Re: Atom-Lite CF interface
Hi Edwin I've emailed you directly about getting one of these. Just wondering though, why wouldn't all Atom software work? I know the vast majority will work, I'm just curious. Looks like a lovely little bit of hardware. Lots of wee bits and pieces happening in the SAM scene this year, cool! Gavin On 18 May 2007, at 1:13 PM, Edwin Blink wrote: Hi everybody I'm pleased to see the list so alive lately. I like your game Calvin ! it reminds me of the early 80s handheld games. Simple gameplay but very addictive. I hope we will see finished version in the near feature. I have some good news too. After a long time I finally have made a CF interface for SAM that comes in a light version of the Atom. Light meaning it is has 8-bit wide databus. CF-card are accessed in 8-bit mode.So no capacity is lost and speed is even faster. It's designed in such a way that it fits in the right floppydiskdrive bay whitout the need to open up SAM. It is also compatible with most existing Atom software (some minor changes are needed in some cases though) for example I didn't need to make any changes for the Atom versions of Price of Persia Lemmings. Here are some piccies: http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite- top.JPG http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite- side.JPG I've got parts for another 3 Anyone interested ? Contact me directly. Edwin
Re: Atom-Lite CF interface
Hi Gavin, just replied to your mail :-) Well not all software work because the original Atom swaps the high and low byte and the A-Lite doesn't. This is no problem when writing and reading back the written data. But when reading out read only data like the Identifify Device data the bytes are swapped. The old ATA Device detection method as used in BDOS does not work. These are just minor issues are taken care of in a adapted version of BDOS. Edwin - Original Message - From: Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: Re: Atom-Lite CF interface Hi Edwin I've emailed you directly about getting one of these. Just wondering though, why wouldn't all Atom software work? I know the vast majority will work, I'm just curious. Looks like a lovely little bit of hardware. Lots of wee bits and pieces happening in the SAM scene this year, cool! Gavin On 18 May 2007, at 1:13 PM, Edwin Blink wrote: Hi everybody I'm pleased to see the list so alive lately. I like your game Calvin ! it reminds me of the early 80s handheld games. Simple gameplay but very addictive. I hope we will see finished version in the near feature. I have some good news too. After a long time I finally have made a CF interface for SAM that comes in a light version of the Atom. Light meaning it is has 8-bit wide databus. CF-card are accessed in 8-bit mode.So no capacity is lost and speed is even faster. It's designed in such a way that it fits in the right floppydiskdrive bay whitout the need to open up SAM. It is also compatible with most existing Atom software (some minor changes are needed in some cases though) for example I didn't need to make any changes for the Atom versions of Price of Persia Lemmings. Here are some piccies: http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite- top.JPG http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite- side.JPG I've got parts for another 3 Anyone interested ? Contact me directly. Edwin
Re: Atom-Lite CF interface
I'm interested. How much, and do you accept Paypal? Frans Edwin Blink schreef: Hi everybody I'm pleased to see the list so alive lately. I like your game Calvin ! it reminds me of the early 80s handheld games. Simple gameplay but very addictive. I hope we will see finished version in the near feature. I have some good news too. After a long time I finally have made a CF interface for SAM that comes in a light version of the Atom. Light meaning it is has 8-bit wide databus. CF-card are accessed in 8-bit mode.So no capacity is lost and speed is even faster. It's designed in such a way that it fits in the right floppydiskdrive bay whitout the need to open up SAM. It is also compatible with most existing Atom software (some minor changes are needed in some cases though) for example I didn't need to make any changes for the Atom versions of Price of Persia Lemmings. Here are some piccies: http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite-top.JPG http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite-side.JPG I've got parts for another 3 Anyone interested ? Contact me directly. Edwin
Re: Atom-Lite CF interface
A DIY kit for 35,- Euros + PP This includes all the parts needed including the CF adapter. you only need to supply your own CF-card. A DIY kit + BootROM 37,50 Euros + PP. Note that SAM has to be opened to replace the SAMROM with the BootROM. For 10 Euros extra it comes prebuild and tested. PayPal is fine Edwin - Original Message - From: Frans van Egmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:27 PM Subject: Re: Atom-Lite CF interface I'm interested. How much, and do you accept Paypal? Frans Edwin Blink schreef: Hi everybody I'm pleased to see the list so alive lately. I like your game Calvin ! it reminds me of the early 80s handheld games. Simple gameplay but very addictive. I hope we will see finished version in the near feature. I have some good news too. After a long time I finally have made a CF interface for SAM that comes in a light version of the Atom. Light meaning it is has 8-bit wide databus. CF-card are accessed in 8-bit mode.So no capacity is lost and speed is even faster. It's designed in such a way that it fits in the right floppydiskdrive bay whitout the need to open up SAM. It is also compatible with most existing Atom software (some minor changes are needed in some cases though) for example I didn't need to make any changes for the Atom versions of Price of Persia Lemmings. Here are some piccies: http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite-top.JPG http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite-side.JPG I've got parts for another 3 Anyone interested ? Contact me directly. Edwin
Re: Atom-Lite CF interface
Put me up for one! Frans Edwin Blink schreef: A DIY kit for 35,- Euros + PP This includes all the parts needed including the CF adapter. you only need to supply your own CF-card. A DIY kit + BootROM 37,50 Euros + PP. Note that SAM has to be opened to replace the SAMROM with the BootROM. For 10 Euros extra it comes prebuild and tested. PayPal is fine Edwin - Original Message - From: Frans van Egmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:27 PM Subject: Re: Atom-Lite CF interface I'm interested. How much, and do you accept Paypal? Frans Edwin Blink schreef: Hi everybody I'm pleased to see the list so alive lately. I like your game Calvin ! it reminds me of the early 80s handheld games. Simple gameplay but very addictive. I hope we will see finished version in the near feature. I have some good news too. After a long time I finally have made a CF interface for SAM that comes in a light version of the Atom. Light meaning it is has 8-bit wide databus. CF-card are accessed in 8-bit mode.So no capacity is lost and speed is even faster. It's designed in such a way that it fits in the right floppydiskdrive bay whitout the need to open up SAM. It is also compatible with most existing Atom software (some minor changes are needed in some cases though) for example I didn't need to make any changes for the Atom versions of Price of Persia Lemmings. Here are some piccies: http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite-top.JPG http://home.orange.nl/edwin.blink/samcoupe/hardware/A-Lite/A-Lite-side.JPG I've got parts for another 3 Anyone interested ? Contact me directly. Edwin
