Fitzsteve's A1200 Tower Project =)

[Zetr0]

@Steve

you will find that SOME CF cards will accept UDMA mode - you can set this with the IO-DATA SCSI-IDE bridge you have there - you will notice a drastic improvment!

The config of your card should be as follows -

1>x x x x x x x x x x
  |       |   |     
  x x x x x x x x x x

I would suggest

shorting pin 1 (for SCSI ID 1) (habbit of me reserving 0 and 7 for hosts)
shorting pin 5 (for SCSI 2 mode)
shorting pin 7 (for UDMA mode) - some CF cards cannot use this

a the moment the card is configured as

SCSI ID = 0
Unset SCSI-1/-2 mode (will default to SCSI-1)
PIO mode Transfers (not DMA) (very slow)

other than that its looking delicious! =D

 

[fitzsteve]

Awesome mate

Cheers! I have the manual but it was very long LOL

---------- Post added at 15:40 ---------- Previous post was at 15:21 ----------

Just tried it Zetty, same speed - I guess the limitation here is the speed of the CF card, will at some point hook it up to a nice PATA HDD

Got an 80gb in the PC I might retire soon!

 

[Zetr0]

thats a pity =(

I had hoped for a sizable bit more to be honest.

 

[fitzsteve]

thats a pity =(

I had hoped for a sizable bit more to be honest.

Wait till I've got a proper HDD in the Tower and I'll update, or maybe even a faster CF card

Had some fun this afternoon with the clean OS3.9 though, managed to get Quake 2 working (only in software mode) runs better then it did on my P166 in Win95

(my first PC)

Still can't get Warp3D going, think I'll try a Voodoo 3 instead of the Voodoo 5 and see how I get on.

PPC stuff all working though, and thoroughly tested the SCSI today

Going to go backup the CF before I break anything.

 

[rkauer]

Did you used the same MAX_TRANSFER value of ordinary Amiga IDE (0x01fe00)?

Set it to "normal" 0xeightF (0xFFFFFFFF) and try again, you might be surprised.

 

[fitzsteve]

Did you used the same MAX_TRANSFER value of ordinary Amiga IDE (0x01fe00)?

Set it to "normal" 0xeightF (0xFFFFFFFF) and try again, you might be surprised.

Yes my CF cards are set with normal IDE max transfer, I didn't know that this rule did not apply on SCSI, how about my FastATA, is that the same? I get the same speeds on the FastATA (4.7-4.8mb/sec) so maybe this is my limitation I've put!

Good tip rkauer, I'll try that when I setup the next card

 

[fitzsteve]

Progress update =)

Progress update =)

I've got OS4 running in dual boot with my Classic Workbench P96 setup, the only thing not working in OS4 yet is the RTG ehich is a little annoying since thats the most needed part! I think maybe its another thing down to the Voodoo 5 so maybe like Warp3D I'll have more joy with a Voodoo 3 and the good news is I've found one thanks to jvdbossc

At the moment as I did not want to pull apart the system (since this was just testing stage for OS4) I've installed it on a spare CF card on the Native IDE, its actually much quicker than I was expecting, but I would like to run it on the FastATA I have once I've got it fine tuned.

The Classic Workbench/WarpOS are running off the Blizzard SCSI which is setup on a SCSI-IDE-CF, but this will be replaced with a full fat SCSI HDD and the OS4 will be running off a nice PATA HDD on the FastATA on the finished system.

As always I've taken a couple of pics...

 

[fitzsteve]

A little updatefor this thread, OS4 is working now as it should after the Feb2008 update (Thanks guys who helped in my Ami Oracle thead)

I've taken a Video of the setup now, its not all that quick mostly because I am running it on the native IDE due to OS4 not supporting the Blizzard SCSI and also this is a really old naff CF card thats on its last legs, hence the guru at the end that ruined my Video during the demonstration of Quake

Since the Guru is has touched all our Amiga lives at some point I decided to leave it in

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfXffAVYGGA

By the way, I had to run Duke Nukem in AGA for it to be a decent speed, the RTG modes 640x480 and 800x600 both run but they are too slow to be playable - look awesome though! For some reason 320x240 through the Voodoo crashes the OS...

Steve

 

[Phipscube]

Looking really nice Steve! The games run very smoothly in AGA don't they? I was quite surprised to see. I think that awesome PPC has something to do with that

 

[fitzsteve]

Looking really nice Steve! The games run very smoothly in AGA don't they? I was quite surprised to see. I think that awesome PPC has something to do with that

I was surprised too, for some reason I could not get the 320x240 Voodoo mode to function correctly under OS4 so I went with the AGA and they run really well and this TV has a great picture through scart so all is well there.

In my OS3.9 setup they run fine in the Voodoo modes so I only have to fall back to AGA/Scart for the WHDLoad stuff which to be honest I don't run on this machine as I have my desktop for that.

There should be a vid on my Youtube of Quake running off the Voodoo on OS3x

Can't wait to get the GL versions running at a decent res though

Steve.

 

[Phipscube]

Wow just seen your vid of Quake on OS 3.9... Awesomeness!

 

[fitzsteve]

Wow just seen your vid of Quake on OS 3.9... Awesomeness!

Yeah its pretty awesome isn't it

Glad you enjoyed it.

Wait till I get GL Quake going though @ 800x600, then we can smile - I'll make a vid of that for sure

 

[fitzsteve]

Update!!!

Update!!!

Time for a little update, been fiddling with various setups and now have installed everything nice and tidy in the Tower. I thought my SCSI was playing up but turned out to be a loose jumper on the pins, of all the things that can give you no boot and a kickstart screen a blooming loose jumper!

Anyway, over that hurdle

Here she is inside:

I've got my OS3.9/WaprOS setup on the 40gb HDD hooked up to SCSI-IDE Converter and then the BlizzardPPC SCSI

I've got the 4WayIDE running the DVDRW and a CF-IDE backplane for access I have 2 CF's here, one with Classic Workbench P96 and one with OS4 that I can swap over, all setup and rockin' n rollin'

Here's a little shot from the back:

I've not setup the network card yet becuase OS4 won't boot with it plugged in for some reason, will get that all worked out soon enough!

Steve.

 

[cosmicfrog]

Holy Crap your case got holes for cable ties in the expansion bracket... yay me wants new holes too

 

[Witcher1979]

Thanks for doing all this to my machine Steve. Look forward to getting her back

 

[fitzsteve]

Omg omg omg!!!!

Omg omg omg!!!!

I finally got Warp3D working!!! OMG!!!

It was the stupid Mediator CD putting A4k Drivers instead of A1200 Warp3D drivers!

I had to delete:

> Libs:Warp3D/GFXdrivers/W3D_Picasso96.library - 4.2
> Libs:Warp3D/GFXdrivers/W3D_Picasso96_PPC.library - 4.2
> Libs:Warp3D/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerBE.library - 4.2
> Libs:Warp3D/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerBE_PPC.library - 4.2
> Libs:Warp3D/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerLE.library - 4.2
> Libs:Warp3D/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerLE_PPC.library - 4.2


And copy instead:



Libs:Warp3d/GFXdrivers/W3D_Picasso96M_PPC.library v1.0
Libs:Warp3d/GFXdrivers/W3D_Picasso96MU.library v4.2
Libs:Warp3d/GFXdrivers/W3D_Picasso96M.library v4.2

Libs:Warp3d/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerBEM.library v4.2
Libs:Warp3d/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerBEM_PPC.library v4.2
Libs:Warp3d/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerBEMU.library v4.2

Libs:Warp3d/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerLEM.library v4.2
Libs:Warp3d/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerLEM_PPC.library v4.2
Libs:Warp3d/HWdrivers/W3D_AvengerLEMU.library v4.2


Simples!

Oh and a little Vid of Quake 2 running on my Blizzard PPC in Warp3D!!!

Running at 800x600

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEmjuOSBrIY

Sorry its a bad video, I was so excited I forgot how to play I should have just let it run the Demo!

 

[r0jaws]

That is truly excellent news, and she's looking good buddy!

I can't wait to get this all networked up together and get some LAN Quake action going on!

 

[fitzsteve]

Check it out! Amigasys4 AGA Running on my A1200T, PPC/WarpOS/Warp3D all working (Amisys has been upgraded to OS3.9)

 

[fitzsteve]

Hi!

I posted this in the Retr0 Replay thread but since its related to this project I'm posting here as well.

I shot a Vid at the show, mostly its just of my system running.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76W5Zv6MRI

(by the way the last part if the Vid was GLQuake running on Cosmicfrogs 66mhz 060 not the PPC version - 800x600x16)

Also looks like my PPC will shortly be going off to Stan the Man for some 330mhz PPC and 60mhz 060 treatment

Can't wait to get the card running at that spec

Steve.

 

[fitzsteve]

WOW, the last update was just after Retr0 Replay last year!

I guess other than installing the upgraded PPC at Christmas there really hasn't been much to show until now!

So whats new?

Well I've updated my Workbenches, and some of you would have seen my recent Videos using OS3.9 with AfA_OS and Kens Icons.

I've also fine tuned and got all the PCI cards working like PCI NIC and SoundBlaster 128

All Warp3D apps and PPC Games are working (at last)

Like BlitzQuakeWOS (A nice Vid here of it running the awesome upgrade pack Malice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFkRjLnD_aM)

And then with the arrival of OS4.1 it was given a further new lease of life, must admit I'm still getting to grips with the new OS and setting it up has been a little bit tricky but I'm getting there.

I've got a few new PCI Cards to show off now:

From top-bottom!

Radeon 9250 (128mb) This is a borrowed card but mine is on the way!
SATA Raid PCI Card (Still trying to get this working with OS4.1)
PCI NIC (Realtek 8029 used by OS4.1)
SB128 (Used by OS3.9)
PCI NIC (Realtek 8139 used by OS3.9)

Here are some snaps of me trying to get the SATA up and running, these are the nice shiny new bits:

And installed:

Of course once working I'll move the HDD to one of the bays above!

And today I finally got a Subway USB which I've setup and is working in both OS3.9 and OS4.1

So the full specs of this beast as she is today!

Blizzard PPC upgraded by Stan 330mhz PPC & 66mhz 060 (Runs at 72mhz with SCSI working!)

Oh and 256Mb 60ns Ram

I'm running OS3.9 off the BPPC SCSI, if you look at the side on pic you can see a SCSI-IDE adapter hooked up to a 20gb ATA HDD, this boots if I put a blank CF in the CF-IDE adapter. Why?

Well under the Mediator you can't see it now but there is a FastATA, so when the CF is inserted it disables the primary IDE which is used for OS4.1 of course I can even boot other OS's that I have on CF like Classic Workbench P96 and Amigasys AGA and still have access to the SCSI

If I remove the CF OS4.1 will boot and SCSI is disabled so the machine is fully PPC OS41 powered!

Here's the OS as I have it now:

And a couple of Vids of it in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o6Wm5Ed6Gg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtHcU-PNrOw

Hope you enjoyed the long overdue update

Steve.