
Troed's H4 build
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Re: Troed's H4 build
Yep, I did mine too 

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800XL + Ultimate 1MB, 2x 1010 cassette, 1050 + Happy mod, 65XE (128k +APE Warp) & XC12, SIO2SD, 2600jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Atari 520ST (1Meg), 1040STF long button floppy, 2x 1040 STFMs + Gotek, 2x 4160STE with 32Mhz booster, ROM switcher, Mega ST1, Mega ST4, not to mention various bare ST boards for testing including a PAK 68/2

Plus the rest..
Amiga stuff, Mac stuff, Sinclair stuff etc...
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Re: Troed's H4 build
Lightning ST added. Not really tailor made for the H4 - blocks all other expansion sockets
... now to go flash a new dual TOS since the Lightning includes a 256k decoder.
/Troed

... now to go flash a new dual TOS since the Lightning includes a 256k decoder.
/Troed
Re: Troed's H4 build
Hmm, actually I have issues with the Lightning (or the expansion slot). While I've successfully had it recognized by its drivers, it has never shown me attached USB drives (while they work fine if I connect the Unicorn to the H4 - same USB and STORAGE drivers). Also, quite often the Lightning isn't recognized at all. Wondering if it's due to the hole-pin solution not fitting well in the socket (I used the ones supplied with the Lightning for that expansion port).
Re: Troed's H4 build
Can you please check that the Lightning ST is really pushed all the way into the socket? If I look at your photo, this doesn't seem to be the case:
Re: Troed's H4 build
For comparison: This is how it looks in one of my STs. (On the photo is the Storm ST alt-RAM board, but it uses the same type / length of pins as the Storm ST.) The pins should go all the way into the socket.
Re: Troed's H4 build
Cheers - that was indeed the reason for both the Lightning not being detected as well as the USB flash drive not working. I would never have guessed the amount of force needed if not for your photo

In any case - now I have a like for like comparison between Lightning and Unicorn, made on the same H4 board with the same flashdrive.
Lightning: 340-350kb/s
Unicorn: 60kb/s
/Troed
Re: Troed's H4 build
Replaced my original Atari Falcon 4MB board with the SIMM holder and 60ns SIMM. The original memory would have no chance at 16MHz.
Also got my Ricoh RTC chips (same as Mega ST). Will start looking into schematics to fit it to the H4 with GAL decoding for the address etc.
/Troed
Also got my Ricoh RTC chips (same as Mega ST). Will start looking into schematics to fit it to the H4 with GAL decoding for the address etc.
/Troed
Re: Troed's H4 build
TOS 2.06 decoding now working. Opted for not using the Lightning but fulfilling a want I've felt for a long time, to get that working myself with a good old GAL.
Also found what looks to be a complete schematic and GAL code for the Mega ST Ricoh RTC, written by Elmar Hilgart ages ago. I'll put some effort replacing the Dallas RTC on the H4 with this, just because it plays nicely with TOS as is.
/Troed
Also found what looks to be a complete schematic and GAL code for the Mega ST Ricoh RTC, written by Elmar Hilgart ages ago. I'll put some effort replacing the Dallas RTC on the H4 with this, just because it plays nicely with TOS as is.
/Troed
Re: Troed's H4 build
Finally getting to try to implement doubleST on the H4. Studying the schematics for the "jumper rows" made for the mod board, they seem to lack the ability to run the Shifter off the GAL clock, as well as DTACK_in and DTACK_out (in higher speed modes my results were that DTACK needed delaying from CPU to GLUE).
The H4 schematics actually has a set of jumpers down by flashy clock that would have the DTACK signals, but those don't seem to have made it to the actual H4 PCB.
This is of course possible to get around so I hope to have a 22V10 wired in with the latest code I did back then (not on Github) within the next few days. Exciting
/Troed
The H4 schematics actually has a set of jumpers down by flashy clock that would have the DTACK signals, but those don't seem to have made it to the actual H4 PCB.
This is of course possible to get around so I hope to have a 22V10 wired in with the latest code I did back then (not on Github) within the next few days. Exciting

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Clock to use is either 64MHz or 32.008 MHz depending on state of the switches. One switch combination invalid. Basically, Switch0 decided between 64 and 32MHz, S1 between doubleST video modes or not.
This clock (output) is then wired to pin1 as input clock for the GAL itself
S0 * S1 = 64MHz Shifter clock, 32MHz MMU, 16MHz CPU = doubleST
S0 * !S1 = 32MHz Shifter clock, 32MHz MMU, 16MHz CPU = stefan16Mhz
!S0 * !S1 = 32MHz Shifter clock, 16MHz MMU, 8MHz CPU = stock
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Re: Troed's H4 build
DTACK was removed just before production.. It was hard to design a motherboard to fit a addon which hadn't been designed yet
But also this is why it ended up with a bodge wire on CPU DTACK, so technically CPU DTACK can still be broken 


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