ST-IDE-ROM Dev Board v1 - BETA Testers

[exxos]

@exxos Will there be just a bare board option? I can do the ROMs and other parts myself, so all I'd need is the board and the FPGA if that's feasible.

The ROM wouldn't be supplied anyway.. To many versions of it to include in the kits.. The H4 can hold the ROM in fact anyway. The 68k socket won't be supplied, its not needed for the H4. The PLDs I will program them myself. CF cables / adapters won't be supplied, It only leaves a few resistors and couple other bits then anyway. So its pretty much bare bones anyway.

[PhilC]

Happy to order a couple myself too, can be bare boards if that helps as I have the ATF programmer as you know.

[rubber_jonnie]

@exxos Will there be just a bare board option? I can do the ROMs and other parts myself, so all I'd need is the board and the FPGA if that's feasible.

The ROM wouldn't be supplied anyway.. To many versions of it to include in the kits.. The H4 can hold the ROM in fact anyway. The 68k socket won't be supplied, its not needed for the H4. The PLDs I will program them myself. CF cables / adapters won't be supplied, It only leaves a few resistors and couple other bits then anyway. So its pretty much bare bones anyway.

@exxos Seems fair enough to me.

[exxos]

Just paid for and downloaded HD11. But unfortunately I get the same results as @rubber_jonnie With the blitter turned on

I get 1320 kb/sec with it turned off.

So I have no idea why it turns out slower.

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[rubber_jonnie]

Just paid for and downloaded HD11. But unfortunately I get the same results as @rubber_jonnie With the blitter turned on

@exxos Hmm, interesting. From a user perspective did it feel any different? Maybe needs an email to Uwe? Would be nice to test it using ACSI, though the config does say it's for IDE as well.

[exxos]

@exxos Hmm, interesting. From a user perspective did it feel any different? Maybe needs an email to Uwe? Would be nice to test it using ACSI, though the config does say it's for IDE as well.

Good point, Will give it a try, though for some reason it seems to have suddenly decided to go to German and I cannot currently figure out how to get it back to English

[rubber_jonnie]

Good point, Will give it a try, though for some reason it seems to have suddenly decided to go to German and I cannot currently figure out how to get it back to English

@exxos If you are using the keyboard rather than a mouse, if you keep ALT held down while starting the config util, it will start in German. Close it down (I think BEENDEN is QUIT)or reset and start again.

Either use a mouse to launch it, or release ALT as soon as you've double clicked using "Insert".

[exxos]

@rubber_jonnie Bizarre, I am using the keyboard.. I found the language in the menu, German was selected, I selected English, quit back to desktop and reloaded, and it was still in German. But after a cold reboot it is now back in English.

In any case, loading GB6 takes about three seconds with the blitter turned on, and easily two seconds with the blitter turned off. So the speed results I would say are likely accurate.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie Bizarre, I am using the keyboard.. I found the language in the menu, German was selected, I selected English, quit back to desktop and reloaded, and it was still in German. But after a cold reboot it is now back in English.

In any case, loading GB6 takes about three seconds with the blitter turned on, and easily two seconds with the blitter turned off. So the speed results I would say are likely accurate.

@exxos I may drop UWE a note later then, see what he says. Are you able to test with ACSI? I'd need to do a bit of setup first as my CosmosEx is currently using PPs driver.

[exxos]

@exxos I may drop UWE a note later then, see what he says. Are you able to test with ACSI? I'd need to do a bit of setup first as my CosmosEx is currently using PPs driver.

I find it best normally not to email him about problems

I have an idea what it might be, but something has decided to die meanwhile

EDIT
and we back to german again