WinApe

[sigh]

Hello.

Does anyone know how to get back to the basic amstrad screen on winape? My screen is stuck on this:

[Gryzor]

A screenshot for a black screen?

Probably something with your ROMs. Try choosing one of the setups in the menu...

[sigh]

Hmmm..weird.

It's been like this for a few days, but somehow has now reset itself to the basic screen after I tried loading a game. I did try this before and it didn't work.

All fixed for now.

[Gryzor]

Has happened to me, just removing the ini file seemed to fix it...

[TFM]

Probably something with your ROMs. Try choosing one of the setups in the menu...

Yes, or the Cartridge. Click at Cartridge Symbol, then select the Plus one, not a game.

[sigh]

Yes, or the Cartridge. Click at Cartridge Symbol, then select the Plus one, not a game.

Okay, I'll remember that next time. Thanks.

[Executioner]

You should be able to simply select one of the default profiles (at the top of the settings tab), then you may need to disable or remove certain ROMs.

[Subaru]

In my .ini it's like that.

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[ROMS]
Cartridge=CPC_PLUS.CPR
Lower=
Upper(0)=
Upper(1)=
Upper(2)=
Upper(3)=
Upper(4)=
Upper(5)=
Upper(6)=
Upper(7)=
Upper(=
Upper(9)=
Upper(10)=
Upper(11)=
Upper(12)=
Upper(13)=
Upper(14)=
Upper(15)=
Multiface=
Cartridge Enabled=true
Multiface Enabled=true
Disable All=false
Enable L07=false

And it's works perfectly.

[TFM]

Hi! Got (maybe) a WinApe problem here, don't want to start a new thread though...

If I read port &FD0F of the SF2 then its value contains the IDE status.
If I read it with WinApe it always tells me 255, so it doesn't actually tell the IDE status.

Do I do something wrong, or does WinApe not support that feature?

[Prodatron]

#FD0F is the IDE status (IN)/command(OUT) register: Without it nothing would be possible regarding IDE. So of course WinApe (at least the current Alpha 18) supports it.
Did you deactivate IDE support in WinApe?

[TFM]

No, but ... crazy thing! Suddenly it works. I don't know what was the problem before.
Thank's for your help! 

EDIT: Ah, I'm getting there. Of port &FD0F (status when read) the bit 7 is BUSY: Hard-disc is free when the bit is cleared.
But there is bit 6 too, its READY, it must be SET to indicate the hard-disc working. That's somehow missing I guess.

EDIT2: Checked the X-MASS yesterday, the port &FD0F reports &50 while Winape reports &00. So yes, bit 6 (the 7th bit) need to be set (means drive is READY).

I forgot the meaning of bit 4 though, which is set too.

Maybe this can be taken into the next WinApe release @Executioner ? Would be great! 

[Executioner]

EDIT2: Checked the X-MASS yesterday, the port &FD0F reports &50 while Winape reports &00. So yes, bit 6 (the 7th bit) need to be set (means drive is READY).

It's never supposed to read as #00, that's a bug in the initialisation code (first read is #50, then #00 after).

Maybe this can be taken into the next WinApe release @Executioner ? Would be great! 

It will be.

[TFM]

Great!