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Geoffg

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Posted: 12:49am 02 Jul 2021

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We have a new stable release version of the Colour Maximite 2's firmware and documentation available for download from https://geoffg.net/maximite.html (scroll to the bottom of the page).

This is Ver 5.07.00 and is a significant release which includes support for both the first and second generation Colour Maximite 2 (the firmware will automatically detect the hardware). It also wraps up all the changes Peter has made in the recent beta versions, including performance improvements, many bug fixes and some new features.

The user manual has been updated and covers both the first and second generation designs. Unfortunately I was not able to include change bars to identify changes (blame Word 365) but I am hoping to reintroduce them in future releases.

The source code at http://mmbasic.com has been updated and if you have downloaded any previous versions of the source you can use the same link to download this version.

Geoff

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mclout999

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Posted: 01:45am 02 Jul 2021

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First off Thanks for all the great work on this. You mention the second generation and I am looking at the sources over on geoffg.net/maximite.html but of the 2 listed nither mentions it yet. Anyone have some input on when we will see them listed for sale. Thanks.

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Geoffg

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Posted: 01:48am 02 Jul 2021

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You beat me to it. My website is now updated - you might have to clear your browser's cache.

Geoff

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Turbo46

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Posted: 04:18am 02 Jul 2021

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Many thanks Geoff and Peter. Much appreciated.

Bill

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bar1010
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Posted: 05:55am 02 Jul 2021

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The user manual is still showing as version 5.06, not version 5.07.
Edited 2021-07-02 15:57 by bar1010

Chopperp

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Posted: 06:46am 02 Jul 2021

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Mine says 5.07

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bar1010
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Posted: 08:55am 02 Jul 2021

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I can see version 5.07 of the user manual now.

The user manual mentions 32MB RAM for Generation 2 while in
other places I have seen 24MB RAM. Should it be 24MB or 32MB?

For the mode command in the user manual, 32 bit color is
mentioned for Generation 2, but in other places 24 bit color is
Mentioned. Is 24 bit color available or 32 bit color or both?

matherp
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Posted: 09:03am 02 Jul 2021

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The G2 has 32Mb or RAM of which 24MB is available to Basic, 7MB is video memory the rest is used for profiling and running from RAM. The colour mode is ARGB8888 so 32bits but 24bits of colour. The transparency is always set to solid

bar1010
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Posted: 04:57pm 02 Jul 2021

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I found two things in the v 5.07 user manual which do not make sense to me.

1. page 5 shows 516k total Flash RAM while pages 86-87 show 566k total Flash RAM.
2. page 88 for 32 bit shows ARGB8888, but shows transparency None.

Geoffg

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Posted: 01:40pm 03 Jul 2021

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Thanks. I will fix that in the next release.
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matherp
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Posted: 01:48pm 03 Jul 2021

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Just to be clear - it is correct that transparency is NONE. Although the H/W ARGB8888 format support transparency the firmware does not. The firmware only uses ARGB8888 rather than RGB888 for efficiency of setting memory: 1 word transfer rather than 3 bytes per pixel. The firmware forces "A" to 0xFF in all circumstances

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