Sonnet crescendo 7200 on Amiga

[AltRN8]

Funnily enough I bought one of these ages ago for two reasons. The first and silly reason was because this was the device that was used in the Shark PPC advertising. The second reason was because I could always reuse it to boost the power to a 7200 if I wanted to run BeOS on it.

The second reason was a folly for two reasons. Turns out I no longer owned a 7200. I had given it away and I mistakenly thought you could run BeOS on a 7200 when it was the 7300 it worked on (I still have one of those).

I didn't mind since I paid like $25 for it. It's been sitting on a shelf for ages gathering dust. Now maybe I could put it to good use! Except I don't have a Mediator board just a Prometheus. I seem to have very weird luck.

[Iggy]

Funnily enough I bought one of these ages ago for two reasons. The first and silly reason was because this was the device that was used in the Shark PPC advertising. The second reason was because I could always reuse it to boost the power to a 7200 if I wanted to run BeOS on it.

The second reason was a folly for two reasons. Turns out I no longer owned a 7200. I had given it away and I mistakenly thought you could run BeOS on a 7200 when it was the 7300 it worked on (I still have one of those).

I didn't mind since I paid like $25 for it. It's been sitting on a shelf for ages gathering dust. Now maybe I could put it to good use! Except I don't have a Mediator board just a Prometheus. I seem to have very weird luck.

Now that you have brought them up, wouldn't the 7300 be a more powerful board to port something to?

[strim]

Did anyone here try this!

Yes, it works. The list of tested software is here.

Did anyone attempt something similar with Prometheus?

Not gonna work. Even if you had Prometheus upgraded by Mr. Boehmer, even if you modded the Sonnet card power supply, there's still a problem of software support. No one is working on Prometheus support.

Anyone wanting to add support for Prometheus is more than welcome to join us. Knowledge of 68k and PPC assembly is required. You know where to find us.

interesting if this works. although doesn't mention the A1200

The code supporting A1200 was written but is buggy (partly a problem with pci.library), that's the only reason for not mentioning it in README.

[jack-3d]

Some of my experiences with Sonnet in Amiga: HERE

[jack-3d]

If you read my previous article about Sonnet on Amiga, HERE is follow up article this time with more action ;o)

[quenthal]

Intresting stuff - keep posting jack-3d!

[soviet]

It´s a shame i remember that the crescendo was highly discounted on sonnet site for years you can purchase a new one for like 50 usd, and ebay was full of them. But now sure they are all recycled or trashed.

[Matt_H]

If you read my previous article about Sonnet on Amiga, HERE is follow up article this time with more action ;o)

Thanks for sharing! I assume you're using this? Or is there some other software you're using to get it working?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Nice site, @jack-3d!

[nyteschayde]

Iggy,

Power PC macs pop up in H-Town all the time. If you want, I can keep a look out for one I can gut a Sonnet card from for you. I never see them for more than 100$ or so.

I'm looking for a TSATA Tempo PCI SATA card. If you find on of those I'll pay for it. I've been striking out on eBay

[jack-3d]

Thanks for sharing! I assume you're using this? Or is there some other software you're using to get it working?

Yes this is the basic library that replaces powerpc.library function. Also you need to use the latest pci.library from elbox which detects your Sonnet and allows to use it.

But the are way more things that are needed for example patched RTG driver, patched chunkyppc.library, patched warp3d driver and of course every warpOS executable must be patched to call sonnet.library instead of powerpc.library. I will make article about installation for sure but once I finish my review series. Everyone who is interested in this project you can start checking apple second-hands maybe some of the powermacs includes that.

[Acill]

Been looking for one of these cards to play with forever. Hard to believe how many were sold and none ever show up for sale.

[AltRN8]

I am looking forward to your installation guide jack-3d as I've been stumbling through getting this working in my setup. I fortunately bought one of these cards on a lark since it was the model used for the photos of the SharkPPC. It cost me $25 USD.

Needless to say I am really stoked about this project and finally putting this card to use.

[Matt_H]

Yes this is the basic library that replaces powerpc.library function. Also you need to use the latest pci.library from elbox which detects your Sonnet and allows to use it.

But the are way more things that are needed for example patched RTG driver, patched chunkyppc.library, patched warp3d driver and of course every warpOS executable must be patched to call sonnet.library instead of powerpc.library. I will make article about installation for sure but once I finish my review series. Everyone who is interested in this project you can start checking apple second-hands maybe some of the powermacs includes that.

I actually don't even have a Mediator, so can't partake in these experiments
But nice to see some new work being done on the Classic PPC side. I thought I saw that Sam Jordan (WarpOS author) had resurfaced somewhat recently and was doing some new WarpOS work for another experimental project... maybe it was this one?

[jack-3d]

Just finished 3rd article this time focused on Warp3D stuff.

[yssing]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonnet-Crescendo-PCI-G3-300MHz-1M-Upgrade-for-Power-Mac-PPCG3-300-1M-/371820567166?hash=item56923b9a7e:g:8YwAAOSw6DtYWy~~

I have no idea if this one would work. But there are 3 of them.