Buddha 2018

[giZmo350]

I put my Buddha order in on Feb 8 with a request they update the firmware to the latest and "greatest".  Just got notified it's been picked and will be packed and shipped.

Guess we'll see how it compares to the IDE4Zorro when it gets here.

Here's hoping...

Was there any mention on the order that they flashed it? Wonder if they tested it. Let us know OK?

BTW, the IDE to CF adapters arrived yesterday. They didn't work with the IDE4Zorro on my A2K with either HDToolBox or HDInstTools. Gonna try next with the A500 w/Zorro adapter. DOMs are arriving today... gonna give that a whirl too.

[giZmo350]

So what's involved with getting the CPL updated? Good to know you're progressing!

[giZmo350]

At least it's working... so AmigaKit must have flashed it for you. I'll have to go back and edit my previous post about the TrueIDE not fitting on the new Buddha card - I forgot the bottom connector is 40 pin. Good to hear it's working for you! :laugh1:

[giZmo350]

Yo Curtis, what ROM is in your machine? Did the new Buddha come with a tool to check the firmware revision? Are these tests with your 030 combo board installed?

I still haven't received my 3.1 ROMs so I've been idle with my Buddha tests. I have a GVP 030 combo accelerator too so just waiting on ROMs to help you reproduce glitches.

[giZmo350]

Hey Curtis... I don't know who the manufacturer of the CF cards your using is but, I found out something very interesting! I'm now using my gutted old A2K to test my Buddha with (it's great). I just got 3 Transcend 4GB 133x CF cards from a guy on eBay. I prepared and partitioned one of them with HDToolBox. Worked perfect. Formatted the partitions. Worked perfect. Installed OS2.1. Worked perfect.

I also have a couple of 4GB 133x CF cards I bought about a year ago from Tiger Direct. I prepared and partitioned it with HDToolBox. Just acted really weird & couldn't correctly define a 2nd partition.  Formatted the partitions. 1st partition formatted OK but second failed as bad & came up as "not a DOS disk" - but displayed correctly on Workbench - just too odd. Installed OS2.1 on partition 1. Worked  perfect. Tried the whole procedure again on the Tiger Direct CF - acted even differently.

I then remembered I had trouble with these Tiger Direct CFs from the get go. I get to looking at the backs of the eBay CFs and the Tiger Direct CFs. They are different. The ones I got from Tiger Direct are FAKE! The REAL ones have a burgundy stripe at the top with the Transcend logo on it. And state at the bottom "Made in Taiwan". The fake ones have a rainbow stripe with no logo and doesn't state where they are made at the bottom.  

This FAKE card media is a very bad problem! There must be millions of fake cards out there and telling the difference is probably impossible. And where can a guy buy REAL ones? Tiger Direct was always reliable before they got sold (look up why - you won't believe it).

I'll post a couple pics tomorrow showing the difference. Maybe someone here can shed some light on this and might even know what the difference is with the Transcend cards. But there is a BIG difference!

So, you might have some fake cards. Just a thought. It's just terrible  that you can't trust re-sellers anymore. I mean, where can a guy go to  ensure that he's getting a genuine product? Sad.

I bought these ones and they work perfect.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3pcs-4gb-Transcend-Compactflash-speed-133-X-memory-card-for-CF-i-DSLR-cameras/272658970188?hash=item3f7bbdb64c:g:q0IAAOSw~y9ZDKRR

These are just like the ones I bought from Tiger Direct (look at the back with the rainbow colors) & have been nothing but trouble & possibly fake.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-USED-4-GB-Transcend-Compactflash-133x-CFI-best-for-CF-cameras/261448178189?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49917%26meid%3Dd73b3ae049bd42a39a02d5c02455fc68%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D272658970188%26itm%3D261448178189&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

[giZmo350]

@OM
Yea.... Tiger Direct. What idiots! :rolleyes: Hope the brothers are having fun in jail!

@Team
I bought stuff from B&H and Adorama  before! Thanks for the reminder!

Also, my AmigaKit order is out the door! The 3.1 ROMs will really help testing the Buddha... & hopefully I can help Curtis. :laugh1:

[giZmo350]

Great! I think Curtis needs to do that too - at least check his revision.

@gazsp If the BFlashTool V1.3 is loaded, will it show the current revision without actually flashing CPLD?

@Curtis Here's the latest flash tool for 20th anniversary Buddha....
http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/File:BFlashTool.lha

[giZmo350]

Thanks for the clarification Kirk_M!

[giZmo350]

I've discovered that changing the HDToolBox Information to device=buddhascsi.device helps alot in getting the DOM recognized.

May be a no brainer to a lot of people, but I hadn't even thought of it until I got to pondering the typical GVP SCSI device needing that little change.

Well Duh!
Ha... j/k.... good catch!

Still doesn't recognize all the cards, but it's a LOT better now.

Found one off-brand 4GB cf card that works perfectly in a PC, but Amiga thinks it's been write protected, even after I JUST formatted the stupid thing in my PC.

Curtis.... check the revision of your firmware. I got to thinking... even tho you asked AmigaKit to "take care of that for you" the latest updates might have succeeded your order date.

Oh well, I've got a 5GB Seagate microdrive that's working like a champ now.

Operating correctly with your GVP Combo Card?

[giZmo350]

Will check the firmware when I get a chance.

Yes, the Buddha is working just fine with the GVP Combo card.  Mostly.

Only thing that isn't recognized is the RAM on the combo board.  However, I don't think that's due to the Buddha card.  I tried it without the Buddha installed and still no RAM.

Reset the jumper to auto-config the RAM into the Zorro space and I get the red screen at boot up saying it's bad.  Move the jumper so the RAM isn't in the Zorro space and it boots up fine, but no RAM.

Any suggestions?

Hmmm, have you tried re-configuring the ram modules? Maybe a bad ram stick? Do you have any "other" ram in the system from an additional board?  The only two additions I have in my test machine is the Buddha and the GVP card. I did notice one thing... when I use the Buddha with the GVP card, the machine takes about 20 seconds to boot and all the ram does show up.

Since I have 40MHz version of the combo card, is there anything you would like to check? You might want to start a new post.

[giZmo350]

oh boy Paul can you please spell this out for me noob style as my brain 'right now' can't compute what it has to do with HDToolBox:crazy:

Does anything here help? :confused:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18071

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=add+device+to+hdtoolbox&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1