JamesD Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Soooo... hitting like isn't enough? Edited February 26, 2015 by JamesD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Soooo... hitting like isn't enough? Problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kogden Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I have an old MyIDE+Flash cart.... just lacking the ST mouse at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I have an old MyIDE+Flash cart.... just lacking the ST mouse at the moment. Where are you from ?Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 OK having an issue flashing GOS. If I put the switch down on the side2 and disable sdx and side in u1mb, then I can load the flasher from sio2sd and it recognizes the side2 hardware. However, if I select the external cartridge and try to update or dump the slot, it freezes. Tried with 2 separate side2 cartridges. Same thing on both. If I put the switch up and enable sdx and side2 from u1mb, then I can load the flasher and manually open and select the device. I can then dump the external cartridge slot, but when I try to update it, it says unknown device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The MaxFlash ROMs have ATR flashers I prepared with MaxFlash Studio. I don't find ATR flashers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Tried it with the previous version of the loader and I have to manually select the side2 device then I can start loading the rom for the loader slot but it then says wrong filesize, not 16KB so then it stops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 I probably forgot to put the ATRs in the ZIP. So much for hurrying. As for the flasher issue: I'll test again tomorrow but it worked for me on an Ultimate equipped machine with SIDE2. The old flasher won't work because it forces the ROM for the external cart to be 16KB, assuming it to be the XEX loader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Also SDX must be enabled on the SIDE to allow the flash to be unlocked. Hence "unknown device" when it's off. Here's the archive with the ATRs: GOS ROMs.zip Just flashed a SIDE2 for the third time on real hardware using the supplied version of UFlash. I'm still running SDX 4.46, however. Edited February 26, 2015 by flashjazzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I tried to do a Maxflash 8MB but Uflash stops at about 1000 kb while reading the GOS ROM. So I put a minimal config.sys on the atr to capture as much ram as I could and it still stops reading the file just before uflash reads it all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Urgh... Forgot mention you need to run SDX in OSRAM to flash the 1MB cart. There's only 1MB of RAM on your Atari and you're trying to read a 1MB ROM into it while SDX is keeping drivers in one of the banks. Use a config.sys file with USE OSRAM and no RAMdisk. I might implement compression of some kind in the future but for now it's down to the laws of physics. Edited February 27, 2015 by flashjazzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I successfully flashed the Side2 cartridge slot. The problem was that I never updated either of my Side2's SDX slots from when I purchased them. After suspecting that could be the problem, I downloaded the SDX446S2.ROM from FJC's website and flashed it into the Side2 SDX slot. After rebooting with the new SDX, I was able to flash GOS to the cartridge slot. Thanks for the images FJC! Nice to have this running on hardware! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks for the update! Nice to hear about some success. I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) Runs exceptional on real hardware. Much more enjoyable than emulator. It is really a shock to "feel" it running on hardware. It is super smooth and responsive. Superb!! Edited February 27, 2015 by TheNameOfTheGame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Urgh... Forgot mention you need to run SDX in OSRAM to flash the 1MB cart. There's only 1MB of RAM on your Atari and you're trying to read a 1MB ROM into it while SDX is keeping drivers in one of the banks. Use a config.sys file with USE OSRAM and no RAMdisk. I might implement compression of some kind in the future but for now it's down to the laws of physics. Yea so I used the Maxflash Studio to put the GOS rom onto the Maxflash8mb cart and it works as well as any of the others do.. GOS is fun to play with --- eager to get some more functions plugged into it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) anyone trying flash to SIC? not working for me..black screen latest uflash cant see ROM file on ATR.. strange.. ATR created with makeATR (custom, sdx) Edited February 27, 2015 by w1k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN1yleI87aA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) A) Don't boot the flasher. Load it from SDX as per instructions. It needs DOS. B) Only 512KB supported at the moment. The W29C020C chip (256KB) is the wrong size for the provided GOS ROM, which is called GOSSC512.ROM. The clue is in the name. The Sic! Cart in the video is neither 1MByte nor 1Mbit. It's a 2Mbit (256KB) chip, and the GOS occupies alternate banks of a 4Mbit chip, which is the maximum allowed by the Sic! cart. Edited February 27, 2015 by flashjazzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 AtariMax 8Mb cart flasher works perfecty (using hot swap technique ). Would it be possible to increase screen vertical size to raise available space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Would it be possible to increase screen vertical size to raise available space? Possible, by splitting the frame buffer so that some of it is below the banking window and some is above it (already, the display list and screen RAM have 16KB separating them), but we have 200 lines already and I'm mindful of not ruining the NTSC display. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARIO130XE Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 SIDE2 - flashing and working without any errors. good job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Dear JFC, just to be sure before I do something silly, and I have to ask silly questions afterwards... what happens with the MyDos and the partitions on MyIDE2 if I flash the 512k to the rom? Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 O.K. MyIDE2 works fine with GOS. Is there a "MagicKey" to surpress booting, so I can access the "ShippingWorkbook".atr from Sio2SD ? I need to buy another MyIDE if GOS works completely (I mean, if GOS is released without Beta Status) Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Never really gave much thought to bypassing the cartridge boot. This is something that's definitely needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Err., yes. Maybe there should be a panic key. As long as there is no key... How to flash the shipping workbook Onto the myide2 again? Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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