New penultimate-plus-2-cartridge

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Re: New penultimate-plus-2-cartridge

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Been doing more into the file browser and If you have a list more than one page It will miss the next game in line and so forth so not all on the list will be shown :( I did email Rod Hull over on The Future was 8Bit but I haven't had a reply, can anyone else check please.......
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Definitely sounds like a bug, Rich. I couldn't find the source for this cartridge, but it seems like the browser is skipping over the (17*n)th file/directory for some reason. Maybe the file offset is incrementing to 17 (because of a general cursor down handler for example), where the next file would be, before the next page (offsets 18-34) of 16 files is read in.
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Thank you wilson for the reply that sounds about right.
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It might be better to contact Dave directly. You can find him on patreon https://www.patreon.com/tynemouthsoftware
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Cheers AndyH I`ll pop him a message, have you checked it out with a SD2IEC.
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Mine died on the second use, and I think support might be ghosting me. Does anyone here feel they might be able to work on one? ..or buy mine as-is?

The buttons light up, but I get a black screen now. I tried the "dead test" and tried it on several different VICs running on different Ray Carlson power supplies as well. It worked on the first power up. I tried it a week or two later and got a black screen. Other cartridges work fine, so I don't think the port is the issue.
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Jeff-20 wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:30 am Mine died on the second use, and I think support might be ghosting me. Does anyone here feel they might be able to work on one? ..or buy mine as-is?

The buttons light up, but I get a black screen now. I tried the "dead test" and tried it on several different VICs running on different Ray Carlson power supplies as well. It worked on the first power up. I tried it a week or two later and got a black screen. Other cartridges work fine, so I don't think the port is the issue.
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I enjoyed it the first day I tested it. I just did not know it would be the only day. :( Really hoping someone can make it useful again.
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Jeff-20 wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:08 pm I enjoyed it the first day I tested it. I just did not know it would be the only day. :( Really hoping someone can make it useful again.
Have you got a EPROM programmer may be redo the ROMs
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I already have the Penultimate Plus Cart but was really interested in the Plus 2 until I read about the bugs. Have these issues been resolved?
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Rich wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:00 pm Cheers AndyH I`ll pop him a message, have you checked it out with a SD2IEC.
Did this issue get resolved? I am considering ordering this.
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Ghislain wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:16 am
Rich wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:00 pm Cheers AndyH I`ll pop him a message, have you checked it out with a SD2IEC.
Did this issue get resolved? I am considering ordering this.
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I believe a revision was being worked on. I know there are some health issues being dealt with that are likely the reason for the silence at the moment :(

Best person to ask would be Dave who coded that -> https://www.patreon.com/tynemouthsoftware/posts
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