Hi,
I've a weird problem when using the 8MB Flash cart in combination with the 32-in-1 OS.
I upgraded my 130XE with the 32-in-1 OS and didn't have any problems until I used the 8MB Flash cart with the Synapse image (
http://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/forum/viewtopic.php?t=305)
Most programs run from the cart except for a few. (e.g. Blue Max (2001) and Fort Apocalypse). The screen stay back or their appears some garbage. The same cart runs without problems on a 256KB 800 XL and a standard 800XE. And the programs that don't work on the cart, work if I load them from disk. Programming the flash on the 130XE goes without any problems.
After some experimentation I found out that the programs that didn't work, do work if I turn the computer off and turn it on again within a second. They won't work if the off time is more than a few seconds.
Then I noticed something else. According to the 32-in-1 manual, you should come in the OS selection screen when you hold <select> while turning on the Atari. That doesn't work on my 130XE. The screen stays black then. But if I then hit <reset> while holding <select> it enters the menu. I thought that was normal but with the turn off/on solution from the flash cart in my mind I tried the same with the OS selection screen. It turned out that I can enter the screen while holding <select> only when I quickly turn off/on the computer. If it is off for more than a few seconds, the screen stays black and I have to press <reset> to enter the OS selection screen.
So I suspect the problem lies in the 32-in-1 OS hardware. Unfortunately I don't know if the flash cart worked before the upgrade. I normally use my 800XL.
And since I didn't want to cut the metal sheet, I soldered the upgrade on the board without IC socket. So I can't easily put back the original OS rom. I soldered the 32-in-1 OS without the flash and PIC chip installed so they can't be damaged while soldering.
Is there somebody out here that can test this flashcart image on a 32-in-1 OS upgraded 130XE (or other type) to see if this is a common problem?
Thanks,
Robert