New Lynx Disk Images

[Womble]

Hello Everyone

This is Peter Todd. I lost my old login details and email

Looking at the threads in this forum there are many exciting developments for the Lynx.

I will write more later about some of the projects I am involved in at present.

For the moment! Some new software for you all.

Disk images can be found on my website:

http://www.retrogubbins.co.uk/downloads

PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO PAGES OF DOWNLOADS (select page at top of the screen)


There are games including the Splynx conversions. There is also the source code (I think) to the Lynx ROMs - I am still investigating this - it seems to be a unified source for both 96/128 !!!

Best Regards from cold rainy Mid Wales

Pete

[Womble]

Here are the directory listings for the disks:


>JD1

LR2
LR1
LRSCREEN
LR 3.1
LR3.2
FONT
SPECVARS
KEYDATA
LR23.1
LR23 .2
LRB3.1
LRB3.2
LRCODE96K
LORD.RINGS
A8CO DE96K
A8RUN
A81
A82
>
>
> JD2

JSW. CH
TWINKLE
TWINKLEL
PANIKL
PANIK
ROOM S3
MISSILES
DIGGERMAN
DIGGERMANL
WASP
WASP L
SPANNER MAN
SPANNERMANL
PENGO
PENGOL
BLASTEROIDS
BLASTEROIDS.MC
FLYTE
>
>
> JD3

DRAUGHTS c
F.MANAGE R
CUBE
INTRONUM
NUMERONS
DAMBUSTER
EXECUTION
BLOCKA
BLOCKB
MINEDOUT
M
GRIDTRAP
SNAKE
BACKGAMMON
COLOS.L
COL OS.2
COLOS. BLUE
COLOS.RED
COLOS.RAM
GOMOKU
GOMOKU1
BATTLESHIPS
BATTLESHIPS1
>
>
> JD4

STAR.TREK o
CONTROLLER
CONTROLLER1
MAZE o
MAZE .2
MAZEMAN
TREK
INVADERS

DIR
CENTIPEDE
CHESS.BAS
BATTLE.BRICK
PONTOON
SPELLBOUND
FORTH
EPROG.BAS
EPROMPROG
RAMTEST
MDUMP
EXTCOM
GRAPHIC
TDISK
MDISK
SCROLL
SCROLL.BYTES
MCOPY
MCOPY128
BLOCKDEMO
BLOCK.BYTES
EXTTDISK
EXTBOMB
EXT128.BYTES
CHESS
LOADER

>
>
> JD5

RS232
DIR.MAIL
LOG
FILES
NEWS
BBS
TELEX2
TELEX
COMMS
CODE
CODE.7
LGON.DAT
ROBSUFD
128KIP
TEST
TEST2
MOD
SERIALIN
RQUEST
LOAD
A
>
>

>
JD6

U.COM
UTIL.OBJ
TAPEDISK
DISKED
OLD
DIR
U
MODER80
MDUMP
>
>
> JD7

MODER80
ZENX
D.9000
D.E000
LCC
DISB
DISM
DISKED
PAINT.BOX
MUSIC
CGA
EPROG.BAS
EPROMPROG
P.ALPHA
FV
PACMAN
BLASTEROIDS
BLASTEROIDS. MC
MOON
SNOW
ROADER
BUTTERFLY.D

>
>>
>>
>>JD8

128COMM
SCROLL128
COM128
EXT128.BYTES
>
>
> JD9
JSW. CH
JETSET96
ROOMS3
TWINKLE
TWINKLEL
PANIKL
PANIK
MISSILES
DIGGERMAN
DIGGERMANL
WASP
WASPL
SPANNERMAN
SPANNERMANL
PENGO
PENGOL
>
>
> JD10
HOB1
HOB2
HOBBIT
TREASUREISLAND
TI
MONS TERMINE
DW.WING
DW.2
DW.1
DW.SCREEN1
DW.S CREEN2
DW
ROADER
SLOT
BLOCK1
BLOCK2
SUPER CHESS
HANGMAN
>
>
> JD11
STAR .TREK
CONTROL LER
CONTROLLER1
MAZE
MAZE.2
MAZEMAN
TREK
INVADERS
DIR
CENTIPEDE
CHESS.BAS
BATTLE .BRICK
PONTOON
SPELLBOUND
>
>
> JD12
LWP
FORTH
lCARDINDEX
WORDSORT
SORTS
GRAPH
CGA
MUSIC
INTRO
TURTLE
MORSE
PAINT.BOX
EPROG.BAS
FV
P.ALPHA
EPROMPROG
CROSSWORD
CLUES1
BOMB
RAMTEST
DIR
EXTCO
GRAPHIC
MTAPE
MDUMP
LOADER
TDISK
EXTTDISK
MDISK
EXTBOMB
LYNXDOS1.0
SCORP
ELECTION
SCROLL
SCROLL.BYTES
BLOCK DEMO
BLOCK.BY TES
EXT128.BYTES
MCOPY
MCOPY128
CHESS
TOK9
>


JD14
RS232
DIR.MAIL
LOG
FILES
NEWS
BBS
TELEX2
TELEX
COMMS
CODE
CODE.7
LGON.DAT
ROBSUFD

>
>
> JD15

CROSSWORD o
CLUES1
PROTECTOR
MAINGAME o
EPROM PROG o
DEATHBALL o
GP1
KEY
MUNCHER o
PMUDG o
3D
BALL
oEPROG.BAS
MUSIC o
F V o
P.ALPHA o
FBX o
PCW.86
oRB3.D
PCW2.D o
PCW 3.86 o
PCW4.86
SHIFT.D
o BUTTERFLY.D
P CW2.86 o
PCW1 .86
PCW.D
>
>>
>>JD16

QUEST.COD E
DUNGEON.CODE
COLOS.CODE
SNOW.L
QUEST .L
DUNGEON. L
COLOS.L
SNOW.CODE
JETSET
JETS ETL
PROTECTOR
MAINGAME
MUNCHER
PMUDGS
GP1
KEY
DEATHBALL
3D
>
>
> JD18

HOB1
HOB2
HOBBIT
TREASUREISLAND
TI
MONS TERMINE
DW.WING
DW.2
DW.1
DW.SCREEN1
DW.S CREEN2
DW
ROADER
SLOT
BLOCK1
BLOCK2
SUPER CHESS
HANGMAN

[Womble]

And a few more directory listings


> ANIMATOR

ANIM
U
UTIL.OBJ
FACE
MOON
SPHERE
HORSE
EYE
BOMB
ROT
ROT
FRAME
DOG2
CUBE
F1
BS
RUBB ERTRACK
RBRCD.1
INTRO.EASE
EASE.DRAW





96K20

JETSETWILLY
ROOMS
CODE
DWCODE96K
A8CODE9 6K
DW1.1
A8RUN
A81
A82
DW2 .1
SCREEN
DWRUN

96K21

MENU
QUEST
COLOSSAL
DUNGEON
SNOWBALL
LORDS.OF.TIME

96K22

JSW.CH
JETSET96
ROOMS3
TWINKLE
TWINKLEL
PANIKL
PANIK
MISSILES
DIGGERMAN
DIGGERMANL
WASP
WASPL
SPANNERMAN
SPANNERMANL
PENGO
PENGOL
>

96K23

SPEEDPEDE
SPEEDPEDEL
MUMMY
FLYTE
MOON
PACMAN
BLASTEROIDS
BLASTEROIDS.MC
GOLF
GOLF.2
FLOYD
FLOYDL
FIREBALL
ATOM
POWERBLASTER
GEMPACK4

[jltursan]

Hi again Pete, long time no see!. Now I only need to fix my Lynx DOS...

[Womble]

It MUST be possible can you point me to a thread that describes your problems?

[jltursan]

Not really; but to make a long story short:

- I've built a Lynx DOS proto based on Frank Rasmussen design (I assume it works, he has pictured his own working setup)
- Both PCBs (interface & controller) seems to work, XROM loads the Disk ROM as expected and the Lynx still works
- Seems that I can format a floppy, I can hear the stepper motor moving the heads along all the expected tracks.
- ...but when the floppy is going to be verified, it always fails. IIRC, the floppy was indeed erased so seems that there's some problem when reading.

I've checked both floppy drive types: 5.25" and 3.5" (funny that when a 3." drive is used, it writes 80 tracks instead the usual 40). I've also checked all the ICs and all seems to be good working ones, the FDC also seems good, checked both 1793 and 8877 models. My only guess is there's some kind of FDC calibration problem that I'm not able to correct...or maybe my Lynx has a strange problem and need to test my LynxDOS with another machine

[ron]

What do my eyes see? How's it going Pete?. When we were doing the core of Lynx I was trying to contact you, without success.
I am very happy to see you again on RW

[oracle_jedi]

Oh wow! Christmas has come early! Thank you Pete!

2020 doesn't suck so bad afterall.

Some fellow on FB was asking about the availability of Alien 8 and the other Tim Titchmarsh conversions just a few days ago. Looks like this is a complete set!

[Womble]

Almost, I have chequered flag here on tape and there are a few more disks to come. In particular there are about 10-15 CPM disks.

Each disk I have to examine with a sector editor to remove addresses of people and other personal information.

here is Chequered flag as a PALE Snapshot format file

http://www.retrogubbins.co.uk/downloads ... x-snapshot


I have the original tape digitised somewhere, I will give it a try on mike's loader though I seem to remember it was a weird format.

[kokkiklhs]

Wow, hello again, Pete!!
Nice to see you're doing well, thank you very much for the nice gifts! You're the indisputable retro-Santa for 2020!!


Now I think it's time for me to start (at last) building a PSU for my Lynx 48, then check if it works OK (hope so, never fired it up since I acquired it from feebay, long ago), expand it to 96k and then try some of the nice software you've uploaded here! Dunno yet how to transfer data from diskimages to WAV floppy controller here-, but I'll sure find out, as soon as I'm ready with the rest of the stuff!!

[Womble]

I wonder how different Frank's Controller design is to the originals shown here:

https://ibb.co/1RgjbNK

https://ibb.co/6RYxKkd

I've built controller sets from these schemas.

[Womble]

Hi ron! Hi oracle Hi kokkik

[ron]

Hi ron! Hi oracle Hi kokkik

Hey Pete, have you tried the Camputers Lynx's FPGA core that we made here at the house ?

Works superb on ZXUno, MiST, MiSTica, SiDi and MiSTer boards. 96K with Scorpion ROMs. Oh Yeah !

It will no longer be necessary to search the bottom of the internet to find at least a functional Lynx without it being an armed robbery. xD

[jltursan]

I wonder how different Frank's Controller design is to the originals shown here:

https://ibb.co/1RgjbNK

https://ibb.co/6RYxKkd

I've built controller sets from these schemas.

Thanks! , I'll try to compare both schematics and report differences...if any

[Womble]

The largest fpga board I have is a DE1

I've been looking at the Mister, seems to be approx 300 pounds for a full setup. I am tempted

I have an fpga Lynx core written by Andrew Lewis, I think it is for the DE1 board but I haven't tried it yet.

I used an fpga as a Lynx -> VGA adaptor inside my 'Leisure 2' machine, which is a Lynx96/Propeller/FPGA/Pi hybrid housed in an old SUN case.

[oracle_jedi]

Now I think it's time for me to start (at last) building a PSU for my Lynx 48, then check if it works OK (hope so, never fired it up since I acquired it from feebay, long ago), expand it to 96k and then try some of the nice software you've uploaded here! Dunno yet how to transfer data from diskimages to WAV floppy controller here-, but I'll sure find out, as soon as I'm ready with the rest of the stuff!!

I used a Meanwell RT-50A power supply that I mounted inside an old Amiga PSU housing. Fits perfectly, is multi-voltage, and even has a handy on/off switch.