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Cartridge freezer ignored in firmware V1.41 (3.10)

Open RichardTND opened this issue 3 years ago • 8 comments

When installed as a cartridge image to the Ultimate 64. The freezer option is ignored after running a D64, TAP, PRG program directly. The freezer only works when you just attach the image load and run it manually.

RichardTND avatar Aug 03 '21 16:08 RichardTND

Running a program through DMA temporarily installs another cartridge, so yes, this is completely normal.

GideonZ avatar Aug 08 '21 20:08 GideonZ

I can confirm that. Since v1.41, the freeze button becomes unusable when I transfer and start data via 1541u2 (https://github.com/markusC64/1541ultimate2/releases/tag/tools-v1.2.1), as in my case. Up to v1.37 everything worked without problems. Is there any chance of restoring this state (apart from a downgrade ;p)? This behaviour is frustrating, especially for cross-development.

CouragePTV avatar Sep 15 '21 08:09 CouragePTV

Would be really helpful to restore the freeze functionality as it was up to 3.9 especially for developers.

TomCat666 avatar Sep 06 '22 15:09 TomCat666

Ignored how? I don't think it is? Did you configure the cartridge port correctly for this to work? e.g. enable writes? Message ID: @.***>

GideonZ avatar Sep 06 '22 15:09 GideonZ

Not sure if I am doing things right, but here is what I do:

Sample config: Cartridge Action6.crt Cartridge Preference Internal Bus Operation Mode Writes

Reset c64 ... goes to Action 6 menu , if I mount a d64 and run something Power+Restore freezes normally If I either run a .prg from the u64 file browser or if I send a .prg over network to u64 then the cartridge is not initiated and Power+Restore does not work.

TomCat666 avatar Sep 06 '22 15:09 TomCat666

Ahhh! Yes, that's because the cartridge is no longer enabled. The run .prg kills it, because it uses another cart to perform the load. It should actually be re-enabled, that's something I agree with. Not sure why that is broken. Message ID: @.***

GideonZ avatar Sep 06 '22 15:09 GideonZ

Great! Thank you for really fast response (and the best c64 related hardware EVER) Gideon!

TomCat666 avatar Sep 06 '22 15:09 TomCat666

Any chance freeze functionality is restored back to pre-v3.10 state in the forthcoming firmware release?

There are quite a few of us who can't upgrade because of this and are missing on new features like wifi, etc...

Thanks!

veper avatar Feb 23 '24 13:02 veper