Posts by a94marbo

Quote from nuttie

No worries, I'll do my best to be of help, apologies in advance if I get something wrong! All of this is definitely in the original post I linked to in the German section of the forum, I can really recommend just checking with that, (via Google Translate if you need to of course), in case I missed something.

Hope this helps and isn't too full of errors, let me know how you get on.

Happy trails!

Ok, thanks.

I missed the additions needed on the startup and Cleanup files.

I had re-inserted the ";" in the conf file, while looking for a solution,

Now it works!

Thanks alot!

Quote from nuttie

If you copy the contents of the WHDLoad-Startup file on here, I'll try and take a look but I probably don't have quite the same setup as you, so I might not be able to see anything, (no promises of an insta-fix!).

Thanks for helping out.

I have only done what was suggested in the links you posted (I think). Here are the files concerned:

WHDLoad.prefs

;

; global configuration file for WHDLoad

; searched as "S:whdload.prefs"

;

; CLI-Arguments and ToolTypes will overwrite these !

;

;ButtonWait ;wait for button pressed (slave must support this)

;ChipNoCache ;disable cachebility of Chip-Memory

;ConfigDelay=400 ;wait to select options in splash window (1/50 seconds)

;CoreDumpPath=T: ;path for coredump files

;DebugKey=$5b ;rawkey code to quit with coredump (debug)

;ExecuteStartup=Execute S:WHDLoad-Startup ;command to execute on WHDLoad startup

;ExecuteCleanup=Execute S:WHDLoad-Cleanup ;command to execute on WHDLoad exit

;Expert ;selects expert mode

;FreezeKey=$5d ;rawkey code to enter HrtMon/TK

;FullChip ;save/restore complete chip memory

;LogBuffer=$40000 ;buffer size for logging facility

;MMU ;use MMU (for 68030)

NoAutoVec ;ignore unwanted autovector interrupts

;NoFilter ;disable audio filter

;NoFlushMem ;do not flush memory

;NoMemReverse ;do not allocate memory reverse

NoNetwork ;do not connect to the internet

;NoWriteCache ;disable the disk write cache

;NTSC ;force NTSC viedo mode

PAL ;force PAL viedo mode

;Proxy=proxyhost:3128 ;use this HTTP-proxy, [user:password@]hostname[:port]

;QuitKey=$5a ;rawkey code to quit

;ReadDelay=150 ;wait after reading from disk (1/50 seconds)

;RestartKey=$5c ;rawkey code to restart

;SavePath=SYS:WHDSaves ;base directory for all saves

;ShowRegs=SYS:Utilities/MuchMore W WL=80 WT=80 WW=582 WH=700 ;command for Show Regs

;SplashDelay=200 ;time to display splash window (1/50 seconds)

;WriteDelay=150 ;wait after saving something to disk (1/50 seconds)

WHDLoad-StartUO

;

; example script to be used with WHDLoad option ExecuteStartup

; stop all software which can cause interrupts with external hardware

; optionally free memory to allow WHDLoad better PreLoad

;

; stop the IP-stack via ARexx

;C:rx offline.rexx

; stop Genesis with a X-Surf card

AmiTCP:bin/offline x-surf0

; stop Roadshow

;C:NetShutdown

; stop Poseidon USB-stack

;C:AddUSBHardware REMOVE ALL

; set compatible speed and disable JIT for UAE

;uae-configuration cpu_speed real cachesize 0

WHDLoad-Cleanup

;

; example script to be used with WHDLoad option ExecuteCleanup

; restart all software which has been stopped previously with ExecuteStartup

;

; start Poseidon USB-stack

;ENVARC:PsdStackLoader

; start Genesis with a X-Surf card

AmiTCP:bin/online x-surf0

; start Roadshow

;AddInterface DEVS:NetInterfaces/(#?.info) Quiet

; start the IP-stack via ARexx

;C:rx online.rexx

; enable max speed and JIT for UAE

;uae-configuration cpu_speed max cachesize 8192

Quote from Jens

This points to a problem in the reset circuit of your A500. The ACA12xx accelerators are less sensitive to reset trouble than the 68sec000 CPU. I'd first check the electrolytic cap that is near the NE555 circuit of the A500.

Ok, i will check the cap next time I have it open. Thanks for the input.

Quote from nuttie

I found the original post in the German part of the forum...

X-Surf 500 und whdload Probleme

Yet another problem that I cannot find any reference on in a google search;

Quote from nuttie

I found the original post in the German part of the forum...

X-Surf 500 und whdload Probleme

Oh, great. Thanks alot! have to brush up my German. : )

Ok, tried with other card/brand, but same result.

However my 1221lc came today, and with that installed reset works.

So now it works.

However a new behaiviour came what I also installed X-surf 500. I need to go offline in order to launch any WHDload game... Any one ecountered that problem?

Does not matter what CPU speed I have same result.

It always works after power toggle, never after reset.

If the CF card works at power toggle it should work at a reset, right?

If I wait long enough (over a minute) the screen turn bark blue and the computer does not react on reset (A+A+Ctrl), the only power toggle works.

I have a annoying feature/bug?

I have a ACA500plus on a rev 5 Amiga 500 and a Indivision scan doubler.

When a do a soft reset (A+A+Ctrl) and press F1 to boot, it starts to book abut after unpacking KS3.1 it stays on a black screen. I then need to do a hard on/off on the power supply, After that it boots as normal. But after each soft reset it never boots, I always need to power on/off.

Any settings? Or a bug? or HW fault?

Quote from Jens

AGA is a substantially different chip set: No more Agnus, but Alice mith more DMA channels and 4 times the memory bandwidth. No more Denise, but Lisa with 16 million instead of 4096 colours, plus higher resolutions and more bitplane depth - that's nothing you can add to an A500.

So the mere similarity that both AGA and a fully-equipped ECS machine have 2MBytes of chip ram won't let you play AGA games. There aren't that many AGA games, though - most of the classic ones run fine on OCS and ECS.

Ok, thanks for the input. I wanted to explore my options, so thanks alot.

Quote from Jens

The only possibility to give more chip ram to an A500 Rev.5 are products like ACE2, Megichip and the like - these replace the Agnus *and* add memory at the same time. And I have two good news here: These products work fine with the ACA500plus; it will find 2MB chip ram.

The other good news is that ACE2 will be available later this year in a slightly different version. Details will be published for the Amiwest show (which you'll be able to attend virtually).

OK, thanks for the update.

Will 2 MB Chipmem enable AGA games, or will WHDLoad require an AGA architecture chip aswell, not only 2MB chipmem?

Quote from pwsoft

With the ACA500plus you don't need modifications to use the trapdoor as additional chipmem, you can enable this in the menu system.

Yes you do need an ECS Agnus to have higher graphic modes like 800x600. You don't need a different Denise as the ECS v2 replaces this chip. In the config tool of the ECS v2 you can enable ECS mode.

No an accelerator doesn't increase chipmem. The extra memory on accelerators is fastmem that can't do DMA or graphics, but is faster for running programs as it isn't slowed down by the DMA fetches (for graphics and sound). AGA is a different chipset, not available on a A500. The A500 is restricted to either OCS (what you appear to have now) or ECS chipsets (that you can upgrade to).

Thanks for the answers.

Ok, if I put in a 2MB memory in the trapdoor and replace Agnus with a 8375 instead, would that increase chipmem to 2MB and enable AGA games? or would that require a chip with AGA architecture, like the vampire 500 v2+?

ok, thanks

Hi

I have a standard Amiga 500 Rev5, with no extra memory with ACA500Plus and Indivision ECS V2 installed, Running ClassiCWb 3.1, Indivision ECS V2 driver 2.3.

SysInfo gives the rather unimpressive 512 kB chip mem and maximum resolution 640x512, STD Denise and STD Agnus.

If I upgrade to a 8372A + 512kB extra trap door memory and do needed modifications to get 1MB chipmem will the system be:

- upgraded to full ECS? ECS Agnus and ECS Denise?

- Will I get more resolutions available for workbench? i.e. 800x600?

If I also upgrade with a ACA1221lc will I get:

- possibility to increase chipmem to maybe 2MB and run AGA games?

- Increase workbench resolution even more?

The reason I ask is because I would like to:

- Increase the resolution, at least to 800x600

- Play AGA games

- Speed up the Amiga 500 processor.

And I would like to build on the ACA500plus, but if cannot get what I want I will have to stand in queue for a Vampire 500 V2+ instead.

Hi

I have a A500 Rev5 with Indivision ECS V2 (upgraded to latest FM) and ACA500Plus (upgraded to latest FM) installed.

Running the supplied AmigaOS3.1 and installed the latest Indivision driver 2.3.

I must be doing somthing fundamentaly wrong when setting up the resolution, the best I can achieve is a crappy 640x512 Interlaced workbench.

I can change the screen resoltion up to 1080p, but the graphics are still 640x512 interlaced. I have seen may nice screenshots with crisp screens.

How does the IndivisionECSv2 driver interact/conflict with the original ScreenMode and Overscan programs? ANy setting needed on the ACA500Plus? Increase graphic memory????

What am I doing wrong?