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| Author: | joeking [ Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Problems booting flash cartridges |
When either my 1mbit or 8mbit finally boots on my 800 everything works fine. The problem is that sometimes I have to power the 800 off and on 50 times before it boots. I've tried the demo workbook, new workbooks with only 1 program, and I tried flashing from the Atari. I used Steve's cartridge tester, and all tests pass, so I'm at a loss Also, I've tried checking the option key bypass just in case. All of my Atari cartridges boot fine. I hope there's an answer for this, something I've overlooked--being that I'm a newbie at AtariMax and flash cartridges. |
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| Author: | mr-atari [ Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Problems booting flash cartridges |
That is a good question. Normally this should not happen. Indication some kind of hardware issue with your 800. It seems to me that your flash-cartridge boots from a random flash-page/bank, instead of intended first or last page/bank. You can check this by flashing 15 times in a row the same 8k game-image into a 1mb cartridge. The 800 then always boots, either the game, that is 15 times on it, or the maxflash menu. Did you email Steve directly? Perhaps a good idea to do this too. Grtz, Sijmen. |
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| Author: | joeking [ Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Problems booting flash cartridges |
Thanks for the reply. I added 15 of the same 8k game, but it still took about 30 tries, and then the menu came up and I was able to play it just fine. I wish I knew how to execute the cart from a debugger, assuming it's sitting where it should be. Anyway, thanks, and I'll email Steve |
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