Can Omnimon XL be loaded/run from a RAM OS on an XL/XE?

[+Larry]

Does someone have a file to do that?  If that works, then other modules could probably be inserted and work also. 

 

Thanks!

[Mclaneinc]

I'm sure it would need some serious relocation coding from $C000 (where it sits, from my faltering memory..)

 

To be honest, I never tried relocating it...My second purchase when I got a credit card, first was a ZX81 16K ram pack, and then Omnimon , think i got the ramrod version ???

[+Larry]

My first 3rd party hardware item was a 32K board for my then new 800.  My second was an Omnimon board.  I still think it is the overall best monitor ever created for the A8.  I got a Ramrod XL later for my XE or XL (I don't remember which).

[Mclaneinc]

Yep, at the time the best machine code monitor out there, probably the next nearest was Ultimon by John Lawson. Oh on a note re that, I keep in touch with John and Ultimon II isn't a dead project, but it is on the back burner..

 

Here's his message to me from late August.. Sure he won't mind..

 

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Hi Paul,

 

Every now and then I go back to the Atari (like this weekend and I still love it), I just ran out of time on ULTIMON II. I would like to get the time to finish, it just depends on the future holds.

 

I have been doing some real complicated development using multiple languages (even at my age) so its hard to get back into 6502 assembler although it was easier. If I could switch quickly to 6502 it would be great, but each time it takes days to get back into it. 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by Mclaneinc