Phil C's Raven build

[PhilC]

Been messing about a bit with the Raven today, making sure it's all as reliable as I can get it before I put it in the new case that arrived yesterday.

I've settled so far on using the Mach32 as it's so much quicker than the ET4000 cards that I have.

The only issue I have with the Mach32 is that it doesn't like the bios resolutions. In either 640 or 800 red mono it gives me a striped screen.but on anything else it works fine (or will go once I've upgraded it to 2mb, chips have been ordered).

@agranlund is there any chance we could have a couple more resolution in the bios section? For instance 640x480x8 works great at the desktop.

Here's what it looks like in 800x600x2

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[PhilC]

@luciodra I managed to get my network card working by setting it to 300h address. It boots fine with both the graphics cards connected. Next I have to get Mint installed.

[luciodra]

Good for you. For me an unsolvable enigma... :roll:

[PhilC]

Good for you. For me an unsolvable enigma... :roll:

I still can't connect to uip tool though on my Mac.

Maybe make yourself another boot disk to rule that out?

[agranlund]

The only issue I have with the Mach32 is that it doesn't like the bios resolutions. In either 640 or 800 red mono it gives me a striped screen.but on anything else it works fine (or will go once I've upgraded it to 2mb, chips have been ordered).

Could it be that rvbios is not the first item launched from the auto folder?
(it's not clever about current screen config and assumes it's what was set up by the bootrom -- partly because I'm lazy and partly because the intention was to move it into the bootrom at some point where it will run before other auto programs anyway)

[PhilC]

@agranlund rvbios is first in the auto folder.

See, sometimes I do pay attention to instructions :lol:

[PhilC]

After setting the network card to address 300h and IRQ10 I was able to connect to the Raven using FTP.

I am using FTPZilla with the following settings.

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And this is the card I am using.

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I've ordered a few NE2000 compatible cards and will test them and put the details in the Raven section of the forum once tested.

[luciodra]

:bravo:

[PhilC]

I ordered a full 060 rev 6 yesterday from Japan, it's apparently been tested in an Amiga A4000. Now all I've got to do is wait another 3 or 4 days and it'll be here.

I hate waiting for stuff to turn up :lol:

[JezC]

I ordered a full 060 rev 6 yesterday from Japan, it's apparently been tested in an Amiga A4000. Now all I've got to do is wait another 3 or 4 days and it'll be here.

I hate waiting for stuff to turn up :lol:

I wonder if there are many more legit rev 6 to be found out there (and what they might cost as they become increasingly rare)?

I'm sure you will find something else to keep you busy Phil ;)