[Coco] ROM -> BIN converter/loader

[S Klammer]

You may also find DSK images and pre-made BIN files that have already done
all this... and pre-patched if needed.
On Mar 5, 2015 6:06 PM, "Pere" <psergm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> yes, it works, for sure!
> I use it in my Dragon64 without problems (and some CoCo ROMs work
> flawlessly too).
> It is told that there are some Cartridges that try to write their code, so
> that they don't
> work properly if moved to RAM (kind of copy-protection). It could happen,
> then this is our case.
> We copy them to low RAM and then up to $C000 but still in RAM
> Untill now, I have not had problems but Dragon has very few cartridges
> compared to the bunch that exist for the CoCo.
>
> The whole process I use is:
> 1) Load the ROM into lower RAM ($4000 on, for instance) usually from my
> disk drives
> 2) Switch to MAP1 (all  RAM)
> 3) Copy the BASIC ROM from MAP0 to MAP1 (some cartridges use to call ROM
> rutines)
> 4) Copy the real cartridge code to $C000
> 5) Jump to $C000
>
> If you have access to a Drivewire server, you can load the ROM cartridge
> with the loader attached at the beginning
> and exec it at $4000, the loader should do the steps indicated above from
> 2 to 5
>
> cheers
> pere
>
>
>
> -----Mensaje original----- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 14:51:33 -0300
> From: Gustavo Ranaur Schoenaker <ranaur at ranaur.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: [Coco] ROM -> BIN converter/loader
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> While answering Vincent´s e-mail I had one idea. Theorically it is easy to
> do ... maybe it is a good project sometime ...
>
> Is it possible to convert a ROM file to .BIN? So you could load it through
> regular disks.
>
> The BIN file would have two parts: the bootstrap file followed by the "ROM"
> data. The bootstrap file would make:
>
> 1) Copy ROM to RAM and enable 64KB of memory
> 2) Copy the rest of the file to C000
> 3) JMP C000
>
> Would it work? Did someone make this already? And survived to tell the
> tale? :-)
>
>
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