Closed TF534 - A500 / A1000 / A2000 Accelerator by Terrible Fire aka Stephen leary
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Viktor,
Confirming TF received today. Thank-you. I'll provide positive feedback shortly.
My setup:
Amiga 2000
AdRam memory card. 6/8Mb populated
Buddha IDE connected to an IDE to CF flash adapter (Ebay). using 4Gb CF card - I previously had a 120Gb SSD via an IDE to SATA adapter. I removed it.
ZZ9000 RTG
Gotek drive
System will not boot with AdRam memory card plugged in. Regardless of memory configuration 2/4/6Mb setting. Boots to yellow screen
Buddha IDE working fine.
ZZ900 detected by SysInfo. (This is what I'm mostly interested in). I have not yet tried the video output. I was told the scan doubler always works regardless of processor or RTG drivers.
The RAM card issue is not that important once Lukas writes the driver for the ZZ (it has 1Gb onboard ram).
Since I haven't touched an Amiga in 25(?) years, I have no idea how to transfer files to it.
I imagine I can somehow create adf files and place them on the gotek.
I need to install picasso and the ZZ drivers.
Confirming TF received today. Thank-you. I'll provide positive feedback shortly.
My setup:
Amiga 2000
AdRam memory card. 6/8Mb populated
Buddha IDE connected to an IDE to CF flash adapter (Ebay). using 4Gb CF card - I previously had a 120Gb SSD via an IDE to SATA adapter. I removed it.
ZZ9000 RTG
Gotek drive
System will not boot with AdRam memory card plugged in. Regardless of memory configuration 2/4/6Mb setting. Boots to yellow screen
Buddha IDE working fine.
ZZ900 detected by SysInfo. (This is what I'm mostly interested in). I have not yet tried the video output. I was told the scan doubler always works regardless of processor or RTG drivers.
The RAM card issue is not that important once Lukas writes the driver for the ZZ (it has 1Gb onboard ram).
Since I haven't touched an Amiga in 25(?) years, I have no idea how to transfer files to it.
I imagine I can somehow create adf files and place them on the gotek.
I need to install picasso and the ZZ drivers.
madk71
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Hi Profplum, can I ask how the zz drivers comes? I think that the simplest way, if you have a gotek, is to use winuae , create an empty adf and put the files on it and use the adf in the gotek.
About the memory Viktor is the only one that can help.
Can I ask you which Kickstart do you have?
Thanks
I found an app called Total Commander. It allows modifying adf files. I started with a blank file and added to it as required.
I have picasso and the zz drivers installed.
I tried picasso96 from aminet but no go. I had to purchase the newer one from Individual Computers.
From prefs, I can change screen mode to all zz supported modes.
I just haven't done it yet (It will switch to hdmi and i'll lose the screen) because the A2000 case is still open.
I need spacers for the gotek to mount it and need to add the lock screw to the zz.
I also need to install the new ZZ firmware and new drivers. Heading to work in an hour (early morning meeting). All will be done tomorrow.
As for kickstart, I purchased a cloanto dual boot rom 1.3/3.1. I am using it in 3.1 mode (it has a switcher). Purchased from Ebay.
I am aware there is now a 3.1.4. I need to purchase it. I am holding back a bit as I just heard a 3.2 will be released soon.
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Ok, will check,
For now i can say: cards that make proper automount - are wotking correctly, and cards that break automount chain (stop searching for zorro devices as soon as they get mounted) are not working, and that's issue of the respective card, not TF534..
For now i can say: cards that make proper automount - are wotking correctly, and cards that break automount chain (stop searching for zorro devices as soon as they get mounted) are not working, and that's issue of the respective card, not TF534..
Update:
So I installed the video and ethernet drivers to the ZZ.
When I enable any ZZ RTG screen resolution, there is a mouse 'trail' and after 15 seconds or so, the computer hangs.
(But the display looked awesome for a while).
I tried removing and reinstalling the zz. There was no difference.
I believe the TF is interfering with it. I guess I will have to get a A2630 or something else and give it a try.
So I installed the video and ethernet drivers to the ZZ.
When I enable any ZZ RTG screen resolution, there is a mouse 'trail' and after 15 seconds or so, the computer hangs.
(But the display looked awesome for a while).
I tried removing and reinstalling the zz. There was no difference.
I believe the TF is interfering with it. I guess I will have to get a A2630 or something else and give it a try.
I had very same issue with TF534 and Matzes Picasso 2 graphic card clone. It turned out one bus driver was defective (or just too slow) after replacing it graphic card works good and there are no artefacts anymore..
madk71
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Hi, if someone is interested, I have done some more tests about TF534 and buddhaide.
My config is an A2000 6.2 recapped with all the fix done, KS3.1.4 and AmigaOS3.1.4,GVP impact II 8MB with ide2scsi adapter and CF 16GB, gotek, Indivision ecs v2, tf534 with sd2ide and SD 32GB.
Because the ide on the TF, in my case, seems not 100% reliable, I tried to put a buddha ide into that configuration, but doesn't matter the zorro slot used or if I attach a real IDE hdd or CD or a very well working (on my A1200 or aca500plus) CF, the Buddha behave in a strange way making itself useless. Of course I tested the Buddha without the TF534 and it works great, and all the ide cables, when used, are not more than 25 cm. Because some other people seems to have the buddha working and the only difference with my configuration is just that they have the KS3.1, I decided to buy one and test it. Unfortunately, whit the KS3.1, the buddha ide works but not completely. The best that I aceived is that I can use only one port with only one device attached. The CF card worked fine, the dom was able to boot, but I can't have a master slave config on even a single ide port or 2 devices (one on the primary and one on the secondary). If I put an HDD or CF on one ide port and the dom on the other ide port, They works. If I put on one port an HDD or cf or anything else and on the other (because swapping the position of the ide device nothing chage) port another device or eve just the ide cable (this is the weirdest part), the amiga doesn't boot or if it boot it can find any device. SO, with the 3.1, for some reasons beyond my understanding, the buddha works at 30%.
I like to know the experience of the other people about that.
Thanks
My config is an A2000 6.2 recapped with all the fix done, KS3.1.4 and AmigaOS3.1.4,GVP impact II 8MB with ide2scsi adapter and CF 16GB, gotek, Indivision ecs v2, tf534 with sd2ide and SD 32GB.
Because the ide on the TF, in my case, seems not 100% reliable, I tried to put a buddha ide into that configuration, but doesn't matter the zorro slot used or if I attach a real IDE hdd or CD or a very well working (on my A1200 or aca500plus) CF, the Buddha behave in a strange way making itself useless. Of course I tested the Buddha without the TF534 and it works great, and all the ide cables, when used, are not more than 25 cm. Because some other people seems to have the buddha working and the only difference with my configuration is just that they have the KS3.1, I decided to buy one and test it. Unfortunately, whit the KS3.1, the buddha ide works but not completely. The best that I aceived is that I can use only one port with only one device attached. The CF card worked fine, the dom was able to boot, but I can't have a master slave config on even a single ide port or 2 devices (one on the primary and one on the secondary). If I put an HDD or CF on one ide port and the dom on the other ide port, They works. If I put on one port an HDD or cf or anything else and on the other (because swapping the position of the ide device nothing chage) port another device or eve just the ide cable (this is the weirdest part), the amiga doesn't boot or if it boot it can find any device. SO, with the 3.1, for some reasons beyond my understanding, the buddha works at 30%.
I like to know the experience of the other people about that.
Thanks
I had the same issue. With the DOM in one port, a 120gb sata ssd on the second port (using an ide to sata converter), if the DOM is removed, the computer won't boot from the SSD (BTW, someone else has reported the same issue on the IC support thread)
I then replaced the ssd with a 4Gb CF card using an IDE to CF adapter (a few $ from ebay). I can remove the DOM. All works fine.
Can You guy's please try to run Your systems with caches disabled? The easiest way to try - is to close CDIS jumper near the CPU on the TF534 ( on some cards CDIS &MMUDIS jumpers are not populated since i thought these will never be used. In that case You need to solder a header in, and mount a jumper on it). Obe user said that GVP manual is saying if Agvp is in use with any accelerator caches need to be turned off, so we need to give it a try...
madk71
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Hi, the problem is that even using a real hdd or a very good CF I got the same problem. It stuck or don't recognize the hdd or cf even if in the other port I plug just the ide cable without any devices attached. And I repeat, the Buddha works fine without the TF, just the GVP because I can't do anything with just 1MB.
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Hi Viktor, sorry for the silly question, that suggestion to disable the cache on the TF if because the GVP? If this is the case I can simply remove the GVP and redo all the tests.
Thanks
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The RAM cards I cannot get working are the ZRAM-8 from irixlabs - in fact I couldn't get that RAM card working properly with an A2630 either, so the ZRAM being a new card doesn't appear to have been tested very well. So you can't blame the 534 for that.
I've not tried that AdRam card - the only other card I tried is a Supra 6MB (supports up to 8MB) but that wouldn't work either. Looking for some sort of of 8MB RAM board that will play ball - maybe a Kipper2K board to stick in the old CPU slot? Shame they don't seem to be manufactured any more =/ TF534 is great though!!! Love it! If I could just get another 4 or 8MB in here somehow it would be perfect for me.
I've not tried that AdRam card - the only other card I tried is a Supra 6MB (supports up to 8MB) but that wouldn't work either. Looking for some sort of of 8MB RAM board that will play ball - maybe a Kipper2K board to stick in the old CPU slot? Shame they don't seem to be manufactured any more =/ TF534 is great though!!! Love it! If I could just get another 4 or 8MB in here somehow it would be perfect for me.
Yes, Kipper2k card will definitely work - Stephen has one of them, he tested it and reported as working.
However there is an important detail: as soon You add 24bit memory it behaves like a handbrake for the system, it slows whole system down so there is no advantage of 030 cpu with this additional memory..
However there is an important detail: as soon You add 24bit memory it behaves like a handbrake for the system, it slows whole system down so there is no advantage of 030 cpu with this additional memory..
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