ROManager for MegaFlash and Symbiface

[TFM]

Hi there,

New release of the ROManager for the new MegaFlash and the Symbiface in Version 1.34 beta (Disc version). Now everything should be fine.

Will include the ROM versions tomorrow if I find time......... getting tired... Good night!

Have a great CPCing Sunday 

[SyX]

Great News!!! I will test this week

[TFM]

Great News!!! I will test this week

Thank's a lot! Guess we're entering the final phase ;-)

[TFM]

Ok, now you can get the ROManager for the MegaFlash in Ver 1.34 as ROM version. You still need two ROM places.

Please report any issues           

[TFM]

And now you can also download a ROManager ROM version for the SF2, here:

www.futureos.de (download section)

[TFM]

Well, don't use park/unpark or adapt checksum. There is still a bug (a damn bug from outer space hard to kill). But with the help SyX and others we will get it right!
EDIT: First bug pictures...

The Bug from Outer Space

[Gryzor]

Holly frak! Like an ant/bee/grasshoper combo!!!! Ew...

[Bryce]

That bug wouldn't fit in a MegaFlash, it must be some other bug

Bryce.

[TFM]

That bug wouldn't fit in a MegaFlash, it must be some other bug

Bryce.

That's right. SyX helped me finding it! Currently he is testing Ver. 1.35, which will be released as soon as prooven working reliable. The bug was rather looking like this: .

[Bryce]

Yup, that's a small and fast one. They're the most difficult ones to catch Any news on the ROM version making it down to being just one ROM?

Bryce.

[TFM]

The good news are Ver. 1.35 seems to work reliable now 

[TFM]

And SyX checked also the ROM version 1.35 with success :-)))

[SyX]

Yes, both versions work really great 

I only need to test the FutureOS version of ROManager, but if somebody can confirm that it works perfectly, everybody will be very grateful to him 

Thanks TFM for your program, the perfect companion for the MegaFlash 

[TFM]

It wouldn't be there without You!

[Gryzor]

Feature request! Please add a Reset command to the interface (hopefully with a hotkey); since, I guess, all of us want to use a ROM after installing it, the machine must initialize it, and merely dropping off ROMManager doesn't cut it

[SyX]

I added a reset button for the CPC, it's very useful, not only for the MegaFlash, it was very easy to add and it doesn't destroy the sexy look of the CPC

[TFM]

Feature request! Please add a Reset command to the interface (hopefully with a hotkey); since, I guess, all of us want to use a ROM after installing it, the machine must initialize it, and merely dropping off ROMManager doesn't cut it

Hehe, actually I added that point yesterday to my "2DO" list    And it's a good request!
However, I'm a bit scared to really use a hotkey, because .... well, if you touch it by accident???
BTW: If you use Control-Shift-ESC, the CPC should make a reset. Can you confirm (I know you have to hit ESC two or three times... Well, I can only check on an emulator here).

I added a reset button for the CPC, it's very useful, not only for the MegaFlash, it was very easy to add and it doesn't destroy the sexy look of the CPC

Hell yes!!! Games do definitely NEED one :-))) A reset button was the first thing I added to my Plus (internally), when I got it in 1992.

[TFM]

Please update the ROManager for FutureOS! That's very important!

Thanks to the endless testing efforts of SyX the (hopefully last) bug has been killed.



SyX, muchas gracias!!!

[SyX]

Bitteschön!!! 

It has been a pleasure, you know that i have been very entertained with all the tests during these weeks 

[Gryzor]

BTW: If you use Control-Shift-ESC, the CPC should make a reset. Can you confirm (I know you have to hit ESC two or three times... Well, I can only check on an emulator here).

Actually, it just refreshes the screen...

And by 'hotkey' I meant a key combo, of course

[TFM]

Bitteschön!!! 

It has been a pleasure, you know that i have been very entertained with all the tests during these weeks 

Well, tests? Ah yes, some 900 or so 

Actually, it just refreshes the screen...
And by 'hotkey' I meant a key combo, of course

Interresting, with an emulator you hold Control & Shift, then you hit ESC twice or three times, then you get your reset. I'll care about it in the next version!

[Gryzor]

I tried that, it either refreshes or does nothing as a matter of fact!

[TFM]

I tried that, it either refreshes or does nothing as a matter of fact!

Oh, well, it works with emulators, and sadly I got no CPC here right now. But I will implement that feature

[TFM]

Now you can download the ROManager for the MegaFlash and the Symbiface as single 16 KB ROM. Goto the download section on:

http://www.FutureOS.de

Have fun!

[norecess]

Why don't you try to merge all your versions of ROMManager into a single one?


If the way to manage it change (writing stuff)... just display a question to the user at startup, something like :


(M)egaFlash or (S)ymbiface ?

It wouldbe easier for you to manage... and easier for people to catch up new versions.