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The TF4060 rev 5 beta testing program is under way. I thought i would start a new topic to track successes and failures with it.
Post your experiences of it here.

EDIT: Please dont ask about getting in the beta program. Its closed now. If you're not in the beta program you arent getting in at this point.

Small report, got my card into the A4000 yday.

Setup of said A4000:
TF4060 with a rev6 and a ide>sata adapter.
120gb kingston sata ssd connected to the above.
64mb hacked motherboard recapped (rev b orginal commodore board).
Mediator running a Voodoo3, "Apocalypse" ppc card, RTL8139 ethernet and a SB128 soundcard.
Gotek and stock hd floppy.
Stock PSU recapped.
Alot of fans, heatsinks and shoddy cable managment.


Had to fiddle abit with the mmulib setup - old setup for the bfg that was in there before did not work very well :D (which is to be expected)

But all in all everything seems to be stable:

Mediator works as it should and all connected cards are detected.

Voodoo3 RTG works.

ppc works. (tested with duke nukem 3d ppc port, had to change the ahi setup - "paula dma" gave massive slowdowns so changed to non dma driver)

Ethernet works. (connected fine to my ftp@lan)

Warp3d works both with ppc and 68k code. (using the warp3d testing demos)
Soundcard i have not tested yet, but see no reason why it should not work.

If there is anything anyone wants me to test im happy to try it out.

gurrag wrote: 19 May 2024 17:39 If there is anything anyone wants me to test im happy to try it out.

Thanks for the update. I'm aware of three "issues" at present.

1. cpuspeed tool reports the wrong speed sometimes.. It generally seems to set the speed but it can report utter garbage.
2. slightly slower chipram speed at the moment compared to the Tf1260 (I will fix this).
3. A4000T SCSI is not working. I've not had one to test with so it was tricky to know if it would work or not. Chucky found one and is sending for testing.

PS. Please dont message this thread asking to be on the beta program. its not the appropriate channel for that.

Annoyingly the A4000T seems to have got lost in transit

terriblefire wrote: 30 May 2024 09:36 Annoyingly the A4000T seems to have got lost in transit

Ouch!

terriblefire wrote: 30 May 2024 09:36 Annoyingly the A4000T seems to have got lost in transit

One of the rarest things, and this happens :-o

Its turned up!

I've reproduced the issue. It doesnt appear to be a DMA issue at this stage. CPU doesnt lock up.

terriblefire wrote: 03 Jun 2024 14:55 Its turned up!

I've reproduced the issue. It doesnt appear to be a DMA issue at this stage. CPU doesnt lock up.

The A4000T lives!!! My god that was an evil bug.

Nice. Love to hear about them, technically.

For those in the beta program here is a new firmware to try. This fixes the A4000T bug for me ... but its unverified because so few people have the A4000T. :D