Hi all,
I received my KSRS V2.0 PCB's today :-) Needless to say, I dropped what I was doing, and rushed upstairs to assemble one for myself. Although the prototype worked 100% fine, I just needed to test the "final" PCB version...it worked as it should :-D
The ribbon cable is 8.5cm long for my A500 Rev 6A MB. It would be even shorter for an A600 and the big box Amiga models. I have a top-shield and keyboard on the way to me for my A600 MB. I have a case for it too now. If I buy a floppy drive for it, I will have a "complete" A600 :-D Once I have the top-shield, I will be able to comment on how and if my KSRS V1.0 & V2.0 fit in a stock A600 case.
I was thinking about how switching is achieved on my KSRS V2.0, and perhaps it will not be compatible with CDTV. One of the IC's relies on a signal from the ROM socket going from low to high. This occurs when you reset the Amiga (CTRL+A+A). I'm hoping it will work on my A600 - I'll test when I get the KB. I don't have every 16-Bit Amiga model to take measurements from, but I am guessing (hoping) that the ROM socket behaves the same across all models when the CTRL+A+A keys are held. I don't see why it wouldn't, except maybe in the case of the CDTV. Does it come with a KB? It may be fine across all the models I said it would be compatible with before. If it isn't, just send it back for a refund. I just thought of this the other day, and thought I would share my thoughts - I may be worried about nothing, as usual :-S
On the photo of the front, I have blacked out the IC information. I don't want to give anything away. I know that once someone buys one, they can reverse engineer it, if they want to copy it. Unless of course I remove the text on the IC's with solvent/acetone, but maybe that it being too paranoid? *lol* That would certainly make reverse engineering it very tricky :-P It is more than likely that no one would even bother to copy my KSRS V2.0, as there is no real money to be made. I just did it because I could, and electronics has been a hobby of mine for a while.
You will notice on the rear of the PCB, I have used the silkscreen layer to promote other people's Amiga related websites. Why not. AmiBay.com is there, and classicamiga.com is at the top, because Harrison is a good bloke, and has been good to me. Cheers mate ;-)
There are 49 KSRS V2.0 PCB's left (No.1 was for me), and I have components in stock to populate them all. A600 users, I would prefer not to have any orders come in until I have my A600 KB and top-shield. But, I can't force you to wait. A500 users (Rev 6A especially), you have nothing to worry about, KSRS V2.0 was designed, built around, and tested on my A500 Rev 6A MB ;-) I have a guy in the States that will test it on his accelerated A2000 for me, so that should be interesting.
Nathan
P.S. The photos aren't the best, it was night time when I took them. I'll post better ones as I take them.
P.P.S. Photo's coming soon - when they appear in the images section. Photo's are already on my AmiBay post.