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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #44 from previous page: April 26, 2021, 04:06:20 PM »
That sounds positive.

You know the PCMCIA slot can send and receive data OK (because Prepcard can see the card details at least).

You know that CF0 is finding the file handler for Fat32 and the device driver (although it might be too old to handle sd cards in an adapter).

I reckon you might have a problem with c/h/s values not matching up between the sd card and the entry for CF0.

You can either try editing the sector size in CF0 with a text file editor on the Amiga, or use Windows Commander to set up a 2Gb partition on the sdhc card and then formatting it with Windows (Default max for CF0).

You know it's working when you can "List CF0:" in a shell or click on the disk icon in Windows (magically appears on Windows).

The card shot be hot insert too, you can plug it in after Workbench has finished loading, Obviously never unplug it while it's being written to.

EDIT: ExFat partitions definitely won't work with fat95 file system handler.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2021, 04:33:19 PM by Pat the Cat »
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Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #45 on: April 26, 2021, 11:02:20 PM »
My parts came in the mail and I have installed the Hard Membrane into my keyboards. This is a PCB.
All my keys seem to work. Tilde is a key I am not for sure about.
I need a key testing program or something similar.

I need another 3.X Kick Start. I broke two of the pins off during installation.
A pin straightener is on my list.

One problem my be is that I have Easy-ADF installed. When I run it, it asks for CF0: to be inserted.
As for block sizes, etc. I am not for sure right now about that.


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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #46 on: April 27, 2021, 12:17:57 AM »
Oh my. Broken a few pins in my time. Takes a little rractice to get used to sorting them out properly.

I've heard of Easy-ADF but never used it. Very likely it defaults to 512 byte sector size.

Here's what CF0 looks like (without the comments);-


Quote
FileSystem    = l:fat95
Device        = compactflash.device
Unit        = 0
Flags        = 0
LowCyl        = 0
HighCyl        = 0
Surfaces    = 1
BlocksPerTrack    = 1
BlockSize    = 512
Buffers        = 20
BufMemType    = 1
BootPri        = 0
Stacksize    = 4096
Priority    = 5
GlobVec        = -1
DosType        = 0x46415401

I've Bolded the line that selects sector size - 512 bytes is default (good up to 2GB partition size).

2GB up to 16GB you have to change that up to 4096 bytes, 16-32GB it has to be 8192 bytes.

A text editor program like EDIT or Memacs should let you edit the CF0 file. Esc then x to save changes if I recall correctly.

EDIT Devs:Dosdrivers/CF0      <-typed into a shell if you don't have Memacs on your syste should give you a text file editor at least.

There's also a switch you can try setting on the icon to try to get non-compliant cards to work (in the readme of compactflash.device are the details, you can check them at aminet).
"To recurse is human. To iterate, divine."

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Offline kolla

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #47 on: April 27, 2021, 05:40:08 AM »
Ed, not EDIT.

And all the options in the file can also be set as tooltypes on the .info, mount is flexible about where it reads the parameters from. But, iirc, the parameters in the file has precedence over tooltypes.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2021, 05:42:59 AM by kolla »
B5D6A1D019D5D45BCC56F4782AC220D8B3E2A6CC
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #48 on: April 28, 2021, 05:36:16 AM »
Thanks, wasn't sure what you got with 2.1.
"To recurse is human. To iterate, divine."

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Offline nbache

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #49 on: April 28, 2021, 09:21:45 AM »
You get both (as always), but Edit is a command-driven, line-oriented editor (cryptic and hard to use for most users, but quite powerful), while Ed is a GUI editor (although primitive compared to other GUI editors, but with the benefit of being usable without Workbench).

Best regards,

Niels
« Last Edit: April 28, 2021, 09:22:40 AM by nbache »
 

Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #50 on: April 29, 2021, 01:02:22 AM »
I was able to see my SDXC 64 bit card with a 4GB FAT32 partition on my 32 bit Sparky Linux Laptop.
It was with the PCMCIA adapter.
The SDHC card with a 2 GB fat partition would not show with the combo. It would show in a SD Card slot.

Still working on it.  8)

Strange, for the first time ever, I had an Amiga to reboot without notice.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2021, 01:10:08 AM by trekiej »
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #51 on: April 29, 2021, 02:26:00 AM »
I regret I have no info on sector / cluster size for FAT partitions done in Linux.

Never needed to, Linux can mount Amiga hard drive partitions natively.

Only up to 4gb though, old school fast file system.

That would be a way to get latest compactflash.driver on your Amiga. The downside is unplugging the thing from inside the Amiga. Not too handy for a long term solution.
"To recurse is human. To iterate, divine."

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A500, Vanilla, A570, Rev 5, KS 1.2/1.3 Testbench system
Rasp Pi, UAE4ARM, 3D laser scanner, experimental, hoping for AmigaOS4Arm, based on Watterott Fabscan Pi
 

Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #52 on: April 29, 2021, 02:24:06 PM »
Thankfully, my Floppy Disk Drive still works.
I guess I could be homing in on it.

edit:
I do have an Amiga Pi Drive.
But, I have no external cables.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2021, 02:26:45 PM by trekiej »
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Offline Pat the Cat

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #53 on: April 30, 2021, 06:17:44 AM »
What do you mean by Amiga Pi Drive?
"To recurse is human. To iterate, divine."

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A500, Vanilla, A570, Rev 5, KS 1.2/1.3 Testbench system
Rasp Pi, UAE4ARM, 3D laser scanner, experimental, hoping for AmigaOS4Arm, based on Watterott Fabscan Pi
 

Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #54 on: May 01, 2021, 06:01:54 AM »
A Raspberry Pi that acts like a Floppy Drive for the Amiga.
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Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #55 on: May 06, 2021, 05:57:11 AM »
Amiga A600 plus Raspberry Pi = Graffiti Box?
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Offline kolla

B5D6A1D019D5D45BCC56F4782AC220D8B3E2A6CC
---
A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS
 

Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #57 on: May 07, 2021, 02:31:01 AM »
Thanks, I have seen it.
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Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #58 on: May 13, 2021, 06:00:10 AM »
I have my Kick-start 3.X installed and now it runs out of memory during install.
The question is, how do I manually install OS 3.1 over OS 2.1?
A chip ram up grade would be best.

edit:
I went ahead and bought a Chip Ram expansion.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2021, 06:24:55 AM by trekiej »
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Offline trekiejTopic starter

Re: Amiga 600 CPU
« Reply #59 on: May 13, 2021, 06:40:29 PM »
I manually installed OS3.1 onto the Hard Drive.
It was messy.

The PCMCIA card shows up as ndos.
I formatted it and copied files to it.
I was able to copy those to my laptop.
When I re-inserted the card it came back up as ndos.

I thank everyone for the help over the months.
I need to find some one in Texas who can buy all of this stuff.
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