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by bmwtcu
20 Dec 2022, 11:21
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: ROMvX0
Replies: 21
Views: 4363

Re: IO expansion & Arduino UNO

However, my second system is equipped with a Gigatron RAM and IO expansion. When trying to boot from SD card using a recent system.gt1 the browser did not start. I believe this ROM only supports Pluggy Reloaded and not the RAM and IO expansion. You would need to use lb3633's DEVROM for that. I‘m cu...
by bmwtcu
11 Dec 2022, 04:59
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Double your RAM:
Replies: 20
Views: 19103

Re: Double your RAM:

renzo wrote: 10 Dec 2022, 01:01 Since pin2 is fixed to low level state (let's say low half 64k), I expected to see 64KB on the boot screen, insted I get "Gigatron 128K".
This is a known issue with ROMv5a. https://forum.gigatron.io/viewtopic.php?p=3182
by bmwtcu
07 Dec 2022, 10:45
Forum: Escape Meta Alt Control Shift
Topic: Transferring GitHub repo ownership
Replies: 1
Views: 2038

Transferring GitHub repo ownership

https://support.github.com/ticket/personal/0/1516900 Hi, anyone ever had to deal with GitHub support that might have a suggestion on what to try next? Earlier in the year I chatted with at67 and walter about getting some scripts set up on the Gigatron Discord to automatically post when the gigatron-...
by bmwtcu
20 Aug 2022, 10:34
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Could a Propeller 2 make a good I/O controller for a modified Gigatron?
Replies: 7
Views: 1484

Re: Could a Propeller 2 make a good I/O controller for a modified Gigatron?

If you're trying to use SD browser for SPI expander then I'm guessing DEVROM, otherwise v5a is the latest official ROM available publicly. I skimmed through the P2 thread. Quite impressive how quickly Roger turned it around.
by bmwtcu
20 Aug 2022, 10:26
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Novatron
Replies: 36
Views: 6470

Re: Novatron

Good to hear you got it working so quickly. The Menlo FPGA code had a similar issue for me but I fixed it by sampling on a falling edge and delaying PULSE by 80ns and it's been consistently working with 4021/165 based controllers. He/She never reported it as an issue, so I'm guessing that whatever c...
by bmwtcu
20 Aug 2022, 10:01
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Gigatron Soundcard
Replies: 4
Views: 1232

Re: Gigatron Soundcard

Outstanding! I didn't get what you meant by "it is well suited for extension to lb3361 extension-retro" until I saw the photo in the Pluggy Reloaded thread showing how the headers lined up. Looking forward to your updates!
by bmwtcu
18 Aug 2022, 21:56
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Novatron
Replies: 36
Views: 6470

Re: Novatron

DOH, my bad. I was expecting to see LATCH and forgot that it feeds the DB9 pin directly.
by bmwtcu
18 Aug 2022, 17:55
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Novatron
Replies: 36
Views: 6470

Re: Novatron

Not sure if Rev 1.3 is a downrev schematic, but HSYNC_B shouldn't be wired up to the 595 twice on pins 11 and 12. I assume you already addressed that.
by bmwtcu
18 Aug 2022, 15:19
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Novatron
Replies: 36
Views: 6470

Re: Novatron

Are you sure that UP is mapped that way? If your UP button is mapped to START, I may have an explanation for what you're seeing. I would expect that you're seeing:- [ start ] [right] [down] [left] [A] [right] [ up ] [ B ][select] [A] If the controller is shifting on a different PULSE clock edge dire...
by bmwtcu
18 Aug 2022, 11:12
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Novatron
Replies: 36
Views: 6470

Re: Novatron

The buttons on these controllers are all mapped differently.
What's the mapping you see with these?