Mclaneinc Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 LOL, that's okay Yep, in my program you can extract those images from the 512k ROM image... Jay Yes, I daftly had not tried that until a few secs after the first post. I put it down to age and stupidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 This update fixes 1 bug, has 1 new addition and 1 change. Where the program asks for the Saved ATR filename, but only shows the Bin and Rom file extensions, now shows "ATR Images *.atr"... One cool addition is the ability to make a SpartaDos image for the flashers. The Ultimate1MB can now be flashed from this image by using the flasher from the SDX 4.45 update. The program will now ask you to locate the appropriate flasher if the default flasher filenames are not found. I'll be adding a language pack in an upcoming release... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (*NOTICE*) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The enclosed flasher is intended to be used with just the Ultimate1MB SDX image, but will flash all 64 Banks. I have flashed the U1MB on my 800XL and 130XE and both upgraded nicely Use this software at your own risk, even though it worked for me, I can not take any responsibility if you mess up yours by accident!!! ==================================================================================== Jay The ROM Generator.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) Jay, self-booting Atari Dos ATR option is just a novelty at this time as SpartaDosX needs to be enabled for the flasher to work, but when SDX is enabled the ATR won't auto-load the flasher anyway, and there is no way to enable U1MB after the flasher has booted. Since every U1MB already has SDX, there is really no need for an Atari DOS version. That's why i didn't implement that in my ROM Builder. Also IMO, with a software like a flasher, safety comes before convenience, that's why I rather have the user consciously load the flasher from the CMD line instead of auto-loading it with a AUTORUN.BAT. But as I said these are my opinion and they don't mean to criticize your software.. Edited October 19, 2012 by atari8warez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Thanks for the feedback Ray, Yep, currently the U1MB flasher does check for SDX to be enabled / present. But at the time the 1st Incognito Generator was conceived, a bootable ATR was thought to be best solution. That just converted the flasher from a exe/com to a boot disk... Later, I was asked to make a U1MB version, so I just incorporated the same loading scheme... In the future, a new flasher may not need the SDX check, but we'll have to wait and see... I made a test ATR earlier that used the U1MB flasher from the SDX 4.45 package and found that it did indeed flash all 64 banks, but since it wasn't an "official" release or hadn't been approved to do so, I didn't use it. But now that you let the cat out of the bag and hadn't received any messages saying not to use it that way, I went ahead and added it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari8warez Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 But now that you let the cat out of the bag and hadn't received any messages saying not to use it that way, I went ahead and added it too Hey well, if it works, why not (miaoowwww...) it won't be the first or the last heck in the community.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Okay, almost 14 hour later The ROM Generator.zip This update has 2 new additions. 1) A Language Pack 2) Sic! 31-In-1 support The language pack as of now just has english text, but has place holders for Dutch, German & Polish. Aditional languages can easily be added by editing the enclosed ini file. For those who have some spare time, you can translate the text in the ini file. You will see sections like "[Dutch]", "[English]", etc that has entries such as: "FileMenu=&File" or "ErrRomSize=Expected ROM Size of %d Bytes, This File is %d Bytes!" You can edit the part after the eguals sign ("="). For the Menus, you can add an ("&") before a letter that you want to use as a shortcut key. Entries that contain the "%d" in the text are place holders for a decimal number, so be sure that you do not for get to include those in a translation... ----- Sic! 31-In-1 support has been added in this release and will write 128k, 256k or 512k ROM Images... Currently, The Create ATR function only makes a working Sparta Dos Disk Image. I will post an update as soon as I get the DOS Boot part working on the Sic! Flasher... If you have any questions or find a bug, please post here Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Forgot to mention that the version in the above post allows support of the V1 ROM Here's the Ultimate1MB Version 1 ROM Ultimate1MB-V1.zip Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 works great on the U1MB V1 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 The ROM Generator.zip This update has 3 new additions, 3 Fixes and 1 Change. 11/12/12 - Added - Create ATR -> Make MyDOS Loadable Image 11/12/12 - Added - Settings -> MyDOS flash method as Autorun.sys or Flasher.com 11/12/12 - Added - Create ATR -> Make SpartaDOS Loadable Image 11/13/12 - Fixed - Sic! 31-In-1 Loading ROMs in Propper Location 11/13/12 - Fixed - Message When Exiting Program and You Have Changed ROM Contents 11/13/12 - Fixed - Message When Exiting Program and You Have Changed ROM Description 11/13/12 - ----- - The "Create ATR" Sub Menus Are Now Disabled If Flasher Doesn't Work The My DOS and Sparta DOS ATR images Now Include a loadable DOS... Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 This update has 7 new additions, 2 Fixes and 1 Change. THE ROM GENERATOR 2012-12-20.ZIP 11/15/12 - ----- - Sic! 31-In-1, Can Now Load Cartridge Images between 1k and 16k 11/15/12 - Added - Sic! 31-In-1, ".epr" and ".car" File Extensions When Asking For Cartridge Images 11/15/12 - Added - Settings -> Choose Use Internal Flasher or Prompt For Flasher 11/29/12 - Fixed - Message When Exiting Incognito Dialog 11/30/12 - Added - Loading Object Files in some ROM Slots. Expert Use ONLY!!! 12/06/12 - Added - Support for Incognito's Final Board 12/07/12 - Added - Saving Flash Method Setting in Registry 12/07/12 - Added - Saving Include Autoexec Setting in Registry 12/08/12 - Fixed - ROM Description Addresses for Incognito Final Board 12/20/12 - Added - New ROM Description Address Vectors for Incognito's Final Board Use this software at your own risk, eventhough it works for me, I can not take any responsibility if you mess up your device by accident!!! ========================================================================================= Best Regards, Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 This update has 1 Change. 01/07/13 - ----- Updated the Ultimate 1MB Flasher. Jay The ROM Generator 2013-01-07.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Maybe a good feature to think about is the ability to flash only a portion of the U1MB. This way, you can only flash a new SDX or ROM. Since flashing takes a pretty long time and I'm currently flashing on a daily basis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Maybe a good feature to think about is the ability to flash only a portion of the U1MB. This way, you can only flash a new SDX or ROM. Since flashing takes a pretty long time and I'm currently flashing on a daily basis Only thing at the moment is just to have SDX or the full 512k ROM flashed (I think), but since the SDX team always includes a flasher in their releases, it's not really a needed feature to just flash SDX... Oh, and if you flash every day, you could get arrested 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Here is the .ini file with the Polish translation made by me. Is it possible to add more texts to this file? I mean (among other things): Basic Slots 8K, 8K ROM Game Description XEGS Slots, 8k GAME, XL / XE 16 OS Slots, Game # 1 (to # 4), 800 OS Slots, 800 OS, XL / XE OS, Prototype Board, Final Board, Atari Boot Disk, MyDOS Image, Sparta DOS Image, Select Board Revision, ROM Size, Cartridge List, Cart #, Cartridge Name, Description:, Load ROM and all texts in the Settings menu (including OK and Cancel buttons). Polish translation for TheRomGenerator.rar Edited January 8, 2013 by voy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariMagic! Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 will try the new one. had problems before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Here is the .ini file with the Polish translation made by me. Is it possible to add more texts to this file? I mean (among other things): Basic Slots 8K, 8K ROM Game Description XEGS Slots, 8k GAME, XL / XE 16 OS Slots, Game # 1 (to # 4), 800 OS Slots, 800 OS, XL / XE OS, Prototype Board, Final Board, Atari Boot Disk, MyDOS Image, Sparta DOS Image, Select Board Revision, ROM Size, Cartridge List, Cart #, Cartridge Name, Description:, Load ROM and all texts in the Settings menu (including OK and Cancel buttons). Thanks for posting the conversion I'll add more changeable texts, but some should stay the same, such as: 800 OS, XL / XE OS... Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 This update has 2 Changes. The ROM Generator 2013-01-13.zip 01/11/13 - Added New Signature Verification for Ultimate1MB and Incognito PBI ROMS. 01/13/13 - Added More Editable Texts in Language Pack. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voy Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Another version of the .ini file. I found a bug in the latest version: instead of the string SelectBrdRevMsg (Select Board Revision) displays a string FinalBoard (Final Board). I would like to ask you for more text strings to translate. Polish translation for The ROM Generator 2013-01-13.rar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Another version of the .ini file. I found a bug in the latest version: instead of the string SelectBrdRevMsg (Select Board Revision) displays a string FinalBoard (Final Board). I would like to ask you for more text strings to translate. Cool, thank you for doing the conversion and the bug report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Fixed the above bug and updated the Polish texts... The ROM Generator 2013-01-13.zip #2 Edited January 13, 2013 by AtariGeezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) The ROM Generator 2013-01-14.zip This update has 1 Addition and 4 Fixes. The Following Fixes Are For The Incognito's Final Board ONLY. 01/14/13 - Fixed - Loading Colleen OS ROMs Could Overlap Each Other. 01/14/13 - Fixed - Copying Basic ROM Data When Loading the Main ROM. 01/14/13 - Fixed - Loading the Basic ROM At Correct Memory Location. 01/14/13 - Fixed - Loading Recovery ROM. 01/14/13 - Added - Version Info in About Dialog.. Jay Edited January 14, 2013 by AtariGeezer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 What update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Look again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Look again Amazing! I'm taking that phone back... it mustn't be rendering everything properly. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) Version #13 is now available for downloading at it's homepage: http://www.fiftyonef...ator/Dwnld.html This update has 1 Addition. 02/23/13 - Added - Include Startup.Bat to SpartaDOS ATR. (Suggested by Rdea6 ) Edit: I've been working on the Incognito flasher for the past 5 days and have the core flashing routines done. Now just have to include a menu and CIO routines to handle file I/O Edited February 24, 2013 by AtariGeezer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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