An Alternative Maximite

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donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1314	Posted: 05:50am 14 Jun 2011         pito said   Hi, I'm going to set up the alternative Maximite (no video and ps2). Let me ask you which firmware shall I burn in - my understanding is I need a firmware without the video and ps2 stuff. Thanks. P. Hi Pito, I see that your question has been sitting here for a little while without an answer, and as I have a few questions on this subject, I'll have a go at answering it, and if my assumptions are incorrect, then Geoff G., or other knowledgeable users will jump in and correct me. Sort of like putting a BIG RED TARGET on your chest. Bear in mind I have never seen a Maximite in action. There will be a Mini-Maximite sooner or later, so we will call it the mini-M for now. This will be a fundamental system with only the power, clock, 26 pin I/O connector, USB, (ICSP connector, resistor and switch?), and possibly the SD card, but read on: ___________________________________________________________ You should be able to use the same firmware in the mini-M as the full unit. From Geoff's pages: The Maximite can be set to automatically run a program on power up (without keyboard and video connected) If you run a suitable terminal program on your PC, then these I/O devices will be emulated from the terminal program. Again, quoting Geoff: The filename AUTORUN.BAS has special meaning. MMBasic will search the SD card for this file on power up and if it is found it will be automatically loaded and run. The mini-Max firmware will be rewritten so that your Autorun program can be saved right along with the copy of the firmware, so that it executes without having an SD card at all. There will only be one version of firmware for the Max and the Mini. Hope this helps, and let the target shoot begin. Cheers Don... Edited by donmck 2011-06-15 https://www.dontronics.com