HiassofT Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I just uploaded version 1.20 of my Highspeed SIO patch to my website: http://www.horus.com/~hias/atari/ Changes since the last official release (V1.12): - Support transfer speeds up to 126kbit/sec - SHIFT+RESET does a coldstart - Speedup highspeed mode detection - Support creation of a patched 400/800 OS on the PC Note: if programmed an EPROM with the latest development version (V1.18 from May 3rd, 2009) you don't need to update it - the binary code of V1.20 is identical to V1.18 (except for the timestamp and version info). so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Does this disable the self-test mode. I had not noticed before on other versions, but today after installing hisior.com going to basic and typing 'BYE' the screen flashes 'OS already patched' then reboots. From the Dos menu option 'M' E471 also flashed notice on screen and reboots. Will this happen also with patchrom.exe and putting a new EPROM into my Atari. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Does this disable the self-test mode. I had not noticed before on other versions, but today after installing hisior.com going to basic and typing 'BYE' the screen flashes 'OS already patched' then reboots. From the Dos menu option 'M' E471 also flashed notice on screen and reboots. Will this happen also with patchrom.exe and putting a new EPROM into my Atari. This is just a "feature" of the software patch. When you type "BYE", the XL/XE OS enables coldstart on RESET, enables selftest ROM at $5000 and then does a JMP $5000. But, since the OS ROM is disabled the MMU will ignore the selftest bit in PortB and won't enable ROM at $5000. So "BYE" just starts any code currently present in RAM at $5000. If you install an EPROM in your Atari "BYE" works as usual. so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Hello Hias- I am using your release (1.20) patch HISIO.COM with MyDos 4.50. If I launch HISIO.COM from the MyDos menu, all is well, but it will not execute properly when loaded as part of the usual AUTORUN.SYS file (i.e. ramdisk setup). I tried appending it to the MyDos AUTORUN.SYS file and vice-versa. Do you know why it behaves as such? Edit: I should add that I am using the XL/XE OS on a "stock" 130XE with the KMK-JZ interface. Thanks, Larry I just uploaded version 1.20 of my Highspeed SIO patch to my website: http://www.horus.com/~hias/atari/ Changes since the last official release (V1.12): - Support transfer speeds up to 126kbit/sec - SHIFT+RESET does a coldstart - Speedup highspeed mode detection - Support creation of a patched 400/800 OS on the PC Note: if programmed an EPROM with the latest development version (V1.18 from May 3rd, 2009) you don't need to update it - the binary code of V1.20 is identical to V1.18 (except for the timestamp and version info). so long, Hias Edited June 17, 2009 by Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hi Larry! I am using your release (1.20) patch HISIO.COM with MyDos 4.50. If I launch HISIO.COM from the MyDos menu, all is well, but it will not execute properly when loaded as part of the usual AUTORUN.SYS file (i.e. ramdisk setup). I tried appending it to the MyDos AUTORUN.SYS file and vice-versa. Do you know why it behaves as such? Edit: I should add that I am using the XL/XE OS on a "stock" 130XE with the KMK-JZ interface. Appending multiple COMs into an AUTORUN.SYS is not a good idea. But MyDos supports multiple autorun files: just name them "AUTORUN.AR0", "AUTORUN.AR1" etc. I did a quick test (renamed HISIO.COM into AUTORUN.AR0) and it worked fine. so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hello Hias MyDOS 4.50 doesn't support .ARx. MyDOS 4.51/3 and all later versions do. (4.51/3 and 4.52/3 where never released as far as I know. 4.55 beta 3 is out, but it's a beta.) greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Hi Mathy & Hias- I normally use 4.50, but 4.5X should be fine. I'll give those a try! Mathy, where is 4.55 -- your site? Thanks, Larry Hello Hias MyDOS 4.50 doesn't support .ARx. MyDOS 4.51/3 and all later versions do. (4.51/3 and 4.52/3 where never released as far as I know. 4.55 beta 3 is out, but it's a beta.) greetings Mathy Edited June 17, 2009 by Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hello Larry It's on my Atari and I don't have a way to get it on my Mac (yet). Maybe Andreas Koche (Charlie Chaplin) can get you 4.55 beta 3. greetings Mathy (who already has 4.55 beta 4 but who hasn't really fired his Atari 8 bit computer up in ages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hi Mathy- Thanks for the info. I also was looking at the other 4.5X versions of MyDos at your site and in my stuff, and found that 4.53/4 and noticed that it contains only Dos and Dup. Do you know/have you tried the regular or modified ramdisks with it? Gotta have my ramdisk. -Larry Hello Larry It's on my Atari and I don't have a way to get it on my Mac (yet). Maybe Andreas Koche (Charlie Chaplin) can get you 4.55 beta 3. greetings Mathy (who already has 4.55 beta 4 but who hasn't really fired his Atari 8 bit computer up in ages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Hello Larry It's been a while since I used 4.53. I mostly used the /3 version and almost never used the /4 version. 4.55 btw doesn't need a /3 or /4 version, since you can choose between the minimum 3 byte sector count and the minimum 4 byte sector count from within 4.55. Option "O". I don't remember if MyRD(2) solves the errors resulting from a "bug" in the routine that determines which RAMbanks are available. (Actually, the detection is correct, but after that, some bits are flipped, which results in errors when using 1MB RAM extentions. That's also why there is a patched version of MyDOS for the Newell 1MB RAM extention) Maybe the bug was solved in 4.55 itself. MyRD2 has the advantage, that it checks the size of your RAM extention, BEFORE the RAMdisk is formatted and files (in the subdirectory called RAMDISK:) are copied to it. greetings Mathy [edit: 4.55 works with my 1MB RAM extention as well as the Newell 1MB extention. And probably all other RAM extentions that use the same address ($d301) as the 130XE. If memory serves me will, it even runs with AXLON compatible RAM extentions.] Edited June 17, 2009 by Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeventura Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Any ROM code for 400/800 systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 Any ROM code for 400/800 systems? This is tricky, but possible with some hardware modifications: Using patchrom on the PC you can create a patched rev.A or rev.B OS on the PC. I successfully installed it in my 800XL. BUT: The patch needs 1k of ROM at $CC00-$CFFF, which is not available on the 400/800 computers. So you need some HW mod to your 400/800 to support ROM at $Cxxx. I'm not a 400/800 expert, maybe someone else can help you here. IIRC such mods have been done before, didn't the Omnimon OS use $Cxxx for it's monitor code? so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Hello Hias IIRC the Axlon memory upgrades use $CFFF for bank switching. greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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