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Thomas Hirsch
Germany
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Posts 233
20 Jul 2009 23:20
| The second batch of the CPU cards arrived and I took a little time to assemble them. The FPGA logic is far from complete but I had the time to build a simple address decoder. So the processor has a little bit RAM and ROM and a serial port.
And - surprisingly - it just started running my old Serial Monitor code written for the 030 prototype PCI card. It doesn't do very much but the MC68060 responds to key sent through the serial port. It reads and writes memory and can download/execute other code.
It really seems that (at least for now) there are no major problems with the CPU card schematics and layout. Flash memory, interrupts and SynchronZorro are not tested yet. But the CPU itself is running!
See pictures in Hardware section
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Marcel Verdaasdonk
Netherlands
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Posts 2100
20 Jul 2009 23:57
| that is a step futher.
too bad logic analyzers cost so much. :(
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Gone Gahgah
Australia
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Posts 224
21 Jul 2009 00:49
| I have to say, well done!
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Asaf Ayoub
United Kingdom
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Posts 241
21 Jul 2009 03:10
| this is great news ! I cant wait to see pictures of sysinfo using the 68060 :)
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Channel Z
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Posts 213
21 Jul 2009 03:42
| This is great progress! I remember someone writing that it wasn't a real board until there were chips on it (and thus Natami was fake/vapourware). Well, that will shut up even the low-brows for a while :D
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P. Love
USA
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Posts 28
21 Jul 2009 06:05
| Nice.....
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Bartek K
United Kingdom
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Posts 1332
21 Jul 2009 07:32
| Can't wait to see pictures:P...
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George Mystiloglou
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Posts 295
21 Jul 2009 08:18
| Well done guys!
Can't wait to see pictures.
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Guillaume Michalakakos
France
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Posts 146
21 Jul 2009 08:39
| Hello all and good day, the pictures are available on the site in the hardware section. Have fun it's look very nice ! Congratulations Thomas !!
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George Mystiloglou
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Posts 295
21 Jul 2009 08:42
| Michalakakos?
If it is your name, its Greek! Standard!
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Guillaume Michalakakos
France
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Posts 146
21 Jul 2009 09:23
| [off topic] Yes, my father is greek and I have family in Athens and near Kalamata ;) [/off topic]
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Sandra Kalohan
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Posts 35
21 Jul 2009 10:57
| Those pics just made my day.
BTW can somebody clarify this, will the fpga for the 050 be provided in a similar way or will it be directly on the board
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Marcel Verdaasdonk
Netherlands
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Posts 2100
21 Jul 2009 10:59
| the 050 will be a softcore making the 060 CPU board obselete hopefully.
softcore maining that it runs in the FPGA and that is onboard yes.
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Sandra Kalohan
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Posts 35
21 Jul 2009 12:05
| Marcel Verdaasdonk wrote:
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the 050 will be a softcore making the 060 CPU board obselete hopefully.
softcore maining that it runs in the FPGA and that is onboard yes.
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So what will this CPU slot be used for after the 060 is rendered obsolete? Would any applications be made to harness this possible dual processor situation?
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Gunnar von Boehn
Germany
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Posts 3738
21 Jul 2009 12:09
| Sandra Kalohan wrote:
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So what will this CPU slot be used for after the 060 is rendered obsolete? |
Not so fast :-) The Natami CPU Card sport a high clock 68060, together with ultra fast memory. The 68050 will a nice alternative for a SOC_Natami.
And the 050 might sometime be as fast or faster than a cliassic 68060. But the Natami-060 is A LOT faster than any classic 060-cards - the 050 might not be able to catch the performance of the Natami-060-card.
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Marcel Verdaasdonk
Netherlands
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Posts 2100
21 Jul 2009 12:46
| true but this has to do with a scalar/pipelined design against a pipelined design. and Sandra you can't take things i say literaly or atleast shouldn't.
And i should be more political correct (hence the hopefully).
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Wawa Tk
Germany
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Posts 351
21 Jul 2009 13:20
| the board looks much better now when it isnt blank anympore:P!
honestly. i hope it really means some progress soon.
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Christian Kummerow
Germany
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Posts 171
21 Jul 2009 15:07
| nice :)
at how much MHZ this card are running?
i see a XC Rev.5 , about 66 MHZ only with cooling..
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Istvan Szekeres
Hungary
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Posts 23
21 Jul 2009 15:30
| Great! Beautiful!
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Thomas Hirsch
Germany
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Posts 233
21 Jul 2009 15:38
| I only tried with 50MHz. Now.
And even without any cooling the CPU doesn't get warm at all.The board should be able to run with 100MHz.
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