+DrVenkman Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 As of yesterday's mail delivery, I have a new SIDE2 cart. It appears to have SDX version 4.46a on it, from 2013. Are there any options for flashing SDX version 4.47 onto it with a 64K machine? I have a 130XE but it has a dodgy keyboard I haven't fixed yet. I also have a new U1MB but I won't get it installed until tomorrow at the earliest, and possibly not until next weekend - it's nearly 100º here and I can't abide the thought of going out to my garage workbench for soldering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon375 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I believe uflash will do the trick. It will flash your U1MB when you get it installed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Visit the SDX homepage and download the DLT SIDE flasher which works with a 64K machine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Visit the SDX homepage and download the DLT SIDE flasher which works with a 64K machine. Thanks, FJC! I knew there had to be a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Okay, I went to the SDX project page, downloaded the updater for the SIDE2 and have an .atr called SDX447_side2.atr. That disk image contains FLASH_E2.COM, SDX44DE2.ROM and an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. I have that .atr mounted as Disk 1 in RespeQt on my laptop. I put the SIDE2 cart in the slot, switch in the DOWN position to boot to SDX. Power up 800XL, SDX boots, and I get the following: Ultimate clock installed SIDE Driver 1.0 © 2011, FJC No HDD SpartaDOS X 4.46a 4-02-2013 Copyright © 2013 by FTE & DLT 179 memory conflict D1: And that's it. I can't run the flasher program on the disk - If I try to run the flasher directly from the command line I get "138 Device does not respond" Any clues for where I've gone astray? Edited July 26, 2015 by DrVenkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Try booting with Shift held down. IIRC, this stops the SIDE driver from installing. It's not really much use on a 64KB system, since it eats memory. It's clearly raising MEMLO too high for the flasher to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Try booting with Shift held down. IIRC, this stops the SIDE driver from installing. It's not really much use on a 64KB system, since it eats memory. It's clearly raising MEMLO too high for the flasher to loa While that did indeed prevent the SIDE driver from installing, it didn't help. Same 179 error. Eh, no big deal I suppose. I should be able to get the U1MB installed in the next week or two if I don't do it today. I'll update the SIDE2 then with UFLASH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sounds like a plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Well, with my 1200XL mods in work but stalled at the step of installing the U1MB, I decided to try flashing the SIDE2 with my 130XE. I dont use that machine much, as the case is not in great shape and it's pretty yellowed. Worse, the dodgy keyboard on it doesn't register CTRL, Left Shift, A, Z, X, C, or V. Fortunately, the flasher program only requires a 'Y' to confirm the flash process The extra RAM in the 130XE was enough to allow the program to run, and now my SIDE2 is updated to SDX 4.47. I don't guess SDX is used much by folks with unexpanded 64K or lower machines, but it might be nice to have an option for those people to update their flash carts. As it is, it doesn't seem possible with less than 128K machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Official SDX flasher works with 64K if DOS uses RAM under the OS ("USE BANKED" in CONFIG.SYS). So the option is there, but expanded RAM is highly desirable anyway when using SDX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemiel Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Maybe USE OSRAM ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Well admittedly I'm an SDX newbie. I know SDX can use CONFIG.SYS files but I've not yet ever fooled with them. But in any event, my SIDE2 cart is updated and hopefully very soon my favorite 1200XL will have a U1MB installed and this won't be an issue again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited July 27, 2015 by DrVenkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Maybe USE OSRAM ? Good spot. This is what I meant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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