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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
Eprom burning...
I own a Promenade C1 and have just received a cartridge file which is useful. I am new to the whole .d64 stuff, 64 emulators and XM1541. How is it possible to start with a .d64 and get it to where it can be ready to burn on an Eprom? |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 299 |
Here you can find some info regarding dumping carts:
http://markus.brenner.de/cartridge/index.html
Hope this will help as it explains internals of cart files. You need to do file conversion before burning rom.
Also take a look at RamCart or MMC/RetroReplay - maybe there is no need for buring rom afterall. |
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
Thank you Alex! I am not sure if Retro Replay will work on my NTSC 64. I just obtained some Super Snapshot dumps. One of the dumps is called the (e) version and the other is (u). Does this sound like maybe (E)uropean and (U)SA? I am new to all this .d64 stuff. |
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
Also looking for a way to add Darksqueezer to the code of a cartridge file. Can that be done? |
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Twoflower
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 434 |
What you need to do is strip the .crt file of the irrelavant information, making a file which is of the size you wish it to have. If you take the file "Batman.crt" - the emulated cartridge version of Batman by Ocean - as an example, you will find a 129k file, with a header and some additional data. The real data starts at offset $50. What you need to do is to strip the file to a 128k rom which you then burn with your favourite eprom-burner. Details of how the crt-format works are available here and there on the web.
If you found this file within a .d64 file, chances are that the file is ready to be burned allready. Just transfer the disk to the C-64 using the XM1541 cable and Star Commander - and then burn it.
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 498 |
Quote: Also looking for a way to add Darksqueezer to the code of a cartridge file. Can that be done?
Im currently working on a simple cart with multiple 8k banks. The first thing Ill do is Voicetracker on cart :D
But yeh, a cart with multiple 8k banks and the ability to switch off the cart, anything is possible.
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11386 |
Quote:
Also looking for a way to add Darksqueezer to the code of a cartridge file. Can that be done?
most eprom burner softwares have some kind of "menu generator" that lets you create a menu for starting a bunch of "regular" programs.
oh, and keep in mind that those supersnapshot dumps will only work on supersnapshot hardware. a standard eprom card wont do the trick. |
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
a 128k ROM? how cool. Does anything special have to be done for the 64 to handle a 128k ROM? |
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
The only Eprom burning sortware I have is the disk and tape that came with the Promenade. Is there other Eprom software on the CSDb? |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
Quote: What you need to do is strip the .crt file of the irrelavant information, making a file which is of the size you wish it to have. If you take the file "Batman.crt" - the emulated cartridge version of Batman by Ocean - as an example, you will find a 129k file, with a header and some additional data. The real data starts at offset $50. What you need to do is to strip the file to a 128k rom which you then burn with your favourite eprom-burner. Details of how the crt-format works are available here and there on the web.
If you found this file within a .d64 file, chances are that the file is ready to be burned allready. Just transfer the disk to the C-64 using the XM1541 cable and Star Commander - and then burn it.
Dumping the data from a .crt is easily done with http://www.64hdd.com/download/cbmcart.zip |
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The Shadow
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 304 |
Brilliant Hollowman! Thank you. Gosh, if only the old sceners knew what tools would exist today.... |
