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Yeah those $30 XIlinx programmers off ebay are quirky as all hell. A $9 Pi Zero is far easier IMHO.

alenppc wrote: 11 Jun 2021 21:06

Gleylancer wrote: 11 Jun 2021 20:52
That looks like a much easier way, I'll just get one of those. Thank you.

Please be aware that you will most likely need a 32 bit windows to run the Xilinx ISE (14.1) and the programmer drivers. Even if you have an old WinXP machine it will be fine.

Another possibly software option, if I remember correctly, the last update I did was back in August 20, 536s are still in storage ATM, pretty sure I just used a linux virtual machine with the cheap Xilinx programmer then.

There are many options but its not a case of updating a file on a CF card or swapping an SD card out. You cant program one from the Amiga itself yet because the amiga is using the CPLD to run the bus while its doing the update...

BennehBoy wrote: 11 Jun 2021 21:21

alenppc wrote: 11 Jun 2021 21:06

Please be aware that you will most likely need a 32 bit windows to run the Xilinx ISE (14.1) and the programmer drivers. Even if you have an old WinXP machine it will be fine.

There's a workaround to get it to work on 64bit win10, couple of files to replace. Details on here -> https://alchitry.com/pages/installing-ise

Never had any issue nor had to replace any file with Win7 x64 ...

sampedenawa wrote: 12 Jun 2021 19:05 Never had any issue nor had to replace any file with Win7 x64 ...

Win7 is ancient now.. my grandmother called and wants her OS back....

terriblefire wrote: 12 Jun 2021 22:35
Win7 is ancient now.. my grandmother called and wants her OS back....

I still use W7, don't like the telemetry on W10, it reports everything you do back to Bill Gates :) or maybe i am grumpy old man.

Yes Sir, I can boogie :)

Duncan wrote: 12 Jun 2021 23:41

terriblefire wrote: 12 Jun 2021 22:35
Win7 is ancient now.. my grandmother called and wants her OS back....

I still use W7, don't like the telemetry on W10, it reports everything you do back to Bill Gates :) or maybe i am grumpy old man.

Yes Sir, I can boogie :)

Hear, hear... I just upgraded my pc and it was hard as hell finding the latest one that will still run Win7, I will never use Win10.

My other pc runs XP.

Not that it should be necessary to play this game in the first place, but Windows 10 can be convinced to stop sending virtually all the telemetry type data via the use of tools like Privatezilla and O&O ShutUp10.

I'm not that fussed what gets sent anywhere, my life isn't that interesting. Win10 has never crashed on me (without me causing it with my stoopids), even then I can be confident that it happened no more than 5 times in all the years I've used it. It's simple to use and runs/looks great.

Win10 is a Winner as far as I am concerned. I use my ebay programmer on 64bit with no issues. I bought a backup from ebay last year and that too worked out of the box. Oh and I use impact 10 and 13.

Aye i have 2 modern Win10 PCs, an iMac 2020 and Macbook pro.. all the evil. :)