[Coco] .BIN to .ROM

[S Klammer]

Perhaps knowing (if you have not already mentioned) which BIN you're
wanting to put into an EPROM.  If the BIN can be loaded into $C000 and EXEC
from there, then wouldn't it also work in a cart EPROM?

As an aside, some 'online' carts have BIN for the filename extension.

Merry Christmas to everyone!
On Dec 24, 2013 12:32 PM, "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> DriveWire .ROMS already run the AUTOEXEC from drive images.  I even have a
> modded DriveWire ROM that auto-loads the AUTOEXEC from real floppies.  I
> want to be able to embed the .BIN into a EPROM.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 10:37 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] .BIN to .ROM
>
> Chad, I see you posted this message while I was asking what you are trying
> to do.
>
> While you can added a boot loaded to the data stream of the segmented
> blocks
> to load them in to their write location in the address space, there are
> some
> other issues to deal with.  The main one being is the data stream of the
> .BIN may not fit in the same space as the the ROM. A lot of .BIN are larger
> than 16k.
>
> For me, I would added a small boot loader inside the Disk Basic ROM that
> would Auto-Load the BIN file.  Just have this new code inside the Disk
> Basic
> ROM look for a AutoLoad.BAT file that includes the name of the file to load
> and run.  With a little bit more work, the auto loader program could even
> load a BASIC or other types of file format and auto execute them too.
>
> With this solution there is no need to try and convert the file format.
>
> The real advantage here is the end user only needs to to put the name of
> the
> file inside this "AUTOLOAD.BAT" file to run anything they want.
>
> Steve
>
> On 12/24/2013 8:01 AM, Chad H wrote:
> > Trying to be able to take any .BIN and flash it to EPROM.  Wish I had a
> 'bootloader' I could attach to the front of the .BIN data that would mimic
> the CLOADM and handle the .BIN data appropriately, then execute.
> >
> > Sent from my Transformer Infinity
> >
> >
>
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