Releases
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.7.0 Beta 3
mntmn 6 months ago 0 commits to master since this release
This release:
- Fixes Autoconfig with Kickstart 1.3 and in turn makes the ZZ9000 scandoubler compatible with Kickstart 1.3.
- Fixes compatibility with TerribleFire TF536 (and possibly other models) accelerator. This requires Kickstart 2.0+ to work (3.0+ for RTG)! TF536 does not currently support Zorro enumeration with Kickstart 1.3.
For A2000, use the “zorro2” firmware. For A500, one of the others, depending if you have an A500+ or A500.
Amiga 3000/4000 users please use Beta 2 below!
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.7.0 Beta 2
This is beta 2 of the 1.7 firmware for ZZ9000.
IMPORTANT There is a critical defect in the MNT ZZ9000 R-1 and R-2 circuit board that needs to be fixed to avoid damaging your ZYNQ module. Technical details: https://notes.mnt.re/s/BkBGokgMw
If you have not received an email from MNT Research about this problem, write to lukas@mntre.com immediately for servicing options or risk damaging your card!
New features in Beta 2:
- Registers for monitoring of 2 ZYNQ voltages, VCCINT and VCCAUX. Use with ZZTop 1.1 tool
- This allows you to verify that the 1.8/3.3V fix has been applied correctly. ZZTop 1.1 will show a correct ~1.79 voltage for VCCAUX instead of incorrect 3.3V.
New features since 1.6.2 (more details to come):
- Core temperature monitor. Use with ZZTop tool
- Even faster P96 graphics acceleration (contributed by _Bnu)
- Realiability and speed improvements USB and Ethernet (contributed by shanshe)
Instructions:
Download the correct ZIP file for your platform, extract it and copy BOOT.bin to the MicroSD card that is normally inserted in your ZZ9000.
- Use the “zorro3” version for A3000/A4000.
- Use the “zorro2” version for A2000. This uses 4MB address space.
- Use the “zorro2-2mb” version for A2000. This uses only 2MB address space, by sacrificing higher resolutions/color depths.
- Use the “a500” version for A500 with ZZ9500CX Denise adapter. This uses 4MB address space.
- Use the “a500-2mb” version for A500 with ZZ9500CX Denise adapter. This uses 2MB address space.
- Use the “a500plus” version for A500+ (or Super Denise) with ZZ9500CX Denise adapter. This uses 4MB address space.
Downloads
- Source Code (ZIP)
- Source Code (TAR.GZ)
- zz9000-firmware-r-1_7beta2-zorro3.zip 355 KiB
- zz9000-firmware-r-1_7beta2-a500.zip 336 KiB
- zz9000-firmware-r-1_7beta2-a500-2mb.zip 337 KiB
- zz9000-firmware-r-1_7beta2-zorro2.zip 338 KiB
- zz9000-firmware-r-1_7beta2-zorro2-2mb.zip 336 KiB
- zz9000-firmware-r-1_7beta2-a500plus.zip 336 KiB
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.6.2
This replaces V1.6 and V1.6.1 which were tested in public and still had some problems with CyberStorm MK1 and MK2.
Download the Zorro 3 version for Amiga 3000/4000.
Download the Zorro 2 version for Amiga 2000.
Download the A500 version for Amiga 500.Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.6): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes (since 1.5.1):
- Higher stability, esp. with 68060/CyberStorm. Better output signal. 1.5.1 for Zorro 3 had faulty FPGA timing. We finally figured out this was a Xilinx Vivado bug.
- Improved raw read/write speed.
- Improved speed on some P96 drawing functions, especially
RectFill() Pattern. - Fixes to network driver incl. the possibility to switch to INT2 instead of INT6 in the case you have hardware conflicts. To do this, set the interrupt jumper on ZZ9000 to INT2 and create an empty file
ENVARC:ZZ9K_INT2. - Unified scandoubler (“videocap”) code for Denise and Videoslot sampling with slightly better centering.
Includes code contributions by: _Bnu, shanshe, Chain|Q. Thank you very much!
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.5.1
- Download the Zorro 2 version for Amiga 2000.
- Download the Zorro 3 version for Amiga 3000/4000.
- Download the A500 version for Amiga 500.
Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.5.1): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes (since 1.5 beta):
- Brings back Zorro 2 support with some bus timing fixes
- Fixes “double vision” bug when switching from RTG to PAL/NTSC Interlace screen
- Fixes bug where video capture position was offset/wrong after reset with 50hz mode
- Fixes “dark background wave” in video capture mode on A2000 due to sampling unconnected pins
- Stability fix for USB Storage driver
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.5 (beta)
Note: Zorro 2 version not available yet; it will follow in the next days after testing.
Download the Zorro 3 version for Amiga 3000/4000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.5): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes (since 1.4b):
- Faster GUI: All P96 drawing functions now accelerated and some bugs fixed (details: https://mntre.com/media/ZZ9000_info_md/2019-08-09-ZZ9000-resources.html#picasso96-p96-acceleration)
- Increased (~2x) write performance by using AXI DMA internally
- Experimental USB Storage (USB Stick) support (ZZ9000USBStorage.device), tested with GiggleDisk and fat95. No hotplug yet! Insert USB stick before starting/resetting Amiga.
- New 320x256 mode for certain demos
- Fixes demos that use panning for double buffering (like Melba/Appendix)
Huge thanks to beeanyew and shanshe for code contributions!
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.4b (beta)
Note: Zorro 2 version not available yet. This is a testing version for Zorro 3 to check the stability of new improvements.
MD5 sum of BOOT.bin for Zorro 3 version:
95e4f547d25366b218fcf5343e63c119Download the Zorro 3 version for Amiga 3000/4000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.4b): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes (since 1.4a):
- Introduces Hardware Sprite (used for mouse cursor)
- Introduces automatic switch to 720x480@60Hz mode for NTSC scandoubling
- Fixes some blitting related bugs
- Slightly better interrupt handling for ethernet
Thanks to beeanyew and shanshe for code contributions!
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.4a (beta)
Note: Zorro 2 version not available yet. This is a testing version for Zorro 3 to check the stability of many new improvements.
MD5 sum of BOOT.bin for Zorro 3 version: 8104039a2956af61fe630b3784261237
Download the Zorro 3 version for Amiga 3000/4000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.4a): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes (since 1.3):
- Greatly increased Ethernet speed
- Contributed by @beeanyew:
- Consolidated and optimized rectangle filling and pattern/template filling (much faster)
- ARM accelerated DrawLine
- ARM accelerated InvertRect
- ARM accelerated Planar2Chunky
- ARM accelerated BlitRectNoMaskComplete
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.3c (fixed!)
MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.3c
Note: The previous upload of 1.3c for Zorro 3 was identical to the Zorro 2 version by mistake. The upload has now been corrected.
MD5 sum of BOOT.bin for Zorro 2 version: ec7fa1318e9782880aa094a8bec457c2
MD5 sum of BOOT.bin for Zorro 3 version: 338ac852acf5ee6cd1b10fc49159b30aDownload the Zorro 3 version for Amiga 3000/4000 or the Zorro 2 version for Amiga 2000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.3c): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes (since 1.2):
- Fixes “purple column” problem on some VGA/DVI monitors (or no image at all on some VGA/DVI monitors)
- New interlace detection fixes problems with games that switch between interlace/no interlace
- Fixes overlapping memory of multiple Intuition screens with unaligned resolutions like 800x600
- Refactored screen mode setup fixes glitches like “split screen”
- Defaults to 800x600 capture mode on cold boot for more compatibility
- Better centering of capture mode in 800x600 resolution
- BlitTemplate and BlitPattern now accelerated on Zorro 2 as well
- (technical) Fixes ARM register reads for Zorro 2
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.3b (Beta, Zorro 3 only!)
Download this version only for Amiga 3000/4000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.3): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes:
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FW 1.3 had a silly bug breaking hsync setup which is now fixed. I didn’t catch this during initial testing because my 2 testing monitors didn’t have a problem with this. The following changes are the 1.3 improvements.
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Fixes “purple column” problem on some VGA/DVI monitors (or no image at all on some VGA/DVI monitors)
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New interlace detection fixes problems with games that switch between interlace/no interlace
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Fixes overlapping memory of multiple Intuition screens with unaligned resolutions like 800x600
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Refactored screen mode setup fixes glitches like “split screen”
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Defaults to 800x600 capture mode on cold boot for more compatibility
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Better centering of capture mode in 800x600 resolution
BOOT.bin MD5 sum:
025bf2c30fe2235eaada2e37d5a53087 -
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.2b (Beta, Zorro 3 only!)
Download this version only for Amiga 3000/4000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.2): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes:
- (Only change to 1.2): Reduces Ethernet init timeout to 5 seconds to ready the card for Zorro transactions quicker. Fixes Guru when your Amiga loads the monitor driver before ZZ9000 has completed init.
- Supports alternative scandoubler mode 800x600@60Hz for monitors that don’t support the default mode (default is 720x576@50Hz). Enabled via a setting during driver installation.
- Reduces screen switching time. Now zero switching time if resolution stays the same.
- Fixes sporadic off-by-one display row.
- (technical) moves modeline control to ZZ9000OS.
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware 1.1 (Beta, Zorro 3 only!)
Download this version only for Amiga 3000/4000. Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Don’t forget to update the drivers (1.1): https://source.mntmn.com/MNT/zz9000-drivers/releases
Changes:
- Enables data cache and optimization in ZZ9000OS to speed up graphics operations
- Introduces acceleration for BlitTemplate / BlitPattern
- Switches ethernet to 100mbit for more stability
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MNT ZZ9000 Firmware RC1
Download the archive that fits your machine (Zorro II for Amiga 2000, Zorro III for Amiga 3000/4000). Extract BOOT.bin and copy to root of MBR/FAT32 formatted MicroSD card to be inserted in ZZ9000 MicroSD card slot.
Make sure to use 1.0 drivers for this version!