+9640News Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I heard someone that had the rights was considering the production of new Horizon Ramdisks. Will this become a reality? Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Ask Jim Fetzner - it is his project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 It is on my list. I have been slowly building a layout for it, but it has been slow going between work, health, and family obligations this past year or so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 More than willing to help out with project, DSR and other info. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 More than willing to help out with project, DSR and other info. Gary, not wanting to take this off topic, but just a quick question. Is there any hope of getting TIM again, or the ability to have the source code for son of a board? Thanks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Gary, not wanting to take this off topic, but just a quick question. Is there any hope of getting TIM again, or the ability to have the source code for son of a board? Thanks. This.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 OMG I loved the TIM and SOB combo. Also SAMS and SCSI hard drives was how I did most of my work in 80 columns using that 128 of VDP for single DV80 files. Going back to insane number of small chained DV80 files was like passing stones thru my pee hole. Slow and painful. My gawd trying to remember which file of 12 had my routine to fix was just so hard vs one single file with search keyword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 I picked up a Horizon Ramdisk with V8.34 of the ROS. It has the Rambo modification to the card. Does anyone have the complete ROS? I have unable to find it in my collection nor anything on whtech. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfleeman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Im not sure if this is what you mean, but this is what Ive been using to load 8.34 onto the cards Ive been selling. http://atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=465843 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 What I am looking for is John Johnson's 40 column Menu program that works with this version of ROS 8.34. It wasn't part of the package, and yes, I got the card and it is working well. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Beery, MENU v7.39 is probably what you want. It is encoded to work with ROS 8. This is one reason I did not push the ROS version beyond 8; it would break other programs. There is a 40 column BOOT that might also work with the Horizon; I have not tested it in that manner. Supposedly it catalogs based on the level 3 IO, which would work well with TIPI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Isn't ROS 8.38 the latest release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Isn't ROS 8.38 the latest release? It was only released to a handful of people for test purposes. 8.34 is the latest public release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 I did not find V7.39, but I did find V7.3. I installed it on the Ramdisk, and the Menu program that came with it works. I can load TIPI.NET.TELNET from the Horizon menu option. If there is a complete V8.3 or higher version available for release, let me know where. Otherwise, I guess V7.3 is it for me. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Here's the current lay of the land: ROS/CFG 8.14F, latest released by Bud/OPA. This is the most familiar, stable release. ROS/CFG 8.34, latest version I've released. Based on reconciled source code for 8.12/8.14F. Fixes and capacity increase are the most notable changes. MENU - 7.39 is the last formal release by JJ. Hit Fctn-8 or V, I think that shows you the version in MENU. BOOT - various versions in 40 and 80 columns 9640 menu - variant of the Geneve menu people used with GPL. Standalone and updated to work with the F18A and V9938. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 The MENU that was in the 7.3 archive gave a version mismatch with the 8.34 ROS. I'll look on Heatwave and see if by chance you had it on your BBS. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The MENU that was in the 7.3 archive gave a version mismatch with the 8.34 ROS. I'll look on Heatwave and see if by chance you had it on your BBS. Beery I am fairly certain MENU 7.39 is included with the ROS 8.14F release disk. The disk image should be on WHT in one or more folders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apersson850 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I found out that the latest drivers for the Horizon RAMdisk don't work with the p-code card. Earlier did, but in the last versions, some clever tricks have been applied in the DSR, to save memory and/or speed things up. These tricks rely on specific behavior (memory usage) in the console's DSRLNK routine, things that aren't in the DSR interface specification. The p-code card does follow the specification, but implements it in a different way, so bypassing that specification fails. Very good example of why one should avoid shortcuts in the interface between different software modules. It is the ROS that fails. I wrote my own ROS, an extremely basic one, only allowing sector access, but in the specified way. Then it works with the p-system. So it's not the card hardware or similar that fails. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I found out that the latest drivers for the Horizon RAMdisk don't work with the p-code card. Earlier did, but in the last versions, some clever tricks have been applied in the DSR, to save memory and/or speed things up. These tricks rely on specific behavior (memory usage) in the console's DSRLNK routine, things that aren't in the DSR interface specification. The p-code card does follow the specification, but implements it in a different way, so bypassing that specification fails. Very good example of why one should avoid shortcuts in the interface between different software modules. It is the ROS that fails. I wrote my own ROS, an extremely basic one, only allowing sector access, but in the specified way. Then it works with the p-system. So it's not the card hardware or similar that fails. You have made similar statements in other topics. Incompatibility with the p-code card does not mean the ROS is the problem. Can you share more specifics about these tricks and shortcuts, and the specification failings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Tim, I downloaded last night the ROS814FARC file from Heatwave. The archive would not unarchive completely. I was going to update the 7.xx version I had to the 8.14 as I saw an issue with MDM5 and the 7.xx version. After running MDM5 run the MENU program of 7.xx, MDM5 could no longer access floppy drives. Was hoping this was fixed in the 8.xx version as I saw notes in the README file indicating some fixes with the HFDC. If anyone is aware of another location where the ROS814 (or higher) can be obtained, please let me know. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Tim, I downloaded last night the ROS814FARC file from Heatwave. The archive would not unarchive completely. I was going to update the 7.xx version I had to the 8.14 as I saw an issue with MDM5 and the 7.xx version. After running MDM5 run the MENU program of 7.xx, MDM5 could no longer access floppy drives. Was hoping this was fixed in the 8.xx version as I saw notes in the README file indicating some fixes with the HFDC. If anyone is aware of another location where the ROS814 (or higher) can be obtained, please let me know. Beery Here is 814F HRD814F.dsk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Tim, I downloaded last night the ROS814FARC file from Heatwave. The archive would not unarchive completely. I was going to update the 7.xx version I had to the 8.14 as I saw an issue with MDM5 and the 7.xx version. After running MDM5 run the MENU program of 7.xx, MDM5 could no longer access floppy drives. Was hoping this was fixed in the 8.xx version as I saw notes in the README file indicating some fixes with the HFDC. Are you referring to the MENU or ROS? If it is a ROS issue and we can pinpoint the cause, I can incorporate a fix. I am slowly getting some things back in order. Of course, seeing as how it took me 20 years to finish one of my utility programs recently, I won't make any promises Heatwave has some DF128 archive files that wreak havoc with file transfers. For BBS purposes, the better option is "always" to use the compressed (IF128) option. It has been 7 years since some of those files were uploaded so there is the chance a few could have succumbed to bit rot. Or, the file was corrupt all along and you are the first to encounter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+9640News Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 I am going to have to do a bit more research on this as I am getting some odd behavior. There may be a cabling issue in play as I have had the PEBox open and tried to pull one floppy out of the system so I could put the DREM in the bay besided the other floppy. Between adding the TIPI, a HRD, and then the DREM, there has been a lot going on with that system. Beery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Beery, I'm curious what is the advantage of having a HRD if you also run a TIPI? Is it just being used to an old software program or is is there something else I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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