Console updating

No, unfortunately Express(ion) consoles can only be updated via their local floppy disk drive.

The 'Nodes' are updated via their network connection, as they don't have a drive and their firmware is much smaller.

When you say that it's not the drive, how do you know?
There are a lot of not-quite-identical floppy drives. PCs, Linux and Macs use drivers to allow for the vagaries of different floppy drive controllers, Express(ion) doesn't so requires the FDD to be exactly the right type.

Unfortunately this means that a FDD picked at random from your local computer store may not work on Express(ion).

Hi Richard!

Many thanks for the response! I tried swapping the drives from one console to the other. In fact i tried several drives, two came from a working express and it always give me a "no diskette in drive found" message. I tried format, read, write, and update but to no avail. What do you think is causing this problem and what do you suggest?

We were able to solve the " no video problem " by the way by trying to heat up the processor pins. It came out that one or several pins have either cold solders or due to normal wear resulting from transporting the console when used in rental shows.

All the best (^_^)

Hi Richard!

Many thanks for the response! I tried swapping the drives from one console to the other. In fact i tried several drives, two came from a working express and it always give me a "no diskette in drive found" message. I tried format, read, write, and update but to no avail. What do you think is causing this problem and what do you suggest?

We were able to solve the " no video problem " by the way by trying to heat up the processor pins. It came out that one or several pins have either cold solders or due to normal wear resulting from transporting the console when used in rental shows.

All the best (^_^)