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Title: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on April 26, 2007, 11:26:04 PM

I've just got an 1260 from a succesful bid on ebay, but now i have a "little" problem trying to make it work :S
The card is identified on the early boot screen, the memory is reported (64mb edo ram) and everything is fine until i install the 68060-V44_3 package from aminet.
After i install the libraries and reboot, it returns a guru when running c:version (guru 8000 0003). If i run it without the simm, boots normally:S
If i try with a 16mb edo simm gives the same error, so i'm not sure that is a memory issue.
And one more thing, the mainboard is an 1D4, but i have done the "fix" removing both capacitors...

Any idea?

Pd> sorry for my bad english :)

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: Matt_H on April 26, 2007, 11:31:12 PM

That's a little worrysome, but don't panic yet. Those libs are incredibly obsolete. Get new ones from here (http://phase5.a1k.org).

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: Piru on April 26, 2007, 11:33:01 PM

Well, V44.3 is ancient.

Try this: systemdisk.lha (http://powerup.amigaworld.de/data/driver/systemdisk.lha)

Read 68040dummy.library.notes for installation instructions.

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on April 26, 2007, 11:58:46 PM

Ok, downloaded and installed ...
right now i have the following versions in libs:

68040.library   46.5
68040new.library   46.5
68040old.library   37.30
68060.library 46.7

But i'm still getting that guru  :boohoo:

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on April 27, 2007, 07:07:46 AM

It's strange because if i boot without startup-sequence, and then execute setpatch, i can run 060 demos without problems :S but when booting normally i cannot get past the version command
(i have tested starstruck and tint / tbl)

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: Damion on April 27, 2007, 07:49:18 AM

Hmmm.... perhaps the maprom function is screwy. Did you try it with the maprom jumper set to disabled?

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: Crumb on April 27, 2007, 09:05:18 AM

you should install the smallest 68040dummy.library and rename it as 68040.library and also the bigger 68060.library.

Installing MuRedox/Oxypatcher/Cyberpatcher may be a good idea too.

Check out which datatypes do you have installed.

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on April 27, 2007, 11:30:23 AM

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Crumb wrote:
you should install the smallest 68040dummy.library and rename it as 68040.library and also the bigger 68060.library.

Done :)

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Installing MuRedox/Oxypatcher/Cyberpatcher may be a good idea too.

I will try that tonight

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Check out which datatypes do you have installed.

Its a fresh installation (wb3.1) :( the only thing that i have installed is the "driver" for the compactflash-pcmcia adapter.

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: Jose on April 27, 2007, 01:38:33 PM

There's an awesome unofficial support site on the 1260 HERE (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/1739/1260.html)

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on April 28, 2007, 08:23:53 AM

i have discovered that if i boot with the cache disabled, it boots normally.
Any idea so far?

(yesterday i tried to run cyberpatcher, but it still crashes :( )

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: Amigaz on April 28, 2007, 08:27:22 AM

This sounds like the problems Apollo '060 75mhz cards cause when you don't have the special libs for it

Is it a "full" 68060 you have or is it without FPU/MMU etc "LC" or "EC" model?

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on April 28, 2007, 08:44:04 AM

Let me see...

The cpu is an 060RC50, and with the libs installed and running cpu060 it's identified as 68060MC

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: CLS2086 on April 28, 2007, 01:17:39 PM

How good is your PSU ? Got so many surprises with that...

Title: Re: Blizzard 1260 problem
Post by: madgoblin on May 17, 2007, 10:13:49 AM

Well, finally i've got a 1B revision from amigakit, and it's finally working!!!!!!

\o/
Thx you guys!
 :-D