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Title: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: eto on 13:27, 22 June 21
I just recently recognized that Winape doesn't write to a mounted DSK until I close Winape. Seems changes are only kept in RAM. Is there any way to force this every time, I save anything to disk?

I lost a lot of code changes as I always made manual backups of the DSK in between saves, but these backups turned out to be all identical, as the DSK did not get updated at all until I closed Winape. I also see a risk of losing data, because of a crash, if it's not written to the DSK before.
Title: Re: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: Axelay on 13:56, 22 June 21
Not exactly ideal but you can eject the disk and re-insert it to force it to save as well.
Title: Re: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: GUNHED on 21:44, 22 June 21
Or use Caprice for coding. It has by far the best interface for disc management.
Press the F6 key, and you can save the actual DSK content, of course you can change the name here.


Yes, Caprice is old and other emulators can do much more, but for coding it's IMHO the best.
Title: Re: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: eto on 22:42, 22 June 21
Quote from: GUNHED on 21:44, 22 June 21Or use Caprice for coding.

Does it have an assembler like Winape? The assembler is quite convenient and easy for me as a newbie.
Title: Re: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: asertus on 08:13, 23 June 21
RetroVirtualMachine has some developer tools, even an assembler, and maybe it manages disks better. But, at least for me, it is not as intuitive for developing as winape, at least for now.
Title: Re: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: eto on 10:03, 23 June 21
Quote from: asertus on 08:13, 23 June 21and maybe it manages disks better.

It does... and overall way much user friendly. But I didn't recognise the assembler. Will try that. Thanks for the hint.
Title: Re: Winape - changes to disc image are kept in RAM only
Post by: GUNHED on 23:23, 23 June 21
Quote from: eto on 22:42, 22 June 21
Does it have an assembler like Winape? The assembler is quite convenient and easy for me as a newbie.
Yes, the MAXAM ROM can be installed and in the Turbo mode (2000% or so) it runs quite well.
Yes, there is no perfect solution.
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