Newbie Q: ROM 102 vs. ENIGMA vs. Atmega256

[bgcwww]

Hi,

I did some reading and the more I read the more I'm confused. It looks that there are more than one way to do the testing: programing a ROM10x card, using an ENIGMA or an Atmega256.

What is the best way to get it work? What are the pros and cons of these three methods? Is there an on-going cost with some methods (need subscription, etc.)?

I did some testings a while ago using Magic card and AVR card. Now they are all useless. So I'm a little bit skeptical of ENIGMA and Atmega256 cards. Are they here to stay for at least some time? Will using ROM102 a better choice in this regard?

I have a DP301.013 with ROM102 card. Doing soldering and programing is not a problem for me.

Your help will be very much appreciated!

[0zone]

ENIGMA in my book big NO NO!! Never got them to work..Long waiting time for fix..
Atmega256 cards working good if you ask Atmega256 vs Rom102.
Atmega256 you don’t have to worry about getting that card loop or any thing… fix come out fast.. but you are dependent on coders. . If you don’t like waiting go for Rom102 that will be my choice fix come out fast and its all public you can DIY…use good blocker and you good to go…
Good luck

[ruciz]

Best solution is to build a MaxMel and a tucker 6.0 ISO Programmer. Aux the ROM102 card and use ST19 when its up. This will protect your card, where the image file will take the hit rather than the 102. You can also shut the maxmel off, write a working image to the 102 and use it in-stream for times ST is out. About the only solution to consider if you want to stay up for as long as possible these days... Get a DVB card, those seem to be where the insta-fixes are... almost all emulation is based off their code. With maxmel and ST19 auxed setup Bell was out for about 2 weeks when new MECM came into play. Dish out for 2 days. only outages I can report since release without an almost instantaneous update. May also be a good idea to pickup an atmega256. Considering these cards have been rolling with the punches, they are also a good toy to have handy.. they are also 'open-platform' I believe unlike the enigma, so anyone can pickup and code for them through a specially designed API...