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SID Hervé
France
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Posts 663
13 Feb 2011 12:15
| Thomas Hirsch wrote:
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Finally - it took very long - but now the boards are here.
I uploaded a few images of an assembled one in the hardware section.
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Very great achievement and thanks for your work !
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Evil Igel
Germany
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Posts 154
13 Feb 2011 12:25
| Whhhooohoow! :-D
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Niclas Aronsson
Sweden
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Posts 57
13 Feb 2011 12:30
| Here is a quick cleanup on my first picture with more info added :P EXTERNAL LINK
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Amiga Ppc
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Posts 246
13 Feb 2011 12:42
| I'm glad to see images at last... BTW, I do not see battery onboard?
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Wojtek P
Poland
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Posts 1597
13 Feb 2011 12:53
| Loïc Dupuy wrote:
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Very nice photos and very clean layout.
If we do a list of what on it, left to right, backplane to front, we have ?
- Ethernet + 2 USB, 4 audio CINCH ?? (yes i'm wondering), DVI, PS2 Keyboard and mouse, serial connector.
- ten pin riser (what for ?),thirteen pin reiser (15Khz video ?), "orontel" chip (ramdac ?), 1 group of 12 holes (what for ?)
- PCI slot, 2 groups of 8 holes and 1 group of ten holes (what for ?), realtek ethernet chip (with the "crab" on it), Cyclone IV FPGA (SAGA+68050 ?) with memory chips underneath, CPU riser for 68060 cards
- PCI "Nec" Chip controller, thirteen pin riser (// port or ?), max II FPGA for I/O ?,
- power supply connector and 1 group of 26 holes above (// port or ?) , CF connector and 1 group of holes for not soldered IDE connector below ?, 2 joystick riser and 1 group of holes for not soldered FD connector ?
Main question are:
- why are they 4 audio cinch ?
- USB keyboard and mouse are natively working on natami (i do not have any PS2 device any more).
- CF is the default option, or you will solder IDE connector ?
If we want extra soldered connectors, we have to do this or they will be options when ordering (i'm not realy an handywork guy, and will be afraid to fry the MB when soldering, even if i've already done soldering time to time).
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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chronel is DVI+VGA interface chip.
NEC chip is IMHO USB interface that hangs on PCI bus.
standard IDE port is simply not soldered, but header seems to be here
what i don't know is what chip is "PCI Gayle IDE interface" described in overview.
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Wojtek P
Poland
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Posts 1597
13 Feb 2011 12:57
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I'm glad to see images at last...
BTW, I do not see battery onboard?
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well.. true.
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André Jernung
Sweden
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Posts 988
13 Feb 2011 13:02
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what i don't know is what chip is "PCI Gayle IDE interface" described in overview.
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This is handled by the Altera MAX II CPLD device.
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Thomas Hirsch
Germany
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Posts 647
13 Feb 2011 13:11
| Wojtek P wrote:
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amiga ppc wrote:
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I'm glad to see images at last...
BTW, I do not see battery onboard?
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well.. true.
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Yes. And...?
The pictures are from the very first assembled board. The board is about to be tested. So it is sufficient to mount the battery when the RTC is responding properly.
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Rune Stensland
Norway
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Posts 871
13 Feb 2011 13:48
| How many mx boards do you plan to assemble in this batch?
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Christian Kummerow
Germany
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Posts 314
13 Feb 2011 14:19
| Thomas Hirsch wrote:
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@Niclas: Cool!
?-2: REQ,GNT,CLK and IDSEL of PCI 2&3
?-3: IRQ signals for PCI 2&3
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That means you produce a special Natami Riser Card and we not need to find one self? Or are that for Debug? Whats about CF, we have to build a a CF->IDE adapter, are Master/Slave connected there? Means 4 IDE drives possible? And all required parts are soldered, does it run already or need the LX Core modified for a Bootup?
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Wojtek P
Poland
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Posts 1597
13 Feb 2011 14:22
| Christian Kummerow wrote:
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Thomas Hirsch wrote:
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@Niclas: Cool!
?-2: REQ,GNT,CLK and IDSEL of PCI 2&3
?-3: IRQ signals for PCI 2&3
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That means you produce a special Natami Riser Card and we not need to find one self? Or are that for Debug?
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Didn't you noticed it's different hardware ? :)
different memory bus=different memory controller
different IDE
IMHO a bit different video generator
the first thing means it will need some FPGA design rework.
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Wojtek P
Poland
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Posts 1597
13 Feb 2011 14:23
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Wojtek P wrote:
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what i don't know is what chip is "PCI Gayle IDE interface" described in overview.
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This is handled by the Altera MAX II CPLD device.
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So fused with "bitshifter" interface for floppies, joy, keyboard etc.Nice!
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Michael Evans
Canada
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Posts 44
13 Feb 2011 14:40
| Wow, it looks awesome. It looks so real, I could almost taste it. (quick - somebody tell me what this thing tastes like ;) The CF under the CPU seems a bit odd. I would have thought the CF slot would face outward so a case could be designed with a slot to insert the CF. (not that it's a big deal though)
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Team Chaos Leader
USA
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Posts 2094
13 Feb 2011 15:10
| Natami Forever! :DancingBanana:
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John Tsakiris
Greece
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Posts 54
13 Feb 2011 15:26
| Wohoo!
Well done Thomas!!!
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Jostein Aarbakk
Norway
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Posts 7
13 Feb 2011 15:43
| Wow, this is what I call good news!
A really nice piece of hardware.Well done!
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Team Chaos Leader
USA
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Posts 2094
13 Feb 2011 15:48
| Thomas Hirsch = MY HERO!!
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Andi Friede
Germany
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Posts 24
13 Feb 2011 15:59
| YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Go Thomas go.........WONDERFUL! Really can't wait to get such a baby !!!!
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Michael v. Parent
France
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Posts 434
13 Feb 2011 16:13
| Congrats Thomas! It's a girl!!!
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Joel Cholakians
USA
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Posts 67
13 Feb 2011 16:59
| +1 for Congrats Thomas! It's a girl!!! Are people excited?
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