Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!accuvax.nwu.edu!tank!shamash!nic.MR.NET!indri!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!mcvax!unido!ztivax!holzer From: holzer@ztivax.UUCP (Walter Holzer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Mega ST with old roms - now it works Message-ID: <657@ztivax.UUCP> Date: 5 Apr 89 11:47:51 GMT Reply-To: holzer@ztivax.UUCP (Walter Holzer) Organization: Siemens AG in Munich, W-Germany Lines: 60 Ok, here it is, the completly workaround to work with old rom's in mega st. There was a mistake in the translation table, but now it will works. You'll have to do the following things: - Jumper W2 from 2-3 to 1-2 - Jumper W3 from 2-3 to 1-2 - Close Jumper W4 - Plug out chip U12 (or disable pin 12). Have fun it's working in my mega st -- Matthias ==================================================================== Uxx = U ! will be in ! adress in 260/520/520+ ! MEGA ST2/4 ! Board <= Rev.H ! ! ----------------+------------+-------------------------- TOSyyyy.U2 ! *.U3 ! $FE0000-$FEFFFF, HiBytes TOSyyyy.U3 ! *.U6 ! $FD0000-$FDFFFF, HiBytes TOSyyyy.U4 ! *.U9 ! $FC0000-$FCFFFF, HiBytes TOSyyyy.U5 ! *.U4 ! $FE0000-$FEFFFF, LoBytes TOSyyyy.U6 ! *.U7 ! $FD0000-$FDFFFF, LoBytes TOSyyyy.U7 ! *.U10 ! $FC0000-$FCFFFF, LoBytes ==================================================================== Schematic diagram: U4 (label in Mega ST) U3 (label in Mega ST) +--------------------+ +--------------------+ ! was TOS.U5 ! ! was TOS.U2 ! ! in older ST's ! ! in older ST's ! +--------------------+ +--------------------+ U7 (label in Mega ST) U6 (label in Mega ST) +--------------------+ +--------------------+ ! was TOS.U6 ! ! was TOS.U3 ! ! in older ST's ! ! in older ST's ! +--------------------+ +--------------------+ U10 (label in Mega ST) U9 (label in Mega ST) +--------------------+ +--------------------+ ! was TOS.U7 ! ! was TOS.U4 ! ! in older ST's ! ! in older ST's ! +--------------------+ +--------------------+ W4 o ! +--------+ plug out complete chip or ! ! U12 ! <---- disable pin 12 o +--------+ 1 2 3 1 2 3 o--o o o--o o W2 W3 ==================================================================== -- Walter Holzer & Matthias Dominick Internet: holzer@ztivax.siemens.com UUCP: holzer@ztivax.UUCP or : uunet!mcvax!unido!ztivax!holzer XNS : Dominick:ZTISOF:SIEMENS FidoNet : Matthias Dominick on 2:507/414.28 Herman Munster said: "I've got it! I've got it! I've got it! ..."