Delfina - Some questions

[MrZammler]

I'm thinking of getting a delfina card (the one listed on amigakit), and wanted to ask some questions before adding it to my shopping list.

So,

What's the current status with its software (a new libs release was made a few months ago). Does it work ok now, are the crashes that where reported gone? How stable is it?

I was thinking to connect it on the 26-pin header of my X-surfII. Is that ok? What are the advantages over a clockport? Should I expect any problems with the rest of my setup? (A3000, PIV, Algor, XSurfII, A2088)?

Are there any neat stuff that take advantage of the DSP besides the mpeg decoder? It seems there is a developers package somewhere... ?

I was thinking that I would connect it's sound output to my Picasso IV sound in, then connect the paula sound from the picasso to one of the delfina's inputs. Would this setup work under whdload, i.e. still have sound through when whdload takes over the system?

Thanks!

[MrZammler]

Yep, that's a clockport connection though. Thanks!

[MrZammler]

About the mixing thing. Since the delfina will stay inside the A3000, it will not have physical access to it from the outside. (Unless I go for some modding).

The PIV has 2 internal sound inputs, and provides me with a 3.5mm audio out jack at the back of the card.

However, the PIV doesnt mix these 2 inputs. You need to use an app from AmigaOS to switch between them each time you'd like to listen to either one. So, by feeding the paula to the delfina, and then the delfina output to the PIV, I'll get both of these mixed and outputed from a single jack.

EDIT: I should also mention that the PIV is separated from the scandoubler, so the paula audio is already fed to the PIV via a normal internal audio cable.

[MrZammler]

countzero wrote:

do you have the scandoubler ? (inside your A3000 or somewhere else ?)

Yep, I do have the PIV scandoubler. It's just connected to the rest of the PIV via ribbon cables. The onboard A3000 scandoubler is not used anymore.

[MrZammler]

@keropi

Great! Now you can be my beta-tester!  :-D

@Amigakit

Hmm, I feel I should be getting a cut on this deal  :-D