I had the same problem with plugins failing to start with one of the new BIOS versions.
Then I realized that the plugins' names and the "SYSTEM64" folder must be written in upper case. Renaming a file to upper case or overwriting it did not work, I had to format the SD-Card and rewrite it; the filename has to be the correct case the very first time you write it to the card.
But you probably already knew that and tried it...

errr... I had to rename mine to lower case to get the plug-ins working!?
Still haven't gotten the DFI thingie to work tho.. (BIOS 1.00).

Yeaaaaahhhh! Everything works fine.
I just can't sleep anymore - cool!

Elvira 2 works perfectly here as well!
I'm thrilled!!

Wohooo, finally Dreamload for the MMC64! Great work Doc, Elvira 2 and the test program work flawlessly here (running now for about 30 mins)!

Regarding your BIOS problem: from V0.97 on, the MMC64 bios supports long filenames, which introduced one little problem: the SYSTEM64 directory is not recognized when the operating system has created a long filename for it. In order to correct this, you have to delete the complete directory from the card, and recreate it by using upper-case letters only (SYSTEM64). Then the Bios manages to recognize it. All problems, which will find its end in V1.02.....

It´s really so cool, I can hardly wait for further releases, and your image conversion tool! Wenn ich Dir das nächste mal begegne, dann gebe ich Dir einen aus!

Argh, so much excitement, i forgot to log-in here.

Thats's avesome! This software finally could get a killer application for MMC64!

CU
Kratznagel

P.S.: Everything is working fine here.

Thanks for testing the dfi plugin and for all the help with my bios problem. I just removed the lfns for the system64 directory and contents. Now it's working with the latest bios. :)



Strange, it did not work for me with lower case system64.


If you can start the plugin ("dfi booter..." message appears), try holding 'right shift' while pressing return to start the plugin. Hold the shift key until the first message appears. This enables the debug mode of the plugin. You have a few more options, more detailed output and the plugin waits for a keypress after every step (border flickers blue/gray). Can you tell me the last output in this mode?

I'm working on a mmc dload version with some more caching to speed up seeking in the image. For this purpose it would be great to get rid of the mmc registers at $df1x for a while. I unlocked bit7 of $df11 and disabled everything. $11-$13 are gone, but $df10 is still there. Did anyone succeed in mnapping out *all* registers?

That's my code to disable and re-enable the mmc registers. Page 4 and 5 show only a distortion at $10, page 6 show the 4 registers from $10-$13.

Heh.. since I don't own a card reader/writer I've been using an iPaq to access my SD card on the PC side. This has given me some problems with CAPS/nocaps on filenames and dirs. I did rename my system64 dir to all lowercase.. or so I thought ..that iPaq explorer extension thing must be playing trix on me

Anyways, what I have now is SYSTEM64 dir in all uppercase letters and that works. However the plugins need to be ALL uppercase letters too! -otherwise they won't load. Is this "normal" behaviour?

oh.. I almost forgot, the DFI plugin seems to work perfectly now (BIOS v1.01)

Any NEWS?

yeah any news??

Off-topic:

Yes, as BIOS uses 8.3 names and they are uppercase only. Using short names also explains why creating SYSTEM64 directory with Windows Explorer doesn't work - directory is initially named as "New folder" (localized if you don't have english Windows) and later renamed to "SYSTEM64". However, at that time there already is long filename entry, so short directory name will be "SYSTEM~1".

excellent!

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