TF536 on A2000

[edolnx]

It works on the A500 (testing on the rev5 now).

@edolnx and @ericgla, can you check this on the A2000?

edit: the IDE does seem a bit faster now.

I need to get email notification setup for when someone pings but, but just flashed the new firmware and it looks good so far. My GVP SCSI card doesn't seem to like the TF536 but it may be doing DMA which is a known issue. I've got a crummy CF card adapter lying around and got some stuff working. Haven't been able to test my X-Surf 100 board yet but I should get a better drive disk on module and do a clean install first before more testing. But it does boot!

[terriblefire]

It works on the A500 (testing on the rev5 now).

@edolnx and @ericgla, can you check this on the A2000?

edit: the IDE does seem a bit faster now.

I need to get email notification setup for when someone pings but, but just flashed the new firmware and it looks good so far. My GVP SCSI card doesn't seem to like the TF536 but it may be doing DMA which is a known issue. I've got a crummy CF card adapter lying around and got some stuff working. Haven't been able to test my X-Surf 100 board yet but I should get a better drive disk on module and do a clean install first before more testing. But it does boot!

I think the GVP needs a mountlist that uses non-fast ram.

[matt020]

TF536 now working on my Rev6.2 A2000.

The system spits it big time with the A2091 in there, with or without fastmem (enabled/disabled by jumper).
Even mounting just a CDROM with A2091 onboard fastmem disabled, the system locks up.
Not a complaint, just sharing information.

[terriblefire]

TF536 now working on my Rev6.2 A2000.

The system spits it big time with the A2091 in there, with or without fastmem (enabled/disabled by jumper).
Even mounting just a CDROM with A2091 onboard fastmem disabled, the system locks up.
Not a complaint, just sharing information.

https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_M ... irectories

You will need to set the BufMemType to Chip with a TF536 installed.

[matt020]

TF536 now working on my Rev6.2 A2000.

The system spits it big time with the A2091 in there, with or without fastmem (enabled/disabled by jumper).
Even mounting just a CDROM with A2091 onboard fastmem disabled, the system locks up.
Not a complaint, just sharing information.

https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_M ... irectories

You will need to set the BufMemType to Chip with a TF536 installed.

I will give that a go, thank you!!

[edolnx]

I need to get email notification setup for when someone pings but, but just flashed the new firmware and it looks good so far. My GVP SCSI card doesn't seem to like the TF536 but it may be doing DMA which is a known issue. I've got a crummy CF card adapter lying around and got some stuff working. Haven't been able to test my X-Surf 100 board yet but I should get a better drive disk on module and do a clean install first before more testing. But it does boot!

I think the GVP needs a mountlist that uses non-fast ram.

Interesting. I can't even get the machine to boot with the GVP board installed. It will seek the floppy drives and ping the IDE interface on the TF536, but when it goes to probe the SCSI sub-system, the light just goes solid and the system becomes completely unresponsive. Not a complaint, just sharing information. It's not really a deal breaker since I can use the IDE interface. I was unable to install Roadshow in the cheap CF adapter I was booting from without the system hanging during install to test the X-Surf-100. I hope a new drive arrangement will fix that problem and will report back my findings. Hopefully a new drive will work and then I won't need the SCSI card any longer anyway.

[terriblefire]

I think the GVP needs a mountlist that uses non-fast ram.

Interesting. I can't even get the machine to boot with the GVP board installed. It will seek the floppy drives and ping the IDE interface on the TF536, but when it goes to probe the SCSI sub-system, the light just goes solid and the system becomes completely unresponsive. Not a complaint, just sharing information. It's not really a deal breaker since I can use the IDE interface. I was unable to install Roadshow in the cheap CF adapter I was booting from without the system hanging during install to test the X-Surf-100. I hope a new drive arrangement will fix that problem and will report back my findings. Hopefully a new drive will work and then I won't need the SCSI card any longer anyway.

I can borrow a GVP from @Daedalus to test it at some point. I've tried it out before and it worked.

[GadgetUK164]

https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_M ... irectories

You will need to set the BufMemType to Chip with a TF536 installed.

I will give that a go, thank you!!

Please let me know how you get on with that! I would like to try the same at some point (but I am clueless on the Amiga OS config side).

[matt020]

I will give that a go, thank you!!

Please let me know how you get on with that! I would like to try the same at some point (but I am clueless on the Amiga OS config side).

Yeah, no, failed. No change. The system recognises the A2091 and CD0, but when I insert a disc, just before the icon should appear in Workbench, it flashes, resets, flashy-flashy and may hang or may reboot. I might start a separate thread?

[GadgetUK164]

Please let me know how you get on with that! I would like to try the same at some point (but I am clueless on the Amiga OS config side).

Yeah, no, failed. No change. The system recognises the A2091 and CD0, but when I insert a disc, just before the icon should appear in Workbench, it flashes, resets, flashy-flashy and may hang or may reboot. I might start a separate thread?

My A2091 works fine with the 536! It's just super slow as it drops to programmed I/O mode instead of using DMA.

EDIT: Actually, I can confirm I have the same issue (more or less). I can boot from SCSI fine, or IDE on the 536. And in both instances see all the drives on either the IDE interface or the SCSI. However, if I go into Sys Info and try to speed test the SCSI drive - the LED just stays lit and it never comes back with a result. I can also boot from from the SCSI and navigate the SCSI drives without issue, if I launch say Bubble Bobble (WHDLOAD) - the screeen goes black and it reboots. May it is just because of the ZIII RAM and the fact it cannot DMA, but then how does it boot for me?