powerpc blizzard 603 installation

[lyrical80]

Hi dear Amiga friends,

First of all my setup :
Amiga 1200 (kickstart 3.0)
Gotek floppy emulator
Powerpc Blizzard 603 (68040)met 265 Mb Ram
IDE harddisk (standard Amiga hd)



I have tried to install the Powerpc card, but so far no success. I kept getting the error : C:Setpatch error (#8000002). Although I understood the Ppowerpc should work straight from the box, I thought I was missing some software and startup-sequence settings.

I have downloaded the phase5 system disk and transformed it to adf, so I can use it in the Gotek floppy emulator.

I am not sure if I downloaded the right one. because during the installation it refered to software for the 68060 and mentioned that it works just like Enforcer for the 68040 processor. This made me think I needed another phase5 install disk, but as I could not find one, I tried to install it. Seemingly worked fine, but after reboot I got no error, but also no memory visible to show the card is active. In showconfig it also shows the 68020 which is the native cpu. My Startup Sequence is also adjusted, the SetPatch command now reads;
Setpatch QUIT. My main question is :

1. Did I use the right software ? Is there a phase 5 PowerPC system/install disk for the 68040 only ?
2. I also tried many settings in the Powerpc menu, but I have no idea what they mean, does somebody know ?
In the bios all show (hd, dh0. expansion board).

I hope I gave enough info, would realy appreciate your comments, thanks in advance.

Have a great and sunny day everyone


Lyrical80

[lyrical80]

ok, I can't solder so that is a no go road for me, I will definitely ruin my amiga !
I want to sell the PowerPC card, so I just needed to show it working. It is showing in the bios and I did get memory shown at one stage... thanks for your quick reply.

ps: where do you buy the 68060 cpu ?

[lyrical80]

will do so, thanx ! :-)

[lyrical80]

i got everything working ! the solution was to skip the setpatch entirely by putting a ; (semicolom) and space in front of the command in the startup sequence, making it a remark instead of command.. I just checked with whichamiga.. everything shows !!!  Thanks for all your time, have a nice day

[lyrical80]

I just need to sell it, all info shows on whichAmiga, Powerpcmemory works, hd works Powerpc info shows in detail, showconfig shows 68040 CPU, the hardware works ! I have seen enough to be able to sell it, i would not use it myself because it's in an amiga 1200 standard housing, get's far too hot for daily usage. I also find the software installation too confusing and very bad documented. I still don't know what menu settings i can change and what they do.

Anyway, thanx for your reply !