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Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 13:20
by rubber_jonnie
mgi wrote: 15 Jun 2023 13:12:thanksblue:
Which version of Sysinfo are you using? I don't have a testing menu on the one I just downloaded.
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 13:29
by mgi
Sysinfo 2.25, I can send you ATR file?
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 13:36
by rubber_jonnie
mgi wrote: 15 Jun 2023 13:29
Sysinfo 2.25, I can send you ATR file?
OK, I have the file, I just tried 2.24 but it said not enough memory, let me try your image.
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:04
by rubber_jonnie
OK, after a bit of faffing I got it working.
So your 65XE looks like this:
PXL_20230615_125816612.jpg
And my 600XL (64K) and stock 800XL look like this:
PXL_20230615_125915185.jpg
So it's nice to see the bug in action and we have a baseline to work from now.
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:16
by mgi
This is a good place to start :)
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:32
by rubber_jonnie
mgi wrote: 15 Jun 2023 14:16
This is a good place to start :)
It is indeed. Problem verified.
The mainboard is now out and the GTIA marked for removal, but I need to get back to work now so can't carry on and I'll let you know as I progress.
This probably won't help, but this is my 65 XE outputting via VBXE through my OSSC to HDMI :)
PXL_20230615_133027581.jpg
I love the VBXE video quality.
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:37
by mgi
This is amazing and on my future to-do list :)
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:43
by rubber_jonnie
mgi wrote: 15 Jun 2023 14:37
This is amazing and on my future to-do list :)
My personal 65XE, which I have owned from new, has Ultimate 1MB, VBXE and stereo POKEYMax. I have a similar specced 800XL. I also have a SIDE3 cart.
I did build out my 600XL the same way, but had some issues with it not behaving as expected, so I dropped the lot back into the 800XL from whence it came.
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:51
by mgi
Atari 130 XE was my second computer after ZX Spectrum in the 80s. I travelled for it to the West Berlin from Poland when the Wall was still in place. Now I finally got one and I will definitely get more - I really like it and it is a predecessor to Amiga as both were designed by Jay Miner. The display list and the copper list are really so similar and I find coding for 8-bit Atari more fun than for the Commodore c64.
Re: MGI's 65XE
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 14:58
by rubber_jonnie
mgi wrote: 15 Jun 2023 14:51
Atari 130 XE was my second computer after ZX Spectrum in the 80s. I travelled for it to the West Berlin from Poland when the Wall was still in place. Now I finally got one and I will definitely get more - I really like it and it is a predecessor to Amiga as both were designed by Jay Miner. The display list and the copper list are really so similar and I find coding for 8-bit Atari more fun than for the Commodore c64.
I always felt the Atari 8 bit machines were the spiritual predecessor to the Amigas given their custom chipsets etc.
BTW your machine has slots for 2 more RAM ICs so it could go to 128KB. Personally I'd just go for U1MB, but thought you'd like to know.