Monthly Archives: June 2016

Ultimate 1MB, Incognito and SIDE BIOS/Loader Update

New updates for Ultimate 1MB, Incognito and SIDE/SIDE2 may be found in the firmware section of the site. New features include:

  • Loader: joystick operation augmented by console key home, page down and page up navigation keys (primarily aimed at XEGS with keyboard disconnected)
  • Loader: joystick control generally improved with proper debounce and better auto-repeat
  • Loader: position in file or option list now preserved when moving between menus
  • Loader: minor bug fixes
  • Main BIOS: config changes requiring reboot now detected when swapping profiles
  • Main BIOS: dual-level HDD write lock (see below)
  • PBI BIOS: SIO2BT automatically handled by high speed SIO handler (simply enable HSIO for the appropriate drive)
  • PBI BIOS: HDD writes can now be blocked at the partition or physical disk level (meaning writes to the MBR and partition table may be completely blocked once the media is partitioned)
  • PBI BIOS: Patch vectors for RAM-based IO driver code