ST536 STE EDITION

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PhilC wrote: 10 May 2025 15:32 It didn't work for me in TOS.
I just get garbage on a black screen... I assume it's some bug in the game itself. It's all beyond my skills to diagnose software issues like that. So will just have to be classed as "no fix/wont fix".
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Are you able to autoboot from IDE though?
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coonsgm wrote: 10 May 2025 15:48 Are you able to autoboot from IDE though?
EMUTOS yes.. TOS won't if they are byteswapped (pc compatible). EMUTOS will boot BS IDE, But TOS won't.

The workaround is to boot HDdriver from floppy with TOS. Or loose the pc compatibility so auto boot works.
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Under modded TOS 2.06: Non-Byte swapped with HDDriver installed not recognizing the IDE drive or autobooting from it using either Current3 or Current4.

I'm going to see if there were any other physical things changes (other than the small PCB patch installed a couple months ago) that I'm missing.

ACSI working perfectly under modded TOS 2.06.

Everything working just great under EmuTOS
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exxos wrote: 18 Mar 2025 14:51
PhilC wrote: 18 Mar 2025 14:49 That might explain things but you still need a :chairsmack: :chairsmack: :chairsmack: for good measure. I've got my last 4 here
Yeah.. its hard to keep up and remember everything :(

Now I wonder what buffers @coonsgm has on his...
My IDE buffers are HT245 and RAM buffers are KS245
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coonsgm wrote: 10 May 2025 16:44 Under modded TOS 2.06: Non-Byte swapped with HDDriver installed not recognizing the IDE drive or autobooting from it using either Current3 or Current4.
Have you installed the driver from the main program to c?
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coonsgm wrote: 10 May 2025 16:56 My IDE buffers are HT245 and RAM buffers are KS245
I'm not at home to check... Maybe @PhilC can say whats supposed to be there. TTram would fail if the wrong buffers are there. If you not changed them then it's likely they are wrong...
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exxos wrote: 10 May 2025 17:00
coonsgm wrote: 10 May 2025 16:56 My IDE buffers are HT245 and RAM buffers are KS245
I'm not at home to check... Maybe @PhilC can say whats supposed to be there. TTram would fail if the wrong buffers are there. If you not changed them then it's likely they are wrong...
They sound correct to meant near my STe at the moment, so going from memory. If you are able to access the IDE but not boot from it then in sounds like the buffers are working but you don't have the driver installed on the C drive. I've been using mine with the BBAN HDD, so not got round to testing IDE much but it did work fine in Emutos for all of the five minutes I used it.
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exxos wrote: 10 May 2025 16:57
coonsgm wrote: 10 May 2025 16:44 Under modded TOS 2.06: Non-Byte swapped with HDDriver installed not recognizing the IDE drive or autobooting from it using either Current3 or Current4.
Have you installed the driver from the main program to c?
Yes
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coonsgm wrote: 10 May 2025 17:04 Yes
Kept to like 256MB partitions and made sure TOS only selected and byteswapped isn't ticked ?

Otherwise it have to wait for me to try when I get back home tomorrow night.

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