esxDOS BBS — ZX Spectrum Next

Execute esxDOS DOT-Commands like .ls under SpecNext NextBASIC

2022-10-09T08:36:37Z

Hint from Garry Lancaster: If you want to execute DOT-Commands like .ls from esxDOS under NextBASIC you can do this by running it with the complete path like e.g.: ./bin/ls

Autoboot.BAS - NextHWSet = Program to enable SpecNext Expansion Bus

2021-11-22T16:09:39Z

I´ve written a Basic-program called "NextHWSet", which (in 48k or 128k Personality of Next) enables the Expansion-Bus, and enables an external attached divMMC-Interface (I use a "DivMMC SinDiKat edition RTC"- https://divide.cz/ incl. Kempston-Joystick-Port).
So a SpecNext can be used to test this Hardware on the Expansion-Bus.

Warning: When the program save settings, it overwrites an existing Autostartfile "sys/AUTOBOOT.BAS"!

Download:: https://www.specnext.com/forum/download/file.php?id=877

Info: https://www.specnext.com/forum/viewtopi … =10#p13170

FAT32 file system corruption when DMA is enabled

2020-05-30T14:11:20Z

Setup:
1. ZX Spectrum Next (personality mode - ZX Spectrum 128)
2. FlashAIR SDXC 64GB (FAT32)
3. esxDOS 0.8.8 with DMA support enabled
4. new browser with LFN support (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/ … LX4#p37349)

Symptoms:
When DMA support for esxDOS is enabled in ESXDOS.CFG the file system gets corrupted when saving data to SD card. Reading is unaffected.

Example:
The new browser with LFN support saves memory dump to TMP/BROWSE.NMI file on SD card during start. In DMA enabled mode instead of BROWSE.NMI file there is bunch of files created with sizes of 1GB each and corrupted file names:

Workaround:
Disable DMA support in ESXDOS.CFG

Asking for a Beta Release of esxDOS v0.9 (LFN-Support, maybe readonly)

2018-04-22T10:11:06Z

Hi,

may I ask for a Beta Release of esxDOS v0.9 as announced in the "esxDOS on ZX Next FAQ" here:

http://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?pid=279#p279

I ask mostly for having support for FAT-Long-Filename (LFN-)-Support. Maybe an "Read-Only-LFN"-Edition may help (so no write-support "must" work now).

Regards,

Luzie

Just let me say thank you for developing esxDOS further!

2017-11-02T20:09:50Z

Dear lordcoxis,

just let me say "Thank you" for your continued development of esxDOS. The more I have a look into it and it´s functions I´m impressed how much is needed to build such a DOS and API.

If you need a beta tester for further versions I´ll be lucky if you take into account adding me to your beta testers :-)

Kindest Regards,

Luzie

esxDOS on ZX Next FAQ

2017-05-31T11:22:15Z

Due to misleading information that has been posted across the internet we have decided to put up this FAQ as a definitive resource to keep you all correctly informed.

esxDOS on ZX Next FAQ

Will esxDOS ever have FAT LFN support? The last status update is from 2015!

Yes. Work on the 0.9.x version (which is the one with LFN) was halted for a couple of years but it was resumed a few months ago.

Is LFN support a Next exclusive feature?

No. LFN support had been planned way before the Next appeared on the scene and will also be supported on DivIDE and DivMMC targets.

Will esxDOS have .TZX support? Is it a Next exclusive feature?

Yes, but only for standard data blocks using the ROM loader (just like ResiDOS). It's not a Next exclusive feature.

So what are the Next exclusive features then?

Turbo (7MHz) I/O and some other features that will generally make esxDOS run faster, and more accurately in some cases. There's also support for some of the Next's hardware features (RTC driver, etc).

Can you add X, Y and Z to the NMI browser?

The NMI browser is a 3rd party module, written by UB880D (aka Dusky). UB880D has a very close relationship with the core esxDOS team, but in the end it's up to him to decide what he wants to implement. Also, memory for the NMI module was very low in the 0.8.x versions, so it's a miracle that it can do all it does!

When will v0.9.x be released?

When it's done :) That being said, work is ongoing and we expect to have something ready before the Next is released.