Physical Carts not loading

[LoudScotsBloke]

I can confirm that my .ROM files are now working from the SD card... however.... the physical cartridge versions when plugged in, only display a gray blank screen. I have tried the original Mattel carts and they seem fine, however Aquariworm, BCII (standard), BCII (enhanced) and indeed Turmoil, do not load and just display a gray screen. Currently running V0.23

[RevCurtisP]

Updated cartridge start code to fix suspected issue.
aquarius_rom_v0_20a.zip

[LoudScotsBloke]

Updated cartridge start code to fix suspected issue. aquarius_rom_v0_20a.zip

How do I update just BASIC to this version?

[RevCurtisP]

At the command line, in the directory the updated rom is in, issue command
curl --data-binary aquarius.rom http://aqplus/sysrom

Do this after the cartridge is inserted and the Aq+ turned on, as the ROM reverts to default when the Aq+ is powered off and on.

[RevCurtisP]

v0.20a is crashing the system, use v0.20b instead
aquarius_rom_v0_20b.zip

[LoudScotsBloke]

20b didnt work. Filled the screen with 9s... see screen shot..

[fvdhoef]

What does your cartridge have inside? Is it only a 16KB EPROM or is there anything else? The Aquarius+ runs a cartridge by decrypting it and storing it in a RAM bank. So the cartridge isn't used after this.

[LoudScotsBloke]

What does your cartridge have inside? Is it only a 16KB EPROM or is there anything else? The Aquarius+ runs a cartridge by decrypting it and storing it in a RAM bank. So the cartridge isn't used after this.

Just an EPROM (m27c128a)

[rickyelqasem]

That cart is a 5-way dip switch; however, only switches 4-5 are used in aqua. 4 sets the address map to C000 which is where carts are mapped to and switch 5 sets whether the chips is 16KB or 32KB and in this case its 16KB

[RevCurtisP]

Diagnostic tools and instructions:
memdump.zip

• Copy memdump.bas to the Aquarius+ SD card.
• Turn on Aquarius+ with the cartridge inserted,
• After corrupted screen appears, send sysrom file to Aquarius+ using command curl --data-binary aquarius.rom http://aqplus/sysrom
• The Aquarius+ should reboot to the BASIC start screen. Press enter to enter the BASIC interpeter.
• Run memdump.bas from the BASIC prompt.
• Copy pageXX.bin files from SD card into zip file and upload to this issue,

[LoudScotsBloke]

Only just seen this, so sorry for the delay (thanks to Ricky for pointing it out!). I'll do the above and let you know when it's done.

[LoudScotsBloke]

Sorry, but the Aquarius crashed on reboot after the ROM upload.

[rickyelqasem]

I can confirm the carts Roy is having trouble with are working with my AQ+ but I'm running older firmware and never got around to updating plusBasic.

[RevCurtisP]

Ricky, what version are you running on your Aq+?

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[rickyelqasem]

[RevCurtisP]

Sorry, but the Aquarius crashed on reboot after the ROM upload.

Now that's a puzzler.