trailblazer Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Hi! My setup is Atari 800 XL, Ultimate 1MB + SIDE2 cartridge. I have flashed everything with the latest firmware from here: http://atari8.co.uk/firmware/ultimate-1mb/. I'm having issues with ATR loading from the SIDE2. First of all, the ATR swap button on the SIDE2 does not seem to be working at all (although it's enabled in the ultimate setup)! I tried some multiple disk games (eg. Pirates of the Barbary Coast and Rails West) and the disk just won't swap when I'm prompted to do it. Secondly, some games (eg. Alternate Reality the City, as well as the Dungeon) won't load from ATR, they just freeze at some point. I think I'm doing everything correctly - first I mount multiple disks (D1:, D2:, etc.). In the loader menu I can see them as mounted volumes, then I launch D1:. Anyone experiencing similar issues? Is there any way to fix it? Thanks for help in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailblazer Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Problem solved. In case anyone had similar issues - I reflashed the PBI bios bank with the newest bios and the disk swap started working correctly. Before that, it had been upgraded with the all-in-one full rom pack. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuf Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 That's odd - I usually use the all-in-one rom. I'll keep this in mind next time I get around to testing and see if I can reproduce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Okay this is odd, the ATR swap button (on the SIDE2) doesn't appear to be working on either my 800XL or the 1200XL using the Loader and mounting multiple images. Both using a SIDE2 cart (switching to another SIDE2 cart doesn't seem to change anything) and both with the latest firmware. Swap is enabled in the PBI BIOS settings section. Please tell me I'm missing something stupid... Reflashing the Main BIOS, PBI BIOS and XEX Loader firmware had no effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 The theme always seems to be, go to flashjazzcat's site, download his latest, follow his instructions EXACTLY. after that it's normally ' wow that fixed everything JOY ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Make sure "Drive 1 swap" is turned off. I should rename that since it's easily confused with "ATR swap button". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Make sure "Drive 1 swap" is turned off. I should rename that since it's easily confused with "ATR swap button". That seems to have made the difference, thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 That seems to have made the difference, thanks! Great. "Drive 1 Swap" is a clone of the same feature on the IDE Plus 2.0 (when enabled, all IO requests to "D1:" are redirected to the drive number assigned to "Boot drive", and vice versa. Both must be HDD partitions). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 hmmm Drive1 BDswap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Maybe "redirect" since the word "swap" seems indelibly implicated in rotating ATRs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 D1Bio Redirect or D1IORedirect or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I think I'll call it "Do not turn on". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 lol, it is a nice function though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I think I'll call it "Do not turn on". If you do that, people will be inclined to push it. Just like wet paint - you HAVE to touch it to see, then you get pissed, because someone should have warned you to not touch the wet paint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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