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Plasmamac

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Mode 1-18
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Michal
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  Plasmamac said  Mode 1-18
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I meant more about changing the font to a smaller one permanently.

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I get this....
 
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  Quote  I meant more about changing the font to a smaller one permanently.

From the first post in this thread - mode 18 and font 1 works for me.
  Quote  Use OPTION DEFAULT MODE n to select the graphics mode to use on startup. The modes are as per CMM2 but always ARGB8888
Use the MODE command to switch graphics without rebooting
Use OPTION DEFAULT FONT n [,scale] to select the font to use on startup (same syntax as the font command)

Edited 2022-02-11 22:24 by Goksteroo
 
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  Goksteroo said  Use OPTION DEFAULT MODE n to select the graphics mode to use on startup. The modes are as per CMM2 but always ARGB8888
Use the MODE command to switch graphics without rebooting
Use OPTION DEFAULT FONT n [,scale] to select the font to use on startup (same syntax as the font command)

Thanks, it works.
As for COM PORTS error - maybe you don't have any?

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further to...
  Goksteroo said  I get this....

Tried again after running NoClue....
>list com ports
Number of com ports : 9370392

Then MM basic crashed.
 
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  Quote  Number of com ports : 9370392

Then MM basic crashed.

Not surprising

The firmware establishes the com ports by reading the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM

What happens if you run regedit and look at this?
 
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Hmmm... it is not there... not empty, just not there.
 
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  Quote  Hmmm... it is not there... not empty, just not there.


OK thanks, I'll put some protection in the firmware to deal with this case
 
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got the same Error on my other PC.

no SERIALCOMM Entry in the Registry .
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  matherp said  

The firmware establishes the com ports by reading the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM

What happens if you run regedit and look at this?


to know how many COM-ports are aviable and num of each COM port you can use
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\COM Name Arbiter

with 1 bit per COM,
ex: if you have "07" it mean that you have COM1 - COM2 - COM3 installed
if you have "84" it mean that you have COM3  and COM7
you can change this value
That is use when (if you have Microchip usb/serial chip) you have too many comport declared but not use
Edited 2022-02-12 03:05 by goc30
 
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  Quote  to know how many COM-ports are aviable and num of each COM port you can use
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\COM Name Arbiter


No: this shows all the comports that have ever been used not which are active. I get
&H64Fd3f200640 but only have three active ports
 
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com port recognition works for me. W10 64bit.

What OS are the ones that fail running on? Is it 32 bit?

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Plasmamac

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dunno if you ask me :

1 x win10 pro 64 bit  working
1 x win10 pro 64 bit not working because no com port
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Is
SAVE image fname$

supposed to work yet?

I get a file the correct size for 24 bit (3 bytes per pixel) and a 54 byte header but the header is not recognizable as BMP and the data is 3 bytes repeated for the full file. The three bytes vary depending on the MODE.

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TassyJim

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  Plasmamac said  
1 x win10 pro 64 bit not working because no com port


No com ports will be easy enough for Peter to cater for, I was under the impression that some were failing with com ports attached.

I may have misunderstood. (not the first time)

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  TassyJim said  com port recognition works for me. W10 64bit.

What OS are the ones that fail running on? Is it 32 bit?

Jim


I'm running on 64-bit Win 11. All 18 com ports (yes!) are listed properly. I use a 16-port USB to RS-232 converter.
 
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  Quote  supposed to work yet?


Yes but clearly doesn't. I'll have another go at it tomorrow. Been busy laying a wooden floor this week - exhausted!!!!

  Quote  No com ports will be easy enough for Peter to cater for,


Yes, very easy. I assumed the registry entry would be there even if no com ports but clearly not
 
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PA15 com port recognition works for me too. W7 64bit.
‚My name is Ozymandias, king of kings
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!‘
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and ...
 
TassyJim

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  matherp said  

  Quote  No com ports will be easy enough for Peter to cater for,


Yes, very easy. I assumed the registry entry would be there even if no com ports but clearly not

It is there on my system when I remove all com ports and correctly returns no ports for LIST COM PORTS.

I don't have any system that has NEVER had a com port to test.

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