DCE Mini-Megi Chip installation

[EdKing]

I noticed the same on my 2000 w/MegaChip2000/OS 3.1/3.5. Just minor little glitches, more annoying than anything else. I don't get them with OS 2.0, so I figured it was something with 3.x.

BTW, did you ever get your catweasel to work w/WHDLoad ?

Ed King

[EdKing]

x56h34 wrote:
Ed, I appreciate your continuous effort in helping out with my problems.

No problem, I got a lot of help from here getting my Amiga on my home network, just trying to return the favor.

It's good to know that Mini-Megi chip by design will give those glitches, with 3.1 rom. I don't really want to switch to 2.x rom from 3.1, so I guess I'll have to take it as it is. :-)

That's the way I felt about it, I hardly notice the glitches any more.

Ed King

[EdKing]

x56h34 wrote:
Ed, your chip is a DKB product, right? Could it be that both DCE and DKB couldn't figure out a way around the 3.1 rom glitches? :-? Or was it that the boards were designed before 3.1 rom was released?

I got my MegaChip around the time 2.04 was the latest, and the 3000's were just hitting the market. I tried 2 different 3.x roms, 2 revs of the original Picasso software, as well as with Picasso 96. I still got the glitches without the software or Picasso II card installed. I even tried all the different color depths, from 2 to 16 million.The glitches are not present when I switch to 2.x roms and OS, so I just figured it was something to do with 3.x, and have learned to live with it.

Ed King
 
P.S. I just read on the Big Book site that theMiniMeg can run hot and may need extra cooling. I didn't know if you heard of this so I thought I'd let you know.