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[offtopic] X-Calibur like memory board   Message List  
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Re: [Amigacoldfire] Re: [offtopic] X-Calibur like memory board

2008/1/23, Jaeson Koszarsky <jaesonk@...>:

> Aren't the CyberStorms all 64bit? I'd think these would have faster
> memory than WarpEngines. The CyberStorms are faster than the 32bit
> Blizzards.

phase5 boards have the slowest memory access. CyberstormMK3/PPC is the only
phase5 board with 64bit access to memory, but WarpEngines, GVP G-Force and
Apollo are faster.


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Saludos/Best Regards
Jaime Cagigal


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Tue Feb 5, 2008 11:55 am

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Hi! As Oliver talked about a coldfire design that plugged into a 030 socket I wonder if it would be very complex to create a board similar to the old X-Calibur...
Jaime Cagigal
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Dec 7, 2007
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Hi ... Could it be done, yeah. Xilinx give the code away for Dram and SDRam controllers for use with their CPLD's, but honestly it aint worth it imho. (unless...
Oliver Day
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Dec 7, 2007
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Coincidental that this obscure topic should come up! I happen to have an X-Calibur board. The other day I was reading the readme file on the driver disk that...
David
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Jan 22, 2008
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Very coincidental that this obscure topic should come up! I happen to have an X-Calibur board. The other day I was reading the readme file on the driver disk...
David
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Jan 9, 2008
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Give it a try and let everyone know how it works out. Maybe the voltage supplied to the processor comes directly from the host board? It would be interesting...
Jaeson Koszarsky
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Jan 22, 2008
10:54 am

... It won't work with 060. AFAIK X-Calibur is designed for 5v and not 3.3v ... In case it would work, I have doubts Draco m68k drivers work. -- Saludos/Best...
Jaime Cagigal
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Feb 5, 2008
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... It depends on where x-calibur maps the 128MB. The PPC probably won't be able to address the additional memory. ... I don't know if you have compared a 040...
Jaime Cagigal
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... Aren't the CyberStorms all 64bit? I'd think these would have faster memory than WarpEngines. The CyberStorms are faster than the 32bit Blizzards. Jaeson ...
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Feb 5, 2008
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... phase5 boards have the slowest memory access. CyberstormMK3/PPC is the only phase5 board with 64bit access to memory, but WarpEngines, GVP G-Force and ...
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