@PhilC I'm attaching my rom file. Since we are using the same programmer GQ-4x4, can you check it out for me to see if it looks right?
Thanks,
Ken
Setting Up a dual boot rom
Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
Does 27C4096 plug straight into the machine?
I could do a 27C200 to AM27C4096 adapter PCB if anyone is interested? It wouldn't take long to do. M27C400 are common for Amigas and that is the pinout of my kickswitcher.
I could do a 27C200 to AM27C4096 adapter PCB if anyone is interested? It wouldn't take long to do. M27C400 are common for Amigas and that is the pinout of my kickswitcher.
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Which machine? The GQ-4x4 has an adapter that accepts the 27C4096 eprom.
Here’s what the adapter supports: 28F102,27C1024,27C2048, 27C4096,27C210,27C2002,27C4002,27C400, 27C800, 27C160, 27C32289.
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Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
I think your image is byteswapped, having just compared it to a known working 1.62/2.06 image I have. Cartman will fix it.Glorfindeal wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 2:00 pm @PhilC I'm attaching my rom file. Since we are using the same programmer GQ-4x4, can you check it out for me to see if it looks right?
Thanks,
Ken
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
The ST. I just looked at a picture of the Tos adapter and it is a PLCC EPROM you're talking not DIP so never mind. It would need a 40-pin DIP adapter to dual ROMs for my thing. As you were...Glorfindeal wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 2:23 pm Which machine? The GQ-4x4 has an adapter that accepts the 27C4096 eprom.
Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
According to @PhilC his images need a byte order where the text is readable which your image has. The second image starts at 0x40000 which is correct. If I were to burn your image I would be creating slugs while it should be good with your burner. As you can see the embedded text is readable.Glorfindeal wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 2:00 pm @PhilC I'm attaching my rom file. Since we are using the same programmer GQ-4x4, can you check it out for me to see if it looks right?
Thanks,
Ken
The second image starts at 0x40000 correctly. Looks like 2.16 which is PP's improved TOS.
Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
Hi Ken,Glorfindeal wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 2:00 pm @PhilC I'm attaching my rom file. Since we are using the same programmer GQ-4x4, can you check it out for me to see if it looks right?
Thanks,
Ken
So this is looking at it in the windows version of the GQ software than I use and in that version the text should be byte swapped, ie not readable. Your text is actually readable, so like RJ says, you need to byte swap it.
The confusion lies with not all eprom programmers being the same unfortunately.
I'll try and download the Mac app you said about in a minute and will have another look at your file then.
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
This is a lot easier with 8 bit rom... just swap them if it doesn't work. I was looking for my erasable eprom which I couldn't find so I ordered some more from China. Also spotted this puppy.. great price. The company EEtools who builds my programmer wanted 180 bucks for it. So if your programmer supports a 44 pin dip package this is a pretty good buy:PhilC wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:03 pm So this is looking at it in the windows version of the GQ software than I use and in that version the text should be byte swapped, ie not readable. Your text is actually readable, so like RJ says, you need to byte swap it.
The confusion lies with not all eprom programmers being the same unfortunately.
I'll try and download the Mac app you said about in a minute and will have another look at your file then.
Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
Ok, so i've also looked at it in Hex Fiend and the text is not reversed.
As I said earlier, if you were using the mini pro app that comes with the TL866 then this would be correct. But if you are using the windows app for the GQ 4x4 v2 programmer then that same file would write a garbage eprom as it would need to be byte swapped in the case of this programmer.
Now when I first used the GQ 4x4 I wrote a couple of garbage eprom before I worked it out, which wasn't a problem because I was able to erase the eprom and start again. The way that I found out that what I had written needed byte swapping was by reading a known working rom and viewing that in the built in hex viewer of the eprom programmer software.
So you mentioned that you use a Mac, what software are you planning to use to burn your eprom with? If its a free program I will download it and work out which way the rooms need to be made.
Alternatively, if you're using the windows GQ software then I can probably send you a working TOS1.04/2.06 image to try?
As I said earlier, if you were using the mini pro app that comes with the TL866 then this would be correct. But if you are using the windows app for the GQ 4x4 v2 programmer then that same file would write a garbage eprom as it would need to be byte swapped in the case of this programmer.
Now when I first used the GQ 4x4 I wrote a couple of garbage eprom before I worked it out, which wasn't a problem because I was able to erase the eprom and start again. The way that I found out that what I had written needed byte swapping was by reading a known working rom and viewing that in the built in hex viewer of the eprom programmer software.
So you mentioned that you use a Mac, what software are you planning to use to burn your eprom with? If its a free program I will download it and work out which way the rooms need to be made.
Alternatively, if you're using the windows GQ software then I can probably send you a working TOS1.04/2.06 image to try?
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
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Re: Setting Up a dual boot rom
I’m using Parallels Desktop on my Mac. I’m running Windows 10. There isn’t a program for the GQ-4x that runs on the Mac. There is one for the GQ-5x but that doesn’t burn EPROMs. I downloaded Cartman on Windows and it is pretty fool proof. If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you should take a look at it. You load the file and there is a button to push that does the byte swap. It also splits 16 bit into 2 8 bits and other things.
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