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==SRAM Issues== | |
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The X68000 has 16KB of battery-backed SRAM, which is used to store basic system settings. It can also store drivers or small programs. Since it's battery-backed, and since the batteries that shipped in most X68000s are a decade or two past their useable life, this will cause some problems. Symptoms of a dead or dying battery include loss of settings, the Generic Error, and loss of whatever program was stored in the SRAM. | The X68000 has 16KB of battery-backed SRAM, which is used to store basic system settings. It can also store drivers or small programs. Since it's battery-backed, and since the batteries that shipped in most X68000s are a decade or two past their useable life, this will cause some problems. Symptoms of a dead or dying battery include loss of settings, the Generic Error, and loss of whatever program was stored in the SRAM. |
If you have an older machine the process is more involved. You have two options: | If you have an older machine the process is more involved. You have two options: |
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Download [[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Misc/Sram/SRAMLOAD.Lzh|SRAMLOAD.Lzh]] and use SRAM_CLR.R to clear the contents of SRAM. | The most simplest is to download [[http://nfggames.com/X68000/Misc/Sram/SRAMLOAD.Lzh|SRAMLOAD.Lzh]] and use SRAM_CLR.R to clear the contents of SRAM. |
You'll need a debugger of some kind. [[http://homepage2.nifty.com/m_kamada/docs/unlistedx68k.htm#startupkey_clr|This site]] reccommends you use the one from [[http://retropc.net/x68000/software/sharp/xc21/index.htm|C Compiler PRO-68K]]. Boot the first disk (an image is in the archive called "XC2101I.LZH"). After answering "N" to the prompt that pops up it should dump you back in HumanOS. Then type: | |
| You can use a debugger. [[http://homepage2.nifty.com/m_kamada/docs/unlistedx68k.htm#startupkey_clr|This site]] reccommends you use the one from [[http://retropc.net/x68000/software/sharp/xc21/index.htm|C Compiler PRO-68K]]. Boot the first disk (an image is in the archive called "XC2101I.LZH"). After answering "N" to the prompt that pops up it should dump you back in HumanOS. Then type: |
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''db \\ | ''db \\ |