Monster alt-ram and TOS104 problem with cookies ?

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Monster alt-ram and TOS104 problem with cookies ?

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I have been trying to get monster working on a H4.. Though I am stuck with TOS104 and the installer says it cannot install the FRB cookie.. it works with TOS206...

So is there a program to actually install the cookiejar on TOS104 ? or is it TOS206+ only ?
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Re: Monster alt-ram and TOS104 problem with cookies ?

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exxos wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:49 pm I have been trying to get monster working on a H4.. Though I am stuck with TOS104 and the installer says it cannot install the FRB cookie.. it works with TOS206...

So is there a program to actually install the cookiejar on TOS104 ? or is it TOS206+ only ?
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ah, never thought alt-ram wouldn't work with TOS104 :roll:

It does seem possible to install the cookies on TOS104.. but probably no point looking...

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I think there is no Altram/Fastram support with TOS 1.04.
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frank.lukas wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:00 pm I think there is no Altram/Fastram support with TOS 1.04.
Thanks.

Does anyone know of a program which will install the alt-ram FRB cookie in TOS206 ? Or know how to code it (though I would have to use basic for this)
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Re: Monster alt-ram and TOS104 problem with cookies ?

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Installing the cookie isn't that difficult (provided there is already a cookie jar, and there is room for another entry; if that is not the case things are a bit more complicated, but since you will need at least TOS 2.x for Alt-RAM anyway, that is unlikely)

The difficulty here is due to the fact that the buffer the _FRB points to must remain valid after the program terminates. That usually means you have to terminate your program by a Ptermres() call rather than just exiting. Although surely doable, i think basic is not the best choice for such a program.

But IIRC, wasn't there some program for the Monster that already does exactly this?
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thorsten.otto wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:01 pm But IIRC, wasn't there some program for the Monster that already does exactly this?
Yeah, but they made it only work with monster :roll:

I did a installer in GB6, but I get odd thing happen afterwards. If I use monster, those things don't happen, its why I thought it might be a cookie issue.
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exxos wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:05 pm Yeah, but they made it only work with monster :roll:
Maybe i missed something, but whats the point to install a _FRB cookie if the monster can't be detected? ;)
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thorsten.otto wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:25 pm Maybe i missed something, but whats the point to install a _FRB cookie if the monster can't be detected? ;)
Because I have my own alt-ram board and can't use monster driver with it.
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