PiStorm Chat

[JezC]

The performance that he has achieved is well beyond anything I thought possible after the earlier struggles.Coremark 458.

Absolutely! His achievements and dedication to this are incredible.

Pi 4 plus headers now ordered... PiStorm adapter has just been delivered too :D

[dad664npc]

498 now :o

[dad664npc]

Good move @JezC :dualthumbup:

I will keep a close eye on how you fare with this and if all goes well, I will have a go too. (Although I will have to concoct a +5v GPIO header mod, as my Rpi 3B MicroUSB slots are a bit loose! :roll: )

Where (and what type) of Pistorm did you buy?

Will let you know when it arrives (supposedly in the post for delivery today....but not had any post all week...).
I'm going to check my setup in an Amiga first (to prove everything works together) & then try it in the ST...

However, I don't think it's been tested on the Pi boards I already have (3A/3B+/Zero 2W) in an ST yet, hence the plan to get a Pi 4 & push fit header...then I should have the components that are known to work as a reference.

Might be an interesting and long journey!
;) :roll:

I have some minor changes for PI3 and PI02W which hve been uploaded to the repository. My one concern is the amount of RAM these boards have. I will test my 3A+ over the weekend.
WiFi networking, Linux File Shares, FVDI with what ever resolution you want all at 32bit (FreeMint) all included free-of-charge

[mrbombermillzy]

I have some minor changes for PI3 and PI02W which hve been uploaded to the repository. My one concern is the amount of RAM these boards have. I will test my 3A+ over the weekend.
WiFi networking, Linux File Shares, FVDI with what ever resolution you want all at 32bit (FreeMint) all included free-of-charge

@dad664npc Sounds grand. :D

And did it include emulation of an ET4000AX (IIRC)? If so can you tell me a few more details? (VRAM/address locations/...)

[dad664npc]

ET4000AX 1MB VRAM 0x00C00000, I/O 0x00D00000 works with NOVA driver, XVDI and NVDI
NOTE: FVDI is at least twice as fast in GemBench, but only good for FreeMint at the moment

[mrbombermillzy]

@dad664npc Thanks. :)

[ijor]

I have some minor changes for PI3 and PI02W which hve been uploaded to the repository. My one concern is the amount of RAM these boards have. I will test my 3A+ over the weekend.
WiFi networking, Linux File Shares, FVDI with what ever resolution you want all at 32bit (FreeMint) all included free-of-charge

Hi, glad it's working so well now. But you know, you kinda "ghosted" me. You asked for my help with the verilog module, sent me your stuff, I invested some time working on that, sent you a couple of messages here. But you disappeared, or at the very least you never answered my messages.

Anyway, no worries, I'm glad you could solve the issue and it's working fine now.

[dad664npc]

Hi Ijor
You are absolutely right. I had forgotten all about you.
You are more than welcome to look at the firmware - You wanted me to sacrifice a GPIO for a high-speed clock, which is something I couldn't do. But of course, if you prove it works with and I still have the necessary functionality then I will look at it. The firmware still needs bus arbitration sorting. Now hopefully more people are coming onboard, I will get a better idea of what works.
Cheers

[PhilC]

@dad664npc & @ijor maybe your conversation would be better had by PM?

The two relevant posts have now been deleted.

Thank you.