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ID Category [?] Severity [?] Reproducibility Date Submitted Last Update
08111 Crash/Freeze Major Always Oct 15, 2021, 16:01 Oct 16, 2021, 23:30
Tester r09 View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To AJR Resolution Fixed OS Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?] Resolved Driver
Version 0.236 Fixed in Version 0.237 Build 64-bit
Fixed in Git Commit 43e25e6 Github Pull Request #
Summary MESS-specific 08111: dn3500 and clones: Apollo machines cannot load programs from tape
Description All Apollo machines hang forever when trying to load a program from tape, which makes it impossible to install the OS. This seems to be a regression, since versions before 0.234 worked fine.

This also seems to prevent the OS from booting from HDD in newer versions once installed.
Steps To Reproduce - Delete the dn3500 CFG and NVRAM files so the machine is in the default state
- Run "mame dn3500 -ctape domainos" (needs the "domainos" set from the software list)
- When the machine starts, press ENTER a few times until the "MD7C REV 8.00..." message appears
- Run the command DI C
- Run the command EX CONFIG
- Wait approximately 7 minutes for the tape to load (can be fast-forwarded)

On versions 0.233 and older, the configuration program appears (see screenshot for what it should look like)

On versions 0.234 and newer, the machine never finishes loading the program.
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Regression Version 0.234
Affected Sets / Systems dn3500 and clones
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png file icon dn3500_mame233.png (17,378 bytes) Oct 15, 2021, 16:01 Uploaded by r09
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No.19347
AJR
Developer
Oct 15, 2021, 17:47
edited on: Oct 15, 2021, 19:21
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/3b151130022e04fc6d4111fbf3aeec295e2659fb might or might not be the cause of this regression.
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No.19353
Tafoid
Administrator
Oct 15, 2021, 19:21
That commit I've ID'd as the killer, as near as I can tell, from daily build testing.