stryd_one

Yeh sorry about the wrong answer but to be honest I didn't really think about it that much. The double post was a bit off. So what's wrong with MIDIMon?

10k linear is recommended but word has it that 20k and 50k have worked fine so 100k might too... I've only read this but I haven't heard how or why and I haven't read the datasheet to find out how the pins behave. I could give a more definitive answer if I found out if/why 10 or 50 both work the exact same way, but I'll wait and see if anyone else knows before I reinvent the wheel and get red eyes reading the datasheet ;)

Shouldn't be too hard... A few more DOUTs and some code to make the right LED light up.... As for how hard it would be to do....How's your ASM? :)

The reasons for my dissing MOTU are pretty much as you said, they like to "mushroom" their clientele (keep them in the dark and feed them sh*t)... Bugs are never acknowledged, same as the mac stuff....but the real problem is, that PC's are priority #2 for MOTU, after Macs.... So if it takes them a year to fix a bug for the mac, it takes them 2 years to fix it for PC.... If they fix it at all (which they often don't).

I mean which MIOS App... I'm not sure if the app supports it, so I was going to look at the source...

Which app? I'll take a look at the source...

May I suggest reading all of this: http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/ and all of the PIC18f452 datasheet, and all of the ASM source code. Once you understand all of that, you'll understand what the code is doing :) Maybe I've misunderstood though, if there is something in particular that you'd like to know then ask away :)

Hahaha nah it's alll good, I need all the advice I can get when it comes to C :) That's a really good tip, I like that a lot! I do something similar, but usually overwrite the pseudocode, it never occurred to me to leave it in place and make it into comments Nazi Spiderman LMAO I never heard that one

Mmmm tasty... Shipping's a bit much but still a good deal. Any Aussies interested?

Clockbox ???

Careful you don't do the same thing to another SID....

Hawthorn take a look at the code above, and compare it with the same function in the J5 DIN example , this might help demonstrate. You can find out how to mix ASM and C on the wiki, but that's not necessary here.

- Or use the C simulator that some clever chap wrote ;)

Well MD isn't used by the SID itself, however that short will mean that the RS pin of the LCD would have driven the CS# on the SID.. Who knows what that did to the SID :-\ But it seems it'd only be writing corrupt data to the registers and that'd be reset when the SID's powered off...there's no power shorts that I can see there so I'd think that the problem might be with the SID module (seeing as you've already tested the core). This is an 8580 right?

Sorry clearmind, you might have rushed into things!

Nice one :) It'd be nice if you could share the code on the wiki, you could make yourself a user projects page :)

What pins on J10 were shorted? You might have fried your SIDs :-\

Heheheh thanks for the explanation David :) I actually knew that stuff, but I somehow missed the 'if' and though he was using 'else' instead of default: ... That's what I get for taking rushed breaks from work to read the forum ;D

Plus, those are SMD chips, they won't go in a socket, they're specifically designed for PCB Surface Mounting :)

edit: Beaten :)

I always seem to have some random bit of stuff in my watch list from this seller: http://cgi3.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=the-macservice-group They have lots of cases and stuff, and test equipment too...

Sorry mate I missed that post somehow, I think the forum glitched... That's all correct then... What does the LCD do? Are you sure that the MIDI Input on your PC and the cable are both OK (particularly with SysEx messages)?

Don't worry about the delay, it's not a problem :) (I have plenty of stuff to keep me busy ::)) Man I'm sorry to hear about the accident!! I hope you're left handed! :-\ I'm not, and I broke my right hand a few years back, it was such a pain in the ass! (Not to mention my hand, heheheh) What kind of fracture is it? Never mind, I won't ask you to type! Take good care, and I hope you're back in action soon!

Of course all that changes if you're on a PC.... For eg You'd want to avoid MOTU big-time...

You haven't followed the correct procedure. The bootloader cannot be loaded by MIDI, it has to be burned onto the PIC. After this, you can use MIDI via the bootloader to upload MIOS, and then you can upload your application. Please check the WIKI or this forum for instructions.