Help with TT030 TOS

[800_Rocks]

I have a new to me TT030. SysInfo reports TOS 3.00 GERMANY  even though the EPROMs are labelled 'USA'.  Is it possible to boot a TOS from the harddrive that overrides the TOS version that is in ROM?

 

Where is a good source for TOS images?  I would like to find US-English TOS 3.06.  I think that was the latest, right?  Are there later or better versions for the TT030?

 

I have a EPROM programmer and will try burning a new set of ROMs.

Thanks!!

 

Edited May 19, 2023 by 800_Rocks
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[800_Rocks]

I will answer one of my own questions...  "Is it possible to boot a TOS from the harddrive that overrides the TOS version that is in ROM?" 

Answer: 'Yes' - I read in another thread you can place a disk based TOS version in the AUTO folder and name it 'GEM.PRG'

 

Here is a look at my AUTO folder.  [EDIT] when I looked real careful I see an early message flash "MagiC- BOOTER, (C) 1990-96 Andreas Kromke"  so that is my boot TOS replacement !!

 

I assume anything *.PRX is ignored.  I assume changing a *.PRG to a *.PRX is just a rename to make it inactive, right?

 

Here are the *.PRG items in AUTO and the messages I see during startup.

 

DRVIN.PRG == Device Driver Support 1996-03-30 (C) Harun Scheutzow  it states "No extra Gemdos, Installed"

JAR30.PRG ==  JARxxx by Dan Wilga (C) 1992, Gribnif Software  (not sure what this does)

MAGXBOOT.PRG ==  MagiC- BOOTER, (C) 1990-96 Andreas Kromke  <=== FOUND IT!!  When I disable this and cold start I boot to 'TOS 3.06 USA' mystery solved 😁

NVDI.PRG ==  NVDI 5.00 (C) 1991-98 by Sven & Wilfried Behne, Font-scaling technology by Bitstream Inc.

SCC.PRG == Fast routines for SCC-M2/S2 8MHz installed (C) SWB Harun Scheutzow 1996-06-08

WDIALOG.PRG == MagiC 4.0 oder neuer ist vorhanden (or newer is available). WDIALOG wird nicht installiert (will not be installed)

XBOOT.PRG == XBootIII V.3.10 Nov 29, 1993 Tassilo Nitz, NT Software

 

Edited May 20, 2023 by 800_Rocks

[Chri O.]

TOS collection 🙂

[TGB1718]

8 hours ago, 800_Rocks said:

JAR30.PRG ==  JARxxx by Dan Wilga (C) 1992, Gribnif Software  (not sure what this does)

That increases the number of "Cookie Jars"  the number in the file name is the number it will create

in this case 30, some programs will not run if there are not enough Cookie Jars.