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Well, further to my previous entry I also finally got one of these : which i fitted into my checkmate case and then connected the HD pin to pin 39 on the IDE adapter in my previous post. and as if by magic, the HD LED on the front of the checkmate case now lights up when the there is CF card...
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Well, I had a number of things I still wanted to sort on my checkmate a1200, most importantly was fixing the non working pcmcia networking situation, and being able to see card activity on the ehide port on my tf1260. I have previously attempted to create a "hack" to do this but my soldering...
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I tend to use this blog as a historical record of my various amiga issues and how they get resolved, so when I forget in future exactly what I did, I know where to look. Also thanks to google etc it may end up helping someone else. So, whilst awaiting various parts to progress my checkmate...
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Hmm - since all my previous disasters, what have I managed: - Well, I have swapped the motherboard from My checkmate a1200 out into the wedge and put the wedge one back in the checkmate - I have flashed the 68090 firmware onto my TF1260 -which was not as straightforward as the last firmware...
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Well I have found a little time to play with my amigas, but immediately ran into an issue with an old favourite game - and its a version of one of those that I played with my mates back in the day so its a real deal breaker for me - Supercars 2 AGA. I posted in the thread over on EAB so wont...
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Now that I write that title I am not sure I shouldnt have worded it differently, but given almost no one reads these blogs except me I shall let it remain.... [EDIT -I have now changed the title from performance issues to WHDLOAD issues, as that is what it has turned out to be] Anyway.... So...
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OK - so no progress on anything else but I finally ordered an Indy Mk3 for my wedge a1200. It came, I fitted it and I got a picture. I then connected it to the Omniport from my previous post, and was a bit concerned about which way to put the cable. The manual for the Omniport only shows the...
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Well I have nothing to add re my projects involving my Checkmated A1200, that will all be for the new year, but I got my A1200 motherboard back from Amigakit (recapped and timing fixes etc), and even got an Omniport to go with the freeway USB. It was all a tight squeeze but its now in there and...
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Well, work has been so busy that I have barely had time to do much on my projects, but I have now done enough that I might park them till Xmas (I have auditors in for a few weeks and so much to do....) Clockport expander project As per earlier posts this did not go well, despite help from Chris...
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Well, my new a1200 turned up, warranty seal still intact. result 1 plugged in a psu and a scart cable and it booted to the kickstart screen. Result 2: opened it up to find its a 1d4 board (I haven't got one of those - EDIT Turns out I do - I just read my own signature and reminded myself that my...
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Well, although my two projects for my Checkmate a1200 are ongoing, (and are/will be the subject of further posts), as I have said previously that is probably as far as I can take that Amiga, and I have concluded that my desktop a1200 with mediator is pretty much complete as well. It then struck...
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Aah, damn it. Got the clockport extender cables and despite trying to be ever so careful as soon as I switched on the extender released a little puff of magic smoke...... Obviously switched it all off immediately. The only thing that was plugged into the extender at the time was the RTC/temp...
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And as usual with this hobby there is always a catch... Well, I started by having to fit one of my 3.2 custom roms (inc the ehide driver) into the rom riser that is linked to the rom.expander to provide power (I assume).These roms are however fractionally larger and I had a mare trying to get...
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Well they have arrived! Hopefully will get a minute to fit them, but as others have reported amigakit don't send the software or provide a working link on the product page, so at best I will be able to test that my rapid road still works and the RTC..... EDIT - Actually they replied within an...
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Well I have been so busy with work that I havent been able to spend much Amiga time for a while, but as the new Amibay is back and looks really good I have to say, I thought i would post something. It is also about this time of year that upgrade fever hits me and I so I was considering what I...
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Well, I bought one of those ftdi cables that mean I can flash new firmware directly onto my tf1260 without removing it from my checkmate case. I followed the videos available online and flashed the latest alpha firmware without any problems. Much to my joy I found that my Rev 6 060 seems quite...
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OK - after some twists and turns along the way, I am almost there. My checkmate a1200 is still utterly in bits over my desk, but is just pending one more part prior to being rebuilt. So, the TF1260 is now up and running, and thanks to a friend who made me some physical ROMs with the ehide...
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Well, a little time has passed and thanks to Fitzsteve I have the upgrade bug again. I got no further with the fastata although the broken leg was repaired and the amiga mostly sees the Kickstarts but with the rom risers its not 100% and cannot see the fastata card itself. I have setup 3.2 on...
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Well time for a little catchup post. I decided that AmigaOS 3.2 would be my next investment and so ordered not only the CD but a set of ROMs as well. I decided to do a clean install and build this from scratch. It all went OK although it is still a bit barebones as it comes and installing...
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Well following on from the last two posts, the audio mixer that a.mi.goun so kindly made for me arrived today. It works great and was fitted in minutes. It allows me to not only combine the audio from the cdda output from the cd drive with the output from the RCA posts for the system sound...
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