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#91

News & Events / Re: AMSTEAM: WIP game streamin...

Last post by abalore - 20:41, 07 May 24

As a complement for AMSTEAM, for people who doesn't have any ROM Box hardware (M4, XMEM, etc), I made a small ROM BOX card, with MX connector. It has 6 free usable slots, plus selectable boot replacement (Firmware + BASIC) and all this multiplied by 4 different selectable banks (total 32 ROMs). The banks and the boot option are selected by jumpers in the board.

The idea is to have quickly exchangeable configurations without having to rewrite everything or having to initialize all the bunch of ROMs every time, like: Games, SymbOS, Development, Word processing, and so on...

Lastly a jumper allows to map the 6 free ROMs to numbers 9-14 instead of 1-6 if you have a 6128 and want to connect two cards in parallel (a very pro usage )

Very interesting. Well, I assume that your new Flash-ROM is not compatible to any existing solution (due to the exchange features). Or is it nevertheless compatible to something?

Well, I would like to support your card with my software too. So can you give the information how to write ROMs into it please?

Theoretically it is compatible with the X-MEM software with little adjust, just before and after writting, commands for unprotect and protect the flash must be issued via OUT (operation which is done by moving a switch in the X-MEM if I'm not wrong). Anyway, I can send you the source code. Right now I'm working in a |FLASH,"filename.rom",slot command which is installed by running a program from disk and has same parameters than the one used by the X-MEM, so from BASIC there is no difference. I'll send you a PM with the sources when they are finished and tested.

#92

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Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: Galaxy & Zen80 boards

Last post by petejk - 20:38, 07 May 24

I would be interested in one also, should you find time to continue development.

#93

Applications (CPC and CPC-related) / Re: HDCPM - boot and run CP/M ...

Last post by HAL6128 - 20:26, 07 May 24

Interesting! I don't know, but has been CP/M prepared in the past for such kind of things (mounting activities) or did you change something?

#94

Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: I found it. My DIY hardwar...

Last post by GUNHED - 20:13, 07 May 24

True this, for Atari ST and Amiga mice it's enough to provide 5 V for the mouse. Anything else can be done by software. And it even stays proportional. 

#95

News & Events / Re: AMSTEAM: WIP game streamin...

Last post by GUNHED - 20:04, 07 May 24

As a complement for AMSTEAM, for people who doesn't have any ROM Box hardware (M4, XMEM, etc), I made a small ROM BOX card, with MX connector. It has 6 free usable slots, plus selectable boot replacement (Firmware + BASIC) and all this multiplied by 4 different selectable banks (total 32 ROMs). The banks and the boot option are selected by jumpers in the board.

The idea is to have quickly exchangeable configurations without having to rewrite everything or having to initialize all the bunch of ROMs every time, like: Games, SymbOS, Development, Word processing, and so on...

Lastly a jumper allows to map the 6 free ROMs to numbers 9-14 instead of 1-6 if you have a 6128 and want to connect two cards in parallel (a very pro usage )

Very interesting. Well, I assume that your new Flash-ROM is not compatible to any existing solution (due to the exchange features). Or is it nevertheless compatible to something?

Well, I would like to support your card with my software too. So can you give the information how to write ROMs into it please?

#96

Amstrad CPC hardware / Re: Gemini 1MB RAM expansion f...

Last post by GUNHED - 19:56, 07 May 24

Even on a normal CPC I have no idea what people do with that much RAM 

But, more seriously, yes, it doesn't seem very useful on the GX4000 to me. When you can have 512K cartridges, the 64K of RAM are already quite a lot, in fact.

Well, I use the 2 MB version with pleasure and I'm happy to have 2 MB and not only 1 MB.

#97

Games / Re: Auto Amy DX

Last post by GUNHED - 19:51, 07 May 24

Thanks! Return works (B doesn't - on WinCPC, need to test on real CPC).

#98

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by zhulien - 19:47, 07 May 24

Highway encounter has a good ending, a lot better than a text message.

#99

General Discussion - Introductions / Re: Memorable CPC game intros ...

Last post by Herman - 19:45, 07 May 24

Yeah the tune was great. The voice is more like a speech synth than a sample though!

A great theme song indeed in "Meltdown".
By the unforgettable old master Ben Daglish, in his very own style.

Thank you all for remembering. Some great memories.

#100

Games / Re: The Key, a A "full" point ...

Last post by GUNHED - 19:43, 07 May 24

None of them works. All error 404.

Seems, that for some people it's too hard to understand the puzzle...

Yes, but never mind. It worked for me as soon as I used another PC instead my old 2009 Laptop. No wonder that you couldn't solve it using symbos. 
Just PM me and I'll tell you how to get to the solution. 
One hint right here: it got something to do with the directions. And the compass works as key.