Changes in release 1.8:
The update to release 1.8 could be easily done with the program ZXMORE18.P in the same
way like the update to release 1.7 (see section 1.7 for more details). The update can be done
either from version 1.7 or from the very first release 0.9.
In release 1.8 you may use not just one address line
like A7,A6.A5,A4 or A3. If required you may combine
several or address lines and enter a specific io address
which can be entered with a leading zero.
The actual used io address is required as well as the
possibly new (changed) address. Every time you want
to change the io address you have to use the update
utility ZXMORE18.P and do a new update as the
address has to be patched in several rom addresses
and could not be determined automatically during
start.
Configuration of instances
After updating the power should be removed shortly and (!) the io address must be changed to
the new given address. When doing a cold boot, the new version 1.8 should be printed on
screen and any keystroke will show the (default) configuration of the instances. The cold boot
can be forced while pressing shift key during power-up or when pressing the reset switch.
Any instance can be started directly with
any digit 1-7 on the keyboard or alternately
using the double-shift key. Returning to
ZXmaster is possible with DS-0 only or when
pressing the reset switch.
Pressing reset will restart the last active
instance automatically. So the best choice
would be using DS-0 to return to ZXmaster
rather than pressing reset. Anyway the reset
key is needed in ZX80 instances or when the
Ctrlbit is set off (CtrlOff) to remove control
of ZXmaster.
The default configuration after updating can
be changed with E (edit). The navigation in the instance table is quite easy with the arrow
keys. First the desired entry should be selected using arrow up/down and arrow right activates
the edit mode for this dataset. Options can be changed alternately while pressing arrow
up/down while arrow right moves to the next option field. At the end of line the mode returns
to select an instance.
An asterisk in front of any instances shows if it was started already. In edit mode an instance
can be reset with R or it can be reset with DS-R in the active instance. Pressing DS-R in
instance 0 (ZXmaster) will force a cold boot of the whole system.
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