mimo Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 1gb,2gb,8gb and 16gb 133x all used here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamejay Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Got the SIDE2 last Friday and started playing around with it. What a polished piece of hardware. So easy to use. Just dumped my XEX archive onto the CF card and aware I went. Now I am looking at the Ultimate1MB upgrade. So from DOS can you access the CF card FAT32 partitions to mount the ATR images? Try to find an exact process to see if it is work getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 it must be polished, it was designed by polish people in poland... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 i order side2, i cant wait ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Got the SIDE2 last Friday and started playing around with it. What a polished piece of hardware. So easy to use. Just dumped my XEX archive onto the CF card and aware I went. Now I am looking at the Ultimate1MB upgrade. So from DOS can you access the CF card FAT32 partitions to mount the ATR images? Try to find an exact process to see if it is work getting one. Good question, I would like to know more about this also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Having SIO2SD, SIO2USB, Sdrive, IDE+ 2.0, MyIDE I can say that the SIDE/Ultimate1MB (or Incognito) is pretty much well, the nearly unbeatable Ultimate solution at this point. So from DOS can you access the CF card FAT32 partitions to mount the ATR images? Try to find an exact process to see if it is work getting one. Currently with the U1MB/SIDE to mount ATRs it looks like you configure the U1MB for SpartaDOS On, SIDE enabled w/button, and then let the machine boot into SpartaDOS. Then hold Help and hit Reset to re-enter the U1MB setup, then hit L. At that point you can tag ATRs with the space bar, and hit enter to boot. This of course is dependent on your U1MB having the v2 firmware on it, as it's required to provide the PBI code needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Having SIO2SD, SIO2USB, Sdrive, IDE+ 2.0, MyIDE I can say that the SIDE/Ultimate1MB (or Incognito) is pretty much well, the nearly unbeatable Ultimate solution at this point. Currently with the U1MB/SIDE to mount ATRs it looks like you configure the U1MB for SpartaDOS On, SIDE enabled w/button, and then let the machine boot into SpartaDOS. Then hold Help and hit Reset to re-enter the U1MB setup, then hit L. At that point you can tag ATRs with the space bar, and hit enter to boot. This of course is dependent on your U1MB having the v2 firmware on it, as it's required to provide the PBI code needed. I did all that up to where I would press 'L', but it had no effect. I have some XEXs on the card, but no ATRs. The SIDE 2 loader works with the switch up if I have U1MB SDX off so I know the fat32 portion is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Your U1MB is configured as shown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Your U1MB is configured as shown? Yes, exactly like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Hmm. Hitting L in the U1MB setup should bring up its SIDE loader even if there isn't a SIDE cart inserted. Your U1MB has the v2 firmware, and the latest Sparta/flash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 even in V2 firmware loader was added pretty late i don't know if Lotharek's version has it, or if it should be flashed anyways currently, most of the time i'm working on my cad/cam station, so i can't check what is or what isn't there, but once i get back to code development, i'll prepare what is needed in most convinient way to the end user this is simply too much for one person to handle and maintain, especially when that person have new projects emerging, or in various stage of development for example, i would finnish hearlight game, push tittus the fox forward, or get copy and paste function done for simplestero's hardsynth tracker i don't know when i'll get everything done currently i'm a bit pushed off and overwhelmed with all this, and lack of feedback is not helping me stay motivated and focused either i'm even not responding to PM right now as some of you might have noticed this is only a hobby after all, and we all have jobs with time table to follow and familly to care for and spend the time with Sebastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I still don't have the loader in ROM on any of my Ultimates... How about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Well for what it's worth I've updated my two original candle U1MB via JTAG with the .jed file at Lotharek's site http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=67 and then flashed it with the Ultimate2.atr from the same page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Well for what it's worth I've updated my two original candle U1MB via JTAG with the .jed file at Lotharek's site http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=67 and then flashed it with the Ultimate2.atr from the same page. Ah ok, I assumed since I bought it from Lotharek's batch that it would have the loader version installed. Looks like I need to load in the.jed file from jtag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 nah, you need to flash it with atr or whatever your jed is up to date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 OK... I'm back online now. So where's this v2 ROM with integral XEX loader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 OK... I'm back online now. So where's this v2 ROM with integral XEX loader? I'd like to know where too. I used http://sdx.atari8.info/index.php?show=download&file=sdx_files/4.46/SDX446_images.zip and extracted the SDX446_ultimate.rom to flash my device. Apparently didn't get the right file since I don't have the xex loader option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 http://lotharek.pl/cms/zasoby/produkty/67/pliki/Ultimate2.atr That's the file I referenced above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 http://lotharek.pl/c...i/Ultimate2.atr That's the file I referenced above. God I feel so dumb haha. Not sure how to load in an ATR file into the Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) OK... I'm back online now. So where's this v2 ROM with integral XEX loader? Yes this rom has the integral XEX loader and is part of the PBI bios, SO when I replaced it with your PBI 34 I lost the Side loader from bios. Could or would you be able to add the XEX loader from v2 to your PBI 34. TIA Sorry I misspoke... My bad.. Edited May 15, 2013 by rdea6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I have the "bad" eprom chip in my u1lmb that the flasher can't do so I have to use an eprom burner. Could you just post the ROM file that has the xex loader support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 (edited) http://lotharek.pl/c...i/Ultimate2.atr Take this file and use this windows program to open the ultimate2.atr and use the extract option after highlighting the rom file to extract. MakeAtr by soudi at http://serious-dial.atari.pl/makeATR/ Bottom of page [14.01.2004 wersja 0.06] click on this and download. this is a stand alone program and doesn't need to be put into the Program Files directory. Make a link to it if you want it on the desktop.. Edited May 15, 2013 by rdea6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 http://lotharek.pl/c...i/Ultimate2.atr Take this file and use this windows program to open the ultimate2.atr and use the extract option after highlighting the rom file to extract. MakeAtr by soudi at http://serious-dial.atari.pl/makeATR/ Bottom of page [14.01.2004 wersja 0.06] click on this and download. this is a stand alone program and doesn't need to be put into the Program Files directory. Make a link to it if you want it on the desktop.. Thank you! I extracted the rom and programmed the chip with it. And now the xex loader works from within u1mb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Wanted to mention that ATR's work also! Just loaded Spelunker up as an atr. This is really great stuff! Anybody on the fence about these items, just get 'em 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Can anyone tell me if I can run a SIDE 2 cart and a SIO2SD at the same time on the same system? I'd like to use the SIO2SD as the floppy and the SIDE 2 as the hard drive / xex loader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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