2022-05-05.log

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+ mnemotron (~mnemotron@194.135.47.239)08:09
Cavshanshe: Z3660?? 100 MHz? Do tell more? =)08:23
shanshehttps://github.com/shanshe/Z366009:09
shanshestill in WIP state, but working fine!!!09:10
Jopenice :-)11:17
JopeI had totally forgotten about that onte11:17
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+ NoctisBE1 (~sgilissen@d54C34CDE.access.telenet.be)15:42
NoctisBE1OK so, a few potentially dumb questions15:48
NoctisBE1concerning the issues I have with the flickering image. My A2k has a converted ATX PSU, so it's not using the tick signal. That shouldn't matter, right?15:49
NoctisBE1Also, I've rerouted the flatcable and even tried several straight-through floppy cables, but the issue remains the same. Yesterday I had a fairly stable image for a while in the early startup menu but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I'm starting to think my A2k is haunted :P 15:50
apolkosnik[m]And you have J300 set to the internal tick?15:52
NoctisBE1Yep. The machine won't work at all without that15:53
Jopethe tick source shouldn't really matter for this15:59
Jopethe video frequencies are derived from the master oscillator in any case16:00
Jopeif you had PSU tick, it would go to one of the CIA chips for timer use16:00
NoctisBE1I think the only thing for me that's left to do at this point is to completely take out every component and the mainboard, and see if I have any cold solder joints or anything like that on the mainboard :/ 16:01
NoctisBE1Went over every solder point on the video slot now, basically reflowed each and every one of them. Did not change anything. 16:29
NoctisBE1I'm really at a loss at the moment16:29
NoctisBE1the regular RGB output does not give me any issues either16:29
NoctisBE1Even tried several monitors and HDMI cables16:29
apolkosnik[m]You could just look up/trace the lines going from Denise to the video slot16:31
apolkosnik[m]I was doing something similar on my A3000 due to the Varta destroying a via on the pcb of one of the audio channels going to the riser16:33
NoctisBE1Hmm. I've been tracing them all, but I can't find any visible issues atm. They still look like new16:35
NoctisBE1the battery of the A2k is nowhere near the Denise chip16:35
apolkosnik[m]I used to get distortions when playing square wave tests in Amigatestkit on my A4000, I had to route the video slot cable over and under the bottom of the ZZ9000 card. 16:39
NoctisBE1 Just to be absolutely certain16:54
NoctisBE1the connector on the breakout board for the flat cable, that should point outwards, right? 16:54
NoctisBE1I feel stupid for asking this but, you know16:54
minuteNoctisBE1: you would get nothing (and potentially fry stuff) if it was wrong17:01
NoctisBE1Yeah, I figured as much. I honestly don't know what to do anymore at this point. I've tried reseating the Denise chip, tried 4 flatcables (all straight through), cleaned out and reflowed the video slot + Denise chip socket and traced all the lines between Denise and the video slot using a multimeter17:05
pasikNoctisBE1: and zz9000 firmware up-to-date already?17:15
NoctisBE1Tried several firmware versions. Currently using the latest 2mb one17:15
pasikok17:16
NoctisBE1It seems I'm not the only one with this same issue... https://community.mnt.re/t/scan-doubler-with-angus-generated-tick-scrolling-picture/222/417:24
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NoctisBE1So it seems that it does have something to do with the TICK signal17:30
Jopeyou'd imagine a4000 users having a terrible time in this case..17:30
NoctisBE1Unfortunately I don't have an original A2k cpu (which was the reason I replaced it with an ATX PSU).17:31
NoctisBE1I mean, it could be something A2k-specific17:31
Jopeit is true, the tick signal does go to the video slot17:32
NoctisBE1and if you use an ATX power supply, the tick signal gets generated from the vsync 17:37
apolkosnik[m]https://amiga68k.com/?product=tick-signal-generator17:40
JopeI'm now wondering about this17:40
Jopethe 3k and 4k use the same firmware, don't they17:40
Jopeso in this case it works fine in pal and ntsc machines as far as I know17:41
Jopeat least in my pal a4000 it works totally fine, the zz shows pal and ntsc custom chip modes totally ok17:41
apolkosnik[m]https://www.retroez.com/store/FULL-KIT-Amiga-2000-ATX-Adaptor-Plate-Motherboard-Loom-Plastic-Bracket-Molex-to-Floppy-Cables-&-Screws-Excludes-PSU-p40452844017:41
Jopebnu, minute, do you use the tick for something in the zorro 2 firmware?17:41
minuteno, but we have heard here before that the tick makes a difference.17:42
Jopebut how/why :-)17:43
minutei don't know. just anecdotal evidence17:43
Jopeyep, doesn't fit in my brain17:43
Jopeif you have PSU tick, it is always the mains frequency no matter what you show on scren17:43
Jopeif you have vsync tick, it changes depending on what your mode is17:43
minutei remember someone fixed their problems by changing something with TICK17:43
Jopeminute, do you have mains or vsync tick in your 3k?17:44
JopeI remember you had an ntsc machine in a pal world..17:44
NoctisBE1apolkosnik[m]: Thanks!17:46
apolkosnik[m]it goes into CIA's 19 pin17:47
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Jopeyes, that is what it does :-)17:47
Jopehttps://www.tsb.space/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Pasted-into-A1200-CIA-timer-failure-6-768x473.png CIAA TOD is where it shows up17:48
Jopeas far as I remember17:48
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Jopesoo .. 17:50
apolkosnik[m]It would help to capture the waveform diffs between both positions of J30017:50
Jopebut why17:51
Jopeif the zz9000 doesn't use the signal17:51
Jopehttps://mntre.com/media/ZZ9000_info_md/zz9000-manual.pdf tbase is NC17:52
NoctisBE1Wild guess here, but interference due to it being generated from vsync?17:52
NoctisBE1If you look at the YT vids I posted earlier, it's definitely a sync issue17:52
Jopeok, now I get you17:52
Jopevsync waveforms are interesting17:53
NoctisBE1It's an Amiga. Commodore weren't exactly known for not fucking around in the hopes that it randomly would work accidentally :P 17:53
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Jopehmm18:00
apolkosnik[m]_VSYNC is inverted signal, so maybe it's not latching at the right spot18:01
Jopeyup yup. I agree, it's worth scoping around a bit18:03
JopeI wonder if my 2k stilll has working psu tick. it might not18:03
NoctisBE1If anything, I'd be more than happy to test stuff out on my machine. I did order a tick generator just now, but if stuff needs testing let me know :-) 18:06
apolkosnik[m]Funny, TBASE actually doesn't make it to the J8 connector18:44
apolkosnik[m]and _VSYNC comes directly from AGNUS18:45
apolkosnik[m]doesn't make it == the pad is not connected to anything18:46
Jopej8 = the flat cable between the video slot board and the zz9000?18:47
apolkosnik[m]yes18:48
Jopeyeps18:48
Jopebut the idea about the vsync signal getting ruined when it is routed to tick is an interesting one and worth pursuing18:49
Jopeone difference in the a4000 vsync line is, that there is a 100pf cap to ground between the 47 ohm resistor and pin 12 of the rgb port :-)18:54
Jopeotherwise it makes a lot of rounds in that machine too18:54
minuteah, interesting indeed. maybe it gets loaded too much?18:55
Jopeyep, didn't think of that possibility before NoctisBE1 said it there18:58
apolkosnik[m]C91519:03
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apolkosnik[m]I wonder if desoldering one pin of  that cap will make a difference 19:16
apolkosnik[m]It's not present on A3000 and A400019:20
Jopeah.. the emi filter in the 2000 does the same thing as the 100pf cap in the 4k19:28
Jopeforgot that they had a cap inside19:28
apolkosnik[m]but it's after a resistor19:30
Jopesame as in the 4k19:31
apolkosnik[m]heh... one can simulate what it does ... https://www.circuitlab.com/19:41
- xet7 (QUIT: Remote host closed the connection) (~xet7@user/xet7)20:13
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Cavshanshe: that's super cool! Sure do get tempted to try to build one.. But I guess it's better to wait until you passed 0.1 :)20:38
shansheyes, don't build it now...20:38
CavLong for the day I can put something a little bit more interesting than my A3660 into my Amiga.20:51
lastebilhmm, /me is not sure if someone showed up who was asking earlier about something via someone else, and I directed them here...22:08
lastebilNo, he did, good (:22:08
+ gdonner (~gdonner@c-98-253-93-116.hsd1.in.comcast.net)22:40
gdonnerminute: I installed 1.11 firmware and drivers on my A4000, and AHI doesn't open/work, and AHI Prefs crashes with an 8000 0005 guru22:41
gdonnerAXMP3 works ok; as does Paula audio output (non-AHI)22:41
gdonnerso something my A4000 is fussy about that my A3000 didn't mind :)22:42
gdonner(4000/060 (A3660), Thomas Richter's latest 68060.library FWIW)22:42
gdonneroddly enough, the same version of Eagleplayer opens just fine on my A4000, but refuses to on my A3000; go figure22:44
gdonneroy vey lol22:44
gdonnerI checked to make sure my A4000's 1.11 BOOT.bin was copied OK, and it's not corrupt or anything22:45
gdonneranyway, hopefully some of this helps!22:46
gdonner(BTW, the AHI Prefs crash is a requester crash; not a black screen guru, if that helps)22:47
gdonnerI have a full rev. 5 '060, so shouldn't be a non-FPU crash?22:48
gdonnerother MUI-based based apps open/work just fine, so it's not MUI-related22:48
gdonnerthis is with the no Z3 fast, no autoboot firmware22:49
apolkosnik[m]I had some issues with "fake" asl and req libs redirecting to reqtools22:49
apolkosnik[m]and my fast mem needed to be pushed into the sockets on my A300022:50
+ SuperJoe (~Super_joe@2001:2012:110c:4600:20d2:ce13:a647:a89c)22:56
gdonneryeah, I think there are still some odd things going on in the background22:58
Chain-Qminute: I fixed my 2000 keybard... for next time... -.-' :)22:58
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