Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-02-02 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Dave Park via Ql-Users wrote: > Marcel, would you be willing to share your modifications for QL-SD2? Sure, I can be bribed :-P Also, it's GPLed anyway... but I want to make some more tests, preferably with the original hardware first. Marcel ___

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-02-02 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
pgraf--- via Ql-Users wrote: >> Well, I said I'd do it and apparently I did it: >> >> https://www.kilgus.net/2018/02/02/clonetastic-ql-sd-clone-working-with-goldcard-clone/ > What surprises me is this: "With the original Verilog code my clone > didn't work at all, so it's definitely not just the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-02-02 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
Marcel, would you be willing to share your modifications for QL-SD2? Dave On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:51 AM, pgraf--- via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > On 2 Feb 2018 at 16:25, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: > > > Well, I said I'd do it and apparently I did it: > > > >

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-02-02 Thread pgraf--- via Ql-Users
On 2 Feb 2018 at 16:25, Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: > Well, I said I'd do it and apparently I did it: > > https://www.kilgus.net/2018/02/02/clonetastic-ql-sd-clone-working-with-goldcard-clone/ What surprises me is this: "With the original Verilog code my clone didn't work at all, so it's

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-02-02 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: > I've already started putting together a clone using an Xilinx > XC9572XL, which I have lying around. The Verilog file compiled from > the get-go, I just had to remove the additional SS lines because of > Pin restrictions in the small chip on my eval board. The

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread pgraf--- via Ql-Users
On 23 Jan 2018 at 9:21, Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users wrote: > > I've already started putting together a clone using an Xilinx > > XC9572XL, which I have lying around. The Verilog file compiled from > > the get-go, I just had to remove the additional SS lines because of > > Pin restrictions in the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread Derek via Ql-Users
-Users <ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> Date: 23/01/2018 09:21 (GMT+00:00) To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Cc: Graeme Gregory <gra...@xora.org.uk> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver > I've already started putting together a clone using an Xilinx > XC9572XL, which I have lying a

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, > Re-upped! Been watching The Wire? - The wire? > Well, youre certainly keeping us QL junkies happy! ;) That's an unintended side-effect. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread pjwitte via Ql-Users
On 23/01/2018 05:48, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > done, re-upped with the keys. Ah, thats better, thanks :) Re-upped! Been watching The Wire? - Well, youre certainly keeping us QL junkies happy! ;) Per BTW, I forgot to add that the driver is for v. 0.82 of the interface. If you have v. 0.75,

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users wrote: > Doesnt gold card have a parralell port? > > That should be enough IO pins to connect an SD card which just needs SPI. I think bit-banging would noticably reduce the transfer speed. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users
> I've already started putting together a clone using an Xilinx > XC9572XL, which I have lying around. The Verilog file compiled from > the get-go, I just had to remove the additional SS lines because of > Pin restrictions in the small chip on my eval board. The long lines to > the board might not

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users wrote: > that Schmidt-trigger is already there. Nice little SMD bug under > the socket that sits in the ROMOEH line. Apparently, it doesn't help. At this point I'm just glad that my idea was not nonsense but turns out to be actually implemented in the design :-) And

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Wolf via Ql-Users
Hi Per, done, re-upped with the keys. BTW, I forgot to add that the driver is for v. 0.82 of the interface. If you have v. 0.75, please holler!! Wolfgang On 22/01/2018 17:08, pjwitte via Ql-Users wrote: On 22/01/2018 10:41, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Nice one, Wolfgang :) The

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread pgraf--- via Ql-Users
On 22 Jan 2018 at 15:21, Wolf via Ql-Users wrote: > > If only we could find another builder/supplier of the SD interface... :-) > > Hopefully one that could work reliably with GC/SGC! That would be nice. The QL-SD hardware is open source, everyone is invited to improve it toward GC/SGC

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Tobias Fröschle via Ql-Users
Marcel, that Schmidt-trigger is already there. Nice little SMD bug under the socket that sits in the ROMOEH line. Apparently, it doesn't help. I have mixed experiences with GoldCards - One doesn't work at all, the other one (at least in one specific QL) rather well for days together with a

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread pgraf--- via Ql-Users
Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users wrote: > As I've understood your chip is 3.3V and the lines (or GND) is too > noisy so that logic level 0 could be interpreted as 1 before the lines > settle Yes this is one of the aspects, but it's not a 3.3V versus 5V issue. (The relevant logic levels are the same.)

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread pjwitte via Ql-Users
On 22/01/2018 10:41, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Nice one, Wolfgang :) The sources state: include 'DEV1_q68_qlsd_keys', but I cant find the file anywhere.. Per Hi all, I've released a new driver for QL-SD that uses standard qxl.win drives instead of Qubide ones. It's for Minerva

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Wolf via Ql-Users
-Users Envoyé le :lundi 22 janvier 2018 14:41 À : ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Cc : Graeme Gregory Objet :Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver On Mon, 22 Jan 2018, at 9:41 AM, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: Hi all, I've released a new driver for QL-SD that uses standard qxl.win drives instead of Qubid

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Dave Park via Ql-Users
ubata driver or TG atapi/cdrom things. > Will be available within a few days. > Regards > Alain Haoui > Envoyé de mon téléphone > > De : Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users > Envoyé le :lundi 22 janvier 2018 14:41 > À : ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com > Cc : Graeme Gregory > Objet :Re: [

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Alain HAOUI via Ql-Users
 : ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Cc : Graeme Gregory Objet :Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver On Mon, 22 Jan 2018, at 9:41 AM, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi all, > > I've released a new driver for QL-SD that uses standard qxl.win drives > instead of Qubide ones. > > It'

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
pgraf--- via Ql-Users wrote: > Remark: This new driver can not be expected to resolve the signal > quality issue between (Super)GoldCard and QL-SD. This remains a > hardware problem. One beta release ALMOST worked with my Gold Card, it could read a directory half-way before outputting garbage.

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Martyn Hill via Ql-Users wrote: > Do we have any understanding of the QL (Minerva) memory utilisation of > WIN as compared to SDC? I'm thinking about the need with the SDC driver > to keep container file-size small in order not to consume QL memory too > aggressively for its (equivalent of)

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Martyn Hill via Ql-Users
Hi WL This is BRILLIANT - thank you so much for taking the initiative! From reading the PDF, it also appears to bring the possibility of mapping multiple WIN drives (1..8) to distinct container files simultaneously, which - as far as I was aware - could not be achieved before with the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Graeme Gregory via Ql-Users
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018, at 9:41 AM, Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > Hi all, > > I've released a new driver for QL-SD that uses standard qxl.win drives > instead of Qubide ones. > > It's for Minerva only, though. > > You can download it from www.wlenerz.com/QLSD > And the next trick make

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Fabrizio Diversi via Ql-Users
Hi, really great news ! Thanks!! BTW , I have installed the QL-SD hardware in one of my QLs and it works well with GoldCard, although no way to have it working with the SGC . I am looking forward to buy another QL-SD adapter but I am not able to find it anywhere on the net. Fabrizio On

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi, > What is expected to happen if SMSQ/E is loaded on a > GoldCard/Minerva/QL-SD system with this driver at $C000 in ROM? The driver is expected to work as well as it can with GoldCard, i.e. probably not at all. Your comment below says it all! > Remark: This new driver can not be expected to

Re: [Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Marcel Kilgus via Ql-Users
Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users wrote: > I've released a new driver for QL-SD that uses standard qxl.win drives > instead of Qubide ones. I've been beta testing this for a few weeks and it's a dream come true. Finally a reliable way to exchange lots of data between my QPC and the QL :-) I have

[Ql-Users] QL-SD new driver

2018-01-22 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz via Ql-Users
Hi all, I've released a new driver for QL-SD that uses standard qxl.win drives instead of Qubide ones. It's for Minerva only, though. You can download it from www.wlenerz.com/QLSD Have fun. Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List