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General Category => Technical Support - Software related => Topic started by: sigh on 19:12, 27 January 15

Title: WinApe
Post by: sigh on 19:12, 27 January 15
Hello.

Does anyone know how to get back to the basic amstrad screen on winape? My screen is stuck on this:
(http://i.imgur.com/D9BfsLY.png)
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: Gryzor on 19:24, 27 January 15
A screenshot for a black screen? :D

Probably something with your ROMs. Try choosing one of the setups in the menu...
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: sigh on 19:34, 27 January 15
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.
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: Gryzor on 19:39, 27 January 15
Has happened to me, just removing the ini file seemed to fix it...
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: TFM on 20:55, 27 January 15
Quote from: Gryzor on 19:24, 27 January 15
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.
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: sigh on 01:22, 28 January 15
Quote from: TFM on 20:55, 27 January 15

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

Okay, I'll remember that next time. Thanks.
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: Executioner on 02:27, 04 February 15
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.
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: Subaru on 13:04, 04 February 15
In my .ini it's like that.

[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.
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: TFM on 18:03, 04 March 15
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?

Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: Prodatron on 20:24, 04 March 15
#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?
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: TFM on 21:39, 04 March 15
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 (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=17) ? Would be great!  :)
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: Executioner on 03:01, 23 March 15
Quote from: TFM on 21:39, 04 March 15
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).

QuoteMaybe this can be taken into the next WinApe release @Executioner (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=17) ? Would be great!  :)

It will be.
Title: Re: WinApe
Post by: TFM on 03:25, 23 March 15
Great!  :)
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