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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: Amiga 2000 Video & Audio Issues
« Last post by TmaxElectronics on April 28, 2024, 10:51:42 PM »
Ah yes man thank you soooo much. Apparently there was a slightly bent pin in the plcc for agnus that I didn't notice before. So far I only checked for continuity from the top of the plcc pin to the other ICs (and perhaps actually bent the pin in the process  :-[). But after bending all pins straight again the A2000 is back up and running again ^^

Interestingly enough I didn't notice any missing data on the bus where the bad connection was, probably due to activity from the connected ICs or cross-coupling.

Now I have to think what upgrades to do to the thing to make it most useful for me. I already have a harddisk and am thinking about doing one of the HDMI output mods. Any suggestions on other things I could do? :)
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Amiga Marketplace / Re: Amiga 2000 + keyboard + mouse + monitor + floppies + card
« Last post by Flop on April 28, 2024, 10:19:24 PM »
550 EUR Last price drop otherwise will keep.
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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: VERY Dim video output from Amiga 4000
« Last post by Castellen on April 28, 2024, 09:34:13 PM »
My guess, if I were someone else, would be that capacitors were going down the swaney, and providing too low voltage.

I don't know why nearly *every* computer issue is somehow attributed to capacitors, and they've got nothing to do with 'boosting' any voltage.  In the Amiga, most of the electrolytic capacitors are used for AC decoupling on DC supply rails, which essentially means they'll remove some of the noise on DC lines.  You'll find the computer will mostly run without the electrolytic capacitors fitted.

Anyway, I'd agree with the suggestion that it's likely to be related to an issue around the video DAC area.  I had a similar discussion around 'too dark RGB video' in this thread: https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=76335
This was A1200 specifically, though the A4000 circuit is similar.  Check the DAC Vref is close to 1.2V to begin with.

If you get stuck, you can compare with another machine, or I've probably got some handwritten servicing notes I can scan as a point of reference.
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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: Amiga 2000 Video & Audio Issues
« Last post by Castellen on April 28, 2024, 09:15:02 PM »
Given the symptoms, it's very likely that there is at least one open circuit line in the register address bus (RGA), or possibly the DRAM data bus (DRD).  Refer to the schematic for details: http://amiga.serveftp.net/Schematics/A2000_schematics/A2000_R6_schematic.pdf

Both of these buses are common to U200 (Paula) and U201 (Denise); use a scope to check for activity on all 8 address lines at either U200/201 and 16 data lines, and it should quickly be obvious what's not working.  From there you'll be able to work backwards to pinpoint the open circuit track/via.

The register address bus is created by U101 (Agnus), so an open circuit line can be also caused by one or more bad contacts in the PLCC84 socket.
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Got, installed, tested, allf ine, thanks you!
This hard, but very interesting Trains Simulator Videogame, i even thhink this game Parents of all modern Trains Simulators!
Promised results in screenshots:
Screenshot №1:
https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=76470.0;attach=3402;image
Train Driver Simulator 3, Full Version, Route - Wolves&oxley, Loco 87 Lord Nelson, Speed 100 Mph, Miles 12, 3(28.04.2024)
Screenshot №2:
https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=76470.0;attach=3404;image
Train Driver Simulator 3, Full Version, Route - Wolves&oxley, Loco 87 Lord Nelson,Train Derailed, 4(28.04.2024)
P.S.:
This fakin verry hard, but very interesting game, also have many elements of random, when you are long drive trains on long distances, ahahahaha Bull shet, i was use many bad words, when was try drive trains from one stantions to next stantions and game always was interrupt and do random traps\limits for i lose, ahahahaha
This was very fun, lol
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General chat about Amiga topics / Re: PiSTORM in general
« Last post by F0LLETT on April 28, 2024, 07:53:15 PM »
When you add this bit, please can you include setting it to read/write and mounting on the Amiga side? I do this and it allows me to update the version of Emu68 without taking the card out. I'm not in front of my machine right now, but I'm happy to contribute the steps if you want.

I set it all up, with AmiTCP. It only connected to outside once, dont know how. However it pings router all day long. Very annoying.

Plan to add command line info. As I do same thing, PCMCIA to amiga, then update PS files.
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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: VERY Dim video output from Amiga 4000
« Last post by Retronaut on April 28, 2024, 06:28:13 PM »
Ill take a look

This ship is sinking, glub glub

Thing is though, regarding a trace. I understand that the RGB to SCART is analogue, so I would expect to see glitching, or maybe one channel being dark, and the others ok. But this is more uniformly dark on all 3. The picture is good, but just at 15% of normal brighness.

Wish I could upload an image to show, but no mechanism to do so :/
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Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion / Re: VERY Dim video output from Amiga 4000
« Last post by Boing-ball on April 28, 2024, 06:03:52 PM »
Before making this video, please watch (this section) as you'll get an idea of the issue....

Amiga 4000: Is the Fastlane Z3 the best home for a BlueSCSIv2 Upgrade?

When I filmed that, I had to post process it A LOT to increase its brightness to acceptable levels for this video. I had assumed that the issue was to do with the RGB to SCART cable (unlikely) or that my trusty SAMSUNG LED with SCART was on its way out (more likely).

However, today, I tested this by plugging in my A500, and the video looks bright and clear, as I remember it. So, A4000 has a problem  ::).

Calling on the ancient wisdom of the Amiga collective. Would anyone know what this is a symptom of?

My guess, if I were someone else, would be that capacitors were going down the swaney, and providing too low voltage. However, I had this machine re-capped just last year. So its very unlikely this is the issue. However, the recap was because of some leakage in the video area, however, I was lucky in that it seemed to be early days. I have cleaned that area, so Im surprised if its on-going corrosion.

Anyway, over to you guys. Wondering if Christ Edwards lurks here, as I would assume he might recognise the issue...

Could be the Video DAC.

Worth a look here:

https://www.amigawiki.org/doku.php?id=en:parts:video_dac

It maybe a corroded trace from the Caps leakage.
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Ah, indeed, the video is...

Amiga 4000: Is the Fastlane Z3 the best home for a BlueSCSIv2 Upgrade?

Enjoy

Just watched it the other day 👍🏻 Make sure you also check out the following for drivers etc..

A1K.phase5.org

Has the latest SCSI UNIT and SCSI Control at version 3.1 😉
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That's the impression that I got reading the 68000 datasheet and noting that the Amiga has no actual M6800 peripherals.
Definitely.
That's a point.  Currently /VMA is unconnected on the PCB (and per the schematic), I guess there's an internal pullup...? What's the consequence of the short E pulse?
I did not find the pound sign (#) in the list of standard boolean operators.  What did you mean?
I'm not familiar with the .D and .T notation.  What did you mean?  ETERM and EDTACK symbols are connected to what?
I found a dedicated divider part that will generate the proper frequency E pulse in under 1ns.  That will definitely get it working, at least on par with the unmodified 14MHz accelerator.  I like the fact that it keeps with the minimalist spirit of the original project in OP.  But latching with the rising edge of the 7MHz clock is definitely something that I can do.  I also found a decade counter that would let me generate it from the 7MHz reference.
Yeah, I had a hunch about that, are you able to quantify what is affected by the pulse width?
Nice project, useful toward "Amiga-like computer from scratch" projects that don't use any original Amiga components (which will be my final goal, eventually).  Thanks for providing the code.  I wouldn't mind learning that type of PLD syntax/notation.  I'm more fluent with VHDL and Verilog.

So the unmodified 14MHz accelerator has a problem I noted a while back.  I have an ide68k+mem68k sandwich, and it does not work at all with the 14MHz accelerator, I get flashing colors when I power on the machine.  At 28MHz I get a black screen with this peripheral.  Unfortunately I don't have them separately so I don't know which of them has the problem, I got this peripheral with one of my A1000.  It does work properly with the stock 7MHz 68000.  Do you have any idea what could be the issue?  I might give it a closer look next week to see which signals are connected so I could eliminate some factors.  I will be building two kinds of IDE interface, so need to put together BOMs for that.

I need to gather parts lists from multiple projects, then I'll be able to continue with this.  I like to build large carts to save on shipping.  I really like the lists feature on DigiKey as it lets me keep BOMs for projects.

Sorry, about the confusion on the logic equations: .R is the standard Boolean syntax for a registered output and + for a logical OR (CUPL syntax uses .D and # respectively). .T was the correct standard Boolean syntax for a Tri-State output. 

I have not used standard Boolean syntax in many years because CUPL is what Commodore used and it offers some more advanced features which can simplify the logic equations.

Regarding the signal names, these are new signals created and referenced to run the E clock cycle outside of the CPU. You mentioned that /VMA was not connected? That's strange because the 8520 CIAs won't respond to a cycle without /VMA asserted.

Regarding the duty cycle performance issue, that is well explained on the linked thread. It all comes down to wait states. The responding device becomes active and completes it's cycle when the E clock is high.

If you are highly motivated and you have the spare time, you can build everything you like with standard TTL logic and counters. But I'm much too lazy and I prefer to use GALs and CPLDs. Good luck! ;D   
   
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