Lightning VME is here

whiskey · Post by **whiskey** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 7:58 am

...and it's beautiful. Got the package 2 days ago and only will have time to install tomorrow aaargh

Orion_ · Post by **Orion_** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:46 am

This is awesome !
I just bought a Mega STe, I couldn't dream of a better way for transferring files !
Where can we buy this ?
Is it compatible with Frank Lukas ET4000 adapter ?

whiskey · Post by **whiskey** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:55 am

Orion_ wrote:This is awesome !
I just bought a Mega STe, I couldn't dream of a better way for transferring files !
Where can we buy this ?
Is it compatible with Frank Lukas ET4000 adapter ?

no idea about the ET4000 adapter, see here for details:
http://wiki.newtosworld.de/index.php?ti ... _Interface

Post by **frank.lukas** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:54 am

The Lightning works fine with all Nova VME Adapter. You need to patch the Nova with a single wire and a spezial GAL. The Driver Software are the same ...

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-> http://wiki.newtosworld.de/index.php?ti ... _Interface

Orion_ · Post by **Orion_** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:05 pm

Is the GAL reprogrammable ? (I have an eeprom programmer which is compatible with GAL 20V8)
Where can I get the new GAL binary ?

Where can we buy the Lightning VME ? (I can't find any website with a link to buy)

Post by **frank.lukas** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:16 pm

Orion_ wrote:Is the GAL reprogrammable ? (I have an eeprom programmer which is compatible with GAL 20V8)
Where can I get the new GAL binary ?

reprogrammable = yes

To buy write "tuxie" a PM ...

whiskey · Post by **whiskey** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:21 pm

Orion_ wrote: Where can we buy the Lightning VME ? (I can't find any website with a link to buy)

In the Atari TT users group on Facebook they listed this email for orders (and it worked for me):
thunderstorm at tuxie de

wongck · Post by **wongck** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:56 pm

ah another hardware for the Atari.

alexh · Post by **alexh** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:59 pm

I like the idea. Applaud the designers. USB is not an easy thing to support especially for an non OS friendly environment like the Atari ST.

How many VME slots does a MegaSTe have? Mine are empty at the moment but I always assumed a gfx card might go in there eventually.

Post by **czietz** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 5:22 pm

alexh wrote:I like the idea. Applaud the designers. USB is not an easy thing to support especially for an non OS friendly environment like the Atari ST.

The Lightning VME wouldn't be possible though without your work (among others) of bringing an USB stack to MiNT and TOS in the first place. Thank you!

alexh wrote:How many VME slots does a MegaSTe have? Mine are empty at the moment but I always assumed a gfx card might go in there eventually.

It has only one slot. That's why we designed the Lightning VME to sit between the motherboard and the VME riser card. You can see how it's mounted (in the TT) on http://wiki.newtosworld.de/index.php?ti ... sh_Version.

Thus, the VME slot itself stays free and can be used for other cards. As noted above, the Nova requires a small hardware patch; some other VME cards we tested work without any modifications.

whiskey · Post by **whiskey** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:33 pm

czietz wrote: The Lightning VME wouldn't be possible though without your work (among others) of bringing an USB stack to MiNT and TOS in the first place. Thank you!

Thanks to all involved either directly or indirectly.

I got one question - is there a way to use usb2lan ethernet connectivity under plain TOS? If I understood correctly, the network chip drivers are for MiNT only.

Post by **czietz** » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:59 pm

whiskey wrote: I got one question - is there a way to use usb2lan ethernet connectivity under plain TOS? If I understood correctly, the network chip drivers are for MiNT only.

This is correct -- right now there is no USB2LAN support under TOS. Someone would have to develop a STinG driver or similar, because the current driver requires the MiNT TCP/IP stack that (obviously) is not available under plain TOS.

wongck · Post by **wongck** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:58 am

I just took at look at the photos.
Wow... very clever design indeed!!!

Placed in between the inputs cables and the VME back-plane.

viking272 · Post by **viking272** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:23 am

Amazing work guys, looks a really polished product

whiskey · Post by **whiskey** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:30 am

czietz wrote: This is correct -- right now there is no USB2LAN support under TOS. Someone would have to develop a STinG driver or similar, because the current driver requires the MiNT TCP/IP stack that (obviously) is not available under plain TOS.

that means I will have to install MiNT in order to have network connectivity to transfer files. Last time I did something like that was installing MultiTOS in 1995

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:59 am

Lovely work. It's good to see USB on more Atari machines, it can benefit everyone.

whiskey · Post by **whiskey** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 5:35 pm

Works like a dream, tested a usb mouse and a usb stick. Copied a partition image from SCSI to the usb stick using hddriver.
However, with Lightning installed my TT memory board doesn't fit. I guess I have to buy Thunder&Storm as well...

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stormy · Post by **stormy** » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:51 am

Mine will be arriving this week, also with some GALs that will *hopefully* fix my TT that stopped working, fingers crossed.

remig · Post by **remig** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:18 am

Does someone managed to use the lightning vme with Freemint? It works fine under tos/magic, but under Mint 1.19 it froze just after loading the lightning vme driver. Tried with 1.10 and 1.20 drivers.

Post by **frank.lukas** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:43 am

For me it working fine under MiNT/XaAES. May be your 1-19-cur is to old? What all in your USB Folder?

Post by **czietz** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:39 am

remig wrote:Does someone managed to use the lightning vme with Freemint? It works fine under tos/magic, but under Mint 1.19 it froze just after loading the lightning vme driver. Tried with 1.10 and 1.20 drivers.

Please post a screenshot showing the messages on screen after your system froze. Generally speaking, Lightning VME works fine under MiNT 1.19. All of us developers use MiNT and also a lot of users.

Atarieterno · Post by **Atarieterno** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:07 am

Lightning is incompatible with Cubase.

Post by **czietz** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:45 am

Atarieterno wrote:Lightning is incompatible with Cubase.

Define "incompatible".

Atarieterno · Post by **Atarieterno** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:50 am

czietz wrote:
Atarieterno wrote:Lightning is incompatible with Cubase.
Define "incompatible".

With the Lightning drivers loaded in memory: Cubase does not start.

remig · Post by **remig** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:34 pm

czietz wrote:
remig wrote:Does someone managed to use the lightning vme with Freemint? It works fine under tos/magic, but under Mint 1.19 it froze just after loading the lightning vme driver. Tried with 1.10 and 1.20 drivers.
Please post a screenshot showing the messages on screen after your system froze. Generally speaking, Lightning VME works fine under MiNT 1.19. All of us developers use MiNT and also a lot of users.

Here's the screenshot under 1.19.379. My USB folder only contain the files supplied in the 120 release.

I also tried to switch with the usb km and the usb loader from the 1.19.379, same result.

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