ATW800/2 - A Mega adventure

[viking272]

Cool, I was going to say I'm 30mins from there too.

Cool, if my cousin can't pick them up I'll let you know. Do you have an ATW card too?

No problems.
I do have one except I was being clever (to reduce shipping and import tax) and got it shipped to my parents in France and it arrived the day after I left :)

[JezC]

Sounds like the opposite of perfect timing..."just too late" rather than "just in time" delivery;)

Hope you don't have too long to wait for your next visit!

[mrbombermillzy]

That's a good shout @PhilC ! I wonder if Jez / bomber have TRAMS yet? @mrbombermillzy are you gonna do some stuff with the transputer part of the card or just play with the graphics core? Or both :)

I have 2 T800/25s on mine. But thanks for the heads up @PhilC @Steve . ;)

As for your other question...

Ultimately, I will incorporate the Transputer into the graphics subsystem (once Occam programming/compilation/deployment has been learnt :P ).

However, to start with, I need to suss out the FPGA/Nano 20k graphics core.

Apart from not having the palette right ATM (#soon), I actually have my MK demo running on Seurat. :)

But this is just 'baby steps' as the ST blitter is doing the work on the screen (across the MegaBus<>ISA bus no less!), so its far from the best solution.

Once I get the palette right, I will open a 'Mucking around on the ATW800/2' thread for progress updates.

In the meanwhile, I will let you guys discover the nice Helios/Transputer apps (whilst I focus on the GFX framework) and you can maybe fill me in at CL4. :D

I do have one except I was being clever (to reduce shipping and import tax) and got it shipped to my parents in France and it arrived the day after I left :)

Ive got to say, that kinda sucks :(

[viking272]

Not quite off topic but saw this on eBay and wondered if any of the chips etc are of use to you guys?

Looks to be a few ISA cards with transputers on them. I'd bid myself if I had a use for them.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116619187176

Are these TRAMS compatible with the ATW800/2? Is anyone bidding on it?

[JezC]

I was about to ask the same question.

I will contribute if someone else wants to...or I will bid if no-one else wants to.

The smaller ones should be fine I think...@viking272

[PhilC]

@Steve is going to bid on them.

[JezC]

Ok, I'll hold off then but happy to commit to buying at least one if not a couple of TRAMs if he wins.

Thanks @PhilC @Steve - good luck!

[Cyprian]

I would buy one or two transputer boards

[viking272]

Sold for £102...

[Steve]

Yeah I won it.. Just gimme a little while, my cousin will be picking it up for me. Once I've got it I'll arrange the transputers for you guys.