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FlashGordon - new batch

Started by PulkoMandy, 10:55, 13 November 17

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Ast

What's news ? does it work correctly on amstrad plus (asic connected) ?
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Quote from: Ast on 12:36, 09 November 20
What's news ? does it work correctly on amstrad plus (asic connected) ?
Plus is not CPC, we don't care  :P










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PulkoMandy

For ROM expansions there is no problem with the ASIC, they are at different addresses. It's the same as before, just smaller and easier to assemble for me :)
I'm thinking about a RAM expansion that's ASIC compatible, but, more on that later. I have some soldering, testing and shipping to do now!

GUNHED

Quote from: PulkoMandy on 12:49, 09 November 20
For ROM expansions there is no problem with the ASIC, they are at different addresses. It's the same as before, just smaller and easier to assemble for me :)
I'm thinking about a RAM expansion that's ASIC compatible, but, more on that later. I have some soldering, testing and shipping to do now!
For RAM expansions please consider to fully implement RAM mode &C3 like Revaldhino did - just it case it's supposed to run with 464 / 664 computers.  :)
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PulkoMandy

I plan to do things for 6128 and plus only. I don't have other hardware to test with. And what revaldinho did is fine for these usages anyway :)


But I will clearly advertise that it is not fully compatible with 464/664 to avoid any confusion.

GUNHED

Good to know. It's the era of CPC 6128 and 6128 Plus anyway.  ;D ;D ;D
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hsimpson

I have received my package. Now I am the happy owner of FlashGordon. A beautiful gift for Christmas :). Many thanks PulkoMandy :) .

Richard_Lloyd

Received my FlashGordon a few days ago and it is so good - thanks PulkoMandy.


I also tried it on my CPC464 and it works on that too. The 464 only initialises the first 8 ROM slots of course.  I've not given it much to do but the MAXAM1.5/Protext combination work just fine.


This is a great Wiki!
Richard
CPC464, CPC6128, PCW8512, PCW10, BSA & NSP

PulkoMandy

I think you can move the "booster" rom to slot 6 to get it to initialize the remaining roms in that, but I have not tried. I don't have a working 464 around.

Ast

Hi Pulko,


Could you tell us the price, please ? Thanks.
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PulkoMandy

It has not changed since the first post in this thread. 25€ including shipping.


All boards have been delivered for the previous batch but I can order and assemble more. It will take a few weeks to get the PCBs delivered.


I will make some slight changes to the board again to replace the jumpers with actual switches.

GUNHED

And for the management of ROMs you can use ROManager 2.37 (new update online) for FutureOS. See my homepage (signature).  :)
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Richard_Lloyd

Quote from: PulkoMandy on 22:57, 12 December 20I think you can move the "booster" rom to slot 6 to get it to initialize the remaining roms in that, but I have not tried. I don't have a working 464 around.

Hi, "booster" in slot 6 crashes my 464. No problem, I'll code something, test it and let you know. Thanks.

Richard
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PulkoMandy

Hi there,


A new batch of 10 boards is on the way to me. I made some further changes to have DIP switches instead of jumpers to enable/disable ROMs, and some other small fixes. Still accepting orders if you need one of these!

GUNHED

Quote from: Richard_Lloyd on 23:00, 18 December 20
Hi, "booster" in slot 6 crashes my 464. No problem, I'll code something, test it and let you know. Thanks.
The Booster ROM from Inicron is for the CPC6128 to provide 32 ROMs instead of 16 ROMs. It needs to be located at ROM 15.
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GUNHED

Quote from: PulkoMandy on 16:29, 24 January 21
A new batch of 10 boards is on the way to me. I made some further changes to have DIP switches instead of jumpers to enable/disable ROMs, and some other small fixes. Still accepting orders if you need one of these!
Hi Pulko, I would please like to order one of these new units for myself. :)  The function of ROM 7 replacement is great for 6128plus.  :)
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GUNHED

Today my FlashGordon arrived and it works great. I use it for my 6128plus, because it does provide ROM 7.
Of course I had to install a proper OS and ROManager 2.37 first. But now it's on a Mother X4 card with dxs RTC and 4 MB RAM. Put my HD20 there too and... all fine! That was lot's of fun this night. Thank you!!!
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zhulien

If a CPC can have 4mb of ROMs, why is it nobody has created a 4mb ROMboard yet?  perhaps a super flashgordon could support 4mb of ROM?

roudoudou

Quote from: zhulien on 01:18, 12 March 21
If a CPC can have 4mb of ROMs, why is it nobody has created a 4mb ROMboard yet?  perhaps a super flashgordon could support 4mb of ROM?
it will be done, for sure, and even more  :P

think about this => some emulators limit rom number to...   16!  ;D
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PulkoMandy

We are limited by the size of available flash chips. Larger chips will usually be NAND flash (not directly usable on CPC, would need more electronics) and/or require 3.3V power instead of 5V. So, it would need 8 memory chips to reach 4MB. It's possible, but is it useful?


However, the FlashGordon can be used to provide either rom slots 0-31 or 32-63. So, if you have two of them, you can modify the second one, and enjoy 1MB of ROMs on your CPC (there is a track to cut and a jumper to close with some solder, on front of the board).


For larger sizes it makes sense to do something like the C4CPC. It can be a 32GB ROM expansion if you put a large enough SD card in it.

GUNHED

#71
One of my CPC6128 has a 2,5 MB internal Flash ROM expansion. Well, the size to erase Flash is 64 KB, which makes it a little more different of course. But it works well. It also got 4 MB of internal RAM.


What we do need to consider is that the CPC can handle 4 MB or ROM, but the 6128plus is limited to 2 MB, because starting at ROM number &80 everything is reserved for the Cartridge (which can use a max. of 512 KB).
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Bryce

Quote from: GUNHED on 13:47, 12 March 21
One of my CPC6128 has a 2,5 MB internal Flash ROM expansion. Well, the size to erase Flash is 64 KB, which makes it a little more different of course. But it works well. It also got 4 MB of internal RAM.


What we do need to consider is that the CPC can handle 4 MB or ROM, but the 6128 is limited to 2 MB, because starting at ROM number &80 everything is reserved for the Cartridge (which can use a max. of 512 KB).

I think you mean the PLUS not the 6128?

Bryce.

gryken

Hi,
@PulkoMandy: if there is such list, could you put me on it as well for one item?

Thanks !

PulkoMandy

Hi,


I have a few boards available and ready to ship. I'll contact you by private message.

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