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So, I'm going to message Albert, because I remember i signed up for a cart on the very first day. But I may be wrong! Thanks for suggestion.

Hi, I have received a pre-order (added to the waiting-list) confirmation email from Albert on April the 26th... When am i expected to receive the email to complete the purchase? Thanks.

Hi rj307, I'm interested in x1 AGA cartridge, please add me to the list! (My location is Italy!) I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks!

i've tried dropzone.xex and numen.atr... No problems at all... What about the button on the side2? Does it become useless after the update? Before i pushed the button, then reset and the system loaded SIDELoader again automatically...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I did it! :D :D Thank You very much flashjazzcat annd rdea6... A big big hug for you!

Thanks Thank you flashjazzcat... (In the Ultimate menu i enabled SpartaDOS and SIDE harware On, with button, SIDE2 switch up) Now typing F: and uflash.xex I can open the flasher...I select firmware and well the firmware.rom is in the file list (DRIVE D6:)... I'm scared about this procedure......... Will you help me also if the machine bricks? Otherwise I'll be desperate

How can i do this? All this thing really needs patience...

Something must have gone wrong...

That means the image is usable even if I get that error at 93%?

I unzipped the image with 7zip (Winrar said the file was corrupt)... When I try to write in on the card with WinImage it gets stuck at 93% saying "Error writing disk Disk1, error 27: The drive can not find the sector requested"... ?

You're amazing!!! I have a 4GB CF card ready to use... I look forward for image and instructions

I didn't configure the hd myself, I'm using a pre-prepared image with games and all made by the guy who sold me the SIDE2 both on real 800xl and Altirra...I'm very, very ignorant Anyway, I never had any problems moving stuff from the pc to the atari, just copy new material from the pc to the CF, insert the CF in SIDE2 and run... Hope that's what you mean...Have you got a pre-prepared image which will allow me to launch UFLASH from the SDX prompt? I haven't understood why UFLASH can't see the firmware roms on real machine... It works on emulator with the last bios... I must update the firmware!

Good Morning I've checked the APT manual and well, it gets way too complicated to me. I've noticed the firmware update guide mentions a stand alone flasher - NEWBIOS.XEX - as an alternative to UFLASH.XEX, and I'd like to try it. Where is it? Thanks

Ok, i managed to make also the .atr files work in Altirra by disabling all the acceleration options. More to come...

Bios menu and loader look like this: ... Unfortunately i don't have any SIO2xxx devices... :-\ I guess i should send the Atari to a technician for update... Anything else i can try on real machine? On Altirra I'm using ultfull.rom ... when i try to run .atr games it gets stuck on "READY" screen... I'm using a CF card as physical drive... Thanks.

How can i check which are the BIOS and loader versions on real machine? I can't see anything in file list, not even an error message, if that's what you mean I guess for Altirra I need correct firmware roms...

I placed uflash.xex and the firmware rom in the cf card root as well and I can't see the rom in the file list...Also tried to create a directory apart for uflash and rom with no success... :-\ It works in emulator... That's weird. My Atari 800XL was repaired months ago...ls08 faulty chip has been replaced with F08... Maybe it has something to do with this? Concerning Altirra The .atr files are listed in the loader but when i try to run them it just brings me to the READY screen...

Thanks for the replies, I'm going to try it later... By the way, How to run .ATR files with the new firmware? I guess some settings have to be changed in PBI Bios menu... With Altirra i was able just to run .xex games... Update: Where should i place the FIRMWARE.ROM? If i place it simply in the root of CF card I can't "see" it in the file list of uflash.xex...

Hi all, I'm a noob on these things, sorry if some questions may sound stupid. As far as I've understood it's possible to update Ultimate 1MB firmware on real machine using SIDE LOADER. Well, I've just a SIDE2 with CF and I've found a step by step guide online: http://atari8.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Ultimate-1MB-and-Incognito-BIOS-and-XEX-Loader.pdf Do I have just to flash 'ubios120.rom' and 'upbi180.rom' with uflash.xex? What about 'uload120.rom'? Thanks in advance.

Ok, I managed to make it work eventually

I would love a step by step tutorial...

Hi all I'm trying to configure Altirra 2.80 to emulate U1MB and SIDE2, I've already added the firmware images for both U1MB and SIDE2 in the emulator, what am i supposed to do next? Thanks in advance!

Ok I added the firmware images for both U1MB and SIDE2 in Altirra, then what i'm supposed to do? I have a prepared CF card to use as hard disk for SIDE 2... Thanks in advance.

Very interesting, so thanks to nobody!

Seems the only .xex around which also works on real machine with Ultimate 1mb. Madi how did you obtain it?