive head behaviour looks consistent.

EDIT: I can format a disk and I can save a newdesk.ini file on there which gets loaded. Also the AUTOBOOT.HFE loads fine. Just frontier suddenly being sulky.
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@terriblefire thats the same behaviour I get when trying Frontier with TF536.

Not sure if its related but a lot of the benchmarks on Gembench run really slowly with the 536 but don't on Agrandlunds 535 firmware
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PhilC wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 3:57 pm @terriblefire thats the same behaviour I get when trying Frontier with TF536.

Not sure if its related but a lot of the benchmarks on Gembench run really slowly with the 536 but don't on Agrandlunds 535 firmware
Found the issue. A flick of solder was bridging pins on the MMU. Looks like it came from the desoder pump when i was replacing the keyswitches on the amiga 1000.

There was a few other badly solder pins i have touched up. Fixed now.

EDIT: Also replaced the alt key and clip for it.. but managed to drop/lose one of the keycap domes... Honestly think it evapourated. Doesnt matter i guess.
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Got the ROM decoder from Exxos today. Installed it worked first time. :)
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terriblefire wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 4:13 pm
EDIT: Also replaced the alt key and clip for it.. but managed to drop/lose one of the keycap domes... Honestly think it evapourated. Doesnt matter i guess.
You may not have lost a dome, there is usually one short, have a look here: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... t=keyboard
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