Total brain fart on my side. Somehow I read the bgack fix as something only needed for the expansion slot the soldering was done to. Proper sleep helped
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Troed's H4 build
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BTW, where can I get one of those Shifter adapters!!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Re: Troed's H4 build
troed wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:08 am Total brain fart on my side. Somehow I read the bgack fix as something only needed for the expansion slot the soldering was done to. Proper sleep helped
Lack of sleep, welcome to my world 
Re: Troed's H4 build
H4 in all its glory. Well done @troed
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Some early findings:
1) Audio Sculpture v1.3 original does not boot. If I were to guess, it would be the protection routine changing resolutions and confusing the HDMI Shifter board, not the H4. Someone with regular video could try to see if it starts, but you need to write a protected version to disk somehow. I have .STX and .SCP of the original.
Silly Troed. The protection routine uses the IKBD processor. It will never boot unless you connect a keyboard
Audio Sculpture original is working just fine.
2) My board has booted up in both WS2 and WS3 so far, so it accurately tracks the original in wakestates being "random". This is something I believe we can choose whether we want to continue doing, or simplifying for demo coders moving forwards by always using just one.
3) DMA is working just fine. I am currently booting off the internal disk drive, with drivers for the external Unicorn USB-ACSI adapter, and thus my normal USB stick hard disk.
edit: For clarity, I am using a 32.08xxx MHz oscillator so I expect full compatibility. If you're using 32.000 then a lot of advanced demo & protection thingies might bug out.
/Troed
1) Audio Sculpture v1.3 original does not boot. If I were to guess, it would be the protection routine changing resolutions and confusing the HDMI Shifter board, not the H4. Someone with regular video could try to see if it starts, but you need to write a protected version to disk somehow. I have .STX and .SCP of the original.
Silly Troed. The protection routine uses the IKBD processor. It will never boot unless you connect a keyboard
Audio Sculpture original is working just fine.2) My board has booted up in both WS2 and WS3 so far, so it accurately tracks the original in wakestates being "random". This is something I believe we can choose whether we want to continue doing, or simplifying for demo coders moving forwards by always using just one.
3) DMA is working just fine. I am currently booting off the internal disk drive, with drivers for the external Unicorn USB-ACSI adapter, and thus my normal USB stick hard disk.
edit: For clarity, I am using a 32.08xxx MHz oscillator so I expect full compatibility. If you're using 32.000 then a lot of advanced demo & protection thingies might bug out.
/Troed
Re: Troed's H4 build
Hmm. I don't have a functioning battery backed up RTC it seems. At least setting time via Xcontrol, turning off and then on again didn't keep.
/Troed
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I don't think you can set the time with CP.. you have to use the FMCII software to set it.
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =25&t=1683
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =25&t=1683
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Ah! I just assumed it was Mega ST compatible, don't know why I thought that. It seems that DallRTC is a wonderful piece of software I should use thenexxos wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:03 pm I don't think you can set the time with CP.. you have to use the FMCII software to set it.
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =25&t=1683
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Its a bit of a faff. We have the same problem with flashyclock, in that CP wont work with it as its not supported by TOS / CP.troed wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:06 pm Ah! I just assumed it was Mega ST compatible, don't know why I thought that. It seems that DallRTC is a wonderful piece of software I should use then
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With a CPLD on the bus it shouldn't be too hard to make it Mega ST compatible though? Then TOS would indeed support it.exxos wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:36 pm Its a bit of a faff. We have the same problem with flashyclock, in that CP wont work with it as its not supported by TOS / CP.
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