Ha, pick a nice one for me as one of those twenty should be mine (but reminds me to tell my neighbours to take care of a package that if I see your pogress will probably be at my address when I am on a holiday....)
My new Cumana drive ;)
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Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
Normally, we can set the brightness by choosing the current in the internal LEDs and the contrast with a potentiometer in the 1602 lcd module.
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Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
Hello Zaxon,
I would have a question concerning the Cumana Drive I bought from you.
Mine was working fine (connected to one of my Atmos) but suddenly one day, the screen started to display weird characters on only one half of it... Is this a problem related to the BIOS chip and is there a way to get back a normal screen ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I would have a question concerning the Cumana Drive I bought from you.
Mine was working fine (connected to one of my Atmos) but suddenly one day, the screen started to display weird characters on only one half of it... Is this a problem related to the BIOS chip and is there a way to get back a normal screen ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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All works excellent. Also very good build quality. Thanks, Zaxon!
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Never mind Zaxon...HigashiJun wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:01 pm Hello Zaxon,
I would have a question concerning the Cumana Drive I bought from you.
Mine was working fine (connected to one of my Atmos) but suddenly one day, the screen started to display weird characters on only one half of it... Is this a problem related to the BIOS chip and is there a way to get back a normal screen ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Problem solved.
Thank you for your non reply.
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What was the solution? My Cumana drive, after being on for 72 hours straight during a recent demo marathon, is now no longer able to mount *ANY* USB devices, no matter what I try .. always giving me "ERROR 53" (I think that's the #, I could be wrong) ..
Have I blown a cap?
Have I blown a cap?
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Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
In my case, the USB pendrive was corrupted hence the weird screen...
I have - just in case - reflashed the bootloader and then the firmware then erased the contents of the pendrive.
Once done, all my games were copied back to the pendrive and everything works as before.
You could try that and if it doesn't work, then something is probably blown.
Good luck if you want to get help from Zaxon.
I have - just in case - reflashed the bootloader and then the firmware then erased the contents of the pendrive.
Once done, all my games were copied back to the pendrive and everything works as before.
You could try that and if it doesn't work, then something is probably blown.
Good luck if you want to get help from Zaxon.
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Zaxon hasn't been logged in, so may not be aware of your question, or your other ... comments. "Last active: Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:34 pm"
Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
Indeed, I believe the proper place to contact him is either on the "Contact Seller" link on the Sell My Retro page (I assume you bought if from there?)
He's only been there for informing of the product, but it's not the proper place to send issues.
He's only been there for informing of the product, but it's not the proper place to send issues.
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I (of course) also used the option "Contact Seller" link on Sell My Retro webpage.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
Hi all. I tested one of these units from a friend and got some trouble. Maybe someone can help.
Firstly, it is a bit reluctant to react to the reset button. It usually takes two or three times for the Oric to boot.
Secondly, I could only make Blake's 7 and Barbitoric (iirc) to load. They both work ok (tried several times to run the game and saw no issue). Any other image hangs. Every Sedoric disk hangs in the same way (when reading the os from track 20, it displays part of a rom error message and stops reacting). Oric DOS does not boot either.
I tested the same images and the same onedrive with my Gotek and Microdisc clone, and they work like a charm.
So the question is, did someone experience a similar behaviour? Do I need to create the hfe images in a special way different from what a Gotek with FlashFloppy uses?
My friend told me his images did not work, except Blake's7, so it seems not to be Oric dependent.
As I have an amplibus, I tried with and without it with no change whatsoever.
Firstly, it is a bit reluctant to react to the reset button. It usually takes two or three times for the Oric to boot.
Secondly, I could only make Blake's 7 and Barbitoric (iirc) to load. They both work ok (tried several times to run the game and saw no issue). Any other image hangs. Every Sedoric disk hangs in the same way (when reading the os from track 20, it displays part of a rom error message and stops reacting). Oric DOS does not boot either.
I tested the same images and the same onedrive with my Gotek and Microdisc clone, and they work like a charm.
So the question is, did someone experience a similar behaviour? Do I need to create the hfe images in a special way different from what a Gotek with FlashFloppy uses?
My friend told me his images did not work, except Blake's7, so it seems not to be Oric dependent.
As I have an amplibus, I tried with and without it with no change whatsoever.
Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
I wonder if it's a related issue to what I had on mine: https://forum.defence-force.org/viewtop ... 509#p27509
Re: My new Cumana drive ;)
Did you send it to Zaxon or solved the matter anyhow?
Mine is not corrupting hfe files. I wonder if it could be timing issues with the MAP signal when switching from ROM to RAM. I don't remember if the OS does that often when starting, while B7 keeps the ROM disabled all the time...
But could not really find a pattern.
Mine is not corrupting hfe files. I wonder if it could be timing issues with the MAP signal when switching from ROM to RAM. I don't remember if the OS does that often when starting, while B7 keeps the ROM disabled all the time...
But could not really find a pattern.