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exxos wrote: 07 Feb 2021 22:07 Same problem with EMUTOS and TOS206.

Hmm...until I have the IDE interface built I can't test with TOS 2.06...but I think my 27C4096 EPROM has a version of TOS 1.04 in the other half...I will try & check with that at some point tomorrow & let you know...

The other option might be to try the older version of EmuTOS (0.91) & see how you get on with that...as it works OK for me where EmuTOS 1.00 doesn't.

Would definitely be good to get floppies working with the TF536 if possible!

JezC wrote: 07 Feb 2021 22:19 Would definitely be good to get floppies working with the TF536 if possible!

I have a build of the source, but its all geared up for linux and I am not familiar with the xlinix software enough to get it to compile on the windows version.. so that will take some time to figure out :(

exxos wrote: 07 Feb 2021 22:22 I have a build of the source, but its all geared up for linux and I am not familiar with the xlinix software enough to get it to compile on the windows version.. so that will take some time to figure out :(

From a few discussions with PhilC (who built the TF536 card for me), I'm probably not on the latest ST firmware for the TF536 (which is most likely why I've not got the IDE to work)...

However, with EmuTOS it does see the 64M of alt RAM & the floppy works fine with the older EmuTOS pre-release....just not with v1.00.
So, while it may well be related to the firmware in the TF536, it's also possibly dependent on the EmuTOS version in some way...

Just realised that I'll have to remove the TF board & use a standard 68k if I'm going to try TOS 1.04....
:headbang: :chairsmack: :sigh:

One of my early builds doesn't boot at all on the H5.. the other one crashes under EMUTOS 9.12... it will all have to wait until I have more time to mess about with it all.

@JezC


EMUTOS 0.9.12.1 comes up with exception error 33

0.9.12 gets to desktop just fine.. So something must have broke since then :shrug: Annoyingly swapping floppies I cant press ESC to refresh contents :(

EDIT2:

Loading GB6 on 0.9.12 causes a LINEF emulator crash.. but I think I had that before anyway..

GB6 runs fine with TOS206...

This is strange as I didn't have an issue reading or writing to floppies with EmuTOS 1.0 with my TF536, other than if I had the UltraSATAN connected, but this was not TOS related. This was with the latest (as of late November) version of the TF536 firmware.

Sorry for the possible silly question, since it is probably somewhere on this forum - but where can I get latest _atari_ firmwares for the tf536? And are the flashing procedures documented etc, thx

For the firmware, have a look at this thread: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =93&t=3442

As for updating it, some people have successfully used a Raspberry Pi but I would suggest a Xilinx USB Platform Cable clone from Waveshare:

https://www.waveshare.com/platform-cable-usb.htm

These are available on Amazon for around the £30 mark and are completely compatible with the original Xilinx ones which cost £150 or more.

You can then use either the Xilinx software or the open source software (which I've forgotten the name of) under Linux.