Dropcheck Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I did notice a slight corruption in the video display on the SIDE loader. I'm getting heart symbols after the first couple three letters. This is the line directly under the SIDE letters. Is this normal? There should be no corruption in the directory entries. It seems similar to the signal instability problems I had after installing the Ultimate1Mb in my 800XL. Then with SIDE I got often no directory listing at all and if I got a directory listing it only displayed the first few entries with corrupted names (with heart symbol). It seems your Atari plays not well with the SIDE/CF combination :s Robert Strange, I have the U1MB installed in a 800xl and a 130xe and my SIDE plays well with both... Jay Some update: I am using Transcend 2gb 80x. It was unpartioned and after partioning the corruption seems to have gone away. One other thing I learned. I was using a stock 800xl. When I tried to use fdisk I was giving the out of memory error. Stuck it in 256k 800XL, works no problem. Seems I read somewhere where SDX liked a lot of memory but I'd forgotten. A question. What format will the SIDE load? XEX or ATR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 A question. What format will the SIDE load? XEX or ATR? XEX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 A question. What format will the SIDE load? XEX or ATR? XEX Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Some update: I am using Transcend 2gb 80x. It was unpartioned and after partioning the corruption seems to have gone away. One other thing I learned. I was using a stock 800xl. When I tried to use fdisk I was giving the out of memory error. Stuck it in 256k 800XL, works no problem. Seems I read somewhere where SDX liked a lot of memory but I'd forgotten. Stock 800xl 64k mem requires a smaller config.sys USE OSRAM DEVICE SPARTA OSRAM DEVICE SIO DEVICE MYIDE This one should boot SDX on a 64k 800xl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 DEVICE MYIDE DEVICE SIDE but this won't help you run fdisk on stock machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Strange, I have the U1MB installed in a 800xl and a 130xe and my SIDE plays well with both... Indeed strange, besides problems with SIDE, the U1MB also gave corrupted graphics. I had problems with two 800XLs but not with an 130XE. But I solved it by soldering a 3K resistor between 5V and A15 on the Ultimate1Mb board. The full story is here. I still don't know if the problem was in the U1MB or the two 800XLs but I have another U1MB on order to try out. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Some update: I am using Transcend 2gb 80x. It was unpartioned and after partioning the corruption seems to have gone away. One other thing I learned. I was using a stock 800xl. When I tried to use fdisk I was giving the out of memory error. Stuck it in 256k 800XL, works no problem. Seems I read somewhere where SDX liked a lot of memory but I'd forgotten. Stock 800xl 64k mem requires a smaller config.sys USE OSRAM DEVICE SPARTA OSRAM DEVICE SIO DEVICE MYIDE This one should boot SDX on a 64k 800xl. DEVICE MYIDE DEVICE SIDE but this won't help you run fdisk on stock machine Thanks Candle and rdea6. I'll keep that in mind. At least I'll try. Memory is such a fleeting thing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 DEVICE MYIDE DEVICE SIDE but this won't help you run fdisk on stock machine As I mentioned to Sebastian the other day, recent PBI BIOS work has made me realize a few things could be done differently in the SIDE driver, so it'll be undergoing some changes soon. In particular, the internal 512 byte sector buffer will be halved in size, and I may also remove the mounting API (or at least provide an alternative version without it). I don't think dynamic mounting is used that much. There are also other things which can be reduced in size, so we might shave 512 bytes or more off MEMLO on a 64KB machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npturton Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Well another month gone since I last contacted Piotr re the SIDE unit I paid for Again silence ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Well another month gone since I last contacted Piotr re the SIDE unit I paid for Again silence ! Jeesh, read this post: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/184006-side-next-hdd-for-atari-8-bit-preorder/page__view__findpost__p__2479891 You'll just have to wait as there are more in front of you ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Firedawg Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Well another month gone since I last contacted Piotr re the SIDE unit I paid for Again silence ! Hey npturton, please reveiw this post for an update on Zaxon. The real quick version is Piotr is in France working will be back first of April to resume SIDE orders. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npturton Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hey all, I received an email from Piotr today with some good news Hello, today i'm back in London and i recived your letter, thank you. I'm back in London to pick up my stuff for soldering and a few finished SIDE Carts and then back to France on Sunday. My new job has proved greater than I thought. Few pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/115831189273346524142/Paryz?authkey=Gv1sRgCMnh4dCeqr7r9gE It is a small castle !!! 2000 square meters. And is lots to do but i living here, have own room with bathroom,i have free time from 4 pm so i decide to move all my stuff and back to buissnes from new location. I found post office near home, parts is no problem i always order form States (digikey) or farnell from EU , So i post your SIDE from France in next week. Anyway .... crazy times, i'm Polish, living in England, working in France, and get payment in USD dollars in company, globalization, LOL. Best regards,Zaxon Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Firedawg Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thanks Jay for sharing Piotr's happy news. Life is full of sunny mountain peaks and dark valleys, but I would have to say the Piotr is on the mountain top now. Good to hear that he is gearing up to complete some SIDEs. Great job Piotr! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Nice, well lets hope he gets going on all the outstanding orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Union NJ Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 He does seem to be getting it together because I need a ultra Satan.. :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npturton Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Just got an email from Piotr saying he was despatching my SIDE unit, then later today it turned up recorded delivery, yippee now to find a suitable CF card Anyone know how to format the CF carts and what files will it run, ATR, XEX, COM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Just got an email from Piotr saying he was despatching my SIDE unit, then later today it turned up recorded delivery, yippee now to find a suitable CF card Anyone know how to format the CF carts and what files will it run, ATR, XEX, COM? ...This is VERY strange... You ordered on Dec. 2011, while I ordered in September... yet you are getting shipping notice first... ...Seems this whole process is up-side-down, out of real tracking/control... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Firedawg Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I will be update the list this evening. I will send an email to Piotr to remind him to use the list to see that folks who ordered first get theirs first. It is only fair that it works that way. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I Received an email from Piotr 2 hours ago and mine has been sent yesterday with tracking Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hope I get a notification soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hope I get a notification soon. When did you order yours and how many? The list that FireDawg is maintaing doesn't have that info yet Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 "Sent" notification received today, so I expect it should arrive maybe late next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hope I get a notification soon. When did you order yours and how many? The list that FireDawg is maintaing doesn't have that info yet Jay I ordered one, the day the pre-order was announced (July I think). I was told it would be shipping several weeks ago, but it never did. Must have been when Zaxon was traveling to France for work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hope I get a notification soon. When did you order yours and how many? The list that FireDawg is maintaing doesn't have that info yet Jay I ordered one, the day the pre-order was announced (July I think). I was told it would be shipping several weeks ago, but it never did. Must have been when Zaxon was traveling to France for work. @FireDawg, Stephen's order was on July 5th: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/184006-side-next-hdd-for-atari-8-bit-preorder/page__view__findpost__p__2318582 Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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