I tried upgrading to this new release (using RXCUPG), and encountered issues when restoring a RAM image back from backup. The same thing happens sometimes when switching from one RAM image to another, but every time when restoring from an image (either through Ctrl-R or through RXCMGR). The progress bar indicates data is being copied to RAM, but then the M100 locks up, sometimes showing a screen like the photo below, and sometimes just a frozen screen. Sometimes Reset or a power-cycle will recover the machine, sometimes it needs a cold reset.
I also tried using RXCINI (the new one from REXCPMV2_b11.ZIP) to create a new directory and load REX from scratch, and the same issue is present. In addition, there are more strange behaviours - when starting from an empty directory I can create a new RAM backup, but if I try to create another RAM backup or switch to a RAM image I've loaded back from TPDD, RXCMGR just creates a new RAM image with the same name as the current one. If I try to delete the non-active image I get a message which I thought I had committed firmly to memory (sorry) - it said something about 'error: flash not available' or not ready or something to that effect. On the upside, my RAM image was actually being sorted correctly by date and time. :) I've restored my backup and running v1 build 43 again as it was essentially unusable the way things were. [cid:[email protected]] jim From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Adolph Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 17:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] REXCPM Upgrade to version 2 available CAUTION External Sender: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I found a minor issue just now; When switching from M100 to CP/M, it is possible that the M100 leaves the SCREEN in the scroll lock state. Here is a simple basic program that de-scroll locks the screen and starts CPM. It assumes RXCMGR is installed. CPM.BA<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcpm.ba%2F&data=04%7C01%7CJim.Anderson%40kpu.ca%7C454b6c9b74484a9b1c2b08d8b9ba59ed%7C66b9f62d3042495eaab6db86f21500c0%7C0%7C0%7C637463557310257626%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2FtLiLbYFv3AjUJDdt8vby6QAyqaAXGZxO%2FBmX%2FvrN1w%3D&reserved=0> 10 screen0:cls:print"Enabling scroll..." 20 screen2:printchr$(27);"W"; 30 screen0:print"starting CP/M....." 40 call32804,3 it is a work around until i drop a new load with a fix. cheers Steve On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 6:03 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The next version of REXCPM is now available for download. http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REXCPM#Software<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbitchin100.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DREXCPM%23Software&data=04%7C01%7CJim.Anderson%40kpu.ca%7C454b6c9b74484a9b1c2b08d8b9ba59ed%7C66b9f62d3042495eaab6db86f21500c0%7C0%7C0%7C637463557310257626%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=yw7hTp1TeBzj2JUE4Zuu7zAQlFITBc0Px1vgRLMd6ec%3D&reserved=0> Version 2 provides the integrated VT100 driver, and adds in the CNTL-A quickmenu shortcut to start RXCMGR. I have run through the upgrade process on my machines, from Version 1 build 43 to Version 2 build 10. Worked for me, and worked in VirtualT. Please read the instructions carefully, and download the software and utilities bundle. Delete your old utilities and use the new ones. To do a fresh install (as in you have never installed it before) then use RXCINI.DO. To UPGRADE an existing V1 install, please use RXCUPG.DO. Let me know if there any problems, and of course bug reports are valuable. Also, I have updated the BCR hack page with information on how to apply the hack to T102. http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=BCR_TTL_SERIAL_HACK#T102<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbitchin100.com%2Fwiki%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DBCR_TTL_SERIAL_HACK%23T102&data=04%7C01%7CJim.Anderson%40kpu.ca%7C454b6c9b74484a9b1c2b08d8b9ba59ed%7C66b9f62d3042495eaab6db86f21500c0%7C0%7C0%7C637463557310267623%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=wKyc4d0P4Gn%2FmmNE3laQx9hWP8%2B8XTGAmDfnoZaUAS4%3D&reserved=0> thanks Steve
