Yep, 2 works better for older stuff, increasingly so as you go further back (where 3 doesn't work at all no matter what you adjust). There's also a docker container for 2 which makes things super easy.
Sadly, Linux itself is starting to drop 32-bit PowerPC: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.10-Dropping-PowerPC-601
You should be able to create a Buildroot-based image pretty easily by modifying the 68040 instructions in my signature. But....only for 603+ :).
One trick is to compare a ROM which was updated for 7.5.2+ support, you can see the modifications that add DM2.0 support and what they do. If I remember right, sVidAuxParams controls the names for 7.5.2+, and not sRsrcVidNames.
Is there a build log for the QuadraFPGA or NuBusFPGA? I'd be...
Yes, that should be possible with the correct DeclROM definitions, if I remember correctly. Unfortunately it works differently pre-Display Manager 2.0, so it’s hard to make something that works earlier than 7.5.2 as well.
If I remember right, in the ROM thread we decided the Radius ROM (@2.0) should perform the same as the AC ROM with the latest Radius extensions installed on PPC. So you should be fine.
I can try to dig up the docs this weekend, but that sounds familiar -- I think there was a race condition in the system initialization that could cause it to stick in SoG mode.
I believe that was fixed later. What OS are you running? Do you have the Quadra monitors extension installed?
I think...
I believe when the card is disabled there's no way to see it on the bus. As soon as you hear the standard Quadra/Centris beep, you know it's allowed the 68k to take control and loaded it's standard ROM.
To do so on the pane you're looking at, it would need to have its DeclROM exposed and I...
This is awesome. For anyone a fan of Audio Science Review these charts are a fun comparison. How far we've come!
Now I just want one even more after missing one go for $65 recently :(.
Nope, that doesn't work any better. It displays the happy Mac, then goes to a grey screen, and hangs.
I'm not convinced this works despite the internet saying it does...
Yeah that's exactly what I'm using and it's wonderful.
I can't, however, seem to get 9.1 to work, though it seems like theoretically it should. Not sure why...I'm gonna try changing the gusd's manually and see if that works any better.
I also noticed 8.5+ removes the DAFB drivers, and the...
It's not so slow, a PS2 driver was written to use it's memory card slot SPI to speak directly to SD cards: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/mx4sio-sio2sd-sd-card-adapter-and-sd-driver-for-the-ps2-sio2-interface.29210/
Does > 5MB/s which isn't bad at all, all things considered.
I've been using the Sonnet 8.5 enabler to run 8.5 on my Power PC upgraded Quadra, and it seems to run well enough. So I figured I'd give 8.6 a try, but after running the upgrade installer and rebooting the machine just dies with an "illegal instruction" on boot. Quickly, and even with no...
You can duplicate it with a test clip and a fixed or variable oscillator, if you don't want to do any soldering. I have an example of how to do it with the spicy-o-clock, which gives you better tuning than the New Tech, here: https://eharmon.net/retro/macintosh/spicy-o-clip/
If you just want to...