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Applications / Re: cpcxfs

« Last post by genesis8 on Today at 11:12 »

I tried compiling, I had to clean before as *.o are included in the zip, but got the following error due to a missing file :



unix.c:18:21: fatal error: termcap.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type


                     ^
compilation terminated.
<commande interne> : la recette pour la cible « unix.o » a échouée
make: *** [unix.o] Erreur 1

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Technical Support / Re: Me and my Schneider CPC 464 again.

« Last post by Bryce on Today at 10:45 »

You should have told me and I could have included some in the package.

Bryce.

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: MEA8000 MX4 Speech Synthesizer board

« Last post by fano on Today at 10:40 »

One for me , One for me ! 

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Applications / Re: CubeMDOS / FAT16+FAT32-OS - for XMASS, Symbiface 3,HXC/Gotek

« Last post by SOS on Today at 10:00 »

1/ |A
OK I can reproduce consistently: if firmware zone is zeroed, then I have to enter |AOFF to access A, despite my configuration (cf config.bas).
I like the fact that:
• X-MASS is the default on reset.
• The path is conserved across warm resets.
I'd like to have AOFF behavior forced all the time.

the "firmware zone" is zeroed could be a problem.
Please could you describe the completely point "1" with PM more clearly?

3/ 64 files per directory limit
I got a crash each time I reached 65 files.

Code: [Select]

|mkdir,"tmp":|cd,"tmp"
for i=1 to 99:print i:save str$(i):next-> Boom after i=63.

I can reproduce that now (thanks), crashes only on FAT16.
Prio 1

4/ FAT format
I'm not sure to see why FAT32 format couldn't be restricted to 128Mb, so that:
• |FREE is accurate

FAT32 is not restricted to 128MB, you can use large media's.
I dont optimize the format.bas anymore, because you can format your media with Windows, Linux, ....
The FREE-Display on FAT32 must be correct, else it's a strong indicator, that something is going very wrong!
FREE on FAT16 is.....        So this should be nearly correct....

• More importantly, disc full is properly detected and no overwriting occurs!

I have checks against possible overwriting-issues, so this "should" be not occur.
Disc full detection: Should be work too
Do you have problems with this two points?

And not that big in memory! Tell me how much space do you have (:

Much too few.
Maybe (or not) i will later release an add-on-rom, where i have enough space.

13/ Starkos hangs with 'GetDir'
It could be a bug with Starkos, but if the ROM is fully AMSDOS compatible why wouldn't it work?

I check this later

I must now hurry-up to continue with Symbiface3-Programming, i think maybe april-mai i will correct the bugs.
(there are other open issues, which i want to fix, e.g. FlashFloppy-Support on a Plus-Machine)

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: New "Next Generation Speech Synthesizer" for the CPC 464

« Last post by TotO on Today at 09:37 »

eBay collector prices! 

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: New "Next Generation Speech Synthesizer" for the CPC 464

« Last post by LambdaMikel on Today at 08:58 »

Who said LambdaSpeak and its DecTalk capabilites are too expensive?
Get the real thing if you like (and have the cash $$$) 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-DecTalk-DTC01-Speech-Synthesizer/352548214950?epid=1624617255&hash=item521582d8a6:g:kQcAAOSwUpFcGShp:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!94306!US!-1:rk:6:pf:0
... and another nice piece:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AICOM-Corporation-Text-To-Speech-Synthesizer-FS64VIP02/183353817903?hash=item2ab0bd3b2f:g:j1IAAOSwefRbYHKB:rk:33:pf:0

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Games / Re: Repoker de Ases ( game pack by 4Mhz )

« Last post by XeNoMoRPH on Today at 06:44 »

French version : https://www.4mhz.es/repoker-de-ases-francaise/

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Applications / Re: CubeMDOS / FAT16+FAT32-OS - for XMASS, Symbiface 3,HXC/Gotek

« Last post by m_dr_m on Today at 01:40 »

Sorting, kind of, could be done by |dir,"a*", |dir,"b*" etc..Maybe a command like |dira2z could be introduced, which intern runs through the alphabet and calls the dir-output with filemasks from "a*" to "z*"

That's an interesting approach, modulo some caveats:

• What if all files begins by A? By the time you fix these kinds of issue, you realize that you should have done radix sort from the beginning!
• Calling dir and then filtering is elegant design-wise, but would be too inefficient.
• No, you shouldn't introduce a new RSX! You don't want a ton of commands with distinct flaws. You should have one command only, which does the right thing!

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Applications / Re: CubeMDOS / FAT16+FAT32-OS - for XMASS, Symbiface 3,HXC/Gotek

« Last post by m_dr_m on Today at 01:29 »

1/ |A
OK I can reproduce consistently: if firmware zone is zeroed, then I have to enter |AOFF to access A, despite my configuration (cf config.bas).
I like the fact that:
• X-MASS is the default on reset.
• The path is conserved across warm resets.
I'd like to have AOFF behavior forced all the time.

3/ 64 files per directory limit
I got a crash each time I reached 65 files.

Code: [Select]

|mkdir,"tmp":|cd,"tmp"
for i=1 to 99:print i:save str$(i):next-> Boom after i=63.

4/ FAT format
I'm not sure to see why FAT32 format couldn't be restricted to 128Mb, so that:
• |FREE is accurate
• More importantly, disc full is properly detected and no overwriting occurs!

9/ Sort directory712 files !? I don't mind if the sorting is kind of disabled for such extreme cases.
It doesn't mean it should be thrown away for day to day usage !
We could come with a pretty fast solution for directories with <=128 files.
And not that big in memory! Tell me how much space do you have (:


13/ Starkos hangs with 'GetDir'
It could be a bug with Starkos, but if the ROM is fully AMSDOS compatible why wouldn't it work?

Thank you for your attention!

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Technical Support / Re: 3" disks from other machines

« Last post by ASiC on Today at 00:11 »

Slightly (?) off topic:Years ago, when I jumped back on the cpc, I was in a similar situation; A couple of non-readable disks and no software to format them.
I used an emulator to run discology and covert a copying/format utility to tape and saved it on a CDT file.Then I convert the CDT to wav and connect the speaker-out of the pc to the tape-in of the cpc.
Worked like a charm