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Geoffg

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Posted: 01:41pm 28 May 2014

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I have posted new version of MMBasic (ver 4.5) for the Maximite, Colour Maximite, DuinoMite and compatible devices on http://geoffg.net/maximite.html#Downloads

This is a major update. The highlights are:

- Support for a number of hardware devices (originally developed for the Micromite). This includes Infra-red remote control receiver and transmitter, ultrasonic distance sensors, etc.

- A number of other improvements that were developed for the Micromite including a better SETPIN command, improved PEEK/POKE, etc.

- Support for more I/O pins on the TFT Maximite and additional commands to enable/disable controls on that device.

- Many bug fixes.

Significant changes has been made to the I2C and 1-Wire commands (they are now the same as for the Micromite) but this will break existing programs that used either of these protocols. You should review the need to upgrade if you have an existing program that makes heavy use of these.

The reason for these changes was to make the operation of the I2C and 1-Wire commands more efficient inside MMBasic. This allowed the addition of new commands such as IR, DISTANCE, etc.

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Posted: 01:59pm 28 May 2014

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On a well earned holiday yet you still find the time to release updates!!!

Many thanks for this. So guess this means it is now very easy to connect a MicroMite to a MaxiMite via IR

By the way, are the TFT changes to I/Os documented anywhere? (I haven't yet looked at your link so apologies if its there!)

Guess the MZ MicroMite is released next week maybe??

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Posted: 02:12pm 28 May 2014

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WhiteWizzard said By the way, are the TFT changes to I/Os documented anywhere? (I haven't yet looked at your link so apologies if its there!)

Yes, see the readme and the downloads at http://geoffg.net/tft-maximite.html.

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Posted: 02:22pm 28 May 2014

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. . . . got the document with the required info. Thanks Geoff

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Posted: 03:23pm 28 May 2014

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Website still says 4.4B, but the download is 4.5 if anyone is confused...

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You need to press the refresh button in your browser...

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Posted: 04:05pm 28 May 2014

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No I don't.
I just reloaded the page - still says 4.4B, but when you download it, it IS 4.5, so there is not really any major problem.

EDIT: Hang on, I just reloaded again, and it popped up correct this time. Might have been Opera's cache? Ignore me.....Edited by Grogster 2014-05-30

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Posted: 08:38pm 28 May 2014

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Yay ! Thanks Geoff ! My Mites become better and better :)

I confirm that with 4.5 on a DuinoMite Mega, Composite video looks better to my eyes on a 4.5" cheap car reverse monitor and the RTC commands work OK with a Olimex MOD-RTC module plugged in the internal UEXT slot.

I guess you did not had a chance to evaluate the stuff i proposed in this thread

Some Manual corrections:

- CONFIG FONT is listed twice (once with "1 | 2", and below with "n")
- The default PAL & NTSC Composite graphical resolutions are not listed anywhere

And a little bug:

On a DuinoMite Mega, with PS/2 Keyboard and composite monitor attached, with 4.5+CAN installed and MOD-RTC connected, if push the on-board RST button, about 50% of the time i get the two-line banner displayed, but no ">" or blinking cursor.

Never happens when i power off+on, only when i use the RST button.
Never happens when MOD-RTC is removed.
Never happens with VGA instead of Composite
Do you want me to test with the std 4.5 image and with older images ?
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Posted: 08:46pm 28 May 2014

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I am especially happy with this new release, I was going to add an LCD routine, but now I can do it just with a couple of lines in the main code.

And having auto-disable of WATCHDOG when you break into the program with CTRL-C is great. I can't tell you how many times I have sworn cos I forgot to type WATCHDOG OFF as soon as I used break to stop the code....

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Posted: 10:22pm 28 May 2014

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WOW Geoff, one great thing after another.
I am in awe of the speed these things are happening.

Is the VT100 terminal final as on your website? I can't wait to get that going. :)

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Posted: 11:24pm 28 May 2014

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TZAdvantage said Is the VT100 terminal final as on your website?

Yes, it is.

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Posted: 11:41pm 28 May 2014

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psergiu said Yay ! Thanks Geoff ! My Mites become better and better :)

I confirm that with 4.5 on a DuinoMite Mega, Composite video looks better to my eyes on a 4.5" cheap car reverse monitor and the RTC commands work OK with a Olimex MOD-RTC module plugged in the internal UEXT slot.

I guess you did not had a chance to evaluate the stuff i proposed in this thread

Some Manual corrections:

- CONFIG FONT is listed twice (once with "1 | 2", and below with "n")
- The default PAL & NTSC Composite graphical resolutions are not listed anywhere

And a little bug:

On a DuinoMite Mega, with PS/2 Keyboard and composite monitor attached, with 4.5+CAN installed and MOD-RTC connected, if push the on-board RST button, about 50% of the time i get the two-line banner displayed, but no ">" or blinking cursor.

Never happens when i power off+on, only when i use the RST button.
Never happens when MOD-RTC is removed.
Never happens with VGA instead of Composite
Do you want me to test with the std 4.5 image and with older images ?

Thanks Sergiu, and no I have not had a chance to look at the more complex suggestions.

Thanks for the manual correction. The PAL & NTSC Composite resolutions are listed in the hardware User Manuals but a DuinoMite user might not think to look there.

Finally, that is a doozy of a bug. I am not sure how I will be able to track down that one. It must be somehow related to startup timing.

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Posted: 06:30am 29 May 2014

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TZAdvantage wrote:
Is the VT100 terminal final as on your website?

Geoff wrote:
Yes, it is.

Jim writes... VT100 terminal, where what....

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Posted: 06:44am 29 May 2014

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viscomjim said
Jim writes... VT100 terminal, where what....

See here , beginning with the last post on the page.

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Posted: 07:08am 29 May 2014

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Holy Smokes that is cool. Will have to play with that one very soon! Thanks for the link!!!!

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