X68000 ACE Error Message Gradius

[frankmonk]

Hello guys,

I am getting following error message while starting Gradius from my floppy out of Human68k.
can someone tell me what this error message does mean?

the other game I tested was Bomberman which is working fine.

I do have a PIO 1MB extensions installed

[NFG]

Looks like tinypic doesn't like linking like that.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2i6mcxz&s=8#.Ve63huGbOYY

[frankmonk]

I have attached the pic now

[hyperneogeo]

It's complaining about a lack of memory. Did you set the extra 1MB in switch?

[frankmonk]

sorry guys. this is my first x68000 and this might Sound stupid but how I am supposed to set the Switch?

[hyperneogeo]

X68000s are not as "smart" as modern computers. When you put in extra memory..they don't see it at all until you set it in switch.x. It should be on a Human68k system disk. You boot off the disk, type in "switch" and increase your memory from 1024 to 2048 KB. (On an Ace its default is 1024KB)

Edit: Also if your SRAM battery is dead (if you didn't change it), those settings will reset every time you turn your computer off and back on again at a later time.

[frankmonk]

thanks a lot! I will try later at home and let youknow

[frankmonk]

one more Thing!

I was told that my ace got a cpu mod installed which can be activated using a dip Switch.
is there some kind of Benchmark I can use to find out how fast it is? currently I do not even know if it is activated or deactivated

[hyperneogeo]

It got an overclock mod.  There are programs that check your current CPU speed, but you would either need to make your own floppy disk or have a flash hdd. Just see which games go faster when you flip the switch...probably easier that way.

[frankmonk]

I can write 5.25 floppies. how is this program called?
thanks

[hyperneogeo]

I think the one I know of requires an FPU or it won't run.

[frankmonk]

just to let you know that changing the Memory in Switch.x worked for me.
thanks again for the help