+Larry Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Huh? What does the XEP80 have to do with Sophia or the GTIA? Am I missing something? The XEP80 gets its video information via a joystick port if I recall correctly. EDIT: Maybe you meant to say how does the Sophia look with 80 column bit mapped output (Last Word, ect.) as compared to the XEP80. If that's the case, I haven't tried 80 column on my Sophia yet, but I wouldn't be able to give it a fair comparison since I no longer own an XEP80 (had one back in the early 90's). - Michael Nope-- forgot that it connects directly! But the software 80 should still be a good question. -Larry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentarian Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Nope-- forgot that it connects directly! But the software 80 should still be a good question. -Larry This post a few pages back shows software 80col mode: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/?p=3748905 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbievgb Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I got my USB blaster from digikey, there's a $300 one and a $50 one. I got the $50 one and it works fine. Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ely Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Makes you wonder what the difference is between them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Makes you wonder what the difference is between them! The brand. The $300 USB Blaster is the "original" Altera (now Intel) cable. The $50 one is the Terasic version. Terasic is a very close official Altera partner. I think they even developed the USB Blaster protocol. So even when much cheaper than the Altera cable, it is still high quality. That is not a cheap clone. There is also Altera USB Blaster II. The difference is that it adds support for USB 2.0 hi-speed. It might make a difference when programming a high cost FPGA that uses hugely sized cores. In our case, we don't really care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8er000 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I've soledered some dupont on the bottom of the pcb because I didn't want to wait for the connector to arrive, this update is great, now on my setup the color are correct! with the olt firmware the red was magenta on my 5200! NOW: http://imgur.com/a/tGDno BEFORE: http://imgur.com/a/nMPrl you can see the red also here: http://imgur.com/a/w57Ki thank you very much! P.S. During the first falshing attempts I got an "error 44" in my case is because I was using an usb extender to reach the console. When I removed it all worked! Hope it can help to someone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I found the time to test Sophia with new PAL firmware too. Picture quality's perfect and colors are very close to Altirra PAL palette. Sophia is the best video upgrade, for everyone because it's solderless (on socketed GTIA machines). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steddyman Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Wow, that looks incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ely Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 What's that Atari Control Picture program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 What's that Atari Control Picture program? By Mad Team. You'll find it here (last program): http://madteam.atari8.info/index.php?prod=scena 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbits Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Are there any of these boards still available? I'd sure like to get one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citrus3000psi Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Are there any of these boards still available? I'd sure like to get one! I'm looking for one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Picture quality's perfect and colors are very close to Altirra PAL palette. Sophia is the best video upgrade, for everyone because it's solderless (on socketed GTIA machines). Shouldn't be the patterns on the right side red, green and blue? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Shouldn't be the patterns on the right side red, green and blue? Good catch. There's also some image data being shown that shouldn't. This is what it should look like: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Irgendwer is right, we have a problem on the right side of the image. Simius, could you test your Sophia with the attached Atari Control Picture Program? Perhaps it's only my Sophia board faulty. Atari Control Picture (2015) (Mad Team).xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Good catch. There's also some image data being shown that shouldn't. This is what it should look like: ... I think it's related to the timed transition in PRIOR. Some demos make use of it too (e.g. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=736- I think this won't work either (there a second demo with a depiction of a trainer on a tv-screen using this mode, but I've forgot the name)). I wonder if http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5989looks correct. To bad, the crisp display is very adorable, but that the GR.10 delay is unsupported makes this GTIA replacement not attractive for me (HIP, JAG-graphics ( http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=6309) ). Edit: I mean this: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/?view=findpost&p=3625701 Edited May 2, 2017 by Irgendwer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Perhaps it's only my Sophia board faulty. Just checked, it's not your board - same results on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 So Sophia firmware is still not perfect. I checked Ilusia and No Signal: if I am not wrong they are good. On the contrary, Our5oft right part is black and white instead of colored. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 GTIA is a tough beast to emulate correctly! So many quirks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Already fixed. What's the name of such Our5oft demo? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Already fixed. What's the name of such Our5oft demo? Wow - that was fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8er000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Already fixed. What's the name of such Our5oft demo? So there will be a new update soon? I shouldn't have removed the dupont cables from the Sophia yesterday xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Already fixed. What's the name of such Our5oft demo? Our5oft. You can find it on Fandal's website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlminer Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 The new CPLD solution is already working. Features: Standard RGB output Sharp, clean image True 256 colors 16 luminance levels available in all graphics modes. Two colors in hi-resolution graphics P/M colissions, trigger inputs and consol keys are supported by the old chip. The tests takes some time. The decision on the mass production depends on the interest. How do I order one of these boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlminer Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) So does anyone know if these (Sophia) boards are available for purchase? Edited May 3, 2017 by carlminer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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