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Reply 520 of 551, by keropi

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phantasia wrote on 2024-09-15, 18:36:
keropi wrote on 2024-09-14, 13:19:

is there a version of zuluide that supports CDDA ?

It's in the works! 😀
https://github.com/ZuluIDE/ZuluIDE-firmware/issues/109

this is excellent news thanks 😀

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Reply 521 of 551, by aperezbios

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marcin512 wrote on 2024-09-14, 13:11:

Hi,
At current state, is it possible to install Windows 95 / 98 / XP from this device?

Yes, it's absolutely possible to install all of them. That has been possible for months now. I can't even count the number of times I've installed XP from ISOs at this point 😀

Reply 522 of 551, by aperezbios

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Back on February 9th of this year, you wrote

weedeewee wrote on 2024-02-09, 12:24:

Bit bummed though about the zuluide seeming real, though not available and no github firmware page either.

I apologize for missing your original comment eight months ago, but I needed to point out that, If you take a look at https://web.archive.org/web/20240228194925/ht … ww.zuluide.com/, which is an archive of the public ZuluIDE website from February 28th of this year, 2024, you will see that it links directly to https://github.com/ZuluIDE/ZuluIDE-firmware. The description of the hyperlink states "Open-source firmware, licensed under the GPLv3"

Furthermore, if you examine the commit history for the zuluide.com website, you can see that this statement has been there since August 7th, 2023, which was added seven months before your incorrect statement was posted: https://github.com/rabbitholecomputing/zuluid … 7e91a902fce1a8c

I'm struggling to understand how that jives with the claim that there was "no GitHub firmrware page either" Additionally, a small quantity of people have been privately testing ZuluIDE since late September of 2023, and I decided to enlarge that pool in February, by initially making ZuluIDE available in an open beta, to those who were interested in early access to the product, as we worked to continue to bring it across the finish line.

Reply 523 of 551, by weedeewee

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aperezbios wrote on 2024-10-18, 04:40:
Back on February 9th of this year, you wrote […]
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Back on February 9th of this year, you wrote

weedeewee wrote on 2024-02-09, 12:24:

Bit bummed though about the zuluide seeming real, though not available and no github firmware page either.

I apologize for missing your original comment eight months ago, but I needed to point out that, If you take a look at https://web.archive.org/web/20240228194925/ht … ww.zuluide.com/, which is an archive of the public ZuluIDE website from February 28th of this year, 2024, you will see that it links directly to https://github.com/ZuluIDE/ZuluIDE-firmware. The description of the hyperlink states "Open-source firmware, licensed under the GPLv3"

Furthermore, if you examine the commit history for the zuluide.com website, you can see that this statement has been there since August 7th, 2023, which was added seven months before your incorrect statement was posted: https://github.com/rabbitholecomputing/zuluid … 7e91a902fce1a8c

I'm struggling to understand how that jives with the claim that there was "no GitHub firmrware page either" Additionally, a small quantity of people have been privately testing ZuluIDE since late September of 2023, and I decided to enlarge that pool in February, by initially making ZuluIDE available in an open beta, to those who were interested in early access to the product, as we worked to continue to bring it across the finish line.

That's a useless comment.
At the time, yes, there was a website and, at the same time there was no github with code, available for the zuluide firmware.
Hope that clarifies it. Both are moot points to complain about for a comment made 8 months ago.

In the meantime, I've already bought one several months ago.

edit: anyway, I just noticed your username. If that's really you, Thank you for your contributions to the ZuluSCSI&IDE .

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Reply 524 of 551, by aperezbios

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weedeewee wrote on 2024-10-18, 05:03:

At the time, yes, there was a website and, at the same time there was no github with code, available for the zuluide firmware.
Hope that clarifies it. Both are moot points to complain about for a comment made 8 months ago.

In the meantime, I've already bought one several months ago.

Thanks for your support! Hmmm.... It's very possible the repo might have still been set to private and I hadn't noticed... either way, doesn't matter anymore 🙂

By the way, we're releasing new features and bugfixes often, check out the firmware releases at https://github.com/ZuluIDE/ZuluIDE-firmware/releases, including one from last week.

Reply 525 of 551, by weedeewee

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aperezbios wrote on 2024-10-18, 05:32:
weedeewee wrote on 2024-10-18, 05:03:

At the time, yes, there was a website and, at the same time there was no github with code, available for the zuluide firmware.
Hope that clarifies it. Both are moot points to complain about for a comment made 8 months ago.

In the meantime, I've already bought one several months ago.

Thanks for your support! Hmmm.... It's very possible the repo might have still been set to private and I hadn't noticed... either way, doesn't matter anymore 🙂

Indeed, that's what I was thinking as well. 😀

By the way, we're releasing new features and bugfixes often, check out the firmware releases at https://github.com/ZuluIDE/ZuluIDE-firmware/releases, including one from last week.

I need more space to set up a 'permanent' setup for testing. I'm lacking in that department and time.
I've also got a few zuluscsis which are waiting for their machine.

If you've got a ZuluTime project coming out which can give a person more time to play around without any nefarious consequences, I'm already interested 😉

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Reply 526 of 551, by nvllsvm

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I've been testing the ZuluIDE recently and it's very usable for a whole bunch of my needs. So far:

  • Installing Windows 98 SE works
  • Both the OAKCDROM.SYS and VIDECDD.SYS drivers work
  • redbook audio plays in both DOS and Windows (tested Quake, Quake II, Redneck Rampage, Centipede, The House of the Dead)
  • music CDs play fine

I'm stoked that this works as it's not possible to use Daemon Tools and VXD drivers for music in some of those games (Quake II).

I also love how responsive the devs have been on GitHub.

Reply 527 of 551, by crusher

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nvllsvm wrote on 2024-11-15, 00:13:
I've been testing the ZuluIDE recently and it's very usable for a whole bunch of my needs. So far: […]
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I've been testing the ZuluIDE recently and it's very usable for a whole bunch of my needs. So far:

  • Installing Windows 98 SE works
  • Both the OAKCDROM.SYS and VIDECDD.SYS drivers work
  • redbook audio plays in both DOS and Windows (tested Quake, Quake II, Redneck Rampage, Centipede, The House of the Dead)
  • music CDs play fine

I'm stoked that this works as it's not possible to use Daemon Tools and VXD drivers for music in some of those games (Quake II).

I also love how responsive the devs have been on GitHub.

Thanks for testing! 😀
This sounds nice, especially the CD Audio functionality.

At this state switching of the images sounds a bit complicated to me. If I read correct it is done by sending an eject signal via OS. Then it switches to the next image.
But this is a young project. I bet this will be developed and someday we maybe have a display and buttons / rotary for selecting images.
Would be a dream!

Reply 528 of 551, by Lostdotfish

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crusher wrote on 2024-11-15, 12:34:
Thanks for testing! :) This sounds nice, especially the CD Audio functionality. […]
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nvllsvm wrote on 2024-11-15, 00:13:
I've been testing the ZuluIDE recently and it's very usable for a whole bunch of my needs. So far: […]
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I've been testing the ZuluIDE recently and it's very usable for a whole bunch of my needs. So far:

  • Installing Windows 98 SE works
  • Both the OAKCDROM.SYS and VIDECDD.SYS drivers work
  • redbook audio plays in both DOS and Windows (tested Quake, Quake II, Redneck Rampage, Centipede, The House of the Dead)
  • music CDs play fine

I'm stoked that this works as it's not possible to use Daemon Tools and VXD drivers for music in some of those games (Quake II).

I also love how responsive the devs have been on GitHub.

Thanks for testing! 😀
This sounds nice, especially the CD Audio functionality.

At this state switching of the images sounds a bit complicated to me. If I read correct it is done by sending an eject signal via OS. Then it switches to the next image.
But this is a young project. I bet this will be developed and someday we maybe have a display and buttons / rotary for selecting images.
Would be a dream!

The new audio addon board includes a footprint for a Pico W - this then allows you to manage images via wireless web portal - still not ideal but a good step in the right direction. I'm kinda holdling out for Gotek style directory and image browsing via a separate screen and encoder/buttons - we'll see

Reply 529 of 551, by RetroPCCupboard

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Lostdotfish wrote on 2024-11-24, 16:29:

I'm kinda holdling out for Gotek style directory and image browsing via a separate screen and encoder/buttons - we'll see

The tattiebogle IDE simulator already does this. Well, it works with a third party product that offers the functionality. I haven't bought the add-on though. I have had the tattiebogle for years but haven't used it for more than simple testing. I mostly use optical disks for the moment, as it is just more convenient. I have tried controlling the tattiebogle via USB interface to swap images and it works OK. Though it isn't a perfect device by any means. It also is very expensive. It does play CD audio, but seems to have a bug where once it's started playing the CD it ignores requests to stop playing it.

Reply 530 of 551, by aperezbios

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RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2024-11-24, 18:54:
Lostdotfish wrote on 2024-11-24, 16:29:

I'm kinda holdling out for Gotek style directory and image browsing via a separate screen and encoder/buttons - we'll see

The tattiebogle IDE simulator already does this. Well, it works with a third party product that offers the functionality. I haven't bought the add-on though. I have had the tattiebogle for years but haven't used it for more than simple testing. I mostly use optical disks for the moment, as it is just more convenient. I have tried controlling the tattiebogle via USB interface to swap images and it works OK. Though it isn't a perfect device by any means. It also is very expensive. It does play CD audio, but seems to have a bug where once it's started playing the CD it ignores requests to stop playing it.

Be warned, the tattiebogle IDE Simulator is unobtanium/out of stock, and has been since March of 2023. See https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/h … _EkTnv3Tk2Trxhf. Therefore, it's a non-starter for anyone who doesn't already have one (I do).

Reply 532 of 551, by electric_monk

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Hello again, Tattiebogle guy here, apologies for the lack of updates - for the actual "register for interest" I didn't want to spam people so I've not been planning to e-mail anyone on that list except for one time, when the shop is restocked. Which I do realise is a bit frustrating, some people have filled it in three or four times.

I do generally reply to messages that come in from my webform but sometimes I miss those as they end up in my junk folder (recaptcha does nothing!) so apologies.

Really what's going on is I started a redesign during the chip shortage to try and work around that (and reduce the cost), but it came and went and chips are somewhat more available so now I'm just trying to finish off the redesign anyway, with a bunch of time away for family/work/etc. Basically the new version has things people (including here) have been asking for, like SPDIF output (and an I2S header, if that's your cup of tea. There's also a mono 8 ohm speaker connector since the DAC has that so why not), some build in LEDs and buttons so it can have some default "interactivity" even when just mounted in a case, but also a header for a rotary encoder and a 128x32 OLED like you can buy from Aliexpress for $1.

The software is mostly working so they're actually at the factory arriving around Christmas, but I'm still working on the last few bugs and finishing off features (like the menu using the OLED and the rotary encoder) so I'm hoping mid-January.

Reply 533 of 551, by KVM Nerd

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electric_monk wrote on 2024-12-09, 06:49:

Really what's going on is I started a redesign during the chip shortage to try and work around that (and reduce the cost), but it came and went and chips are somewhat more available so now I'm just trying to finish off the redesign anyway, with a bunch of time away for family/work/etc. Basically the new version has things people (including here) have been asking for, like SPDIF output (and an I2S header, if that's your cup of tea. There's also a mono 8 ohm speaker connector since the DAC has that so why not), some build in LEDs and buttons so it can have some default "interactivity" even when just mounted in a case, but also a header for a rotary encoder and a 128x32 OLED like you can buy from Aliexpress for $1.

The software is mostly working so they're actually at the factory arriving around Christmas, but I'm still working on the last few bugs and finishing off features (like the menu using the OLED and the rotary encoder) so I'm hoping mid-January.

These are great news! And you even added a serial console! Together with S/PDIF this thing now has every killer feature I need (except ethernet, but I can work around this). Expect me to buy a good handful of those. Do you offer frequency discount for > 10 items?

Why not hook it up to a KVM switch?

Reply 534 of 551, by electric_monk

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KVM Nerd wrote on 2024-12-09, 08:10:

These are great news! And you even added a serial console! Together with S/PDIF this thing now has every killer feature I need (except ethernet, but I can work around this). Expect me to buy a good handful of those. Do you offer frequency discount for > 10 items?

Yes, I'd be open to a large order discount 😀 You can e-mail me on my site though it might need to be a later run (and I'm expecting some price increases beyond January due to the tariff stuff, there's already been a bunch of e-mails from all the companies involved in supplying and manufacturing electronics).

Regarding ethernet that's one I'd like to do just for fun but I didn't as the chip I'm using now has much less RAM than the old chip and I don't think it's something many people want sadly. The original version of the PCB actually had an attempt at ethernet in the early firmwares, if you plugged in an Amazon Basics ethernet dongle with the right chipset it'd appear on the network. It was a bit flakey though (lots of bugs trying to interact with the NXP-provided USB stack) and it only exposed the same command line interface over telnet that you got directly over USB (again, due to lack of interest in the feature).

Reply 535 of 551, by jmarsh

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electric_monk wrote on 2024-12-09, 08:30:

Regarding ethernet that's one I'd like to do just for fun but I didn't as the chip I'm using now has much less RAM than the old chip

Which chip are you using now?

Reply 536 of 551, by electric_monk

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jmarsh wrote on 2024-12-09, 09:22:

Which chip are you using now?

SmartFusion2, which is an integrated Cortex-M3 and FPGA, so cheaper than the separate FPGA+ARM approach (e: and nicer to use, since the raw ARM buses are connected to the FPGA fabric, so you can even access the ARM's flash/etc. from the FPGA side). Also I think they intended it for military stuff, it has self destruct functions (which I'm not using, obviously 😉 )

Reply 537 of 551, by KVM Nerd

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electric_monk wrote on 2024-12-09, 08:30:
KVM Nerd wrote on 2024-12-09, 08:10:

These are great news! And you even added a serial console! Together with S/PDIF this thing now has every killer feature I need (except ethernet, but I can work around this). Expect me to buy a good handful of those. Do you offer frequency discount for > 10 items?

Yes, I'd be open to a large order discount 😀 You can e-mail me on my site though it might need to be a later run (and I'm expecting some price increases beyond January due to the tariff stuff, there's already been a bunch of e-mails from all the companies involved in supplying and manufacturing electronics).

I will contact you via email today so we can negotiate. Looking forward to it!

electric_monk wrote on 2024-12-09, 08:30:

Regarding ethernet that's one I'd like to do just for fun but I didn't as the chip I'm using now has much less RAM than the old chip and I don't think it's something many people want sadly. The original version of the PCB actually had an attempt at ethernet in the early firmwares, if you plugged in an Amazon Basics ethernet dongle with the right chipset it'd appear on the network. It was a bit flakey though (lots of bugs trying to interact with the NXP-provided USB stack) and it only exposed the same command line interface over telnet that you got directly over USB (again, due to lack of interest in the feature).

My plan is to use a Raspi 4 in gadget mode and have it a USB drive emulated via network, and also use it to manage the emulator via USB or serial, whatever works best when it runs in gadget mode. As I read the emulator uses 3.3 V on serial, so I could connect it directly to the Raspi for pure serial I guess. Exposing the (USB) serial port via network on the Raspi should be easy. I'm still not sure how to manage the images on the server side. If the emulator supports USB hot plugging, I could pack every image into a (FAT32? exfat?) partition image and remount it to the emulator.

Why not hook it up to a KVM switch?

Reply 538 of 551, by RetroPCCupboard

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electric_monk wrote on 2024-12-09, 06:49:

I do generally reply to messages that come in from my webform but sometimes I miss those as they end up in my junk folder (recaptcha does nothing!) so apologies.

Great to hear that you are still around. Are you aware of the issue where commands to stop CD audio playback are ignored? If so, is there a fix for it? I could send you logs I think if you can't reproduce the issue. This was one of the main reasons I don't use it.

Reply 539 of 551, by red_avatar

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I'm still keeping an eye on this topic - spent a whole afternoon last weekend trying to find a CD drive that was (a) still working smoothly and (b) could be slowed down. I have dozens but they're becoming noisy & unreliable and not all support the slowing down - for DOS games they're extremely loud. Having a board emulate a drive with a display would be awesome to have - even better to have multiple buttons and not just a rotary button which is very slow in use.

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