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 Post subject: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 5:43 pm 

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I have a 400. It reads the 8Mb cart just fine and shows the menu.

With a 1Mb cart the menu never displays. I have tested several 1Mb carts with the same result.

The 400 reads other carts just fine. The 1Mb carts work on a 1200XL.

This 400 has a 48K mod installed.

Any suggestions?


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 Post subject: Re: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:08 pm 
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If you power cycle the machine slowly over and over with the cart inserted, does the menu ever come up, or do you consistently get nothing every time?

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 Post subject: Re: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:09 am 

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A series of power cycles yields corrupted display, or a blank screen or all three 1Mb carts I am testing.

All three 1Mb carts work fine on the 1200. The 8Mb cart and all 48K or less commercial carts work fine on the 400.

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 Post subject: Re: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:37 pm 
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Are the 1mbit cartridges progammed with menus created with the Maxflash Studio software?

Can you post or e-mail me one of the workbooks you are using. classics@atarimax.com

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 Post subject: Re: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:30 pm 

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The carts were erased using the Maxflash USB Cartridge. They were then programmed on the 1200 using disk images downloaded from the 1Mb forum.

Attached are the three cartridge images I used to program the 1Mb carts.

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 Post subject: Re: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:34 pm 
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These images were compiled with a old version of the command line maxflash kit. They were made using the -diskpacker option which replaces the OS disk read routines with cartridge read routines.

Any image created with the -diskpacker option will require 64k, since it needs the ram under the OS to replace the OS. At some point I added a on-screen message for carts that require 64k, but these images don't have it.

All the games in these images should be available as XEX files, so you can compile a new cartridge by just going to file->new and then adding the xex images. You should be able to get most of these titles here:

http://ape.dyndns.org:8084/

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 Post subject: Re: Atari 400 wont read 1Mb flashcarts
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:43 pm 

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I wrote this also in another thread, but another reason why there are issues, is that the 400 (and 800) do have RAS signal on pin S in the cart port in stead of Ph2.

That is easy to fix (will write a howto soon). I had also issues with some games, and with this fix, it is perfect.

Still need to find a fix for the 8Mbit carts though.


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