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Old 15 June 2007, 19:17   #1
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Picasso IV Flash problem (again)

Hello all,

Regular readers may remember from earlier posts that I've been having some problems with a Picasso IV... After a long break, I've now finally managed to get hold of some new flash chips, however the update tools (even the hacked 1.11) can't find the card.

I am wondering if it doesn't need a minimal boot code stored in the first block of the flash? If that is the case, I'm in a chicken and egg scenario!

I am not quite sure how the PicassoIV works, but I assume there must be some way that it hooks itself into memory so that an update tool (even 1.11 which doesn't seem to require picassoiv.resource) can do it's work...

So my question is this: Would someone on this list be able to flash a working copy of the Picasso IV flash ROM, any version, if I provided the chip and paid for drinks?

All the best,

-Marek,
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The only person who stands a chance of helping you is MASTATABS over on amiga.org aka Tobias Seiler who was one of the original developers.

Posting on picasso96 yahoo group might also get you somewhere.
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The only person who stands a chance of helping you is MASTATABS over on amiga.org aka Tobias Seiler who was one of the original developers.

Posting on picasso96 yahoo group might also get you somewhere.
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I have a second hand Picasso IV and I wondered what rom versions I had and If there is any need to upgrade.
Where can I find the tools and informations about this.
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Old 06 July 2007, 03:47   #6
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I have a second hand Picasso IV and I wondered what rom versions I had and If there is any need to upgrade.
Where can I find the tools and informations about this.
There is a tool on the Picasso 96 install disk which will tell you this. Be careful with flashing if you haven't used the machine for a while, this broke my picassoiv!
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Be careful with flashing [snip] this broke my picassoiv!
Do you still have it? I'd shove you a few quid for it.
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Do you still have it? I'd shove you a few quid for it.
I still have it, just waiting for a friend to copy his firmware onto a blank chip - and hopefully it can work again. Unless something else is broken too! But such a board is definately worth doing some work on ...
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I got a flashed chip of the Picasso firmware v7sthng in the post today! Installed it, and woopie - the PIV is again visible in the boot hw diag! It seems to work just fine now!!! Booting workbench, loading the monitor device and everything is fine! Using workbench and apps is so fast I might throw my PC out on the street
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