ftw@datacube.UUCP (11/01/87)
Anyone else out there have the new ROMs yet? I just got mine yesterday,
but I havent tried them yet because my power supply quit just after I
installed them. This leads me to make two comments:
The power supply: A conservative hand operated the wave soldering
machine the day they made my power supply. After repeated heating and
cooling due to normal use of my machine, some of the solder joints
underneath the small power transformer developed hairline cracks.
This was not hard to fix, just hard to find. I was *really* alarmed
when my ST didn't even power up after installing the new ROMs :-O
The new ROMs are dated 4/87. They are all uniqely labelled, i.e.,
"H0, H1, H2 and L0, L1, L2". This labelling is pretty obvious,
except for the fact that it does NOT match the labelling on the
current ROMs. Am I missing something here? I will have to guess
at the ordering of the ROMs on the motherboard; there are four
combinations that seem to make sense to me. If there's interest,
I will post where the new ROMs should go as soon as I figure it
out (if I haven't busted any pins, either ;-)
Farrell T. Woods
Datacube Inc. Systems / Software Group 4 Dearborn Rd. Peabody, Ma 01960
VOICE: 617-535-6644; FAX: (617) 535-5643; TWX: (710) 347-0125
INTERNET: ftw@datacube.COM
UUCP: {rutgers, ihnp4, mirror}!datacube!ftwftw@datacube.UUCP (11/01/87)
Well, I can't comment on my new ROMs. TOS won't boot! :-O My copy of
Idris which lives on the other half of the disk seems to boot and run
just fine, although it doesn't use much of TOS once its booted.
The placment for the ROMs seems to be as I originally guessed from
spelunking the schematic:
H2 H1 H0
L2 L1 L0
Sigh!
Farrell T. Woods
Datacube Inc. Systems / Software Group 4 Dearborn Rd. Peabody, Ma 01960
VOICE: 617-535-6644; FAX: (617) 535-5643; TWX: (710) 347-0125
INTERNET: ftw@datacube.COM
UUCP: {rutgers, ihnp4, mirror}!datacube!ftwkoreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm) (11/02/87)
In article <105100022@datacube> ftw@datacube.UUCP writes: >Anyone else out there have the new ROMs yet? I've had them for quite some time, and haven't had any major problems. There are a few copy-protected games that won't work, but other than that all the changes seem to be for the better. GEM moves a lot more quickly, even without a blitter chip. Speaking of blitter chips, I heard that Atari finally announced that no upgrade kits for 520s and 1040s will be made. Anyone want to verify/deny that? I suspected from the first that they wouldn't do it (it's typical for Atari...) +New! Improved! Now 100% Artificial-+-+-----------------------------------+ |# # @@@ **** &&&&& $$$$$ % %| |Steven Grimm | |# # @ @ * * & $ % %+-+ ARPA: koreth@ucscb.ucsc.edu | |### @ @ **** &&&& $ %%%%%| | UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ssyx!koreth| |# # @ @ * * & $ % %+-+ ______________________________| |# # @@@ * ** &&&&& $ % %| | |"Let's see what's out there."| +-----with NutraSour(TM)! No natural colors or preservatives!------------+
jdn@homxc.UUCP (J.NAGY) (11/03/87)
There has been quite a bit of discussion of the new ROMs,
but I need answers to 2 fundamental questions:
1. Where can you get the new ROMs ?
2. How do you install them ?
Thanks.
Jonathan Nagy
{ihnp4|allegra|harvard}!homxc!jdn
(201) 615-4349ftw@datacube.UUCP (11/06/87)
Where to get the new ROMs:
If you are a registered developer...they are available from Atari.
How to install them:
On the 1040, which is what I have, you have to remove the top of the
case and power supply (which covers the area on the motherboard
where the ROMs live).
E-mail me for details on either or both of these issues. If I receive
a large number of requests, I can post to the net.
Farrell T. Woods
Datacube Inc. Systems / Software Group 4 Dearborn Rd. Peabody, Ma 01960
VOICE: 617-535-6644; FAX: (617) 535-5643; TWX: (710) 347-0125
INTERNET: ftw@datacube.COM
UUCP: {rutgers, ihnp4, mirror}!datacube!ftw