candle Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 well... i'll post this without any comment, as i need few days more Sebastian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I might as well just start signing my paychecks directly to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 eh, looks ok... ;') sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom4728a Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Where do I send a payment too? Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Where does it connect to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionik Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I spy... W65C816S6PLG-14 144 pin Xilinx CPLD Flash chip Micro SD socket? Lots of RAM. Question is, have you made another upgrade or finally gone ahead and made a "new" Atari computer? Looks awesome either way :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 me want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 It looks like connectors for a daughter board I spy... W65C816S6PLG-14 144 pin Xilinx CPLD Flash chip Micro SD socket? Lots of RAM. Question is, have you made another upgrade or finally gone ahead and made a "new" Atari computer? Looks awesome either way :-) And don't forget the connectors that look like they might be for a daughter board for more RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionik Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yep, I see that now. Good find. Looks like two connectors for a memory daughter board... 1 10-pin connector for JTAG Xilinx interface 1 40-pin connector for cable that goes to a socket where the "old" 40 pin Atari 6502c processor was. So I guess it's an upgrade, and looks like a clean and easy one at that /-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Hmmm, a 16bit co-processor with IDE, Memory Expansion/Multi-OS and SD Card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Sweet! I always wanted a 65816 in one of my Atari computers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Sweet! I always wanted a 65816 in one of my Atari computers... Didn't Atari Inc. and Apple both financially contribute to WDC to create the 65816 in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 i'll call it a day i think... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomguy Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 So I guess this will be the first project to make use of the inexpensive assembly house you discovered, Candle? In any case, great work -- I'm looking forward to this. Definitely put me on the preorder list. I already have an idea for a programming project that I'd like to do with a 65816 and VBXE. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yes, my #2 wish is that it will coexist with VBXE and IDE +2. #1 wish is that it runs at 7 or 14 MHz. In such case, I'm assuming it has some significant amount of dedicated Ram which can be accessed at full speed and any references to external Ram, Rom or I/O will be at legacy speed. Point Y1 there looks suspiciously like the mounting point for a crystal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 God damn, the infamous Brevil toaster add on for the 8 bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yep, I see that now. Good find. Looks like two connectors for a memory daughter board... 1 10-pin connector for JTAG Xilinx interface 1 40-pin connector for cable that goes to a socket where the "old" 40 pin Atari 6502c processor was. So I guess it's an upgrade, and looks like a clean and easy one at that /-) I was wondering if the 40-pin connector went to the 6502c socket or PBI. Hmmmm... any chance of a new CPU board for the 800? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 God damn, the infamous Brevil toaster add on for the 8 bit Finally - I've been waiting years for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionik Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I like how doomguy suggests a pre-order list before Candle even says anything about it. Talk about assumptions! Uh... Please put me on the pre-order list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yep, I see that now. Good find. Looks like two connectors for a memory daughter board... 1 10-pin connector for JTAG Xilinx interface 1 40-pin connector for cable that goes to a socket where the "old" 40 pin Atari 6502c processor was. So I guess it's an upgrade, and looks like a clean and easy one at that /-) I was wondering if the 40-pin connector went to the 6502c socket or PBI. Hmmmm... any chance of a new CPU board for the 800? Not PBI, it doesn't have enough pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomguy Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I did use a smiley. Just don't want to be left out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom4728a Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I have a 1200xl I am saving just for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Z Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) now I'm wondering... according to WDC, their FPGA implementation of the W65C816S can supposedly do 100MHz+. will candle be using that or will he be using the normal 14mhz chip? imagine how fast IDE could go at 96.66 mhz (about 27xNTSC, which means 54x the normal atari speed). of course, we are limited by the original atari PCB, so it would probably have problems going that fast. Edited May 10, 2012 by Joey Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 slobber...... slobber..... where do I put his name on my checking account....hmmmm. no.... my direct deposit form.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 now I'm wondering... according to WDC, their FPGA implementation of the W65C816S can supposedly do 100MHz+. will candle be using that or will he be using the normal 14mhz chip? imagine how fast IDE could go at 96.66 mhz (about 27xNTSC, which means 54x the normal atari speed). of course, we are limited by the original atari PCB, so it would probably have problems going that fast. The FPGA core requires a license which would be cost prohibitive for a project like this. So I'm sure he's using the off the shelf part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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