Zorro III USB - Deneb

[keropi]

I can't wait to get a couple of these!
and they follow the nice algor design too  :-D  thanks for the update Chris!

[Bazzaq]

This card looks excellent. i have been putting off getting usb for my amiga.. but my os4 has just arrived and usb would be a nice addition to my 4000 tower.

[adonay]

When this card gets out i will build a amiga 4000 . is my plan ....

[Rabbi]

Are you back?  Where would one buy the special Deneb class software since your site is down?

I consider you the Michelangelo (or maybe Salvadore Dali?) of Amiga programmers.

Would be nice to get updates to Poseidon.  I'd pay you for it.

BTW, Chris, Happy Holidays! :-)

[Akiko]

Any update?  :bump:

[Dandy]

For a brief update please read my posting at amigaworld.net/
Classic Amiga Software/anyone or hyperion can adopt poseidon usb stack??/posting #34

[platon42]

The card is currently in production. Most parts have arrived, PCBs are a bit late unfortunately. Software is being finished. Fast Zorro IV is also supported.

[motorollin]

Can we pre-order?

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moto

[platon42]

motorollin wrote:
Can we pre-order?

You're kidding, right? Pre-ordering has a long track record of negative experiences in the Amiga hardware and software history. And no, no T-shirt coupons either.

[motorollin]

No, I wasn't kidding. I want to secure one of these cards and support the developers with the money a pre-order would provide.

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moto

[mboehmer_e3b]

Fast Zorro IV is also supported.

Erm. Fast-Zorro II, as it uses the same connector and same signals as Zorro II.
Zorro IV uses a custom connector and is not documentated at all, even the pinout of the VG96 connector is unknown. So support for Zorro IV is not planned, as it would need a) an adaptor (VG96 to Zorro II edge connector), and b) documentation for Zorro IV, and I doubt that ElBugs would offer me that for free :-)

From the technical point of view it would be possible to program the DENEB FPGA for Zorro IV support with a suitable connector adaptor to fit the VG96 connector.

Michael

[countzero]

thanks mboehmer, when chris said Zorro IV support is underway, I nearly had a heart attack  :lol:

[arnljot]

motorollin wrote:
No, I wasn't kidding. I want to secure one of these cards and support the developers with the money a pre-order would provide.

E3B and Platon has a proven track record. I would also trust them if they offered preorders through AmigaKit.

I want to be sure that I get one, I'd kick myself if I was order 101, on a batch of 100 cards...

[mboehmer_e3b]

countzero wrote:
thanks mboehmer, when chris said Zorro IV support is underway, I nearly had a heart attack  :lol:

Zorro IV lacks only documentation, and time to implement it :-)

Michael

[motorollin]

arnljot wrote:
E3B and Platon has a proven track record. I would also trust them if they offered preorders through AmigaKit.

Agreed. We're not talking about AI here ;-)

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moto

[arnljot]

@mboehmer_e3b

I used google translate on some of your comments on a1k.org:

DMA on Zorro III is dependent on the remaining machine configuration and is not at all guaranteed configurations (depending on the specific Buster revision and other existing DMA devices).

Can you examplify setups that will cause DMA not to work ?

PIV, CVPPC, Buster11, A2065, Prelude = Will any of these cause DMA not to work?