[iyonix-support] Re: New 5.14 ROM on Iyonix

In message <ae36285450.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 30 Apr 2009  Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [snip]

>> There must be some misunderstanding here. The above discussion is
>> about an expert-only non-standard (and in my opinion pointless) way of
>> using this upgrade, which is to softload the new ROM each time you
>> boot. If you do not feel like you can set this up yourself simply
>> ignore it, you do not need it.

>> We have two easy user-friendly ways of using this upgrade:

>> Either softload the ROM to try it out in the current session. Involves
>> double-clicking on go514 in the softload archive. Easy.

>> Or, flashing the new ROM permanently. Involves double-clicking on the
>> ROM programmer in the flash upgrade archive and then clicking on "Full
>> ROM" in the dialogue box that pops up. Again easy.

> Both easy, indeed, but there are others here besides me who have
> terrors about doing a flash upgrade :-(

> A way of doing a soft-load at start-up would be a boon for the timid,
> and we now have more than one way suggested of doing this. Has anyone
> conformed that any of these methods do in fact work? I still feel a
> bit timid about trying one of these methods.

The Basic program is working here for me - softloading 5.14 over 5.11. 
So far I haven't hit any snags with 5.14, but I need to test DPlngScan 
as I use that a lot, and I have Geminus.

It's slower booting of course, because essentially it boots twice. 
Steve's suggestion might be quicker, because it seems to be run 
earlier in the boot process. I'll switch to it when I have a moment.


-- 
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nckc.org.uk/
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