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Well I just received this week both the HD unit along with the DMA fixer thing - easy enough to fit and it all worked excellent! Nice job @masteries! Thanks.

Well, I got both the DMA chip fixer and Masteries HD solution as below - both worked a treat! Great job. Thanks!

Hi, I'd like to buy one for my 520STE with can you PM me please? Thanks.

Dunno - I was getting warnings re-drivers and the when I launched the app it said "failure to write", etc. I just gave up an spun-up a W7 WM as I would use this quite a bit with older stuff. But it works regardless.

Well, back in action... ☺️ Thanks for all the help folks! I also took a copy of the ROM before I reprogrammed and I've run a compare of it to the XEL firmware as I re-downloaded. It doesn't match. I done more comparisons and it appears I went on a stupid moment and flashed the standard (non-XEL) firmware onto it - hence the no-boot/bricking. I now have a T48 programmer. FWIW, I too used a W7 VM running on Oracle Box with the USB mapped through, it just gave so many warnings on W10, it wasn't worth it!

Thanks for clarifying this, I really had no clue. I normally order all my stuff off Lotharek regardless. And as always thanks for your contribution to the Atari scene.

@flashjazzcat Err... I didn't realise it was "unlicensed" it came as part of the 1088XEL package! I want to support the work and efforts of authors properly, so I am absolutely happy to pay for a license to use your code. I've just checked your website shop and there's not one there to order, I've also checked Lotharek's page where the license is embedded into new Ultimate 1MB devices. If you PM me the cost of the license for this, I will sent via your PayPal ASAP. @Beeblebrox I only called it a Pancake, as it's what written on the Silkscreen (see below). At a hardware level, it is very well produced. It's a bit different to the other one from Lotharek in terms of height and the pin-connectors I'd imagine the schematics are the same. Thanks for the info/support so far!

Thanks for the help! A device has been ordered.

So tonight, while updating the firmware on my "Pancake" Ultimate 1MB, it managed to complete successfully, but the system doesn't boot now 😶. It survived the first reboot (well the tools reported 4.2 firmware but now it's just a black-screen. I've searched the forums and there's comments about reprogramming the PLCC to get it going again. I need to "acquire" one of these now. So some questions please: 1. I assume I just remove the chip from it's socket that is circled in "Red" 2. What is the package size (I need to ensure the programmer has an adapter for it) 3. Do I flash it with the 512KB ROM from the FJC site itself (one I downloaded) It's been a very long time since I worked with eprom programmers, etc. And there's a lot to catch-up on thanks!

Guessing the name, I assume your Dad was John Davidson? I remember his articles well. Had a positive influence on my and future career

Yeah, I'm a lurker too. I logon perhaps 4-5 times per week and just read. Registered in 2003 and only 223 posts since then! So I'm averaging ~12 per year or 1 per month. I just love reading what people are still doing, and playing and the innovation in the place. It's funny, I work with software myself (Product Management), but I can never seem to find the time to play with my Atari's and I've plenty of them!

And 3.5" are "diskettes" as they are in hard plastic ... a 5.25" is just a "disc" if I remember...

Ok, well this has escalated, I suppose not a big surprise, but can I just repeat some of the messages here from the (very small) buying community, a modest increase in cost for royalties towards the end-user is not an issue. Well no potential purchaser here has complained, so let's take that as a positive from this. At the same time, the huge efforts from @candle and @flashjazzcat are recognized and purchasers want to give back to this. On top of it all, the quality of products from @lotharek is also acknowledged. Let's take the positive, the community has a good view of the offerings thus far. So the polite request is please don't take this to the legal route, no-one will win (except the lawyer in fees). There is some history there that none of us outside the loop know, but I am hoping this is more an understanding and clarity of the position. Perhaps take the conversation off the general forum until a conclusion is found. (BTW I'm a purchaser of VBXE, U1MB upgrade, 64K SRM and the FJC firmware, etc., so I've benefitted from all of your collective work, I realise there's costs involved for all parties)

Sorry to hear this conclusion - I mean Lotharek was transparent that included in the cost was fees to the designer/authors of the software - which I have no issue with - I don't understand the objection to increase from $8 - $12, as the cost simply needed to be passed to the purchaser IMHO. As for inflation, it's rampant worldwide

Well, the fact you don't have to burn/install/test is key You can load OS/Carts/etc now on the fly. However, with the advent of emulators, Ultimate Carts, etc, I would see limited appeal unless you'er still developing/burning EPROMs for the boards (ultimately, you will still need to put the code somewhere permanent)