Re: Amigas with both Zorro-II and Zorro-III RAM?
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 11:22:00AM +0100, Ingo J?rgensmann wrote:
> Am 05.12.2018 um 10:16 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>:
>
> >> About disk: there is the Budda IDE card for quite a few bugs: https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/shop/product/buddha-ide.html :
> >>> The Linux- and NetBSD drivers for older versions of the Buddha controller can be used on this new version without change.
> > None of the above should be needed to test this. A plain A3000/030 with
> > Zorro II expansion card with Zorro II memory should suffice.
>
> Of course??? but I assumed that Christian obtained that A3000 for a purpose other than having a nice looking brick on his table??? ;)
I spent already way too much on outdated m68k hardware. I don't see myself
using it much, even if it had an 060. I have already a fully equipped Amiga,
Atari and Mac sitting around.
The A3k was free, I just could not see it go into the trash. If there were a
reasonable priced FPGA accelerator, we could talk again. But the brick looks
quite nice next to the Next cube :-)
> >> About ZII memory??? I still might have a ZII card with some memory on it, but memory with <5 MB/s bandwidth? Come on...!! ;)
> > The point is that the kernel (probably) crashes if there is Zorro II
> > memory present.
> > There is no plan to make everything run from that slow memory ;-)
> > Hmm, perhaps I can just fake Zorro II memory in a memfile, and test it on my
> > A4000?
>
> Or maybe use the memory of a graphic card like a PicassoII or so (if available)?
I should have a spare PicassoII as well, it did not make much of a
difference when I bought the PIV for my A2k. I said, I spent already too
much on m68k...
So I need to get amiboot and a kernel image on a disk? That would be a great
use for the 100MB IDE flash modules. I could use the Buddha from the A2k to
connect them if needed.
Christian
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