mikesk8 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Hi, I remember I have seen in all the documents that Atari 600XL has OS rev. 1, but I have just got one with rev.2 (PAL version made in Hong Kong; Basic is ver. B). Is it a common thing? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodByteXL Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 51 minutes ago, mikesk8 said: Hi, I remember I have seen in all the documents that Atari 600XL has OS rev. 1, but I have just got one with rev.2 (PAL version made in Hong Kong; Basic is ver. B). Is it a common thing? thanks. Yes version 2 is common. Only a few 600XL of the very first series were equipped with os version 1. It lacks pbi support. Edited August 17, 2021 by GoodByteXL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesk8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, GoodByteXL said: Yes version 2 is common. Only a few 600XL of the very first series were equipped with os version 1. It lacks pbi support. Thank you for your answer, I did not know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeocomp Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 So this is not correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, archeocomp said: So this is not correct? Yes it incorrect in that it states all when that isn't really the case. Check out a more current FAQ Edited August 17, 2021 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, archeocomp said: So this is not correct? That is a January 2018 version of the FAQ. Please refer to this website for the most Current (punzes) version. Atari 8-bit FAQ Edited August 17, 2021 by MrFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesk8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, MrFish said: That is a January 2018 version of the FAQ. Please refer to this website for the most Current (punzes) version. Atari 8-bit FAQ Will it be updated on Atarimania? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 minute ago, mikesk8 said: Will it be updated on Atarimania? I don't think they update it often; probably too busy updating everything else on the site. This guy keeps a nice updated version in PDF form. Atari 8-bit FAQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesk8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, MrFish said: I don't think they update it often; probably too busy updating everything else on the site. This guy keeps a nice updated version in PDF form. Atari 8-bit FAQ I have just opened it and it states most unit rev.1 (later ones rev 2) under Atari 600XL section; still small correction required 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 minute ago, mikesk8 said: I have just opened it and it states most unit rev.1 (later ones rev 2) under Atari 600XL section; still small correction required Yeah, I saw that already. I'm not sure who's correct here. GBXL should take it up with M. Current. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 I'm not sure of the claim it lacks PBI support. The first 600XL I had, I'm fairly sure was Rev 1 - one difference is that it will attempt coldstart straight away if the cartridge state changes where with later revisions the machine will just stop and you have to press Reset. A quick look at the Rev01.ROM I have - at the least the IRQ service is checking $D1FF which is part of servicing PBI requests. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 23 hours ago, Rybags said: I'm not sure of the claim it lacks PBI support. I also believe that's false. Probably some confusion with the 1200XL OS, which predated the v1 in the 600XL and later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Yes, if it did lack PBI support then there'd either be a fairly big unused portion additional to the ~ hundred bytes just before $CC00 or the Atari logo code (which I imagine would be smaller than the PBI code) would be present. I'm not sure my Rev01 is the proper one - it does have the immediate coldstart on cart state change but it crashes the machine if some of the patches are enabled in Atari800Win+ (though that said, the emu doesn't complain about it not matching known Roms or having a bad checksum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rybags said: I'm not sure my Rev01 is the proper one Well, I guess just check the CRC32/SHA1 against this list: https://www.wudsn.com/productions/atari800/atariromchecker/help/AtariROMChecker.html (Rev 1 CRC32 = 0x643BCC98) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Yep, CRC32 matches the one I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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