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Ok, it sounds like you're sorted then Ken.

I'll probably check out Cartman at some point but the GQ software does everything I need for now anyway.

Glorfindeal wrote: 11 May 2020 17:15 I’m using Parallels Desktop on my Mac. I’m running Windows 10. There isn’t a program for the GQ-4x that runs on the Mac.

I will be interested to know how well this works for you. I have found that using VirtualBox with Windows 10 as guest, I am unable to communicate reliably enough with my EPROM programmer to write chips successfully. So now my real Windows 10 box, which is kept alive for gaming purposes, has a second task in life. :lol:

I’ll have to wait until I get the erasable EPROMs in before I’ll know. I decided I didn’t want to test on OTW EPROMs. 6 of them cost me $42. I don’t need anymore coasters :)

While I haven’t tried to burn anything yet, I did set up the usb driver and software in Parallels Desktop. I connected the GQ-4x4 and the software wouldn’t detect the programmer. I had to do a detect hardware and restart the VM. After that I’ve had no problems with the software detecting the programmer. I did upload a file to test. Now I’m just waiting for the uv EPROMs to come in to test.


Ken

My erasables are still in China, but they are moving within the system at least! Fingers crossed they won't be too long as I am champing at the bit to test my dual image out!

rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 May 2020 10:55 My erasables are still in China, but they are moving within the system at least! Fingers crossed they won't be too long as I am champing at the bit to test my dual image out!

Want me to test it for you?

PhilC wrote: 13 May 2020 13:07

rubber_jonnie wrote: 13 May 2020 10:55 My erasables are still in China, but they are moving within the system at least! Fingers crossed they won't be too long as I am champing at the bit to test my dual image out!

Want me to test it for you?

Sure that would be cool, I'll upload them it a bit.

@PhilC

Attached is the dual rom file ROM file I built, with ROM images as follows:

1. TOS 1.04 - Patched to display RAM/TOS version/No of floppies on boot. Also patched to allow booting from IDE devices if present. Works extremely well on my Mega 1 as having a laptop IDE drive, the info on boot delays long enough for it to spin up.
2. TOS 2.06 - Standard and unmodified in any way.

The original image I made was byteswapped on creation compared to a working TOS 1.04/2.06 ROM I already had.

Therefore the image attached here was byteswapped using cartman, and when compared to the working image has no differences beyond those that the new TOS 1.04 image was patched for.

I use a TL866II+ BTW.

Be good to hear how you got on, as I intend to drop this image into my Mega 4 and H4 once I have the ROM chips so that I can boot from IDE in either TOS 1.04 or TOS 2.06.

Just as a side note in all this, is that PP ROM a publicly available one ? as if this was purchased from PP and people are uploading it here without permission.. he is going to start flaming likely me again about it all as its on my forum...

exxos wrote: 13 May 2020 13:39 Just as a side note in all this, is that PP ROM a publicly available one ? as if this was purchased from PP and people are uploading it here without permission.. he is going to start flaming likely me again about it all as its on my forum...

No the PP ROM is not publicly available.