User guide

1541 Ultimate User Manual http://www.1541ultimate.net/
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BUGS, Testing and reporting
As with all hardware and software, you might find strange behavior with your
setup. To help others understand what’s wrong there needs to be a bug report. In
order to solve any bug, the bug preferably needs to be reproducible. To help you
create a detailed report, here are a few things to consider:
 Are you using the latest firmware? If not, please upgrade the firmware,
and test again.
 Can you reproduce the problem? If not, it will be very hard to solve it, but
still file a bug report and mention it is as being illusive.
 Can you reproduce the problem using original hardware? If so, it is not a
bug related to the 1541 Ultimate as it is designed to be hardware exact to
the original. If you can’t test because you don’t have original hardware,
put it on the forum, and ask others to help testing.
 Do you have any superfluous hardware connected? Please disconnect all
hardware to minimize the setup. The bug still needs to be present with a
minimal setup. If the bug disappears, retrace your steps until the bug
reappears again.
 Leave as few 1541U Configuration settings as possible enabled, while still
retaining the bug. If the bug disappears, retrace your steps until the bug
reappears again (but also mention what option made the bug go away).
 Write down all (relevant) information
o Configuration screen settings
o Hardware setup (What type of Commodore, what was connected to the
IEC bus, etc, etc)
o Software that you were using
o PAL / NTSC setup?
o If possible the specs/type of your PSU?
o Standalone mode or Cartridge mode?
o What exactly happened, and when?
Finally post your findings on the 1541 Ultimate forum.