Mk3 OS CD - what is the diff between...

[KiwiJochen]

...these three directories:

Mk3\0103
Mk3\0107
Mk3\0116
Mk3\0127

All these apart from 0107 have OS software:
BMWC01S\ (colour OS)
BMWM01S\ (monochrome OS)

Who knows what the different directories mean (0103, 0107, etc) ??

The interesting thing is that the Mk3 splash logo is in the file usw_load:

Mk3\0103\BMWC01S\app_sw\usw_load

The usw_load is the same identical file in all of these directories:

Mk3\0103\BMWC01S\app_sw\
Mk3\0116\BMWC01S\app_sw\
Mk3\0127\BMWC01S\app_sw\

You can extract and replace the logo with GifExtractor, I have created new usw_load files with different images - ready to try

But first attempt looked like it crashed the SW load process on my Mk3, I was scared I had broken the Mk3 - but I managed to get to boot up again with an oriignal OS disk

Anybody else had a go at this?

Jochen

[mk2611]

I think the logo feature is not working on the MK3 computers. As far as i can remember there are several people that tried and failed on MK3. The MK4 does accept this without problems.
If i am not completely wrong, the different directories are for the different languages.

Best regards,
Markus

[KiwiJochen]

No they are not language dependent.

They are slightly different versions of the OS, seems to be for different vehicles or maybe Mini / RR etc

But I'd like confirmation...

[Gren]

I think its for difrent versons of hardware. Mk3, for example, may have 2 or 4 flash memory

[KiwiJochen]

Yes, the number is the hardware version.

My Mk3 was v1.16 hardwar, so loaded OS from Mk3\0116\BMWC01S\app_sw\

You can see the HW version in the diagnostics menu