Latest software is now available at http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REX_Release_4.9
Let me know if you have any trouble with this, and of course any bugs. thanks, Steve On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > I can claim success now. It was quite a challenge for me to get QUAD > working really `really well. I will be releasing REX 4.9 revision 236 > later today with tools to upgrade from prior 4.9, and tools to do a clean > installation from scratch. > > One major area of challenge was making the M100 behave like T200 at power > up, where the computer remembers which bank you were using before power > down. > > This was made particularly challenging because I realized while testing > that QUAD does NOT always power up in bank 0. This little problem means > that the M100 can power up in any RAM bank when QUAD is installed. This is > truly a minor hardware defect; I could have designed a solution, but the > wonderful thing about software is that sometimes one can overcome hardware > problems! > > I managed to sort out a reliable way of taking control of the power up of > the laptop, and I`m pleased to say it is working well. > > So, that is the last major enhancement to release 4.9. I may add > bank-to-bank copy in one more small release, like the T200 feature (that > would be an improvement to PC-8201 and M100 alike). > > > After that, ``release 5` anchor feature is completion of the internal > flash drive function, for adding true file storage to REX. My current > thinking is that about half of the REX 1MB flash can be made available for > file storage....which is quite a lot I think, all things considered. > > So, I`ll post a note when the REX Wiki page has the updated software > available. > > regards, > Steve > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I put on a push in the last 2 days to get REX release 4.9 to support >> QUAD. I'm happy to say I have a candidate load that appears to be working >> well. >> I have some testing to do and some code clean up but overall the >> mechanisms I added to make M100 a 4 bank machine are working. By pressing >> TAB you can quickly access 4 different RAM banks, and have a different >> option rom in each BANK. >> >> So, I'll post a note to the list when I have a load on the REX wiki page >> available as a "beta". Be warned that you need to wipe your rex and >> rebuild it, to get this latest load. That means basically all stored RAM >> images and ROM images have to be purged and reloaded. >> >> >> In other news, I have boards back from fab now for 4MB versions of REX. >> The intent here is to have a bunch more flash, for use as a "flash drive" >> allowing read/write of files to the storage. Software is still a dream at >> this point however.. >> >> ..Steve >> > >
