Shamelessly copied from http://skoe.de/easyflash:

New menu version 1.2.0 for EasyFlash3:
- Can be controlled with a joystick in port 2
- Does not contain the disk writer anymore, it is contained in EasyTransfer from now

New version 1.2.0 of EasyTransfer:
- The verify problem with some drives is hopefully fixed
- EasyTransfer comes with the C64 part of the tool included. It is transfered automatically over USB.

In case you didn't try the new EasyTransfer tool yet: It is able to write a D64 image to a real disk over USB in less than a minute, including format and verify! And it can start a PRG or flash a CRT. Do it like this:
- Make sure the jumpers are in DATA position
- Connect USB
- Make sure the EF3 driver is installed
- Start EasyTransfer (GUI) or ef3xfer (command line) on your PC, Linux or Windows
- Transfer a file

You do not need to start any tool on C64 side: The menu does it automatically as soon as it detects data arriving.

The tools need the latest CPLD core 1.1.1. Look at the easyflash Web site for how to update it.
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Wow! Great stuff! You continuously amaze me with the EasyFlash products. Thanks so much for the updates!

Heather

Nice! Another great update - thanks Skoe
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I got my EF3 from Jim Brain, and am I right in assuming it has the latest CPLD core?
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Just flash the latest ef3-menu.crt (1.2.0). It can display the CPLD version number (press "v").
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Ok, thanks.
It says:

CPLD Core Version: 0.x.x

So, do I need to update it?
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Yes, definitely. This version is older than 1.0, it didn't have the register which tells the version number. Depending on its actual age, it may happen that the menu doesn't start up anymore after the CPLD update, since in a very old version I changed the memory map.

This means: If you only get a black screen after a _successful_ CPLD update, you can press the "Special" button to exit to BASIC. In this case you must flash the ef3_init.crt instead of ef3_menu.crt. To do this you must load EasyProg from disk (as it can't be started from flash obviously in this situation). Don't worry, it's (nearly?) impossible to brick the EF3.
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Ok, it updated successfully! Yah!!

I updated the menu first then updated the CPLD (that was a scary thing to watch for the first time ) and every thing is working fine.

Thanks skoe!
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