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February 2015

posted Feb 2, 2015, 11:32 PM by Dan Antohi   [ updated Feb 23, 2015, 1:42 PM]
23-February-2015

    A new 'Getting started' video clip has been uploaded to YouTube, illustrating the simplified procedure both for setting up and updating simultaneously all 'Interface 1bis' software components, which are not available  anymore as separate downloads, to avoid version incompatibilities.


13-February-2015

    The 'Large Files Copier' utility is not required anymore, as its functionality has been included in the 'Logical Disk Copier' LDC32 build 8, which can now also transfer .DVO files to the 'Large Sequential Files' partition of a 'Interface 1bis' SD card. In conjunction with an updated 'shadow ROM' and PLY.ZZP video player, that can be installed by running ZXS_setup, the entire SD card storage space exceeding 8 GB, otherwise inaccessible to the operating system, is allocated to the 'Large Sequential Files' partition.
On a 16 GB SD card, for example, the statement: FORMAT #1;0 will reserve: 1 * 32 MB + 16 GB - 8 GB, leaving 254 logical disks available to the operating system.


02-February-2015

    ZXS_setup contains the required components to reduce any further updating process of the 'Interface 1bis' software, including the microcontroller firmware, to following steps:

1. Run the setup on the server machine
2. Connect the ZX Spectrum to the server
3. Switch on the ZX Spectrum
4. Activate the 'Interface 1bis'
5. Issue the BASIC command: CONTINUE
6. Switch off the ZX Spectrum

    Because this also transfers the operating system to the SD card, the SYS32 utility has become superfluous.