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December 2024
November 2024
- Posted an (optional) version of the
MFX GAL to allow MFX to be
used with MTX computers without any working on-board RAM
- Posted a corrected version of the SDX FDC05 Floppy Disk
Controller schematic
October 2024
September 2024
August 2024
- Ian Wellock has donated quite a few items to the collection
(thanks Ian)
- A MTX ROM board
with MTX Demo ROM installed
- Complete sets of the Memotech User Group magazines (ones not
already on the site will be posted shortly)
July 2024
June 2024
- Posted a copy of the original source code for the
MTX Speculator
program (courtesy of Tony Brewer)
May 2024
April 2024
- Posted magazine extracts courtesy of Alan Wilson (Alan is the
"AF Wilson" that submitted a number of MTX programs to various
computer magazines in the '80s)
- MTX Recover in
assembly language by AF Wilson, Popular Computing Weekly, 29 May
1987
- Panel Copy Utility in assembly language by AF Wilson, Popular Computing
Weekly, 2 June 1987
- Posting these items reminded me that, some months ago, Alan sent
me copies of some very interesting material that he wrote back in
the late '80s. He even took the time to reformat the originals and
sent me copies of the tidied up PDFs. I have been very tardy in
actually publishing them (sorry Alan!), but have done so now. Check
them out . . . .
- It has just come to light that I made an error with the silk
screen jumper labels on the
MAGROM Version 1.1
PCBs. The REMEMORizer and RS128 labels are reversed. I don't think
that this has had any impact on buyers as I don't think that anyone
actually uses MAGROM with either of these systems. The issue was
discovered when testing MAGROM with MFX for a buyer who wanted to
use both. The short term "fix" is to pin MAGROM for "RS128", rather
than, "REMEMORizer" - the option that was supposed to be used, along
with a GAL update, to provide MAGROM compatibility with MFX.
- Posted updated version of the MAGROM 2 ROM (as version 2.06),
only required when using MAGROM with MFX
March 2024
February 2024
- Updated Geoff Boyd's WATN Page to
include changes to his Linkedin profile in 2021. Also included a
copy of Geoff's comments on
the Guardian article of 2020 citing "the 20 greatest home computers"
which omitted any mention of the MTX.
- Martin has done a modification to the
MFX GAL to allow MFX to
co-exist with MAGROM.
This means that MFX BASIC loses access to 128k of the RAM, leaving
"only" 384k for BASIC. Very few users have both MFX and MAGROM, but
if you want to use the two at the same time, you can download the
GAL update from the Firmware
page
January 2024
- Continuing to post the audio files uploaded by Nassim Bakir to
the Downloads page
- Educational software: Refraction, Symmetry
- Type-ins:
Bomb Run, Decision Maker, Egg Catcher, Horse Racing, Pong
- Utilities: Memosketch, Micro Canvas,
Paintbox, The Designer
- Bill Brendling has developed an Extended Storage ABI
for MFX. This ABI allows an
MFX with an updated ROM to use media partitioned in a Windows sense,
i.e., the CP/M partition containing the Memotech "disk drive" images
can coexist on as SD card with a FAT partition. To take full
advantage of this, after updating the ROM, you should also download
copies of htes.com and
fatcopy.com -
described on this page.
- Bill has also released ROM upgrades for
CFX and
CFX-II to support the
new ABI
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