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Started by Duke, 07:36, 07 May 16

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Duke

Quote from: VincentGR on 20:27, 14 February 19
Please try as is first, I tried on two floppy drives and different images/disks.
Works fine here, when I copy it to floppy.

Can you try to disable "modified lowerrom" and set M4 to 6 and remove your AMSDOS rom at 8.

VincentGR

#2376
It works!!!
But now without the modified ROM some games will not load  ;D
I'll have to disable it when I want to copy something.


Thank you Duke!!!

robcfg

Hi @Duke ,


I just got out my M4 and my CPC6128 from the storage place and decided to connect everything.


It connected just fine, the web interface is up and running, and shows the following parameters:
|version

M4 v2.0.4
ESP v2.0.4


|netstat
Signal: 0xB0
IP: 192.168.1.128
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS1: 8.8.8.8
DNS2: 8.8.4.4



But, when I try to |upgrade or |httpget anything, it just hangs and does nothing.


Is there anything else I should do like deleting config files?

VincentGR

Upgrade takes some time.
Did you let it do the job for a while?

robcfg

Yes, but I know my M4 and I don't think that downloading google's favicon.ico file shouldn't take more than a few seconds...

VincentGR

If this is not a software/hardware issue, I would try my isp's dns.

Duke

Quote from: robcfg on 13:05, 03 March 19
Is there anything else I should do like deleting config files?

Hmm, not really. Only thing I notice is the wifi signal is very weak, so maybe it looses connection when you are trying to download.

robcfg

#2382
What are the ranges for the wifi signal?


Strange enough, I can send files to the sd via the web interface, and use your telnet application with several sites.


There's a ._M4FIRM.BIN file which looks suspicious...

Duke

#2383
Quote from: robcfg on 14:43, 03 March 19
What are the ranges for the wifi signal?
A0-FF
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Strange enough, I can send files to the sd via the web interface, and use your telnet application with several sites.
Yeah that would indicate there's no problem with the wifi signal. Also I remembered wrong, b0, is not weak, not good, but somewhere in between ;)

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There's a ._M4FIRM.BIN file which looks suspicious...

Oh?

What about your router setup, maybe you have some firewall setup for outside access? since LAN == OK, WAN == BAD.

robcfg

All devices in the house are connected through wifi, and I could use telnet from the cpc.


Which port do you use for downloading stuff?

robcfg

I've monitored the command |httpget,"https://www.google.com/favicon.ico" on the router app, and it seems to be communicating, but the cpc hangs and I have to power cycle it.




Duke

#2386
Quote from: robcfg on 17:32, 03 March 19
I've monitored the command |httpget,"https://www.google.com/favicon.ico" on the router app, and it seems to be communicating, but the cpc hangs and I have to power cycle it.

Uhm, it uses port 80. But, HTTPS is not supported, only HTTP.

Try this:
|httpget,"spinpoint.org/cpc/m4info.txt" infact all the http/https should be left out of the url

robcfg

It does indeed work without http/https.


It also seems that when power cycling it, sometimes it will loose the connection information, so if you use |upgrade or |httpget, it will hang.


I created a bas file to run when that happens.


When connected, |upgrade works well too.


Are these conditions something you can check? I mean, if not connected, just abort the command and print "Not connected". On the ARM side of things, checking the string and remove any http/https shouldn't be big deal.

Duke

Quote from: robcfg on 19:17, 03 March 19
Are these conditions something you can check? I mean, if not connected, just abort the command and print "Not connected". On the ARM side of things, checking the string and remove any http/https shouldn't be big deal.
Yeah, will try to remember it for the next update, thanks :)

HAL6128

Hi Duke,I had some troubles while working on a source code file created with ORGAMS. As long as the source file I was working on is smaller than 2 kB (smaller than the internal buffer maybe?) everything works well regarding saving and loading a file. But if the file became bigger than it is not loadable again. ORGAMS is telling about "unexpected end of file". Have you heared about that before?
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Duke

Quote from: HAL 6128 on 15:38, 08 March 19
I had some troubles while working on a source code file created with ORGAMS. As long as the source file I was working on is smaller than 2 kB (smaller than the internal buffer maybe?) everything works well regarding saving and loading a file. But if the file became bigger than it is not loadable again. ORGAMS is telling about "unexpected end of file". Have you heared about that before?
Not heard about it before, will have to test.
Did you try with v2.0.5beta12 btw.  http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/amstrad-cpc-wifi/2350/  ? 
Maybe a related issue.
Anyway will test&fix when I get some time...

genesis8

For the wifi signal, would it be possible to state right to the hexadecimal a string bad/medium/good/very good ?
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robcfg

That would ve a good idea, but I think a percentage value would be more informative.

HAL6128

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davebirl

I've only started using my M4 card really this week. I am setting up some old favorite games of mine and typing up some basic instructions for my 4 year to follow. She is making great progress and really enjoying using "her" new computer :)


I've hit a snag with the UK version of Prince of Persia. The 191K .dsk file shows only prince.bas @ 1K in size and will not run. If I use an emulator it works, or if I use the cracked French versions it works.


Any ideas anyone? appreciate the help, thank you.

francouai

Hi Duke,When your Beta version will become final?  ;D
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francois

Duke

Quote from: davebirl on 23:40, 13 March 19
I've hit a snag with the UK version of Prince of Persia. The 191K .dsk file shows only prince.bas @ 1K in size and will not run. If I use an emulator it works, or if I use the cracked French versions it works.

For M4 you need to find a cracked version (non copyprotected) to make it run. A quick look around, I don't see a crack of the English version, only French. Maybe someone else has
Prince of Persia English Cracked???

Quote from: francouai on 08:58, 14 March 19
Hi Duke,When your Beta version will become final?  ;D

Uhmmmm.... Maybe when I catchup with current backlog of orders, or just soon (tm) ;)

davebirl

Quote from: Duke on 14:53, 14 March 19
For M4 you need to find a cracked version (non copyprotected) to make it run. A quick look around, I don't see a crack of the English version, only French. Maybe someone else has
Prince of Persia English Cracked???


Thanks Duke!

XeNoMoRPH

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Duke

Quote from: XeNoMoRPH on 16:49, 17 March 19
Hey Duke .. this is possible ? .. or is a fake ?  :o :o
https://twitter.com/John_M117C/status/1107033110565273601
Possibly sure, though not with current setup/software of M4... But this is probably just a shell from a 4TB HD used as casing.

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