Ultimate 1MB ROM Generator

[AtariGeezer]

Hey all, this is the ROM Generator I am making for the Ultimate 1MB.

Ultimate1Mb ROM Generator v2.zip

 

I would like your input on how you think the Descriptions of a ROM should be best handled for ALL users...

 

Thanks,

Jay

Edited July 25, 2012 by AtariGeezer

[+Stephen]

There's a problem with the poll - if you select #1, you still have to enter a value for question 2

[AtariGeezer]

Fixed by added option 'C'

 

Thanks Steve

[+David_P]

I'm a fan of flexibility in making selections - and also a fan of the program reminding me that I forgot something...

[+Stephen]

I obviously chose one. I like the program coercing you do things in the proper order.

[+poobah]

I obviously chose one. I like the program coercing you do things in the proper order.

Same here. Pick a ROM, load it up, prompt for description if successfully loaded, gracefully fall out if you fail along that path.

[candle]

how about graying out the text input until ROM is loaded into slot?

[+rdemming]

I voted 1. As default name I would take the file name without the extension. If your files have good names then you don't have to change the name afterwards.

 

Robert

[Roydea6]

I think that we need a dummy 'ULTIMATE.ROM' to use as a starting point, and then it would be easier to evaluate the problem..

I voted for #1, because that is my mind set.

 

Great program..

[Marius]

Perhaps a slight bit offtopic, but still...

 

With the current more-or-less available flasher it is needed to flash (at least) 64KB, since it erases 64KB from the entered start page. Is this due to nature of used flash EEprom in Ultimate1MB or is this a 'shortcoming' of the existing flasher? It would be very handy if I could only flash 16KB for one OS... or 8KB for just one 8K rom, and leaving the rest of the Ultimate the way it is.

 

Question two:

Will the flasher always be needing SDX? The current flasher needs SDX.

 

Thanks

M.

[candle]

"sector size" in used flash chips (eeproms are quite diffrent) is 64k, so this is minimum you can erase

for incognito, its 4k, so its more managable

 

SDX is required not to flash, but to have access to SDX registers used for banking

[+rdemming]

for incognito, its 4k, so its more managable

 

The schematics I saw of incongnito use a 29F040 which has a 64KByte sector size. So how is it 4k for incognito or did you change the flash chip?

 

Robert

[candle]

think of it as placeholder chip is SST 39SF040

[flashjazzcat]

@Sebastian: Just emailed you Xilinx update guide, first draft.

[AtariGeezer]

I think that we need a dummy 'ULTIMATE.ROM' to use as a starting point, and then it would be easier to evaluate the problem..

I voted for #1, because that is my mind set.

 

Great program..

 

This is the 512k ROM that can be used to test it with.

ultimate1mb-v2.zip

 

It is NOT advisable to use this with an EPROM Burner if your Xilinx chip hasn't been upgraded first...

 

Jay

[AtariGeezer]

how about graying out the text input until ROM is loaded into slot?

 

That's another option

 

Jay

[AtariGeezer]

I voted 1. As default name I would take the file name without the extension. If your files have good names then you don't have to change the name afterwards.

 

Robert

 

Take a look at the descriptions with the ROM image I just posted

 

The descriptions contain more than just a filename...

 

Jay

[flashjazzcat]

how about graying out the text input until ROM is loaded into slot?

 

That's another option

 

This sounds like sensible behaviour.

 

BTW: Just had a look at the latest version - nice work!

[atari8warez]

Loaded the .rom file you provided, clicked the save .atr. I am getting this message (Windows 7, 64bit): "Error Loading Flasher"

 

.atr was not created.

[flashjazzcat]

Loaded the .rom file you provided, clicked the save .atr. I am getting this message (Windows 7, 64bit): "Error Loading Flasher"

 

There's no flasher with which to create the ATR yet, unfortunately. Hopefully it won't be too long in coming. All we can do at the moment is save the ROM image.

[atari8warez]

Loaded the .rom file you provided, clicked the save .atr. I am getting this message (Windows 7, 64bit): "Error Loading Flasher"

 

There's no flasher with which to create the ATR yet, unfortunately. Hopefully it won't be too long in coming. All we can do at the moment is save the ROM image.

 

Oh Ok FJC, I just thought it would create the .atr file for the flasher.... so this is a front-end to the flasher

[Roydea6]

No this is the front end for making a personallized 'ultimate.rom' with support for creating and atr with a future rom flasher.com..

[atari8warez]

No this is the front end for making a personallized 'ultimate.rom' with support for creating and atr with a future rom flasher.com..

 

Got it thanks Roy

[AtariGeezer]

After taking all votes into consideration, I came up with this

 

Ultimate1Mb ROM Generator v2.zip

 

Check out the Edit -> Settings Menu...

 

Jay

[candle]

Jay, setting box background to grey means to disable the control, not to literally set the color

if i choose "set box color to grey" in settings menu i can actually edit the thing

there is a function "graymenuitem" i was reffering to when saying about setting it to gray