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Re: VAXstation 4000 TURBOchannel not working



Am 25.03.2016 um 04:21 schrieb Roger Ivie:
Bear in mind that there's a bug in one of the FPGAs on the 4000/60
motherboard that causes problems for TURBOchannel DMA.

Yes, I saw your posts from 2004 about this issue. Fortunately there are useful TC options without DMA to system memory (like the PMAD-AA I have). I also have a VS4000/96 but decided to try out the bus adaptor in the /60 first, in case something goes wrong... :)

You also mentioned that the edge-triggered interrupts of VS4000 can be problematic with TURBOchannel level-triggered interrupts (and how to possibly circumvent it). I will see what/if something needs to be done about it.

Which of the fancier TC features is supported by the TC bus adaptor? I/O block mode, parity? Is the firmware a TCF0 or TCF1 implementation?

Felix


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