Apollo 1260 resurrection
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god that would really rack me off no end,have you tried reseating the mach chips as well?
on your card i mean.
yep mine locks up at a 68LC060 info pane that ive not seen before, the other card boots straight to WB no issues 
if it does it on the new mobo I guess my 040 just is suitable for 060 speeds..
if it does it on the new mobo I guess my 040 just is suitable for 060 speeds..
yep mine locks up at a 68LC060 info pane that ive not seen before, the other card boots straight to WB no issues
if it does it on the new mobo I guess my 040 just is suitable for 060 speeds..
have you tried your cpu in the other card?
are you running remapollo?
damn i cant remember if the LC's have an mmu or not,i'll have to check i dont have one you see.
yeah the cpu is a 680ec60 75mhz and runs fine in the other card but not in mine for some odd reason, i wonder if the firmware is different ..
my card has a flashed rom the other is the apollo rom
my card has a flashed rom the other is the apollo rom
have you tried swapping the rom as well,dont think thats the problem but worth a look.
thomas_red
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Never laugh at piggyback strange looking mods
I wouldn't be surprised if that's the secret of the other card stability 
AT LAST - THE ANSWEEERRRRRRRR!!!
Apollo 1260 ROM details:
this is from the seller of the rom i used in my Apollo.
Please note, the firmware rom is a copy from a 1260 card with a 68060RC50 cpu that has both FPU and MMU. It will not work with EC cpu:s and propably not cpu:s w/o MMU either! (The 75 Mhz EC version of the Apollo 1260 has different libs and firmware) It should however work with a 040 cpu also.
it seems the ROM is wrong for my CPU , thats why my CPU works perfectly in the other Apollo card grrrrrrrr
hours and hours wasted ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
oh the humanity
no need to jump from a tall building now
Apollo 1260 ROM details:
this is from the seller of the rom i used in my Apollo.
Please note, the firmware rom is a copy from a 1260 card with a 68060RC50 cpu that has both FPU and MMU. It will not work with EC cpu:s and propably not cpu:s w/o MMU either! (The 75 Mhz EC version of the Apollo 1260 has different libs and firmware) It should however work with a 040 cpu also.
it seems the ROM is wrong for my CPU , thats why my CPU works perfectly in the other Apollo card grrrrrrrr
hours and hours wasted ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
oh the humanity
no need to jump from a tall building now
my lovely 2B motherboard , how i mistreated you and called you names ...please forgive me :-(
Apollo you freaking @fghhj:"DEE@@@@$$!!! oops not your fault either..
ROM - i hate you
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perhaps if the ROM seller had mentioned , just once that it was MMU/FPU firmware / libs in the rom ...i would not of taken to drinking heavily, smoking and taking large doses of Asprin...
not too much to ask?
Apollo you freaking @fghhj:"DEE@@@@$$!!! oops not your fault either..
ROM - i hate you
---------- Post added at 22:31 ---------- Previous post was at 22:29 ----------
perhaps if the ROM seller had mentioned , just once that it was MMU/FPU firmware / libs in the rom ...i would not of taken to drinking heavily, smoking and taking large doses of Asprin...
not too much to ask?
hahahahahaha,you know what the more i read this these threads you make the more i like you mike.awsome
Justin
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unsoldering the rom - 15 mins
fitting a new one - 5 mins
fitting the regulator pins 15 mins
unsoldering the cpu and fitting a socket about a hour
The look on his face when its the wrong ROM ....priceless.
for everything else in life, theres Amiga.
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So i have a choice , get a CPU with MMU & FPU (preferable but expensive)
or copy EC firmware rom to a blank eprom (cheaper)
or get another ROM as i put mine in a socket anyway
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fitting a new one - 5 mins
fitting the regulator pins 15 mins
unsoldering the cpu and fitting a socket about a hour
The look on his face when its the wrong ROM ....priceless.
for everything else in life, theres Amiga.
=======================
So i have a choice , get a CPU with MMU & FPU (preferable but expensive)
or copy EC firmware rom to a blank eprom (cheaper)
or get another ROM as i put mine in a socket anyway
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Such is my paranoia about - well it must be something I've done! that i have.
Resoldered.
every cpu pin again (socket)
every resistor / capacitor
every ic pin
cleaned and re tensioned each pin in the edge connector
cleaned and polished the ram connector pins.
earthed and applied power directly to the voltage regular
changed the crystal (from a selection of 6 ) every time a cloud passed over.
rebuilt the power pack in to an ATX 500 watt.
and still it wouldn't work lol ....
damn you ROM.
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i don't know roy, its a copy of a 68060 mmu / fpu ROM that was supplied by Apollo.
as my cpu is a 75mhz EC it clearly doesn't like it. however my friends Apollo here at the side of me boots up with gay abandon , i hardly even have to Apply power and its off playing Doom by itself, the little bugger
where as mine has to be prayed to and given a goat sacrifice before it even spins the hard drive up.
i may dump a copy of my ROM tomorrow, has anyone got an alternative rom code?
Resoldered.
every cpu pin again (socket)
every resistor / capacitor
every ic pin
cleaned and re tensioned each pin in the edge connector
cleaned and polished the ram connector pins.
earthed and applied power directly to the voltage regular
changed the crystal (from a selection of 6 ) every time a cloud passed over.
rebuilt the power pack in to an ATX 500 watt.
and still it wouldn't work lol ....
damn you ROM.
---------- Post added at 22:57 ---------- Previous post was at 22:53 ----------
i don't know roy, its a copy of a 68060 mmu / fpu ROM that was supplied by Apollo.
as my cpu is a 75mhz EC it clearly doesn't like it. however my friends Apollo here at the side of me boots up with gay abandon , i hardly even have to Apply power and its off playing Doom by itself, the little bugger
where as mine has to be prayed to and given a goat sacrifice before it even spins the hard drive up.
i may dump a copy of my ROM tomorrow, has anyone got an alternative rom code?