@@Brfff Been there, done that too. It is a soul sucking experience. My hard and fast rule these days is if the chip is purchasable, it gets clipped out. It simply isn't worth risking a retro for "expendables".
I’m not the only one that gets vexed about the term “roms”. I think this dates back to mame and mess. As all the games in arcade machines are held in rom. These days if I want a machines roms, I search for firmware. I feel your pain
Good to know you managed to get this working - I've been trying for a while now. At 16:16, you say you were able to transfer the files on your Windows 10 machine. How did you do this? Whenever I try, as soon as I drop one .UF2 file onto the mounted drive in File Explorer, it ejects. Then, if I put it into BOOTSEL mode again, and drop the next one, it does the same thing. I end up with the CPC booting with CPC 6128 ROMs on my 464, but none of the RSX commands work. I asked Matt about this on the CPCWiki forum, but so far haven't heard back.
With a lot of help from Matt ... when you're working on something you've created you "know how it works" ... the real test is to hand it to someone else and see if they can reproduce it, this is when you can iron out the kinks ... he ended up sending me three UF2 files that I loaded in order: * cpc_rom_emulator.uf2 * config.uf2 * roms.uf2 BUT ... he has since updated the firmware (and Github) to make it easier ... I've not tried it out yet ... coming in Part 2: "I've just released a new version of the firmware to github. This is a major change which I think is much easier to use. It now emulates a USB drive when plugged into a PC. This makes it much easier to copy ROMs and configure it." If you're still having issues, send me an email (details in the About section) and I can put you guys in touch ...
@@Brfff thanks, mate. I did copy the UF2s that I created in that order, but not much luck. I'll check out the new github firmware and let you know. I know I should probably have waited for Matt to get back to me in the forum, but I'm kind of itching to get it up and running! Do you have any idea what jumpers need to be set on the optional USB board?
you shoulda just put right angle pins on that board, not the edge connector....and then used it in one of the MX4 extensions...that way ya can run the ROM board and say a RAM board (and others) at the same time.. the M4 wifi board i have is pretty much the same functionality, just upload the roms via the wifi interface..(or load via commands on the CPC)...but much, much easier to use
@@WacKEDmaN Well, I went in a bit cold ... Matt is working on the process ... I might be the first other person to do it ... simplest would be if Matt had the generated UF2 files on the Github but that's a bit tricky due to copyright so the best he can do is to (wink) and point you to where you can find the ROMs ...
I agree that the procedure is a bit convoluted. I have thought of a better way to do it, by emulating a USB drive in the firmware. That way you could copy ROM files on much easier. (This would not be UF2 files as currently, but just the bare ROM files). I think it's possible, as it has been done by someone else for an Atari cart.
Oops ... okay, prepare to be mesmerised by some behind-the-scenes magic ... so the date/sub count title uses a font called Avenir Heavy but the other titles use a different font. I want to keep all the fonts the same but the Avenir Heavy font doesn't appear in the font list with the other titles, so I drag the date/sub count title onto the time line, the Avenir Heavy appears and I can change the other title ... and THEN I'm supposed to delete the dummy title ...
BTW, when I saw your comment last nice I knew exactly what you were talking about - I think the video had about 48 views so was thinking ... "should I fix it & re-upload the video?" ... but I was lazy and thought that I'd just wait until I had 10M+ subscribers (or whatever threshold TH-cam allows you to replace videos)
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Nice one! Makes me wish I hadn't given the 6128 away.
Glad to see that the Pico came in handy!
Still working on the MPF and PicoRAM ... have to fix some tracks after removing the 6116s 😇
@@Brfff Been there, done that too. It is a soul sucking experience. My hard and fast rule these days is if the chip is purchasable, it gets clipped out. It simply isn't worth risking a retro for "expendables".
I’m not the only one that gets vexed about the term “roms”. I think this dates back to mame and mess. As all the games in arcade machines are held in rom. These days if I want a machines roms, I search for firmware. I feel your pain
Good to know you managed to get this working - I've been trying for a while now. At 16:16, you say you were able to transfer the files on your Windows 10 machine. How did you do this? Whenever I try, as soon as I drop one .UF2 file onto the mounted drive in File Explorer, it ejects. Then, if I put it into BOOTSEL mode again, and drop the next one, it does the same thing. I end up with the CPC booting with CPC 6128 ROMs on my 464, but none of the RSX commands work. I asked Matt about this on the CPCWiki forum, but so far haven't heard back.
With a lot of help from Matt ... when you're working on something you've created you "know how it works" ... the real test is to hand it to someone else and see if they can reproduce it, this is when you can iron out the kinks ... he ended up sending me three UF2 files that I loaded in order:
* cpc_rom_emulator.uf2
* config.uf2
* roms.uf2
BUT ... he has since updated the firmware (and Github) to make it easier ... I've not tried it out yet ... coming in Part 2:
"I've just released a new version of the firmware to github. This is a major change which I think is much easier to use.
It now emulates a USB drive when plugged into a PC. This makes it much easier to copy ROMs and configure it."
If you're still having issues, send me an email (details in the About section) and I can put you guys in touch ...
@@Brfff thanks, mate. I did copy the UF2s that I created in that order, but not much luck. I'll check out the new github firmware and let you know. I know I should probably have waited for Matt to get back to me in the forum, but I'm kind of itching to get it up and running! Do you have any idea what jumpers need to be set on the optional USB board?
"Not rehearsed." Heck. What fun would your channel be if rehearsed? :)
🤓🤣😂
Where can I download more RAMs?
www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/ROM_List
you shoulda just put right angle pins on that board, not the edge connector....and then used it in one of the MX4 extensions...that way ya can run the ROM board and say a RAM board (and others) at the same time..
the M4 wifi board i have is pretty much the same functionality, just upload the roms via the wifi interface..(or load via commands on the CPC)...but much, much easier to use
I dunno ... a Pico and some diodes seems a pretty simple build to me! :)
@@Brfff yup simple build.... but to get the roms on there seems like a nightmare... ya just upload the rom to the slot ya want with the M4..
@@WacKEDmaN Well, I went in a bit cold ... Matt is working on the process ... I might be the first other person to do it ... simplest would be if Matt had the generated UF2 files on the Github but that's a bit tricky due to copyright so the best he can do is to (wink) and point you to where you can find the ROMs ...
I agree that the procedure is a bit convoluted. I have thought of a better way to do it, by emulating a USB drive in the firmware. That way you could copy ROM files on much easier. (This would not be UF2 files as currently, but just the bare ROM files). I think it's possible, as it has been done by someone else for an Atari cart.
"Comment title here" :P
Oops ... okay, prepare to be mesmerised by some behind-the-scenes magic ... so the date/sub count title uses a font called Avenir Heavy but the other titles use a different font. I want to keep all the fonts the same but the Avenir Heavy font doesn't appear in the font list with the other titles, so I drag the date/sub count title onto the time line, the Avenir Heavy appears and I can change the other title ... and THEN I'm supposed to delete the dummy title ...
BTW, when I saw your comment last nice I knew exactly what you were talking about - I think the video had about 48 views so was thinking ... "should I fix it & re-upload the video?" ... but I was lazy and thought that I'd just wait until I had 10M+ subscribers (or whatever threshold TH-cam allows you to replace videos)
@@Brfff lmao oh wow, that's some serious dedication to a font!
It's the best font for combining Latin & Cyrillic