new Nova drivers

fenarinarsa · Post by **fenarinarsa** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:56 pm

Dbug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:16 pm Ok, then I guess I'll try that, because on the MSTe I don't have much free memory out of the 4 megs of ST ram when I have the 1024x768 screen activated and a few desk accessories

I guess you could maybe declare the unused part of the video RAM as Alt-RAM... But it's quite slow

Cyprian · Post by **Cyprian** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:48 am

Dbug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:16 pm Ok, then I guess I'll try that, because on the MSTe I don't have much free memory out of the 4 megs of ST ram when I have the 1024x768 screen activated and a few desk accessories

Does it mean the screen RAM is reserved in the ST RAM instead of ET4000 RAM?

Dbug · Post by **Dbug** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:59 am

Cyprian wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:48 am
Dbug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:16 pm Ok, then I guess I'll try that, because on the MSTe I don't have much free memory out of the 4 megs of ST ram when I have the 1024x768 screen activated and a few desk accessories
Does it mean the screen RAM is reserved in the ST RAM instead of ET4000 RAM?

That's been my experience with both the Nova with Idek drivers and before that with the Spektrum card with the original Whilem drivers.

Easy to test: Just boot with and without the card, and check how much free ST Ram you have.

I'm actually wondering why the MonSTer card is declaring the 6 additional megs as ALT RAM instead of just standard ST RAM and change memtop to make a single 10 MB linear block of memory, that would be much more useful since this ALT RAM is not any faster than the standard ram (maybe the shifter/blitter can't access it?)

Post by **czietz** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:18 am

Dbug wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:59 am I'm actually wondering why the MonSTer card is declaring the 6 additional megs as ALT RAM instead of just standard ST RAM and change memtop to make a single 10 MB linear block of memory

Because that's technically impossible. ST-RAM by definition has to be usable by Shifter and DMA - and, therefore, needs to be managed by the MCU (GSTMCU in the STe). Only by designing a custom MCU replacement (like the Wevelsiep RAM expansion did for the ST) you can have more than 4 MB ST-RAM.

But note that this discussion is very offtopic in this thread. Please open a new thread if you want to continue.

Post by **frank.lukas** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:58 am

Dbug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:16 pm Ok, then I guess I'll try that, because on the MSTe I don't have much free memory out of the 4 megs of ST ram when I have the 1024x768 screen activated and a few desk accessories :)

When you have a MonSTer and 10MB of Ram there is no problem.

I have also 10MB Ram with a MagnumSTE and have with Lightning VME driver, Zcontrol (CPX), TwiLight, SnapShot and NVDI5 with the Nova driver (1024x768-256) my MSTE has 3,7MB ST Ram and 4MB Alternate Ram free. All TT Ram Flags are set.

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:49 pm

New Falcon ET4000T8 version based on V3.01 (English MENU_E.PRG and English VMG.PRG included)

Bikerbob · Post by **Bikerbob** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:08 pm

frank.lukas wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:58 am
Dbug wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:16 pm Ok, then I guess I'll try that, because on the MSTe I don't have much free memory out of the 4 megs of ST ram when I have the 1024x768 screen activated and a few desk accessories
When you have a MonSTer and 10MB of Ram there is no problem.

I have also 10MB Ram with a MagnumSTE and have with Lightning VME driver, Zcontrol (CPX), TwiLight, SnapShot and NVDI5 with the Nova driver (1024x768-256) my MSTE has 3,7MB ST Ram and 4MB Alternate Ram free. All TT Ram Flags are set.

You the man frank... I love how you have so many configurations all maxed out!!

love it!!

Bikerbob · Post by **Bikerbob** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:13 pm

Idek Tramielski wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:49 pm New Falcon ET4000T8 version based on V3.01 (English MENU_E.PRG and English VMG.PRG included

Thanks Idek, will there be anything new for ET4000 for ST? I will have one I can run on a Panther. I am hoping with a PAK/FRAK combo.. but I have yet to get these all working together.
I also have my Mach32 2mb working well in my TT030. So for either of those if you need testing I am available.

James

Dbug · Post by **Dbug** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:09 am

Ok, so I finally tried the new package (the one compiled October 14 with version "NOVA Mach32/MSTE V1.38 installed" message, and it works up to the point it reaches the desktop, start drawing some icons and then bombs out.

I experimented, kept the new emulator/menu part, but reverted to the previous version of STA_VDI.BIB/PRG and the machine booted ok with all the graphic stuff, color icons, clocky, alt-ram, etc...

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:32 pm

Dbug wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:09 am Ok, so I finally tried the new package (the one compiled October 14 with version "NOVA Mach32/MSTE V1.38 installed" message, and it works up to the point it reaches the desktop, start drawing some icons and then bombs out.

I experimented, kept the new emulator/menu part, but reverted to the previous version of STA_VDI.BIB/PRG and the machine booted ok with all the graphic stuff, color icons, clocky, alt-ram, etc...

I am unable to replicate your problem on either of my MegaSTEs.

- Does it work with a clean boot (no other programs, drivers or accs)?
- What version of STA_VDI does work? Maybe you can upload or link to your working version.

Dbug · Post by **Dbug** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:57 pm

I suggest we assume it's my machine which is faulty, so before going farther, I'm going to wait for the new parts I've ordered, and when the PSU recap and new low power CPU is installed I will try again, because it looks like things go wrong, then I let the machine cool down and it works fine for a while, then it randomly crashes again until next time.

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:29 am

New Falcon Mach64 version based on V3.01 (English MENU_E.PRG and English VMG.PRG included)

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:06 pm

New MENU_E.PRG in the Tools section. Displays selected mode when timer (3s) or (5s) is used.
New Falcon ET4000 drivers. Redirect to ATARI screen is now working when selected in MENU. - restriction: 16 color modes not working
New Falcon Mach64 driver. Redirect to ATARI screen is now working when selected in MENU.
I am also working on a first release of a Falcon Mach32 driver. Anybody interested in testing?

Rustynutt · Post by **Rustynutt** » Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:21 pm

I'll set up to test the MACH64 on an Afterburner shortly.
Have ET cards, think a few are on your list.
Bit foggy, doesn't the GAL have to be swapped out to use those? Have a file to burn somewhere I'd thought. Been a while...
Thanks!

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:37 pm

Rustynutt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:21 pm I'll set up to test the MACH64 on an Afterburner shortly.
Have ET cards, think a few are on your list.
Bit foggy, doesn't the GAL have to be swapped out to use those? Have a file to burn somewhere I'd thought. Been a while...
Thanks!

No need to change the GAL. M64 and ET4K use the same GAL.

Rustynutt · Post by **Rustynutt** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:37 am

Idek Tramielski wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:37 pm
Rustynutt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:21 pm I'll set up to test the MACH64 on an Afterburner shortly.
Have ET cards, think a few are on your list.
Bit foggy, doesn't the GAL have to be swapped out to use those? Have a file to burn somewhere I'd thought. Been a while...
Thanks!
No need to change the GAL. M64 and ET4K use the same GAL.

Thanks!

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:47 pm

In 1995 Computerinsel released the ATI Mach64 NOVA card for the Falcon030.
24 years later in 2019, I released my first Falcon030 driver for Tseng ET4000 NOVA cards.

And now in 2021, I've added a Falcon030 driver for the ATI Mach32. I hope there will actually be somebody out there who can make use of it.

As always, my thanks go to Frank Lukas (frank.lukas) who created the new cards and has been very helpful as my trusty beta tester.

Rustynutt · Post by **Rustynutt** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:16 pm

1995 sounds right. Bought MACH64 from Nima

Last used was around 2002.
Last night have the Afterburner up and stable (44/22MHz). Clocked the NOVA at this speed before. Disabling the VIDEL always helps too

Have good examples of the working MACH on CD from then. Excited about the ET4000 driver though. One of the ET cards simultaneously outputs SVHS, have to check the DAC, think it matched a supported card.

Thanks again

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:32 pm

Rustynutt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:16 pm .... disabling the VIDEL always helps too

I remember that this helped a lot when I owned the Afterburner. How is it done? Has anybody information on how to disable the Videl?

AdamK · Post by **AdamK** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:52 pm

Videl can't be disabled. What You can do is to set it to lowest possible graphics mode.

dhedberg · Post by **dhedberg** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:55 pm

You can turn off the vertical and horizontal sync, this will more or less turn the Videl off.

Rustynutt · Post by **Rustynutt** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:57 pm

Idek Tramielski wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:32 pm
Rustynutt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:16 pm .... disabling the VIDEL always helps too
I remember that this helped a lot when I owned the Afterburner. How is it done? Has anybody information on how to disable the Videl?

In Doug's AB Tool kit is an option to turn it off. There's also a TSR called Turbo Blanker that can be used from regular TOS, effectively shutting down the VIDEL during process heavy calculations. Forget if it looks for mouse/KB interrupt to wake it back up.

Realize your looking for programming data

Have a TK source file. It's Greek to me, but maybe something you could pick out.

Rustynutt · Post by **Rustynutt** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:53 pm

Been a while.
Do I actually need to install a 4MB ST RAM card, or will only 4MB be utilized in a 14MB card?

Idek Tramielski · Post by **Idek Tramielski** » Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:11 am

Rustynutt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:53 pm Been a while.
Do I actually need to install a 4MB ST RAM card, or will only 4MB be utilized in a 14MB card?

You'll need a 4MB ST RAM card.

Rustynutt · Post by **Rustynutt** » Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:40 pm

Ok, no problem.

Need to set the main board into a case bottom. It's strung all over from testing. The NOVA is a lot of cable to pull around.
I ask Frank about special adapter board for NOVA, to fit the card parallel with main board and stock power supply removed, but it's complicated.

Give me a bit

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