flashjazzcat Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 41 minutes ago, Eyvind Bernhardsen said: It looks like it's meant for Incognito not U1MB. Should be fixed now (U1MB, 1088XEL and XLD archives). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzdineG Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Thanks, flash!I purchased an incognito from lotharek two months ago with your firmware, and am planning on installing it soon. I’ve seen a few videos on your channel that should have me covered (thanks again!)As a total newb to these, is there a definitive guide somewhere on how to upgrade them to the latest software? There seems to be a lot of information available, some of which doesn’t appear to apply to the revision of hardware I have. It’s a bit overwhelming from where I sit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 minute ago, EzdineG said: As a total newb to these, is there a definitive guide somewhere on how to upgrade them to the latest software? There seems to be a lot of information available, some of which doesn’t appear to apply to the revision of hardware I have. It’s a bit overwhelming from where I sit There's a general guide in the manual, but I'm gonna bite the bullet and make a video (probably tomorrow) showing all possible methods of doing the updates. There are four or five different ways of doing it (including FAT-hosted ATRs, FAT-hosted ROM files, etc) which a lot of people probably don't realise are possible. Check out the README files as well if you're unclear about which file is which. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I somehow missed the manual. Definitely required reading, I'm sure. I'm sure my question is answered somewhere in those 77 pages, but I'm gonna ask anyway. The GOS demo is just a demo, so I'm not certain I'll leave it. I may go with one of the larger SDX images instead. My question is, what the difference between the 128KB/256KB/320KB SDX images? Thanks to anyone that can give me an answer. A nice simple answer will do to, it doesn't need to be tons of detail, as I'm sure I'll learn over time and from reading through the manual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, bfollowell said: what the difference between the 128KB/256KB/320KB SDX images? The larger images (well, the 320K one) have a complete set of 'MAN' files (online help files). I had to strip them out of the 256K ROM when I updated FDISK (the imaging tool reported sufficient free space, but could not manage to pack the files into the available banks until I removed all the help files), and the 192K ROM is far too small for a complete set of help files. You can add stuff to the ROM yourself (using the SDX Imaging tool on the official site), so having more space on CAR: can be extremely useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Not sure if this helps, but *.MAN files can be compressed with ARC. For example one can do ARC M FOO FOO.MAN, then rename the resulting archive to FOO.MAN and the MAN.COM should still be able to display it provided ARC is not removed from $PATH and provided the $TEMP is defined and points to a directory on a writable storage of sufficient size. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 6 hours ago, drac030 said: Not sure if this helps, but *.MAN files can be compressed with ARC. Terrific - I did not know this. Will have a play with the facility later. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I am having a problem with my Side one cartridge. The 'L' option from the bios menu activates the FAT32 area ok but I do not see any ATR's just XEX's. Also what is the function of the plugin SIDEP.ROM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 36 minutes ago, Roydea6 said: The 'L' option from the bios menu activates the FAT32 area ok but I do not see any ATR's just XEX's. SIDE1 bug in PBI BIOS. Thanks Roy. This is proving to be a difficult weekend. 36 minutes ago, Roydea6 said: Also what is the function of the plugin SIDEP.ROM From the README file: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Roydea6 said: The 'L' option from the bios menu activates the FAT32 area ok but I do not see any ATR's just XEX's. Fixed and re-uploaded. Thanks again. U1MB owners with SIDE1 should apply the U1MB firmware update from 26 April 2020. This corrects a physical disk access bug with SIDE1 carts. Apologies for any inconvenience. Corrected PBI BIOS component will show a revision date of 26/04/20 (accessible via 'Slot Properties' in UFLASH): Edited April 26, 2020 by flashjazzcat 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 21 hours ago, flashjazzcat said: cause me insomnia. Please update! A sneaky method of not having insomnia. Updated for Side one fix. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800xl_1984 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Can't remember how to flash from SIO2SD to SIDE2 when no U1MB installed. Can someone point me to the step by step instructions? Thanks, J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, 800xl_1984 said: Can't remember how to flash from SIO2SD to SIDE2 when no U1MB installed. Can someone point me to the step by step instructions? Thanks, J. I just did this with the SIDE V.1 using an SDrive 1) Mount the ATR you want to use as D1: 2) Boot with SpartaDOS enabled. 3) For the FULL versions just type SIDE2 at the DOS prompt, then answer the flashers questions. For the other 2 versions type FLASH_S2, I haven't done this myself as I only flashed the FULL version. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800xl_1984 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, BillC said: I just did this with the SIDE V.1 using an SDrive 1) Mount the ATR you want to use as D1: 2) Boot with SpartaDOS enabled. 3) For the FULL versions just type SIDE2 at the DOS prompt, then answer the flashers questions. For the other 2 versions type FLASH_S2, I haven't done this myself as I only flashed the FULL version. Thanks, Bill. Tried this with memory error. Happened upon a post that indicated you must boot with the shift key depressed in order to free up enough RAM for UFLASH to load. Works now. J. Edited April 27, 2020 by 800xl_1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, 800xl_1984 said: Thanks, Bill. Tried this with memory error. Happened upon a post that indicated you must book with the shift key depressed in order to free up enough RAM for UFLASH to load. Works now. J. I used a 130XE to flash mine, so missed this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Updated my Incognito 800 and 1088XLD this evening. I’ll do my 1200XL and 1088XEL tomorrow, probably. Thanks, Jon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Made a little video which will hopefully assist with firmware updates: I'd also like to thank everyone who has provided feedback, and extend special thanks to those who have made donations. Thank you! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 46 minutes ago, flashjazzcat said: Made a little video which will hopefully assist with firmware updates: I'd also like to thank everyone who has provided feedback, and extend special thanks to those who have made donations. Thank you! Great video, especially from a f'ing sarcastic arsehole. Keep up your shitty content and even shittier software please. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleton Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Flashed my U1MB and Side2 this morning. Many thanks to FJC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800xl_1984 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 hours ago, flashjazzcat said: Awesome. Thanks for your continued efforts, Jon. I think we need to gather all of this info into a sticky thread under a reference section for the future! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarland Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 FJC thank you so very much! Also thank you to those who helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacka013 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Hi FJC, great video especially showing the different ways the updates can be carried out. I will be updating my Side2 shortly. A question, can you do a video on upgrading an original Candle O Sin board from V1 to V2? Regards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 57 minutes ago, blacka013 said: A question, can you do a video on upgrading an original Candle O Sin board from V1 to V2? The CPLD update? Yes: that's a good idea (already requested, in fact) and hopefully won't require four hours of video editing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Just flashed both updates to U1mb and Side2 yesterday. I have to say, this setup is just fantastic. It’s so much easier, faster and more powerful than similar systems on other classic PCs I use. Thanks for the years of work on this flashcatjazz, it shows. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacka013 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 SIDE2 updated successfully, using FJCs video, great work there. Now I need to get the Ultimate 1MB installed and then run the update. Regards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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