[M100] updated REX manager software, + REXNEC.

[Stephen Adolph]

All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Kurt McCullum]

That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16 RAM images
or can more of the 768k be used?
Kurt

Post by Stephen Adolph
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting
shortly.> Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Stephen Adolph]

Kurt, 16 is the max envisioned. To change that would be a some effort.
Let me think about a solution.
..steve

Post by Kurt McCullum
That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16 RAM images
or can more of the 768k be used?
Kurt
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[bogus maximus]

Perhaps more space can be accomplished with some sort of compression of
backup data?

Bogdan

Post by Stephen Adolph
Kurt, 16 is the max envisioned. To change that would be a some effort.
Let me think about a solution.
..steve

Post by Kurt McCullum
That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16 RAM images
or can more of the 768k be used?
Kurt
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Ken Pettit]

I don't mean to speak for Steve, but I have seen the code. It isn't
really a space issue but more of a control issue. Increasing beyond 16
entries means additional space on the LDC to represent them, additional
code in the control path to manage > 16 entries, additional bits in the
image "dictionary" stored in the FLASH, etc. It would be an architecture
change.

Ken

Post by bogus maximus
Perhaps more space can be accomplished with some sort of compression
of backup data?
Bogdan
Kurt, 16 is the max envisioned. To change that would be a some
effort. Let me think about a solution.
..steve
That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16
RAM images or can more of the 768k be used?
Kurt

Post by Stephen Adolph
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Ken Pettit]

Oops, that should have been *LCD*.

Ken

Post by Ken Pettit
I don't mean to speak for Steve, but I have seen the code. It isn't
really a space issue but more of a control issue. Increasing beyond 16
entries means additional space on the LDC to represent them,
additional code in the control path to manage > 16 entries, additional
bits in the image "dictionary" stored in the FLASH, etc. It would be
an architecture change.
Ken

Post by bogus maximus
Perhaps more space can be accomplished with some sort of compression
of backup data?
Bogdan
Kurt, 16 is the max envisioned. To change that would be a some
effort. Let me think about a solution.
..steve
On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, Kurt McCullum
That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16
RAM images or can more of the 768k be used?
Kurt

Post by Stephen Adolph
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be
posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Kurt McCullum]

Thanks for the clarification Ken. I didn't mean to stir the pot, I was
just curious if it was possible. 512k is plenty of storage in my case. I
asked because I use 2-4 ROMS depending on the situation, so the extra
ROM image space sits dormant. Not a deal killer for me considering I can
save to my phone when needed.
Kurt

Post by Ken Pettit
I don't mean to speak for Steve, but I have seen the code. It isn't
really a space issue but more of a control issue. Increasing beyond
16 entries means additional space on the LDC to represent them,
additional code in the control path to manage > 16 entries, additional
bits in the image "dictionary" stored in the FLASH, etc. It would be
an architecture change.>
Ken

Post by bogus maximus
Perhaps more space can be accomplished with some sort of compression
of backup data?>>
Bogdan
On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 11:05 AM Stephen Adolph

effort. Let me think about a solution.>>> ..steve
wrote:>>>

Post by Kurt McCullum
That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16 RAM
images or can more of the 768k be used?>>>>
Kurt

Post by Stephen Adolph
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting
shortly.>>>>> Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.>>>>> thanks,
Steve

[Stephen Adolph]

My plan from here out on rex is to cap any new functions here and just fix
bugs if and when they occur.

Ken is right.. a lot of software work in rex to make it more flexible wrt
how blocks are used.

Looking forward i think rexcpm and mtvga are what I want to put energy
into.

I would do rex differently if starting from scratch....

Post by Kurt McCullum
Thanks for the clarification Ken. I didn't mean to stir the pot, I was
just curious if it was possible. 512k is plenty of storage in my case. I
asked because I use 2-4 ROMS depending on the situation, so the extra ROM
image space sits dormant. Not a deal killer for me considering I can
save to my phone when needed.
Kurt
I don't mean to speak for Steve, but I have seen the code. It isn't
really a space issue but more of a control issue. Increasing beyond 16
entries means additional space on the LDC to represent them, additional
code in the control path to manage > 16 entries, additional bits in the
image "dictionary" stored in the FLASH, etc. It would be an architecture
change.
Ken
Perhaps more space can be accomplished with some sort of compression of
backup data?
Bogdan
Kurt, 16 is the max envisioned. To change that would be a some effort.
Let me think about a solution.
..steve
That's great news Steve! Quick question. Is rex limited to 16 RAM images
or can more of the 768k be used?
Kurt
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Stephen Adolph]

Hello list,
All the REXNEC are spoken for, thanks.
WRT new software, I'll be posting it shortly to the wiki.
Steve

Post by Stephen Adolph
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve

[Stephen Adolph]

reposting; maybe there is a problem with embedded links.

regarding updated software, the upgrade files are posted at bitchin100 on
the REX page.

let me know if you have any issues.
cheers
Steve

[Jim Anderson]

-----Original Message-----
regarding updated software, the upgrade files are posted at bitchin100
on the REX page.
let me know if you have any issues.

I must have had more energy tonight than I thought - I also "volunteered" my daughter's M100 for the 254 upgrade, and it went off without a hitch. I didn't spend a whole lot of time with it beyond re-loading her ROM and backup images and switching between a few of them, but it all

[Stephen Adolph]

great stuff, glad to hear. fixing bugs is tedious and requires a lot of
testing time.

Post by Jim Anderson

-----Original Message-----
regarding updated software, the upgrade files are posted at bitchin100
on the REX page.
let me know if you have any issues.

I must have had more energy tonight than I thought - I also "volunteered"
my daughter's M100 for the 254 upgrade, and it went off without a hitch. I
didn't spend a whole lot of time with it beyond re-loading her ROM and
backup images and switching between a few of them, but it all worked
smoothly.
jim

[James Zeun]

Hey guys

Been looking after the other half this week as she's full of lurg. So I
feel I'm coming in to this conversation a little late.

Could I trouble for a little info? REX update? As a very pleased REX owner,
I'd like to know more. Such as what got fixed and should I or can I update
my REX module with this update?

Great work though, it's awesome to see the continued support. I absolutely
love my REX, really opened up my M100.

Regards
James

Post by Stephen Adolph
great stuff, glad to hear. fixing bugs is tedious and requires a lot of
testing time.

Post by Jim Anderson

-----Original Message-----
regarding updated software, the upgrade files are posted at bitchin100
on the REX page.
let me know if you have any issues.

I must have had more energy tonight than I thought - I also "volunteered"
my daughter's M100 for the 254 upgrade, and it went off without a hitch. I
didn't spend a whole lot of time with it beyond re-loading her ROM and
backup images and switching between a few of them, but it all worked
smoothly.
jim

[Stephen Adolph]

James, I don't know what release you have currently, but in any case yes
you can update. See the wiki at bitchin100.
Generally-
- bug fixes
- support for multi-bank operation in T200 and NEC
- Y2K

Updates are a full wipe and rebuild so backup any ram images to TPDD and
reload after upgrade.

Steve

Post by James Zeun
Hey guys
Been looking after the other half this week as she's full of lurg. So I
feel I'm coming in to this conversation a little late.
Could I trouble for a little info? REX update? As a very pleased REX
owner, I'd like to know more. Such as what got fixed and should I or can I
update my REX module with this update?
Great work though, it's awesome to see the continued support. I absolutely
love my REX, really opened up my M100.
Regards
James

Post by Stephen Adolph
great stuff, glad to hear. fixing bugs is tedious and requires a lot of
testing time.

Post by Jim Anderson

-----Original Message-----
regarding updated software, the upgrade files are posted at bitchin100
on the REX page.
let me know if you have any issues.

I must have had more energy tonight than I thought - I also
"volunteered" my daughter's M100 for the 254 upgrade, and it went off
without a hitch. I didn't spend a whole lot of time with it beyond
re-loading her ROM and backup images and switching between a few of them,
but it all worked smoothly.
jim

[James Zeun]

Stephen

We fixed the y2k problem on my unit with updated ROMs. If you recall I had
a bitch of a job getting my M100 to sense the REX after you sent it me.
Once I got it working, I left it be as I don't want to jinx it :-P

From the sounds of it, I might not need the update. I've had no real issue
with mine. Apart from it not loading up for about a month when I first
bought it lol

Post by Stephen Adolph
James, I don't know what release you have currently, but in any case yes
you can update. See the wiki at bitchin100.
Generally-
- bug fixes
- support for multi-bank operation in T200 and NEC
- Y2K
Updates are a full wipe and rebuild so backup any ram images to TPDD and
reload after upgrade.
Steve

Post by James Zeun
Hey guys
Been looking after the other half this week as she's full of lurg. So I
feel I'm coming in to this conversation a little late.
Could I trouble for a little info? REX update? As a very pleased REX
owner, I'd like to know more. Such as what got fixed and should I or can I
update my REX module with this update?
Great work though, it's awesome to see the continued support. I
absolutely love my REX, really opened up my M100.
Regards
James

Post by Stephen Adolph
great stuff, glad to hear. fixing bugs is tedious and requires a lot
of testing time.

Post by Jim Anderson

-----Original Message-----
regarding updated software, the upgrade files are posted at bitchin100
on the REX page.
let me know if you have any issues.

I must have had more energy tonight than I thought - I also
"volunteered" my daughter's M100 for the 254 upgrade, and it went off
without a hitch. I didn't spend a whole lot of time with it beyond
re-loading her ROM and backup images and switching between a few of them,
but it all worked smoothly.
jim

[Gregory McGill]

Thanks Stephen! got mine today

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MQFt5ijgar3XvaRJ9

Post by Stephen Adolph
All,
I have an updated software load for REX which I will be posting shortly.
Now that it is working well again, I feel ok selling REXNEC.
I have 3 units available. Contact me if you have interest in one.
thanks,
Steve