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The Menu System

Displaying the Menu

After connecting the FlashCard to the computer and establishing the connection to the 
Terminal Program (On HTerm: Set the correct COM-Port then click “Connect“ – See Pg 15 
“Short Introduction to HTerm“ for more details) you can display the Menu by pressing the 
“Anykey“ on the FlashCard.

The menu items are displayed in the following order:

Flash, 93C46, Baudrate, Mode, Language and System

Entering Commands

After entering the Letter / Number command (shown below) in Brackets “[ ]“ you have to 
press “Return“ or “Enter.“ The action is then executed or the setting is changed. 
Remember, the setting that is marked with a big “X“ is the current one.

After the following actions, a series of equals-sign “=“ will be displayed: FLASH(all), 
“93C46“ (all) and SYSTEM (only “system info“) .

Default Settings are displayed as underlined text.

Unexpected Commands or Amount of Data

The FlashCard won't react to unknown or unexpected Commands.

When an unexpectedly large amount of data is sent or if commands are sent while the 
FlashCard isn't able to process, the following message might come up:“Stop upload and 
press Anykey.“ In this case, abort any running operations and press the “Anykey“ on the 
FlashCard.

FLASH

content: xxxxxxxx (Available with Firmware 1.40)

If bin/lyx-file is used, „bin-file“ is shown

If o-file is used, „*.o-file“ is shown

if lnx-file is used, the filename stored in the header of the lnx-file is shown

No content is shown if the Flash-Chip is erased

[w] write       [v] verify

Write: After entering “w“ the Flash Memory will be deleted. During the delete process, the 
Status-LED will flash red and green and the message “Erasing memory“ will be displayed, 
followed by an increasing number of dots. The number of dots will vary depending on how 
much memory is in use.

1.01: Depending on how much memory is used, the number of dots will vary. With 
128/256K it is up to 40 dots, with 512K it is up to 80.

In case the delete takes abnormally long (more than 100 Dots) the FlashCard should be 

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Summary of Contents for Lynx FlashCard

Page 1: ...Lynx FlashCard User Manual Use with board 1 FlashCard with firmware versions 1 xx Seite 1...

Page 2: ...10 Initial Operation Page 11 Menu System FLASH 93Cx6 BAUDRATE MODE LANGUAGE SYSTEM Page 15 Special Functions 20th and 25th Anniversary Edition Board Variant 1 3d4 Page 16 The Bootloader Page 18 Insert...

Page 3: ...emo and games on the Internet but with burning EEPROMs being rather time consuming I impulsively made the decision to build a FlashCard for the Lynx With this FlashCard I want to give a tool to demo a...

Page 4: ...ppropriately For HTerm you have to make the following adjustment from the default setting Set Newline to CR LF See Short Introduction to HTerm on Page 15 for more details The handling of the menu and...

Page 5: ...to the enclosed cartridge slot of the Lynx I there is a danger of damaging the Card by plugging and unplugging it as well as by the opening and closing of the cartridge door with the Card inserted I d...

Page 6: ...ogram LEDs as status indicators and transfer control Button to bring up the menu and confirm entries Anykey Reset button for resetting the microcontroller and USB connection Anykey Status LED USB Rese...

Page 7: ...B Transfer LEDs red upload green download Only PCB V1 3d4 two 512K FlashRoms alternate writing of the FlashRoms make it possible to clear the unused chip in the background This means almost no wait ti...

Page 8: ...port available driver for FT232R by FTDI Terminal program 8N1 Newline CR LF Driver for FT232R http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm Terminal program I recommend HTerm for Windows and Linux http www de...

Page 9: ...File formats The following file formats can be accessed by the FlashCard bin lyx lnx o Please note Firmware 1 0x and 1 1x cannot use o files with the FlashCard Seite 9...

Page 10: ...omatically detect the device and install the needed USB drivers Should the operating system not be able to find those drivers you can get them from the FTDI homepage The FlashCard s factory setting fo...

Page 11: ...react to unknown or unexpected Commands When an unexpectedly large amount of data is sent or if commands are sent while the FlashCard isn t able to process the following message might come up Stop upl...

Page 12: ...comparision is successful the message Verify successful is displayed Otherwise if the two memory positions do not match the message will read Warning verify not successful Stop upload and press Anykey...

Page 13: ...heme of Atari Modules with 256kb memory capacity and most of Games Demos that were developed using the BLL and need less than 256kb of memory capacity 1024 Byte blocksize 512k Memory scheme of Atari M...

Page 14: ...be displayed on the screen SYSTEM s systeminfo c credits x reset all System Info Output the Firmware Version Languageset Version Serial Number Number of times the memory has been deleted the Board Va...

Page 15: ...before 1 40 normally the unused Flash Memory chip is erased in the background and no delete message will appear In rare cases it is possible the Flash Memory chip will need to be erased before writtin...

Page 16: ...to reconnect with the FlashCard However depending on your computer s setup processor type CPU speed etc the reconnection might take more or less time than indicated Also the send data text is only vis...

Page 17: ...otloader V1 01d only PCB V1 3d4 Same as V1 01 The Firmware File The filename has the following pattern Firmware Vxxx yyyymmdd Language Vxxx fcb1 This way it s easy to find out which firmware file you...

Page 18: ...about inserting the FlashCard Simply push the Card into the cartridge slot gently but firmly then turn on the Lynx Before removing the Card make sure the Lynx is turned off While using the Lynx with...

Page 19: ...e Card and the Terminal H Set Newline to CR LF In case you don t know which COM port to use you can find out by starting HTerm without connecting the Card via USB Select the Drop Down list and see whi...

Page 20: ...the demos you can find in the internet do not work on a Lynx system They only work with an Emulator Note some lnx files do not have correct data in the header This may cause problems with the Auto Si...

Page 21: ...Aborts can occur so we advise you to only use the Card with your Motherboard s USB ports Executing MProg FDTI Tool Never execute the Mprog Program by FTDI When changing the Settings the FlashCard migh...

Page 22: ...g with 93C46 from manufacturer CSI improve erase count routine for 93C46 bug fix using green LEDs while verify bug fix sometimes red status LED do not switch off after verify failt optimize erase and...

Page 23: ...he Bootloader can not be updated 1 00 First released Bootloader for the FlashCard S N 1 74 1 01 S N 75 and above add message press reset after Firmware update is complete optimize code 1 01d only with...

Page 24: ...Credits Matthias Aschenbrenner Fadest Bj rn Spruck Luis Caballero Posadas Milan Polle Randy Pearson Karri Alex Thissen Jair Moreno and anybody else i might have forgotten Seite 24...

Page 25: ...formation Thread http www atariage com forums topic 159711 flashcard information and news With link to Discussions Thread and FlashCard Blog Firmware download and manual dt en www atari home de www at...

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