Re: [M100] BoosterPak v1.23 Main Rom - Shift-Down Fix now available
Thanks Gary, Kurt. I never ran into this bug. Though I knew there were multiple issues that NEWDOS fixes. -- John.
Re: [M100] BoosterPak v1.23 Main Rom - Shift-Down Fix now available
It's a bug that Ken initially fixed. Here is what happens without the fix. With TS-DOS 4.0, you have a directory on your emulator with more than 48 files on it. The first 16 files appear on the screen. Go to the next screen with a Shift+Down. Second 16 files appear just file Go to the next screen with a Shift+Down. You don't get the proper screen of filenames. There is a counter that has to be reset and Ken found where to do it. He applied the patch to TS-DOS for the 100 and 200. I added it to the NEC version. The RAM versions also got fixed along the way. I think it's a fix of 7 bytes if I remember correctly. Kurt On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, at 2:00 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > What is the shift-down fix? > > -- John. > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:41 AM Gary Weber wrote: >> For owners of a Booster Pak --- >> >> I couldn't find evidence of this fix being available anywhere so I >> implemented the TPDD protocol directory extensions "shift-down" fix myself. >> >> If you have a Booster Pak, you can now swap in an EPROM burned with this new >> image and you'll enjoy the same directory browsing fix that is present in >> TS-DOS 4.10 and all flavors of SARDOS. >> >> http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction===Gary%20Weber >> >> The file is "*BP1ROM_Fixed.bin*". >> >> -- >> Gary Weber >> g...@web8201.com
Re: [M100] BoosterPak v1.23 Main Rom - Shift-Down Fix now available
I may be calling referring to it by a term that falls outside of common Model T / TPDD knowledge. I guess I'd thought it was more well known, sorry about that. TS-DOS 4.0 and earlier has a limitation whereby it only will display two pages of files (40 total I believe). If you press SHIFT-DOWN to try to get to a third page of files to display, you would just get a full screen of " -.-" instead of the third page of files. Years ago, Ken Pettit created a fix and released TS-DOS 4.10 where this limitation was eliminated. Kurt McCullum also incorporated this fix into SARDOS. Well, there's a TPDD client built into the BoosterPak BP1 system ROM, and it still exhibits the limitation. I was getting annoyed by not having access to the third page and beyond of files to display. Therefore I incorporated the same type of patch into the embedded "TS-DOS" client that's buried inside the BP1 ROM. If you use my image instead, now your BoosterPak "Disk" view will let you page through an unlimited number of new pages of files to display. Gary On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:59 PM John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > What is the shift-down fix? > > -- John. > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:41 AM Gary Weber wrote: > >> For owners of a Booster Pak --- >> >> I couldn't find evidence of this fix being available anywhere so I >> implemented the TPDD protocol directory extensions "shift-down" fix myself. >> >> If you have a Booster Pak, you can now swap in an EPROM burned with this >> new image and you'll enjoy the same directory browsing fix that is present >> in TS-DOS 4.10 and all flavors of SARDOS. >> >> >> http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction===Gary%20Weber >> >> The file is "*BP1ROM_Fixed.bin*". >> >> -- >> Gary Weber >> g...@web8201.com >> >
Re: [M100] BoosterPak v1.23 Main Rom - Shift-Down Fix now available
What is the shift-down fix? -- John. On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:41 AM Gary Weber wrote: > For owners of a Booster Pak --- > > I couldn't find evidence of this fix being available anywhere so I > implemented the TPDD protocol directory extensions "shift-down" fix myself. > > If you have a Booster Pak, you can now swap in an EPROM burned with this > new image and you'll enjoy the same directory browsing fix that is present > in TS-DOS 4.10 and all flavors of SARDOS. > > > http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction===Gary%20Weber > > The file is "*BP1ROM_Fixed.bin*". > > -- > Gary Weber > g...@web8201.com >
[M100] BoosterPak v1.23 Main Rom - Shift-Down Fix now available
For owners of a Booster Pak --- I couldn't find evidence of this fix being available anywhere so I implemented the TPDD protocol directory extensions "shift-down" fix myself. If you have a Booster Pak, you can now swap in an EPROM burned with this new image and you'll enjoy the same directory browsing fix that is present in TS-DOS 4.10 and all flavors of SARDOS. http://club100.org/memfiles/index.php?direction===Gary%20Weber The file is "*BP1ROM_Fixed.bin*". -- Gary Weber g...@web8201.com
