CFX
Re: CFX
Yes, I have news!Dave wrote:Hi Mark,
any news on using your CFX yet please?
regards
Dave
It's very distracting, being able to loose at even more games, more quickly
I'm trying to do work outside while the weather is good, but have construction to do as well.
Here's some pictures:-
Mark
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“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
Re: CFX
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
Re: CFX
I should note that this MTX is a "MTX512" made with a MTX500 32k byte main board and a 32k memory board soldered on to the internal edge connector. It normally gets used for tinkering. After cleaning the external edge connector (I used a quick drying solvent electrical cleaner) the CFX worked correctly. No other problems so far...
Well apart from my eyes are getting old and the CPM silly small characters make my brain spin...
Well done to Martin for another great design. And thanks to Dave for supplying the kit.
Mark
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
Re: CFX
Hi Mark,
thanks for the update - it appears to be working then
Great stuff.
What I didn't do on your card was to set it up for the other CF card partitions too. You will find that the next partition also has data on it - from Andy's MEMU package, so a lot of the stuff is Spectrum related which won't run without REMEMOrizer or MEMU.
In case you hadn't worked it out, you can expose the other partitions be entering (from CP/M)
STARTUP RECONFIG B:18, C:19, D:1A, E:1B
That will create drives B:, C:, D: and E: using the first four partitions.
The next time that CP/M is booted, the other drives will be visible from CP/M.
You will need to format D: and E: before use, e.g., REFORMAT D:
As the card has 128MB, there are also another four partitioans that can be used, but only 4 at any one time, so
RECONFIG E:1C would use the next partition for drive E.
You can use the total 128MB of storage that way.
regards
Dave
thanks for the update - it appears to be working then
Great stuff.
What I didn't do on your card was to set it up for the other CF card partitions too. You will find that the next partition also has data on it - from Andy's MEMU package, so a lot of the stuff is Spectrum related which won't run without REMEMOrizer or MEMU.
In case you hadn't worked it out, you can expose the other partitions be entering (from CP/M)
STARTUP RECONFIG B:18, C:19, D:1A, E:1B
That will create drives B:, C:, D: and E: using the first four partitions.
The next time that CP/M is booted, the other drives will be visible from CP/M.
You will need to format D: and E: before use, e.g., REFORMAT D:
As the card has 128MB, there are also another four partitioans that can be used, but only 4 at any one time, so
RECONFIG E:1C would use the next partition for drive E.
You can use the total 128MB of storage that way.
regards
Dave
Re: CFX
Hi Mark,
yes, the small characters are hard to read, so not recommended for writing your next novel with NewWord, but, as you will have seen, loading .COM games from CP/M is MUCH faster than loading from SDX BASIC.
regards
Dave
yes, the small characters are hard to read, so not recommended for writing your next novel with NewWord, but, as you will have seen, loading .COM games from CP/M is MUCH faster than loading from SDX BASIC.
regards
Dave
Re: CFX
Mark
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
Re: CFX
And you can use the first 4 partitions as drives B to E from the SDX rom too, CPM has to be used to prepare them as there's no SDX format command (well there IS but it'll just return with "mistake")
If you accidentally access any drive higher than E, you'll get an error message straight out of CPM BDOS ERR ON x: and if you then access a valid partition, it'll sometimes just keep up with the BDOS message. Just do a ROM 5 to reset the CF if that happens.
If you accidentally access any drive higher than E, you'll get an error message straight out of CPM BDOS ERR ON x: and if you then access a valid partition, it'll sometimes just keep up with the BDOS message. Just do a ROM 5 to reset the CF if that happens.
Re: CFX
If there is anything you would like me to test, let me know.
But if it is complex, keep in mind it would be helpful if you tell me exactly what you would like me to do (my CP/M-fu was basic at best and I do confuse myself from time to time as result of using Linux, MSDOS, Acorn/BBC MOS, various Sinclair machine DOSes, and AmDOS... etc... ).
Mark
But if it is complex, keep in mind it would be helpful if you tell me exactly what you would like me to do (my CP/M-fu was basic at best and I do confuse myself from time to time as result of using Linux, MSDOS, Acorn/BBC MOS, various Sinclair machine DOSes, and AmDOS... etc... ).
Mark
Standby alert
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer being good this year
Not as many MTXs as Dave!