candle Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 here is updated list so far i was able to order all connectors and cables, part of this order is already at my place, cables are cut to their apriopriate lengs and waiting for emulation connectors (they have long deliver times on these items) i didn't reveived quotations for semiconductors, so they are not ordered as yet if this is not going to change till thuesday, i'll change supplier i have assembly order to follow to get these boards done as they should be with minimum time, and semicoductors are stopping factor right now hopefully it will resolve itself till the end of incomming week Sebastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchennau Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 When does the post order list start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Richard? i don't quite get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchennau Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 It is the list you start after the pre-order list. For all those U1MB you have stashed away in your secret wherehouse. A play on words. Pre for before and Post for after. And maybe a desperate hope some dead beat atarian doesn't pay up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 59 out of 78 boards ordered has ram chips soldered in, tomorrow, if RL allows, i'll finnish with RAM and get to the xilinx chips i've received only 51 RTC chips so far, and they are already on boards i'm still waiting for emulation sockets, so all i could do was cut flat cables into apriopriate pieces hopefully it will get finnished soon i'm going to add PBI functionality for those of you, who have side cart and ultimate board - using them in combo will let you have fully functional pbi hard disk interface with apt support (thanks to FlashJazzCat) for all of you who already have ultimate boards, there will be core provided you could programm using xilinx software since this requires some tools and minimal knowledge on how to use i don't know how to proceed with this, but i wouldn't certainly let existing u1mb owners left behind regarding the payments, there is only few people that have paid since last update - i'll prepare new list before i'll get to bed tomorrow now all i need is some sleep Sebastian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemiel Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 This PBI possibility won't break standard PBI? IDE+/etc. will be still work? Wat tools are needed? And great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Ultimate 1 Meg is independant of the PBI and shouldn't affect it (I use it with IDE Plus 2 just fine). Of course if you have IDE +2 or SIDE then you only enable the relevant SpartaDos to reflect what interface your IDE device sits on. U1Meg sits in the OS slot (replaces OS) and has a couple of connections to lines that the PBI shares as well as replacing the Atari's MMU chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I imagine there'll be an option on the BIOS menu to simply toggle the Ultimate 1MB PBI emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Maybe there's some confusion going on here - Ultimate 1 Meg is for XL/XE only. Incognito is the one that provides PBI and XL/XE compatability for the 800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Gary - Candle wrote a few posts back that he's going to add PBI emulation to Ultimate so that - in conjunction with a SIDE cart (presenting the hardware and IDE registers) - you get a true PBI hard disk interface. It banks in the ROM under the FP, etc. Obviously this would interfere with IDE+, etc, unless it could be turned on and off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Gary - Candle wrote a few posts back that he's going to add PBI emulation to Ultimate so that - in conjunction with a SIDE cart (presenting the hardware and IDE registers) - you get a true PBI hard disk interface. It banks in the ROM under the FP, etc. Obviously this would interfere with IDE+, etc, unless it could be turned on and off. or uses a different PBI ID? sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (...) for all of you who already have ultimate boards, there will be core provided you could programm using xilinx software since this requires some tools and minimal knowledge on how to use i don't know how to proceed with this, but i wouldn't certainly let existing u1mb owners left behind (...) ...Interesting... Just found out that my recently installed Ultimate1Mb is already obsolete... Anyhow: 1. What "tools" (as you mentioned above) would be required? What's my shopping list? 2. What to we need to update / re-flash existing units in order to accomodate for other carts, and use board's assets to its full potential? What about future revisions of SDX, so they can be loaded? What about the upcoming GUI? If enabling the above functionality requires addtional work/development & payment, that's fine with me. The board its worth it (in fact, and after some continuous use, I strongly recommend EVERY SINGLE USER of an 800XL to pretty much upgrade to Ultimate and discard all non-essential/redundant/ghetto-like upgrades). The thing is I would definitely not like to have all that potential dormant, stuck-in-time and with no use... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 AFAIK, JTAG cable and free software are all that's required to update to PBI functionality. I'm sure Candle will provide a very detailed description of the procedure when the time comes for those who wish to do the upgrade themselves. Make no mistake - although hindsight is a wonderful thing - the PBI BIOS to accomplish this didn't exist until two weeks ago, and the concept itself came off the back of recent work done on Incognito, so nothing obsolete about existing Ultimate boards. Think of the new functionality as a superb BONUS feature. SDX is flashed via ATR flasher, so no problem upgrading that. As for GUI... it would be the same, assuming there's anywhere to flash it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thats very true, i'll make FlashJazzcat to write that step by step guide from layman perspective for upgrading ultimate1mb boards ;P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thats very true, i'll make FlashJazzcat to write that step by step guide from layman perspective for upgrading ultimate1mb boards ;P I'll happily do this in exchange for one programming cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 you sold your time cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 you sold your time cheap You're right. Will renegotiate privately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I am reminded of that old saying... Make something idiot proof, and they will make a better idiot? ;') sloopy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 updated list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Now there is some talking about updates. I would really love the possibility to switch between basic and the other 8k rom. I hope candle will built this feature in too. And as long as I am thinking out loud... Would it be possible to maken OSS cart compatible emulation so the 2x 8kb rom slots would contain one 16k OSS cart like Mac/65? That would be really awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 rom banking schemes are currently a bit overloaded, lots of multiplexing is going on there, so chances are slim, but i'll see about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 updated list Hey! Mine should be marked as paid, too. I paid on March 2 in PLN. Please update me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 thanks i've updated the list locally on my spreadsheet, but haven't uploaded it yet - i'll do that later this week - anyways don't worry, it's fixed also - i've soldered all xilinx chips on pcbs, and i'm expecting rest of emulation socket connectors to be shipped tomorrow what is left is ds1305 chips (more than half weren't shipped yet), and to solder idc20, idc10, midc10 and plcc32 socket plus some goldpin headers after this (possibly with end of this week, i'll start testing the boards and hopefully shipping them out i still need to integrate some of incognito board solutions into ultimate1mb code (pbi support) and have it firmly tested all in all - lots of hard work ahead, but most of time consuming stuff is already done (xilinx took me 3 days to complete) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Now there is some talking about updates. I would really love the possibility to switch between basic and the other 8k rom. I hope candle will built this feature in too. And as long as I am thinking out loud... Would it be possible to maken OSS cart compatible emulation so the 2x 8kb rom slots would contain one 16k OSS cart like Mac/65? That would be really awesome! rom banking schemes are currently a bit overloaded, lots of multiplexing is going on there, so chances are slim, but i'll see about that Hi Candle, It would be nice if it's possible. Then we wouldn't make you do the Super Cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 hardware side of embedded pbi device is working, software needs to be ironed out Lenore: its called foocart, and it was in the wild for quite some time (only 5 boards were made actually) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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