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Serge.V

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An alpha release of RetroBSD for Maximite is available: http://retrobsd.googlecode.com/files/retrobsd-maximite-r345. zip

USB port is used for console. No hardware changes or bootloader replacement is required.
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  Serge.V said  
USB port is used for console. No hardware changes or bootloader replacement is required.
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The USB port reports RetroBSD Console and won't take the Silicon Chip USB serial driver. Can you amend the Silicon Chip driver or change the RetroBSD response on the USB connection?
 
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According to revision 346,

[quote=Serge]Porting to Maximite finished. LEDs inverted separately.[/quote]

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Yes the silicon chip driver doesnt work. Any fix for this ?
 
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Check the revision #347 ...

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  jebz said  The USB port reports RetroBSD Console and won't take the Silicon Chip USB serial driver. Can you amend the Silicon Chip driver or change the RetroBSD response on the USB connection?

Oh, really... Ok, I changed the PID to be compatible with Silicon Chip driver. Here is an updated version: http://retrobsd.googlecode.com/files/retrobsd-maximite-r348. zip.

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RetroBSD have remarkable improvements and I test today the latest build, which now have C compiler and it supports PIC32 GPIOs and ADCs with API.
I did small step-by-step tutorial how to setup RetroBSD on DuinoMite HERE
 
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Serge have the C compiler still under development. I guess this is his main task right now...
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the C compiler works fine

"In r425 C compiler had an incorrect pathname inside. It’s reported that the issue is identified and already fixed. http://retrobsd.org/topic/bug-ette-in-cc-c/ Fetch newer filesys.img for your SD."
 
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Hi,
I am new to RetroBSD. Can anyone tell me where to fetch the newer/latest filesys.img ?
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I think there's a forum for it so you could ask there if there isn't one on the obvious place (see link above).

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  Sumit said   Hi,
I am new to RetroBSD. Can anyone tell me where to fetch the newer/latest filesys.img ?
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It helps a lot if you have a linux machine... (preferably Ubuntu). Then you can get the last svn sources (you have to always do that) and compile them (you also need to get the Microchip pic32 compiler, a package made by Kajita.). See http://retrobsd.org.

It helps also if you have a news feeder, to know when a modification is made to the sources, and the reason developer did it. Then you can decide for yourself if you need to upgrade or not.

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phiber
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Is this topic still active? I have a Colour Maximite. I've tried flashing rev r348's unix.hex, no problem there. I power cycle, and absolutely nothing happens. No lights, no USB/serial device detected, absolutely nothing. I can flash back to MMBASIC and everything is fine again. So it would seem no one has tested this lately on a Colour Maximite...

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Haven't seen anything on here for ages but see the obvious place(s) :)

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RetroBSD was ported to the monochrome Maximite. The Colour Maximite is different in many ways so it is not surprising that it will not work.

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Colour Maximite in several essential respects, which make it impossible to run the kernel from the monochrome Maximite.
  • Memory map had changed. Now the user area of flash memory starts at 0x9d005000 (was 0x9d003000).
  • For SD card chip enable, signal A1 is used (was E0).
  • For power LED control, signal E0 is used (was F0).
I prepared a RetroBSD binary package for the Colour Maximite: https://retrobsd.googlecode.com/files/retrobsd-maxcolor-r891 .zip

It was tested using CircuitGizmos CGCOLORMAX2 board.

Best wishes,
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UNIX on a Colour Maximite. Just amazing.
Thanks Serge.

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Awesome! I'll try it out later today. Has it been officially added to the source tree in r891?

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  Serge.V said   Colour Maximite in several essential respects, which make it impossible to run the kernel from the monochrome Maximite.
  • Memory map had changed. Now the user area of flash memory starts at 0x9d005000 (was 0x9d003000).
  • For SD card chip enable, signal A1 is used (was E0).
  • For power LED control, signal E0 is used (was F0).
I prepared a RetroBSD binary package for the Colour Maximite: https://retrobsd.googlecode.com/files/retrobsd-maxcolor-r891 .zip

It was tested using CircuitGizmos CGCOLORMAX2 board.

Best wishes,
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Yes, of cause: all the changes have been checked in as r891. You can see the kernel configuration file here: https://code.google.com/p/retrobsd/source/browse/current/sys /pic32/maximite-color/MAXCOLOR

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Serge,
This is a great piece of work for Maximite family users. Have you considered adding it to the MMBasic library. I don't think the library is just for programs written in MMBasic but for the advancement generally of the Maximite community.

Greg
 
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