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[drac030]

Hi

An update of the IDE Plus ROM BIOS to v.0.9 is available here:

http://drac030.krap....kmkjz-pliki.php

Despite some bugfixes, the BIOS contains an ATR handler, which allows to load ATR files from the built-in binary loader, and also access their contents from within SpartaDOS X.

[Rybags]

Cheers - I didn't get around to trying out the "leaked" one you sent me. But I'll try and get updated soon. Haven't spent much quality Atari time lately.

[flashjazzcat]

Thanks for the update - just flashed and looking good.

[drac030]

The updated BIOS also allows to update Eddy, the sector editor for SpartaDOS X. Download here:

http://drac030.krap....parta-pliki.php

Works best with the S_VBXE.SYS driver loaded (but will be usable without, too): http://drac030.krap....-vbxe-pliki.php

There is special support for IDE Plus (BIOS v.0.9 is required) and SIDE.

Looks less or more like this:







Thanks to dely for the background image!

Edited by drac030, Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:24 AM.

[flashjazzcat]

Excellent - many thanks for this great software.

[drac030]

Just in case anyone wonders "what's below the dialog boxes"

[flashjazzcat]

I'm slightly disappointed - the third screen in the original post made me suspect the chest was female.

[innuendo]

flashjazzcat, male is better Good work!

[rdea6]

Just wonder if I need to re-FORMAT the partitions. I am have a problem with Emulation and Load Binary disk format not recognized.

[drac030]

Could you elaborate on this? What are you doing and what says the error message, which appears (if any does appear).

[rdea6]

drac030, on Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:05 PM, said:

Could you elaborate on this? What are you doing and what says the error message, which appears (if any does appear).

This is just with Altirra Emulator.
Drive B is set as SIO drive but Partitions are not seen.





On real Atari 130xe everything is good.

[phaeron]

rdea6, on Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:13 PM, said:

drac030, on Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:05 PM, said:

Could you elaborate on this? What are you doing and what says the error message, which appears (if any does appear).

This is just with Altirra Emulator. Drive B is set as SIO drive but Partitions are not seen.

This is an emulator-specific problem. Try disabling the SIO Patch option or enabling SIO Override Detection. The problem is that the emulator is intercepting the SIO disk requests that are supposed to go to the IDE drive before the IDEPlus firmware can see them. The SIO Override Detection option causes the emulator to let one disk access through as a test to see if PBI firmware is handling a disk drive number.

[rdea6]

phaeron, on Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:58 PM, said:

rdea6, on Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:13 PM, said:

drac030, on Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:05 PM, said:

Could you elaborate on this? What are you doing and what says the error message, which appears (if any does appear).

This is just with Altirra Emulator. Drive B is set as SIO drive but Partitions are not seen.

This is an emulator-specific problem. Try disabling the SIO Patch option or enabling SIO Override Detection. The problem is that the emulator is intercepting the SIO disk requests that are supposed to go to the IDE drive before the IDEPlus firmware can see them. The SIO Override Detection option causes the emulator to let one disk access through as a test to see if PBI firmware is handling a disk drive number.

Yes this information corrects the problem I was having.


Thank You