One ROM (x2)

[danboid]

Has anyone tried One ROM (two One ROMs) with their STe or any ST family computer yet?

https://github.com/piersfinlayson/one-rom

https://onerom.org/

This might allow people to upgrade / change TOS versions without having to buy a chip programmer or remove the chips to reprogram them.

Obviously we're going to need two of these for the ST(e) but it should be possible to buy/build two for less $10.

[rubber_jonnie]

I haven't tried them but I feel I ought to!!!

They are very cheap and look like they could be super useful as it seems to be able to replace a lot of different ROM types.

How did this pass me by...

[exxos]

Looks cool. I'll have to try it out myself when I get chance.

[danboid]

Great, glad I could introduce the forum to a potential new upgrade.

I posted this on the Atari forum first and I was disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm. Some people don't like microcontrollers it seems but there's at least one MCU in the ST already for the keyboard so I really don't understand that as a reason to snub this.

[ijor]

That's cool. But we had already the SideCartrigeTosEmulator for quite some time. Which is about the same except that is designed specifically for "emulating" whole TOS ROM with a single device, and not generic, individual ROM chips. I believe he actually has a generic ROM emulator as well, but not sure if the pinout is compatible with standard EPROMs.

[danboid]

That's cool. But we had already the SideCartrigeTosEmulator for quite some time. Which is about the same except that is designed specifically for "emulating" whole TOS ROM with a single device, and not generic, individual ROM chips. I believe he actually has a generic ROM emulator as well, but not sure if the pinout is compatible with standard EPROMs.

The cheapest SideCartrige Tos Emulator is about $60 vs approx $10 for 2x One ROMs.

[ijor]

The cheapest SideCartrige Tos Emulator is about $60 vs approx $10 for 2x One ROMs.

That's true. It's expensive. But it is a different beast. It has dedicated flash to store multiple TOS images, and wifi to upload images directly online. Specific host software, etc. But again, yes, it's expensive.

[danboid]

OT:

Are you going to do a 060 version of your FPGA? Is there already an open source 060 FPGA core?

I don't think the Vampire 080 / SAGA is open source is it?

[exxos]

OT:

Are you going to do a 060 version of your FPGA? Is there already an open source 060 FPGA core?

I don't think the Vampire 080 / SAGA is open source is it?

Can you please start a new thread if you are changing topic onto something totally different.

[danboid]

Sorry about that exxos! I'll try to stay on topic.

Success!

A member of the Atari forum has got one rom working with their 1040STF.

https://github.com/piersfinlayson/one-r ... ssions/190