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#153 From: "Jaime Cagigal" <jcagigal@...>
Date: Thu Sep 4, 2008 11:25 am
Subject: Updated minimig sources
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Hi!

This will probably be interesting for everyone inside this mailing list :-)

http://home.hetnet.nl/~weeren001/

--------------------------------------

Minimig firmware release 2008-08-04 by Jakub Bednarski.

    FPGA core version      : FYQ080729
    68K bootloader version : BYQ080717
    PIC firmware version   : PYQ080725

Minimig copyright 2006-2008 by Dennis van Weeren.


How to install:

  - Remove any jumpers from SPARE I/O header.
  - Put "minimig1.bin" on your SD/MMC card.
  - Using Tiny Bootloader application program PIC's flash memory with "firmware.hex" file.
    If you are experiencing problems:
    1. Make sure you have bootloader programmed into your PIC.
    2. Take care about pressing the PGM/RESET button in appropriate moment.


Features:


    Scan doubler:

    - added vertical and horizontal interpolation (selectable independently for hires and lores)
    - semi-transparent osd window with active line highlight


    OSD menu:

    - added alternative control by joystick (up and down signals activated simultaneously invoke menu)
    - configuration of: (configuration is stored in non-volatile memory inside the PIC)
      * memory options (512KB chip, 1MB chip, 512KB chip/512KB slow, 1MB chip/512KB slow)
      * video interpolation filters (vertical and horizontal interpolation for hires and lowres)
      * kickstart
        - both 256 and 512 KB non-encrypted kickstart files are supported (256KB kickstart takes 512KB of RAM)
        - stored filename is limited to 8 characters of letters A-Z and numbers 0-9
        - if stored kickstat file is missing default "kick.rom" file is loaded
        - kickstart file can be uploaded at run time without its name beeing stored in non-volatile memory (test purposes)
    - system reset from the OSD menu (no need for keyboard)


    New 68K bootloader (with video text mode).

    - displays information about firmware version and chipset configuration
    - allows to monitor the booting process
   

    Chipset changes:

    - ECS blitter (Agnus is identified as ECS)
    - PAL/NTSC selection support (different FPGA core for initial settings)
    - modified blanking timing (better compatibility)
    - modified display dma engine (better compatibility)
    - modified sprite dma engine (better compatibility)
    - modified copper timing (better compatibility)
    - modified floppy interface (better read and write support)
    - modified keyboard and mouse interface (better compatibility)
   

    Write support to ADF images:

      Since standard ADF images don't contain the MFM track data only write of sectors which conform to standard sector
    format is supported. It means that any attempt of non-standard sector write (i.e. long tracks) will be rejected
    and appropriate error message will be reported.
      Write protection status is read from the Read-Only file attribute. There is no option to change it on the Minimig.
   

    Action Replay III module:

      It was mandatory developing tool for finding bugs in current and future firmware implementations.
    Maybe someone will find it useful for other applications.
    It requires 256KB "AR3.ROM" file to be present on the SD/MMC card. The latest 3.17 rom version is only compatible
    with kickcstart 1.3 (34.5) and 2.04 (37.175). If the ROM file is missing the module is disabled.
    It can be disabled even though the ROM file is present on the flash card. To do so you need to press and hold
    the "MENU" button on the Minimig while loading kickstart. It can only be done during initial booting after power-up.
    When enabled it takes one 512KB RAM bank so max. 1MB is available for chip and slow RAM.
    The "FREEZE" button is Ctrl+Break.


Thanks to:
 
     Dennis for his great Minimig
     Loriano for impressive enclosure
     Darrin and Oscar for their involvement, ideas, support and help
     Toni for his indispensable help and logic analyzer (and WinUAE :-)




----------------------------------------
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Saludos/Best Regards
Jaime Cagigal


#152 From: "Leslie Ayling" <layling@...>
Date: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:23 am
Subject: Re: Quartus v8.0 SP1 - build OK!
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Hi Mark, et al.
 
Same here, I couldn't get the V1.3 to work properly with V7.2sp2, though
it works fine with V8sp1 ?!?
 
Did have some problems with the USB blaster driver from V8.0, as I use VistaX64.
The 64bit drivers in the V8 install files are signed with an expired certificate (expired
oct 2007)
Had to hack it to use the latest V2.4.6.0 drivers from the FTDI site which are signed
until 2010.
If anyone else has problems with this, let me know.
 
Cheers,
Leslie
  
p.s Hope your recent honeymoon went well.
p.p.s I still have that A2000 case when you want it.
p.p.p.s  Can I get details on how to obtain membership of pacedev.net?
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [minimigtg68] Quartus v8.0 SP1 - build OK!

Mark McDougall wrote:

> The new build also works - for the very 1st time - on my P2 platform!

Which begs the question - "Is there something marginal in the design of
Minimig, or is Quartus v7.x broken?"

Regards,

--
| Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it
| <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"


#151 From: Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@...>
Date: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:05 am
Subject: Re: Quartus v8.0 SP1 - build OK!
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Mark McDougall wrote:

> The new build also works - for the very 1st time - on my P2 platform!

Which begs the question - "Is there something marginal in the design of
Minimig, or is Quartus v7.x broken?"

Regards,

--
|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

#150 From: Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@...>
Date: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:52 am
Subject: Re: Quartus v8.0 SP1 - build OK!
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The new build also works - for the very 1st time - on my P2 platform!

Played Hybris with the Gamecube controller! ;)

Regards,

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|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

#149 From: Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@...>
Date: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:52 pm
Subject: Quartus v8.0 SP1 - build OK!
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Hi,

Just to let you know, I've had success with the DE1 build (12e_new?) under
Quartus v8.0 SP1!

Regards,

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|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

#148 From: "maikmerten" <maikmerten@...>
Date: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:30 pm
Subject: Organizing things (oh, and hello!)
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Hello,

I once had an Amiga 500 and 600 and had to sell both because that
stupid 486 PC was so expensive - and I regret that till this day.
Whenever my heart aches I "surf for Amiga stuff" and I found minimig
and minimigtg68, so, uh, hi!

I absolutely like the open-source flavor this project has. However, I
didn't really find "the usual" development infrastructure in place for
minimig/minimigtg68 - no source repository (CVS, SVN, whatever
versiong system) or e.g. a bug tracker. How do you guys coordinate?
Are there really "just" the source downloads over at Dennis' site?

My experience is that having such infrastructure in place usually
makes sense to keep things transparent and to make sure people don't
"drift" away, hacking e.g. on outdated sources (which can make things
hard to merge back). Having a bugtracker is usually a good idea to see
where things are moving and where issues persist.

For a GPLed project like this there should be plenty of hosting
opportunities (e.g. sourceforge.net) so I wonder what rationale there
is to keep things like they are. Did I miss something?

bye,

Maik

#147 From: "colin_camper" <colin_camper@...>
Date: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:10 pm
Subject: Re: DE1 or DE2?
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--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "scottduensing" <scott@...> wrote:
>
> I currently do not have a board to run this project on.  Should I get
the more expensive DE2
> or is the DE1 fine?  How much FPGA space does the current
implementation use?  I'm new to
> all this FPGA stuff, but it sure looks fun!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Scott
>

There's a DE2 on Ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&rd=1&item=200235340764&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010

#146 From: "colin_camper" <colin_camper@...>
Date: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:08 pm
Subject: Terasic Altera DE2 on Ebay
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There is a nice looking DE2 on Ebay - hardly used by what I can see!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&rd=1&item=200235340764&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010

#145 From: "Miging" <mogli4000er@...>
Date: Wed Jun 4, 2008 7:41 am
Subject: copper/blitter trouble
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Perhaps I found a major bug trace. Using kickstart 2.0 raw cli,
dragging the screen down will shift or "destroy" bitplane below
line 200 (NTSC range).
In Kickstart 1.x it is working correct, most likely 2.0 use a
different copper list.

I already change the copper and got a bit better result, also in some
demos it shows little improvement.
Still this instruction $FFDF,$FFFE could not work right or will be
ignored?
Would be nice if somebody could crosscheck this.

digest of copper.v in this matter (very last part):

//generate request dma (reqdma) signal
//for a dma to be requested first of all the cycle must be right
(horbeam[1:0])
//second, selins or selreg must be true (state machine request bus
operation)
//the last cycle in a line is not usable by the copper
always @(selins or selreg or horbeam[1:0])
	 if( (horbeam[1:0]==2'b01) && (selins || selreg) )//request dma cycle
//(horbeam[8:2]!=7'b1110001) &&
		 reqdma=1;
	 else
		 reqdma=0;

#144 From: "Miging" <mogli4000er@...>
Date: Wed Jun 4, 2008 5:50 am
Subject: Re: TG68 is the better choose for minimig.
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Hi TobiFlex,

here is a working (original) minimig with kick2.0 using MC68SEC000 cpu.
http://gamesource.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/minimigtg68/photos/browse/9afc?c=
Until now all kickstarts are working, even some hacks of 1.2 :-)

It would be nice to see minimig running with your 68000 soft core!

Schöne Grüße
boing4000

--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...> wrote:
>
> I have never seen a picture from a minimig with a 2.04 bootscreen.
> But the minimigtg68 can boot all versions of kickstartrom.

#143 From: "petersieg" <peter.sieg1@...>
Date: Tue Jun 3, 2008 7:43 pm
Subject: Re: Problems with Quartus II V7.2
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Today I had some time so spending about 2-3 hours testing my new DE1
with different minimig_de1 versions:

V13 with corresponding spihost.rom = doesn't run at all?
V13 with older spihost.rom = works but very unstable .. not useable..
V12e = works, but artificial key presses .. also reset.. not useable.
V12c = works and stable! But NO Joystick support :-(

Quite disappointing results..
On my older DE1, 12e runs just fine.. But until this issues are not
solved, I am not going to touch this running setup..

So is someone able to try to create a V13, that actually works on a
new DE1 or make a 12c with joystick support..?

Peter


--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "soyandroid" <android@...> wrote:
>
> HI guys,
>
> Recently i adquired a Terassic DE1 Board.
>
> The minimig version 12e, already syntetized, runs very stable in the
> board.
>
> I syntetized successfully the version 12e, my self, but is not very
> stable, hangs so often when the Amiga is accesing intessively to the
> SDRAM.
>
> I'm using Quartus II V7.2 SP3.
>
> The only one error i get is in the timing analysis and is the following:
>
> Clock Setup: 'amigaclk:inst8|altpll:altpll_component|_clk0'
> slag -22.998 ns
> required: 114.76 MHz ( period = 8.714 ns )
> actual: 31.53 MHz ( period = 31.712 ns )
>
> You get this error when do the syntesis?
>
> The minimig version 13 doesnt run in my board, i tried several times
> with different SD cards, but i was not able to load the kickstart, it
> hangs after loading the spihost.
>
> The difference i found in my Terasic DE1 pcb is that it uses a SDRAM
> from PSC, A2V64S40CTP - G7 (G7 is 133MHZ SDRAM COMPATIBLE) instead of
> the ISSI part found in the schematic.
>
> Anybody has problems with version 13?
>
> Best Regards
> soyandroid
>

#142 From: "petersieg" <peter.sieg1@...>
Date: Mon Jun 2, 2008 1:37 pm
Subject: Re: Problems with Quartus II V7.2
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Forgot to mention, that 12c runs also fine on the brand new DE1.
No artificial key pressed etc. But 12c doesn't has joystick support..
so is quite limited in the number of games that one can run...

Is there actually still a 12d available somewhere..?

Peter

--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "petersieg" <peter.sieg1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi. I had similiar problems with a brand new DE1 board. However,
> version 13 runs with the older spihost.rom from 12e!! I have no clue,
> what the problem really is, but obvious somewhere around the spihost,
> Z80 emulation..?
>
> I had 12e on it.. it runs, but from time to time, it 'sees' key
> pressed (F12 menu pop ups, selecting adf file, RESET!).. so actually
>  ist not useable..?? This behaviour ist gone with 13.. But 12e runs
> just fine on an older DE1!?
>
> Whould be interesting, if you could confirm these observations..
>
> Regards, Peter
>
> --- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "soyandroid" <android@> wrote:
> >
> > HI guys,
> >
> > Recently i adquired a Terassic DE1 Board.
> >
> > The minimig version 12e, already syntetized, runs very stable in the
> > board.
> >
> > I syntetized successfully the version 12e, my self, but is not very
> > stable, hangs so often when the Amiga is accesing intessively to the
> > SDRAM.
> >
> > I'm using Quartus II V7.2 SP3.
> >
> > The only one error i get is in the timing analysis and is the
following:
> >
> > Clock Setup: 'amigaclk:inst8|altpll:altpll_component|_clk0'
> > slag -22.998 ns
> > required: 114.76 MHz ( period = 8.714 ns )
> > actual: 31.53 MHz ( period = 31.712 ns )
> >
> > You get this error when do the syntesis?
> >
> > The minimig version 13 doesnt run in my board, i tried several times
> > with different SD cards, but i was not able to load the kickstart, it
> > hangs after loading the spihost.
> >
> > The difference i found in my Terasic DE1 pcb is that it uses a SDRAM
> > from PSC, A2V64S40CTP - G7 (G7 is 133MHZ SDRAM COMPATIBLE) instead of
> > the ISSI part found in the schematic.
> >
> > Anybody has problems with version 13?
> >
> > Best Regards
> > soyandroid
> >
>

#141 From: "petersieg" <peter.sieg1@...>
Date: Mon Jun 2, 2008 1:33 pm
Subject: Re: Problems with Quartus II V7.2
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Hi. I had similiar problems with a brand new DE1 board. However,
version 13 runs with the older spihost.rom from 12e!! I have no clue,
what the problem really is, but obvious somewhere around the spihost,
Z80 emulation..?

I had 12e on it.. it runs, but from time to time, it 'sees' key
pressed (F12 menu pop ups, selecting adf file, RESET!).. so actually
  ist not useable..?? This behaviour ist gone with 13.. But 12e runs
just fine on an older DE1!?

Whould be interesting, if you could confirm these observations..

Regards, Peter

--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "soyandroid" <android@...> wrote:
>
> HI guys,
>
> Recently i adquired a Terassic DE1 Board.
>
> The minimig version 12e, already syntetized, runs very stable in the
> board.
>
> I syntetized successfully the version 12e, my self, but is not very
> stable, hangs so often when the Amiga is accesing intessively to the
> SDRAM.
>
> I'm using Quartus II V7.2 SP3.
>
> The only one error i get is in the timing analysis and is the following:
>
> Clock Setup: 'amigaclk:inst8|altpll:altpll_component|_clk0'
> slag -22.998 ns
> required: 114.76 MHz ( period = 8.714 ns )
> actual: 31.53 MHz ( period = 31.712 ns )
>
> You get this error when do the syntesis?
>
> The minimig version 13 doesnt run in my board, i tried several times
> with different SD cards, but i was not able to load the kickstart, it
> hangs after loading the spihost.
>
> The difference i found in my Terasic DE1 pcb is that it uses a SDRAM
> from PSC, A2V64S40CTP - G7 (G7 is 133MHZ SDRAM COMPATIBLE) instead of
> the ISSI part found in the schematic.
>
> Anybody has problems with version 13?
>
> Best Regards
> soyandroid
>

#140 From: "Leslie" <layling@...>
Date: Mon Jun 2, 2008 12:16 pm
Subject: Initial test with Quartus 8.0
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Hi All,

Just tried compiling the project with the new Q8.0, results are
encouraging.
Compile time on my system comapred with 7.2SP3 is down about 20%.

Sample flow report:

Flow report for minimig_de1
Mon Jun 02 22:05:57 2008
Quartus II Version 8.0 Build 215 05/29/2008 SJ Full Version


+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
; Flow Summary                                                    ;
+------------------------------------+----------------------------+
; Flow Status                        ; Successful - Mon Jun 02    ;
;                                                22:05:56 2008    ;
; Quartus II Version                 ; 8.0 Build 215 05/29/2008   ;
;                                      SJ Full Version            ;
; Revision Name                      ; minimig_de1                ;
; Top-level Entity Name              ; minimig_de1                ;
; Family                             ; Cyclone II                 ;
; Device                             ; EP2C20F484C7               ;
; Timing Models                      ; Final                      ;
; Met timing requirements            ; No                         ;
; Total logic elements               ; 14,565 / 18,752 ( 78 % )   ;
;     Total combinational functions  ; 12,232 / 18,752 ( 65 % )   ;
;     Dedicated logic registers      ; 5,954 / 18,752 ( 32 % )    ;
; Total registers                    ; 5954                       ;
; Total pins                         ; 236 / 315 ( 75 % )         ;
; Total virtual pins                 ; 0                          ;
; Total memory bits                  ; 178,716 / 239,616 ( 75 % ) ;
; Embedded Multiplier 9-bit elements ; 4 / 52 ( 8 % )             ;
; Total PLLs                         ; 1 / 4 ( 25 % )             ;
+------------------------------------+----------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
; Flow Elapsed Time                                               ;
+-------------------------+--------------+---------------+---- ---+
; Module Name             ; Elapsed Time ; Peak Virt Mem ; Tot CPU;
+-------------------------+--------------+---------------+--------+
; Analysis & Synthesis    ; 00:03:45     ; 267 MB        ;00:03:39;
; Fitter                  ; 00:02:24     ; 326 MB        ;00:03:04;
; Assembler               ; 00:00:05     ; 231 MB        ;00:00:03;
; Classic Timing Analyzer ; 00:00:27     ; 306 MB        ;00:00:28;
; Total                   ; 00:06:41     ; --            ;00:07:14;
+-------------------------+--------------+---------------+--------+


Looking forward to being able to spend some more time on this project
in the near future :)

Cheers,
Leslie

#139 From: "soyandroid" <android@...>
Date: Sun Jun 1, 2008 7:40 pm
Subject: Problems with Quartus II V7.2
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HI guys,

Recently i adquired a Terassic DE1 Board.

The minimig version 12e, already syntetized, runs very stable in the
board.

I syntetized successfully the version 12e, my self, but is not very
stable, hangs so often when the Amiga is accesing intessively to the
SDRAM.

I'm using Quartus II V7.2 SP3.

The only one error i get is in the timing analysis and is the following:

Clock Setup: 'amigaclk:inst8|altpll:altpll_component|_clk0'
slag -22.998 ns
required: 114.76 MHz ( period = 8.714 ns )
actual: 31.53 MHz ( period = 31.712 ns )

You get this error when do the syntesis?

The minimig version 13 doesnt run in my board, i tried several times
with different SD cards, but i was not able to load the kickstart, it
hangs after loading the spihost.

The difference i found in my Terasic DE1 pcb is that it uses a SDRAM
from PSC, A2V64S40CTP - G7 (G7 is 133MHZ SDRAM COMPATIBLE) instead of
the ISSI part found in the schematic.

Anybody has problems with version 13?

Best Regards
soyandroid

#137 From: "petersieg" <peter.sieg1@...>
Date: Thu May 15, 2008 6:11 am
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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Hello.

Yesterday I flashed version 13 (pof) into DE1 and copied new
spihost.rom to cd card.

finds and loads spihost.rom and kick.rom (2x256)512kb Kick 1.3), but
just white screen, no insert floppy screen?!

Then flashed 12e with older spihost.rom on sd card and this works!

What might be the problem?
Could it be the artificial 2x256=512k kick 1.3 rom file?
Should I reformat the complete sd card?

Peter



--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Now I call my Amiga core with the Minimig Chipset and the
> TG68 "FAMPIGA". Please use the Files Version 13.
> Please test the new Future! Now you can write into the ADF Image files.
> But bee carefull. This Write Function is beta and I need your Feedback
> for bugfixing.
> SW[4] is the write protect switch for the Image. If SW[4] off the
> Image is write protect.
>
> Viele Grüße
> TobiFlex
>

#136 From: "Miging" <mogli4000er@...>
Date: Tue May 13, 2008 8:59 am
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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Hello TobiFlex,

thank you, I actually expected that because this is basicly a
different hardware. Then I will try to make an own adf write support
for minimig. Or at least storing the files in a subfolder like \adf to
skip over the root entries limit :)

Regards
Sascha


--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Sascha,
> the Fampiga Floppy-Emu is based on Dennis PIC-Code but it is not
> identical. I think you can't use the Code for the Minimig :-(
> The Fampiga MFM coding routines are written in Z80 ASM Code.
> Viele Grüße
> TobiFlex
>
> --- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "Miging" <mogli4000er@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > Now I call my Amiga core with the Minimig Chipset and the
> > > TG68 "FAMPIGA". Please use the Files Version 13.
> > > Please test the new Future! Now you can write into the ADF Image
> files.
> > > But bee carefull. This Write Function is beta and I need your
> Feedback
> > > for bugfixing.
> > > SW[4] is the write protect switch for the Image. If SW[4] off
> the
> > > Image is write protect.
> > >
> > > Viele Grüße
> > > TobiFlex
> > >
> >
> > Hallo TobiFlex,
> >
> > is this also working for the real minimig? is there enough free
> space
> > in that PIC Chip to flash the new firmware?
> > what else is to change for making ADF files writeable?
> > sorry for many questions ;) i am very new in this project.
> >
> > thx and regards
> > Sascha (german is also welcome)
> >
>

#135 From: "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...>
Date: Sun May 11, 2008 6:47 pm
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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Hello Sascha,
the Fampiga Floppy-Emu is based on Dennis PIC-Code but it is not
identical. I think you can't use the Code for the Minimig :-(
The Fampiga MFM coding routines are written in Z80 ASM Code.
Viele Grüße
TobiFlex

--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "Miging" <mogli4000er@...> wrote:
>
> --- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Now I call my Amiga core with the Minimig Chipset and the
> > TG68 "FAMPIGA". Please use the Files Version 13.
> > Please test the new Future! Now you can write into the ADF Image
files.
> > But bee carefull. This Write Function is beta and I need your
Feedback
> > for bugfixing.
> > SW[4] is the write protect switch for the Image. If SW[4] off
the
> > Image is write protect.
> >
> > Viele Grüße
> > TobiFlex
> >
>
> Hallo TobiFlex,
>
> is this also working for the real minimig? is there enough free
space
> in that PIC Chip to flash the new firmware?
> what else is to change for making ADF files writeable?
> sorry for many questions ;) i am very new in this project.
>
> thx and regards
> Sascha (german is also welcome)
>

#134 From: "Miging" <mogli4000er@...>
Date: Thu May 8, 2008 8:23 am
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Now I call my Amiga core with the Minimig Chipset and the
> TG68 "FAMPIGA". Please use the Files Version 13.
> Please test the new Future! Now you can write into the ADF Image files.
> But bee carefull. This Write Function is beta and I need your Feedback
> for bugfixing.
> SW[4] is the write protect switch for the Image. If SW[4] off the
> Image is write protect.
>
> Viele Grüße
> TobiFlex
>

Hallo TobiFlex,

is this also working for the real minimig? is there enough free space
in that PIC Chip to flash the new firmware?
what else is to change for making ADF files writeable?
sorry for many questions ;) i am very new in this project.

thx and regards
Sascha (german is also welcome)

#133 From: "sarsipri" <alfco@...>
Date: Fri May 2, 2008 6:43 pm
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Now I call my Amiga core with the Minimig Chipset and the
> TG68 "FAMPIGA". Please use the Files Version 13.
> Please test the new Future! Now you can write into the ADF Image files.
> But bee carefull. This Write Function is beta and I need your Feedback
> for bugfixing.
> SW[4] is the write protect switch for the Image. If SW[4] off the
> Image is write protect.
>
> Viele Grüße
> TobiFlex
>
Tested the write function, the image (adf) were changed and the SW 4
is not protecting against writing. Some were corrupted after a while
(using
little computer people). Using the editor program, I noticed the
keyboard interface was messed up once SW[4} was on, all kind of
characters show up in the editor (workbench).

#132 From: "scottduensing" <scott@...>
Date: Fri May 2, 2008 6:33 pm
Subject: Re: Creating mouse/joystick board
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Ok, duh.  I see it now.  It's a daughterboard plugged into the GPIO connector. 
I'm just brain
dead today.  :-)

Scott

#131 From: "scottduensing" <scott@...>
Date: Fri May 2, 2008 6:20 pm
Subject: Re: Creating mouse/joystick board
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I'd like some tips on this as well.  After looking at the schematic and photos
for the adapter
board and connector, I was wondering:  Why solder resistors and jumpers to the
DE1/DE2
board?  Or am I looking at the pictures wrong?  Couldn't those be placed on the
adapter
board?

Inquiring minds want to know!


Scott

#130 From: "scottduensing" <scott@...>
Date: Fri May 2, 2008 6:14 pm
Subject: Re: DE1 or DE2?
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Thanks!  I *REALLY* want to play with this!

Scott

#129 From: "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...>
Date: Fri May 2, 2008 6:04 pm
Subject: Re: DE1 or DE2?
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Welcome here Scott!
I think the DE1 is fine. Here are the fitting files for DE1 and DE2:

Fitter Status : Successful - Fri Apr 18 22:05:41 2008
Quartus II Version : 7.2 Build 207 03/18/2008 SP 3 SJ Web Edition
Revision Name : minimig_de1
Top-level Entity Name : minimig_de1
Family : Cyclone II
Device : EP2C20F484C7
Timing Models : Final
Total logic elements : 11,898 / 18,752 ( 63 % )
     Total combinational functions : 10,286 / 18,752 ( 55 % )
     Dedicated logic registers : 5,445 / 18,752 ( 29 % )
Total registers : 5445
Total pins : 236 / 315 ( 75 % )
Total virtual pins : 0
Total memory bits : 179,804 / 239,616 ( 75 % )
Embedded Multiplier 9-bit elements : 4 / 52 ( 8 % )
Total PLLs : 1 / 4 ( 25 % )



Fitter Status : Successful - Fri Apr 18 21:06:17 2008
Quartus II Version : 7.2 Build 207 03/18/2008 SP 3 SJ Web Edition
Revision Name : minimig_de2
Top-level Entity Name : minimig_de2
Family : Cyclone II
Device : EP2C35F672C6
Timing Models : Final
Total logic elements : 13,157 / 33,216 ( 40 % )
     Total combinational functions : 10,863 / 33,216 ( 33 % )
     Dedicated logic registers : 6,523 / 33,216 ( 20 % )
Total registers : 6523
Total pins : 292 / 475 ( 61 % )
Total virtual pins : 75
Total memory bits : 332,380 / 483,840 ( 69 % )
Embedded Multiplier 9-bit elements : 4 / 70 ( 6 % )
Total PLLs : 1 / 4 ( 25 % )

Viele Grüße
TobiFlex

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wrote:
>
> I currently do not have a board to run this project on.  Should I
get the more expensive DE2
> or is the DE1 fine?  How much FPGA space does the current
implementation use?  I'm new to
> all this FPGA stuff, but it sure looks fun!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Scott
>

#128 From: "scottduensing" <scott@...>
Date: Fri May 2, 2008 3:07 pm
Subject: DE1 or DE2?
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I currently do not have a board to run this project on.  Should I get the more
expensive DE2
or is the DE1 fine?  How much FPGA space does the current implementation use? 
I'm new to
all this FPGA stuff, but it sure looks fun!

Thanks!


Scott

#126 From: "sanderk27" <sanderk27@...>
Date: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:34 pm
Subject: Creating mouse/joystick board
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Hi,

Can anybode recommend an easy way to create the daughter board for
connecting the mouse and the joystick?

The Fampiga runs fine, it runs the same demos as the 12c version.

greets,
Sander

#125 From: "sarsipri" <alfco@...>
Date: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:05 pm
Subject: Release 13 DE1
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Hello,

Sorry I overlooked the source files. Compiled the new version and tested
Little Computer People, the program starts but still testing the write
to floppy. I also added a new file for the PS2 keyboard routine, I
eliminated the Numlock function for very small keyboard.

#124 From: "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...>
Date: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:04 pm
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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Hello,
I checked my setup again - and it works with the .pof and with
the .sof that i have published.
Please reformat your SD Card copy the files and try it again. The
new spihost.rom has only effect with the new config file. If you use
the new spihost.rom and the 12e config file is the adf Image always
write protected.

--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "sarsipri" <alfco@...> wrote:
>
> --- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@> wrote:
> >
> > Tell me more about your Problem, Please. You must use the new
> > spihost.rom firmware and the minimig_de1.sof to config the 2c20.
> > The are only little changes between v12e and v13. Look into the
> > minimig1.v file and the bigrom sourcecode.
> > Viele Grüße
> > TobiFlex
> >
> Hello,
>
> I use the pof file from v13 to check, after I flashed the DE1 the
> minimig does not start. I checked again using the 12e version,
this
> works. As test program I will use little computer people (it stop
after
> a while when it want to write change to the adf).
>

#123 From: "sarsipri" <alfco@...>
Date: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:12 am
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...> wrote:
>
> Tell me more about your Problem, Please. You must use the new
> spihost.rom firmware and the minimig_de1.sof to config the 2c20.
> The are only little changes between v12e and v13. Look into the
> minimig1.v file and the bigrom sourcecode.
> Viele Grüße
> TobiFlex
>
Hello,

I use the pof file from v13 to check, after I flashed the DE1 the
minimig does not start. I checked again using the 12e version, this
works. As test program I will use little computer people (it stop after
a while when it want to write change to the adf).

#122 From: "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@...>
Date: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:43 am
Subject: Re: New FAMPIGA Version for DE1 and DE2 avaible
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Tell me more about your Problem, Please. You must use the new
spihost.rom firmware and the minimig_de1.sof to config the 2c20.
The are only little changes between v12e and v13. Look into the
minimig1.v file and the bigrom sourcecode.
Viele Grüße
TobiFlex

--- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "sarsipri" <alfco@...> wrote:
>
> --- In minimigtg68@yahoogroups.com, "TobiFlex" <t.gubener@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Now I call my Amiga core with the Minimig Chipset and the
> > TG68 "FAMPIGA". Please use the Files Version 13.
> > Please test the new Future! Now you can write into the ADF Image
> files.
> > But bee carefull. This Write Function is beta and I need your
> Feedback
> > for bugfixing.
> > SW[4] is the write protect switch for the Image. If SW[4] off
the
> > Image is write protect.
> >
> > Viele Grüße
> > TobiFlex
> >
> Hello,
>
> I tested it with the new spihost.rom, but it does not work. The
new
> spihost.rom works in the 12e version. Can you release the part you
> modify in source, to recompile version 13?
>

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