Short: ADC For Amiga Forever 5, WinUAE, GPL. Author: wisecracker@tesco.net (Barry Walker). Uploader: wisecracker@tesco.net (Barry Walker). Type: hard/hack Requires: WinUAE-ADC.lha and WinUAE-ADC.readme from the ~hard/hack~ drawer of AMINET. Distribution: Emailware, (Freeware), GPL release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-12-2003, Version 1.00.03, Useful TestGear listing for WinUAE. 8-11-2003, Version 1.00.02, A600 Games Port information update. 26-10-2003, Version 1.00.01, ~PC~ USB-Joystick Converter update. 17-10-2003, Version 1.00.00, original upload to AMINET. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Criteria for A-D Converter. ------------------------------- 1) This project MUST run on a A500+ or better WITH an extra floppy drive. It MUST ALSO run on a 300MHz AMD K6 3D II machine running Windows 98 or better and Amiga Forever 5, minimum WinUAE Version 0.8.17 R4 Beta 1. 2) The project MUST be Operating System friendly. 3) Memory expansion for the A500+ is optional. 4) The future projects MUST NOT require a mouse to work, this is optional. The keyboard IS the required minimum. 5) The OCS graphics modes MUST be the required minimum AMIGA display modes. 6) For genuine AMIGAs a television set MUST be the required minimum display medium. 7) Workbench 2.0x MUST be the required minimum Operating System. 8) The project MUST work on both NTSC and PAL. This is so that everyone in the world can use the software without modification. 9) The project MUST be simple enough for a young child to build in a VERY SHORT period of time, possibly under supervision. This is so as to be able to keep the attention span of that young child. 10) All of the required components MUST be available to the general public from any or a known source. 11) The future projects MUST be VERY cheap to build in relation to their commercial/professional cousins. 12) All external power supplies required for any of the projects MUST be batteries. A young child should NOT have access to MAINS voltage facilities or power sockets. 13) All Calibration Equipment MUST be batteries or cells also. A young child has NOT got access to Professional Calibration Equipment so therefore he/she has to start from somewhere. 14) The project MUST NOT require special printed circuit boards to be made. 15) The project MUST NOT require any special tools, the standard tools should always be sufficient. 16) IF a special tool is required then a supplier MUST be available to purchase that tool. 17) As a multimeter/multitester is virtually impossible on any computer this MUST be a purchased item. 18) If MAINS IS required to power up a unit to be tested, then a MAINS ISOLATING transformer WILL be required and MUST be used. This MUST be under the supervision of an adult. 19) Any books required SHOULD be available from your local library. 20) NO special knowledge of electronics is needed or required to build any of the projects. 21) Read the ~Warning~ file for SAFETY reasons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview:- ---------- This project is a simple Analogue to Digital Converter for use with WinUAE via the PC 15 Way ~D~ Type Games port. It is slow, (approximately 1 sample per second), but works and is an ideal starting point for building voltmeters, ammeters, powermeters, thermometers etc... The source code is included and is in BASIC, compiled using ACE Basic Compiler, (C)David Benn. You may do anything you like with this project BUT the ORIGINAL copyright goes to:- (C)2003 B.Walker, G0LCU. Have fun with this project and I hope to see it developed further as I am no longer interested now that the seed has been sown. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT:- ----------- The Legal Stuff:- ----------------- The ORIGINAL copyright goes to (C)2003 B.Walker, G0LCU with all rights reserved. They are freeware and no profit will be made from them, also all of the files must remain unaltered and intact including this one. The author is not responsible for any damage to, or loss of, or failure of equipment or data caused in any way by the use of these programs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Testing Evaluation. ------------------- Designed primarily for Amiga Forever 5, WinUAE, (see above). Windows 98 and Amiga Forever 5, and Windows XP and Amiga Forever 5. Also tested with the Rockfire RM-203, USB to Games Port adaptor. An A500+, an A600 with various memory configurations, the same A600 emulating WB3 with various memory configurations, an A1200 with various memory configurations. (Also tested on a 1MB old style AMIGA 500 with OS1.3x but uncalibrated.) ============================================================================ Acknowledgements:- ------------------ First of all many thanks to my wife Tricia who allows me to spend many hours on my computers. Also to David Benn and Herbert Breuer for the ACE/AIDE combination supplied on an AMIGA FORMAT floppy disk which made it easy to compile this program. All the guys and gals that have developed WinUAE, this gives we real AMIGA lovers the feel and friendliness of the AMIGA environment using modern gear. Thanks guys and gals. Also to Anthony Hoffman who always keeps me on my toes by finding many of my silly mistakes and adding a few ideas of his own. And finally to anyone else who I may have neglected or forgotten. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr Barry Walker, G0LCU. 70 King George Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2PA, England. Email to:- wisecracker@tesco.net URL:- http://homepages.tesco.net/wisecracker/G0LCU.HTM Team AMIGA... BYE..... ============================================================================ .