Vampire 600?

[majsta]

Hi someone requested new core with TG68.C MC68000 based, but with more memory, it is on my site so please test it.

It is build in just 2 hours, all from my head because I lost most of my codes. Core is not so fast but according to my test stable.
I m sorry for waiting but this this year was not so nice for me and that's why I was away. But I ll explain everything on my site when I found the time.

Also in this version (0.2) memory allocation is strange but I don't want to start talking about that because I afraid that this will bring new discussion between me and BigGun hahahhahaa

[magnetic]

Majsta

Sweet! I'll try the .2 core tonight or tomorrow and report back.

@ Big Gun i'll try to meet up on irc but with time diff its pretty crazy

[magnetic]

Hi someone requested new core with TG68.C MC68000 based, but with more memory, it is on my site so please test it.

It is build in just 2 hours, all from my head because I lost most of my codes. Core is not so fast but according to my test stable.
I m sorry for waiting but this this year was not so nice for me and that's why I was away. But I ll explain everything on my site when I found the time.

Also in this version (0.2) memory allocation is strange but I don't want to start talking about that because I afraid that this will bring new discussion between me and BigGun hahahhahaa

Majsta

Ok so I uploaded the v 0.2 core and it seems pretty good! Thanks for posting it up. Interesting how the Ram is configured. ShowConfig shows 16mb fast expansion and 4mb fast expansion and 1mb fast expansion for a total of 21mb! Yay! And good news, the fast ram is now reset proof! I dont know if its because you changed the memory addresses but the whole 21mb survives a reboot now. Tested multiple times. Here is a report of some software

Demos tried (non whdload all original exe)

State of the Art (works)
BoogieTown (works)
9 Fingers (works)
Knoppix by DCS (Works)

Software all working

Octamed 5 (from floppy)
Mind Eye (crashes on exit though)
Delitracker 2
Music X 1.1
Disk Salv 4
DJ PT1210 Software (Akira vs Hoffman)

Software Not working

Octamed 5 (from hard drive) for some reason works from floppy and not from HD?

My cf reader broke, i'm waiting for a new one to come in then ill install more software and report more results.

Looks like V 0.2 Core is pretty good. However, I'm really dying to see the Phoenix core as I'd like to use AmigaAmp to playback some mp3s on this a600 and also to use certain 020+ software.

[mrmoonlight]

Me too as Magnetic said, I'm really dying to see the Phoenix core as I'd like to use AmigaAmp to playback some mp3s on my a600 which would be awesome, the little old Amiga 600 blasting out Beatle mp3,s, wicked best wishes Brian. :laughing::laughing:

[magnetic]

Brian
You can achieve that now if you wish to purchase the hardware..

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1078

Looks out of stock atm but they make them so i'm sure they have a batch coming soon.

[mrmoonlight]

Brian
You can achieve that now if you wish to purchase the hardware..

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1078

Looks out of stock atm but they make them so i'm sure they have a batch coming soon.

Hi Magnetic I was looking at these and they seem pretty good and then I read bits about the  Phoenix core and think should I just wait until some brilliant Amigan comes along and creates a working core that can cope, at the moment I use wave music files  and turn the colour down to 128 and the A600 will play them all day as it has been doing all morning but good to see there are options, thanks again very best wishes Brian.

[majsta]

@magnetic
Strange memory allocation was just a test to cover most of the spaces Amiga software needs. There is possibility to build another versions but there is no point for now. TG68 can't do much more regarding performance so we will have to wait for the Pheonix.
However those days I will build one more TG68 based version of the core, without cache,020 with 64MB of FastRam allocated only in ZIII space. That should be last one TG68 based version I hope.

[magnetic]

Majsta

Cool it would be nice to see the last core with 020 support. Cant wait for Phoenix too i'm gonna try to catch Biggun on irc. Meanwhile i'll be rockin the V0.2 core!

btw did you see in my post that the Fast ram is surviving warm reboot with the .2 core?

[majsta]

Yes I did see that part of the msg.
I was playing with the code a little
Also I will try today to build another core with 020 support and 64MB of FastRam.
All the time I was thinking that someone will build new better versions after I opensourced the code, but for half a year nothing.

[freqmax]

I suspect FPGA Arcade is using up some developer resources..

[magnetic]

Yes I did see that part of the msg.
I was playing with the code a little
Also I will try today to build another core with 020 support and 64MB of FastRam.
All the time I was thinking that someone will build new better versions after I opensourced the code, but for half a year nothing.

Majsta

Cool man Ill try the new core for you! One thing I noticed with the 1.0 and .2 core is sometimes simple commands from c: like installer and lha guru? Can you test for me? thanks

[majsta]

For some reason some versions of lha don't works, there is a list of the bugs on eab Vampire owners club group so look there for possible solutions. IMHO all of those errors are not related to anything else than TG68 itself since I noticed that most of the FPGA Amiga based devices that uses it have similar problems.

However I think that I will find some time today to build another versions of the core. I can't do proper testings because none of my A600 motherboards are in 100% working order. So you or someone else should do tests. Thanks.

[magnetic]

Majsta

Ok Ill check out the thread but i'm banned from EAB so wont be able to contribute. I really need LHA working as I'm doing a lot of file transfering and building up my system. Do you know an lha that works? I've done more testing of .2 core and outside LHA not working properly it seems pretty good. Well another major bug sometimes copying to ram freezes the machine and man we cant have that! Here are some more apps tested as fully working

1. Whdload
2. TSGUI
3. Deluxe Paint IV
4. Dopus 4
5. ClassicWB 68k
6. MagicWorkbench 2.0

If you post up another build i'll try it out and report back.

[freqmax]

Time to write some burn-in or systems check software?

Perhaps TG68 needs a rewrite?

[ShK]

I really need LHA working

Old Lha archiver / self extracting archives does not work with the Vampire600 TG68.C-core version 1.0. Download latest version of LhA:

http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/lha_68k

Known issues in the TG68.C-core version 1.0 (2Way cache -MC68020)

[magnetic]

Old Lha archiver / self extracting archives does not work with the Vampire600 TG68.C-core version 1.0. Download latest version of LhA:

http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/lha_68k

Known issues in the TG68.C-core version 1.0 (2Way cache -MC68020)

SHK
Thank you very much I couldnt find that info. The EAB link doesnt work for me because i'm not a member and banned

Majsta's site is down??