Diskwiz Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Hello All, I am about to burn an eprom for some OSs in my 130xe to make it easier for my son to use. I am planning on patching my stock OS with the hispeed patch but would also like to reverse the use of the option key so that Basic is disabled by default. Does anyone know how to modify the OS for this? I did search this forum and know there are some aftermarket OSs that have this built in, but not sure if any of them are available for download. I am installing a 27c512 so I have some room for multiple OSs. I am not looking for anything too fancy. I just would like high speed SIO and basic disabled and a second option of a 400/800 translator OS, in case. Thank you, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Just taking a quick peek in the OS, it looks like OPTION is checked at $C49A. If $C49F is changed from BEQ to BNE ($F0 to $D0), that might do it as far as BASIC is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Just taking a quick peek in the OS, it looks like OPTION is checked at $C49A. If $C49F is changed from BEQ to BNE ($F0 to $D0), that might do it as far as BASIC is concerned. Thank you. I will try that and report back. I found out how to disable checksum, but how/where do I change the checksum value so that it is checked properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 OK... So I thought I would cheat by making the change at 0x49F on the rom and then run the patchrom from the hispeed patch archive thinking that it would generate the correct values. Nope. It never even changed the checksum value. After doing some searching, I found that byte 00 and 01 are the checksum values in the rom and that is how I found out what was going on. I subtracted 0x20 from the value (f0-d0) and resaved the file. I then ran patchrom and it generated a value 0x20 less than the stock HS patched rom, so I know it re-generated a checksum this time. Not sure what patchrom is doing, but maybe it does a checksum on the unpatched rom before creating a new one and if it fails, does not modify 00 and 01. Anyway, I reburned an eprom (man these ti27c512's take forever to erase) and all seems to be working just like I wanted. Option is reversed and I have my high speed SIO for a device I created. I wish I would have done this 2 years ago when my son was more interested. He was 7 when I first created an SIO device on my Arduino and I was trying to make it easy for him to change drives. Thanks Bryan, Rybags and Appendix 12 of Mapping the Atari. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Cool. Glad it worked out for you. Do you mind posting the ROM file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 (edited) Cool. Glad it worked out for you. Do you mind posting the ROM file? No problem! Here it is. Oh also...it has the mod where if you hold the left shift button while hitting reset, it cold boots. Highspeed SIO patch V1.30 by Matthias Reichl. don-130xeopths.bin Edited December 29, 2012 by Diskwiz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 This is exactly what I am looking for but want to run it on a 600 XL (modded to 64k). Would this version work or is the XE OS different from the XL ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 It will work just fine for a 600XL. Now if only Diskwiz had started with the extended memory test OS, that would be the one I'd want with these toys applied. Maybe he did, I haven't looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 GREAT ! now need to get out my EPROM burner. A 27128 is a drop in replacement right ? I think I only have 27512s at hand though....guess I can use those too....maybe nice for switchable OS. Any guide available how to hook that up on the board ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Seem to have already found it.... http://www.realdos.net/HardwareOS.html Not too keen on two switches on the case though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 There are single rotary switches, I suppose one might find one with a small screwdriver slot to select positions with, but you'd still have one switch on the case. Probably going to be pricey too. Oooh, just remembered a good one, it's on the back of some SCSI drive enclosures. It's a push button with three digitally encoded outputs and you just push for the next one. Used for drive number assignments, if this is drive six, push the button six times. Seems like it had a window with rolling number dial in it too so one would know right off what it was set for. I know this switch was on Syquest 200 meg removable cartridge SCSI drives as I use one for my Black Box. A bad enclosure might be had for shipping basically, but working units are getting rare at a decent price. Outrageous price, you can buy all you want. The switch was made and others similar, maybe even a four position one. Digi-key and mouser good bets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Yeah thought about rotary too. Maybe I'll just go for 2 OSes....for me the standard one with the indicated patches and an XL-Fix OS would be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Holy cow...That was almost 2 years ago? I normally don't yank the 130xe out until December. Do you want me to see if it has the extended memory test? I don't remember. Been awhile, but it has the extra boxes or something...correct? I think I started with the stock OS, but I might have started with the later 130xe rom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1050 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 No, don't bother yourself like that, but thanks anyway. I can put it in an emulator and test it myself which I haven't done just because I'm lazy and I don't have a real Atari up and running to use it with anyway. Yes, it should have four extra boxes at the bottom of the self test memory test. I can even do what you did here too with the OS I want, so really no biggy - I was just answering yes to 600XL question and didn't realize that the thread was 2012 until I woke you up, sorry about that. And thanks for offering your time like that, but when I can't get around to using an emulator myself it's just not the right thing to do bothering you at all. But now we do know - It could be either early or late 130XE OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Woohoo, I just burned a 27c512 with Diskwiz's OS, XL-Fix OS, the original Rev.2 OS which was in 800XL's and a fourth OS I found somewhere. I didn't have time to make the switches and wiring for it so I simply bent up pins 1 and 27 and swapped the ROM for the EPROM and fired it up, Got test screen right away. ReBooted with the option key down -> BASIC. Hit shift-RESET and cold boot ! Love it, thanks !! Next is replacing the Basic REv.B ROM with an EPROM. The 600XL has the extra solderings eyelets for an EPROM but gotta figure out if some jumpers have to be made/broken. Won't be running much Basic and if so it will be mostly Turbo Basic of course but .....it's just so much fun to hack this baby :) I'm surprised that all the XL's I've aquired recently still have Rev.B basic. I vividly remember that my 600 XL often crashed for no reason during typing in BASIC listings and I didn't know about the BASIC bug then. So I retuned the machine and it was gone for about three damn weeks !!! Worst weeks of my youth ;) it came back with a nice explanation though and of course Rev, C installed. Edited October 26, 2014 by Level42 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 If I remember correctly, a 68764 or 68766 EPROM is drop in compatible with the BASIC mask ROM chip in the XL/XE models, as well as the BASIC cart. In the cart, you use one socket leaving the other one empty. Those chips are a little expensive, and you must make sure your programmer supports the device. I have had great success with them. Hope this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Never heared about those EPROMS types. I got quite a few "regular" EPROM types here so I am tempted at extending the socket on the 600 XL. I can also confirm the high speed SIO routines work like a charm with my Happy 1050......should have done this OS mod a lot earlier, love it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Here's a listing... http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=68764%20eprom&clk_rvr_id=722086706097&mfe=search Those ones are VERY expensive. If you keep looking, you should be able to find them cheaper. If you find them, and your programmer doesn't support them, I can program them for you for cost of shipping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Never heared about those EPROMS types. I got quite a few "regular" EPROM types here so I am tempted at extending the socket on the 600 XL. I can also confirm the high speed SIO routines work like a charm with my Happy 1050......should have done this OS mod a lot earlier, love it ! Some models of 600XL boards are configurable between mask ROM/2764 EPROM for BASIC, as per attached image. I don't know if other Atari models have this feature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Or get an adapter: http://store.go4retro.com/2364-adapter/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diskwiz Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 It was just going to be an excuse for me to pull out the Atari early this year. Glad this was helpful. The SIO routines are awesome. It works great with my SIO2uSD also. It was the most stable of the high speed routines I had found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Some models of 600XL boards are configurable between mask ROM/2764 EPROM for BASIC, as per attached image. I don't know if other Atari models have this feature. 600XL-BASIC jumpers.jpg That is exactly what I was looking for, thanks !!! although I didn't look closely at the board yet, but I did see there are four more positions next to the existing socket. I really want to go this way, already have the correct EPROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That is exactly what I was looking for, thanks !!! although I didn't look closely at the board yet, but I did see there are four more positions next to the existing socket. I really want to go this way, already have the correct EPROM. If your board has the 28-pin footprint for the BASIC socket then it likely has the indicated soldered in jumpers, I found out about this feature in the following post: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225608-wanted-600xl-basic-rom-probably-800xl-compatible-maybe-more/?do=findComment&comment=2994101 It was the 4 silkscreen marks by the jumpers that led me to investigate and confirm that they changed the socket configuration. A later post in the thread linked above mentions that some boards don't have the removable jumpers, and that traces must be cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phonedork Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 This worked on my Atari 800 CORE for the MIST FPGA! I changed the name of the file to ATARIXL and renamed the .BIN to .ROM and I was able to run everything so far without changing to OSB. I was even finally able to get MULE to run on MIST. For some reason I could never get past the character selection screen before. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 No problem! Here it is. Oh also...it has the mod where if you hold the left shift button while hitting reset, it cold boots. Highspeed SIO patch V1.30 by Matthias Reichl. Hmm, this is nice! only last patch that would be nice that comes to mind is the fast floating point routines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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