Subject: Re: [stella] Re:7800 anyone? From: vgs <vgstore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:55:01 -0300 |
Chad Schell wrote: > There is no need to program an eprom, it can all be done in software > manipulation. In fact, you don't even need to own an eprom programmer, as > most of the software will run fine without the programmer attached. > > Chad > > At 09:55 PM 1/14/2001, you wrote: > >I'm not sure I totally follow you. Are you saying you could burn it to an > >EPROM and then redump it to bin format to convert it. Or do you have a > >program that handles a straight (sort of) conversion? > > > >Thanks, > >Mitch > >Msorman@xxxxxxx > >http://atari7800.atari.org > > > >gamer@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > Those aren't Intel hex files, but rather Motorola S-records, a method of > > > storing binary files in ascii format. > > > > > > If you do a search on hotbot for Motorola S-records, you'll come up with > > > some information on the file format, and some links to unix code for > > > dealing with them. > > > > > > Otherwise most eprom programmer utilities can read S-records and convert > > > them to binary files. (My particular one required me to strip out all of > > > the leading spaces contained in these files, as well as the non-S lines, > > > but I'm sure others are more robust.) > > > > > > However, even after converting them to .bin files, it's obvious a lot of > > > work needs to be done. They span address space from 0x4000 to 0x7BFFF, > > > with lots of garbage in there, probably something with bankswitching/cart > > > RAM but I'll leave that for people more familiar with 7800 cart > > > details. You can compare his Ace of Aces to the version floating around > >to > > > see what I mean. > > > > > > Chad > > > >-- > >Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > >Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > ============================================ > Chad Schell > gamer@xxxxxxxxxxx > Like the Intellivision? Check out the Intellicart. > http://www.schells.com/intellicart.shtml > > -- > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ will the superdupercharger work on 7800's? -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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