New penultimate-plus-2-cartridge

[Rich]

Been doing more into the file browser and If you have a list more than one page It will miss the next game in line and so forth so not all on the list will be shown I did email Rod Hull over on The Future was 8Bit but I haven't had a reply, can anyone else check please.......

[Wilson]

Definitely sounds like a bug, Rich. I couldn't find the source for this cartridge, but it seems like the browser is skipping over the (17*n)th file/directory for some reason. Maybe the file offset is incrementing to 17 (because of a general cursor down handler for example), where the next file would be, before the next page (offsets 18-34) of 16 files is read in.

[Rich]

Thank you wilson for the reply that sounds about right.

[AndyH]

It might be better to contact Dave directly. You can find him on patreon https://www.patreon.com/tynemouthsoftware

[Rich]

Cheers AndyH I`ll pop him a message, have you checked it out with a SD2IEC.

[Jeff-20]

Mine died on the second use, and I think support might be ghosting me. Does anyone here feel they might be able to work on one? ..or buy mine as-is?

The buttons light up, but I get a black screen now. I tried the "dead test" and tried it on several different VICs running on different Ray Carlson power supplies as well. It worked on the first power up. I tried it a week or two later and got a black screen. Other cartridges work fine, so I don't think the port is the issue.

[Rich]

Mine died on the second use, and I think support might be ghosting me. Does anyone here feel they might be able to work on one? ..or buy mine as-is?

The buttons light up, but I get a black screen now. I tried the "dead test" and tried it on several different VICs running on different Ray Carlson power supplies as well. It worked on the first power up. I tried it a week or two later and got a black screen. Other cartridges work fine, so I don't think the port is the issue.

What a shame this is the best thing to buy for a Vic-20.

[Jeff-20]

I enjoyed it the first day I tested it. I just did not know it would be the only day. Really hoping someone can make it useful again.

[Rich]

I enjoyed it the first day I tested it. I just did not know it would be the only day. Really hoping someone can make it useful again.

Have you got a EPROM programmer may be redo the ROMs

[akator]

I already have the Penultimate Plus Cart but was really interested in the Plus 2 until I read about the bugs. Have these issues been resolved?

[Ghislain]

Cheers AndyH I`ll pop him a message, have you checked it out with a SD2IEC.

Did this issue get resolved? I am considering ordering this.

[Rich]

Cheers AndyH I`ll pop him a message, have you checked it out with a SD2IEC.

Did this issue get resolved? I am considering ordering this.

Nothing from anyone

[AndyH]

I believe a revision was being worked on. I know there are some health issues being dealt with that are likely the reason for the silence at the moment

Best person to ask would be Dave who coded that -> https://www.patreon.com/tynemouthsoftware/posts

[8bitDenial]

Did this issue get resolved? I am considering ordering this.

I can confirm the file-browser issue appears to be resolved.

Certainly on mine, with folders listed A-Z, moving from O at the bottom of page one to the next, P is the next folder listed.

According to 8-bit Show and Tell's video, there has been a recent revision to the PUII+, with further games and programming tools added.

Mine (bought roughly 4 weeks ago) is the revised edition and doesn't exhibit any issues with the internal file-browser skipping letters, when moving between pages.

[Rich]

Did this issue get resolved? I am considering ordering this.

I can confirm the file-browser issue appears to be resolved.

Certainly on mine, with folders listed A-Z, moving from O at the bottom of page one to the next, P is the next folder listed.

According to 8-bit Show and Tell's video, there has been a recent revision to the PUII+, with further games and programming tools added.

Mine (bought roughly 4 weeks ago) is the revised edition and doesn't exhibit any issues with the internal file-browser skipping letters, when moving between pages.

Would be nice if there's an update we could do or is it a hardware problem