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PaulJ wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 1:23 pm
@rubber_jonnie , sounds like you lucked out. At least I know there is a drive that will fit in the hole.
And it's part number
If you can get a pic of your 720KB drive I can compare with mine, see if you can get a 340 and just swap the front over.
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...
Ya, @rubber_jonnie I will have to see what it has for a drive. Just know when I format a floppy there's no option for HD like the falcon has. Still working on the mega bus eprom emulator adaptor which is close.
PaulJ wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 2:28 pm
Ya, @rubber_jonnie I will have to see what it has for a drive. Just know when I format a floppy there's no option for HD like the falcon has. Still working on the mega bus eprom emulator adaptor which is close.
If the info is good (Fingers crossed) it will have an Epson
Megabus adaptor sounds real cool, I need to get my head around PCB design so I can do my own stuff like this, would go nice in my Mega4, as that still has a free Megabus slot, unlike my Mega1 that has an IDE adapter.
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...
@rubber_jonnie just finished the mega bus version and will post the gerbers when its verified functional. Yes its great to finally be able to create a good pc boards. If I had a nickel for every time I've started and not finished. Really got close with Exxos's Eagle examples and this time I watched a lot of youtube video's to fill in the gaps. Next I'm doing a DC4 and DMAF2 disk controllers for the ole 6809 SWTPC machine.
PhilC wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:05 pm
looks good @PaulJ that board uses the same footprint as a 27c400 doesn't it?
Ya, he calls it "Emu 27C400" but it does like 3 or 4 different sizes and 8 or 16 bits. I use it as a 256k eprom which holds 8 TOS images. Want to try a different TOS image, just plug the usb cable into the mac and program one of the eight slots. Its been really reliable for me but in order to program things you need to use half duplex to talk to it or when you make programming entries they don't show up. Then when using half duplex the screen gets messed up with the command entries. It befuddles my mind. Here's a basic need which goes unaddressed and yet he adds a intel data format. Guess it must be something he needs. It has a lot of nice features, partial burns, byte reversal of the image plus a lot of other stuff. There's stuff there I have no idea what it does. Documentation is another weak spot. Other that the few tidbits and questions answered on the forum there's no documentation I'm privy to. None the lest it works well for me and is very convienent in its usage. If you want to play with it just plug in the devices usb connection while its still in the foam and you can access it, program it, etc.
I'm making an adaptor to plug it into the SWTPC 6809 machine. I'm making some changes to the boot rom and this is perfect development solution. I'll put it in byte mode and select pieces of the 256k slot via dip switches. The SWTPC machine wants to see like 2k rom images if I remember correctly. There will be some wasted space but hay.. in this environment who cares.
PaulJ wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 5:43 pm
@rubber_jonnie just finished the mega bus version and will post the gerbers when its verified functional. Yes its great to finally be able to create a good pc boards. If I had a nickel for every time I've started and not finished. Really got close with Exxos's Eagle examples and this time I watched a lot of youtube video's to fill in the gaps. Next I'm doing a DC4 and DMAF2 disk controllers for the ole 6809 SWTPC machine.
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Nice job sir.
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...
PhilC wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:43 pm
@PaulJ does sound interesting. Do you still need rom decoding for tos2.06?
Yes, anything that runs in the $e00000 area needs the enhanced decode that you can get from Exxos's IDE boards, decoder board, the Lightning ST, or possibly PP's IDE board. Sure there are other sources including roll your own... Also the $fc0000 decode coming from the glue needs to be combines as Exxos does for his eprom on the H4.