CATWEASEL MK4 PLUS

@spotUP

OK, we so far have:
Amiga DD/HD/5.25"
MS-DOS DD/HD/320K/360K/1.2MB
Macintosh 400K/800K
C64/VIC-20 (1541)
WD1770 (TI-99/4(a), BBC 'B' et al)
Atari 400/800/1200 XE/XL 90KB FM
NEC uPD765A (Amstrad CPC 6128, PCW 8256, Tatung Einstein)

all working with 40 track and 80 track 3.0", 3.5" and 5.25" drives.

That's all at the moment though. :)

@Spirantho

Nice work.

@Thread

Does anyone know where I can get a 5.25" drive from?

@SID-followers

I have just completed the first version of catweaselsid.device! Unit 0 for one SID, unit 1 for the other. Write only at the moment but Read access soon. Now I need to make Vice use it. Same format as Windows (data stream of {register,value}, ...). I'll be releasing a test version soon.

At the moment for some reason, though, the audio is mono coming through the CD-Audio connector into the SB128 and Mixer. Using the rear socket though it's stereo! :) Expect a Vice supporting two SIDs soon. :)

@wizzard_o

eBay is about the only place these days... they come up quite often. Many of them are stupidly expensive, so you may have to wait a while though. Alternatively any old 286 should have one.

At the moment the driver assumes a 1.2MB drive (more common) but soon there'll be proper support for 360KB drives.

It's testing time!

http://www.retroreview.com/iang/StereoSIDCatweasel.lha

That's the latest version of catweasel.device (though I've not been testing it it should still work) and catweaselsid.device which requires the latest version of catweasel.device.

Also included is Vice ("x64") which you should run from your Vice-2.2 distribution directory so it can find the ROMs and everything.
I've also included StereoPlayer 10.3 disk image which also has some funky tracks (check out Johnny Be Goode!).
Stereo player needs the C64 to be running NTSC mode, and you need to press the CBM key (Ctrl) and then 'A' twice to set it to use $DE00 for the second SID, and remember to enable the second SID at $DE00 in the Vice prefs!

Good luck, please comment in this thread as to how people get on. And expect crashes, this is just an interim build. :)

@Spirantho

GREAT work spirro!!

@Spirantho

Awesome!

When i ever get some spare money i will buy me a SID chip and test out that "highly advabced music for the time" everyone is talking about

Thank you very much, Spirantho

ataris st, do they use ms dos formatted disks?
they are missing in that list?

@spotUP

I've not tested it yet but it should work just fine with the MS-DOS writer.
I do need to add a format for single sided 360KB ST floppies, though. Luckily I have a SSDD disk drive for my ST!

@Spirantho

hey some great news now that I'm back in town ...now I just need to find another SID chip from a local garage sale hopefully soon..

@ All

anyone test out the stereo SIDS yet???

if anyone has a catweasel mk4 and/or a sid chip to sell me for a decent price, pm me.

@spotUP

maybe a good idea to post an ad in the classified section

also, amigakit.com has new ones in stock too

@328gts

yea, i know about the new ones.. but my wallet isn't too keen on the pricetag. =)

@Spirantho
I had ..click...some time so I ...click... installed the ...click... new driver, it works ...click.. great!

and it ...click... sounds just ...click.. like my A1200 ...click..

Thanks!

Hi to all!
Today it's arrived my new catweaselmk4+.
This is the good.
The bad:
The pc doesn't see it at all.
I have windows 7 and there's no catweasel in the device manager nor anything related to it or the manufacturer...
Simply nothing...
Is something normal?
It seems to me it's simply broken.
Or my pci slot is broken...
If it'd be a compatibility problem i'd see it in device manager but it shouldn't work.
Instead on my pc i don't see it at all...
Someone of you has ever had this?
Bye!!

@rebraist

I've never put my Catweasel in a Windows PC so I can't really help. :)

Make sure you have the latest drivers (the Individual Computers website should have the current ones if they're not on the CD).

Alternatively, put it in an AmigaOS 4 machine like this thread is about - it should work then. :)

@Spirantho

If I remember correctly, driver support only goes up thru Windows XP.

SOLVED:
Windows7 x64 doesn't ask any driver at all.
It sees catweasel as a "SIMPLE PCI COMMUNICATION DEVICE".
In the device manager it puts the catweasel with the question mark and obviously it doesn't work because there are no drivers.
So, if anyone tries to use it under windows7 the os won't ask you the driver.
Under xp it works!

@rebraist

That's because the chip that's actually on the card is a TigerJet modem interface. It's the interface to that chip that's special on the Catweasel. It effectively uses the chip to control the disc and read/write the data, or at least that's my understanding. It's quite clever, anyway.

Now can we get back to Catweasel on OS4 discussion please? :) Do you have an AmigaOS 4 compatible machine? I'm always interested in bug reports and if there's anything that needs adding to the drivers let me know and I'll try and add it.

@Spirantho

thank you! no, i haven't an aos4 machine. i'll use it on my pc for winuae. thank you again!! bye!!