Megaflash - which ROMs?

[Cholo]

[Edit2] Hm, I can't download the zip file, it always give me a "not valid" error... could you up it someplace else? Or even send me an email?

Sure, here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G4S3ZVGQ
or here:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/Kz3jydB/PlanetEmuRoms.zip

[Gryzor]

@TFM: Ahhh got it, thanks; maybe silly question, but, after all, you don't need the Booster ROM at slot 15 to enable the upper 16 slots?

Also, I think it'd be great if you could release a FOS version with the Manager incorporated to it. It's somewhat awkward to have to run FOS from ROM and then load the Manager from disk... What do you think?

@Cholo: thanks mate, much appreciated. I'll add the archive to the MF page! Full credit will be given, of course

[Bryce]

The booster ROM will initialise the upper 16 ROMs automatically when the CPC is started. But it's possible to initialise them with a routine afterwards if that's what you mean. If you don't use Booster OR initialise them manually afterwards, the RSXs won't be registered, so the commands won't work. You can still switch the ROM on and view the contents, just the CPC isn't aware of what they can do. This has it's advantages too of course, because it's possible to store generic data there (Screens, music, etc) in any format you want, without it causing the CPC to crash at startup.

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

So, basically, the simplest way to use it if you don't want anything fancy is to use Booster indeed if I'm getting this right. Fair enough

[TFM]

@TFM: ... need the Booster ROM at slot 15 to enable the upper 16 slots?

Well, like I know the BOOSTER shall be loaded into ROM 15. This makes sense since the CPC-OS initializes the ROMs from 15,14,13 to.. 3,2,1,0. So if the BOOSTER is a 15 then the ROMs get initialized from 31 to 0. (I guess the BOOSTER may be working at other ROM numbers between 0 and 15 too, but I never did place mine there).

Also, I think it'd be great if you could release a FOS version with the Manager incorporated to it. It's somewhat awkward to have to run FOS from ROM and then load the Manager from disk... What do you think?

Yes, right, it's crazy. The OS is in ROM instead of disc. And the ROM is on disc. Actually I intend to create a FutureOS expansion ROM that contains the ROManager. Yes there are expansion ROMs for FutureOS too ;-) But actually nothing worth to mention ;-) But thanks for pointing that out, and thanks for the interrest :-)

[Gryzor]

That would be sweet if you could do it, it'd be really much more functional.

Oh, also, how about installing a Drive picker in the Manager as I outlined in an earlier post? Right now it only CATs the disk in the drive it runs from...

[Bryce]

Hi all,
        I've now uploaded my entire collection of extension ROMs (107 in total) to the Wiki and added them to the ROM Table here: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/ROM_Table   There's still some known missing ROMs, such as HxC and PhrozenC and I'm sure a few others too. I haven't added any lower ROMs / Basic ROMs or Original AMSDOS ROMs yet. If anyone has any other ROMs hanging around on their hard-drive, please add them to make the list complete.

Some entries I'm not sure of: JM MaxiDOS, ROM DOS (non-XL version), JL Utilities 1.2 - I'm not sure any of these were ever released on ROM, does anyone have copies of these? Edit: I've now found and added all of these to the table.

@MegaFlash owners: That should keep you all busy for a while

Bryce.

[TFM]

That would be sweet if you could do it, it'd be really much more functional.

Oh, also, how about installing a Drive picker in the Manager as I outlined in an earlier post? Right now it only CATs the disk in the drive it runs from...

Right, I didn't forget that, so beginning with 1.34 you have that drive picker :-)
And since today the documentation (-RMA.TXT on DSK) is updated too (a bit).

[norecess]

I've now uploaded my entire collection of extension ROMs (107 in total) to the Wiki and added them to the ROM Table here: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/ROM_Table

Really cool, thanks!

PS. PhrozenC ROMs can be found here : http://www.norecess.net/phrozenc.html

[Bryce]

I added a few more ROMs today, including PhrozenC and HxC 2.2 with direct links to your web page.

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Ohhh fantastic...

must...send...wife...away...

[redbox]

Added my OS/BASIC/AMSDOS ROM collection to the ROM Table.


Robot PD had a nice selection of ROMs back in the day.  Do you think it's worth asking if CRTC has any dumped?

[Bryce]

Why not? ROMs are rare enough, any additions would be greatly appreciated. Are there any known applications or utilities that we don't have in the list, but existed? (Other than Brunword, but I'm working on that  ).

Bryce.

[redbox]

90000* Auntie John's ROM Invaders and Pacman available at the touch of a button, plus loads of extra commands for programmers and printer users. 92000 Hacker's BASIC David Wild's simple hacking suite in ROM format. 92001 Amstradxtra A set of extra commands similar in concept to Auntie John's ROM - good for programmers. Put together by Dave Gorski of the Aspects BBS. 92002 Paul Martin's ANSI-compatible terminal emulator, plus an excellent set of commands to read from and write to PC discs (360k format only). 92100* S-DOS 2 The next best thing to ParaDOS - a large-format DOS with auto-detection, disc utility, and support for different formats in each drive. Does not require you to replace your AMSDOS chip. By Rob Scott and Simon Matthews, this is the program on which ParaDOS was based, and is still the best choice for CP/M users. XC 92101 AMSDOC Doc Bartoc's patched version of AMSDOS adds support for sub-directories and other such features. 92102 MS800 The ROM version of Phil Craven's clumsy 800k DOS. XC: 6128 only 93100* Charley's Comms ROM A highly advanced comms system, providing both terminal modes and RSXs for you to construct your own utilities - even bulletin boards. Includes support for YModem (batch) transfers. XC

[Bryce]

Looks interesting. Do you have them?

Bryce.

[redbox]

Looks interesting. Do you have them?

Nope, but I'll ask CRTC if he does.

Found some more not on the wiki list here: http://genesis8.free.fr/frontend/roms.php

[Gryzor]

I'd like to have Auntie John's ROM and be able to play these "at the touch of a button" Please, do ask... as Bryce said, aside from the PD realm this is probably the last unexplored territory!

[redbox]

I'd like to have Auntie John's ROM and be able to play these "at the touch of a button" Please, do ask... as Bryce said, aside from the PD realm this is probably the last unexplored territory!

I asked and unfortunately he doesn't have them 


I too really wanted Auntie John's ROM.  The idea of programming a ROM game does appeal to me though, especially one that actually runs from ROM and doesn't copy itself into RAM - you'd have the challenge of fitting everything in, especially as you'd only have a few bytes of workspace RAM available if you wanted to do it properly.

[Johnny Olsen]

Here you have a copy of auntie John's rom.
The games is not really rom game but ram games copied from rom &d172 and &de34 to &8000 in ram.
For instructions press F0 or |help.me

[redbox]

Here you have a copy of auntie John's rom.
The games is not really rom game but ram games copied from rom &d172 and &de34 to &8000 in ram.

Excellent, thank you!


Shame games copy themselves into RAM - Auntie John was a worse programmer than I expected 

[Gryzor]

Excellent! Thanks, I'll try it right away. Would you happen to have any other such obscure ROMs?

Thanks again

PS I like the key mapping: f9 for CAT, f4 for RUN"DISC etc...

[Bryce]

I just added 9 more ROMs to the table :

DRAUGHTS                - (C) 1986 Probably a BASIC listing converted to a ROM MAXAM v1.14             - (C) 1985 Arnor PROPRINT v1.52        - (C) 1993 Campursoft PROSPELL v1.04        - (C) 1985 Arnor SiliconDisc v2.12        - (C) 1986 Dk'tronics SDOS V2.10              - (C) 1993 STS Software TOOLKIT v1.1x            - (C) 1985 Beebugsoft UTOPIA v1.07              - (C) 1985 Arnor VIDI ROM v2.02           - (C) 1986 Rombo Production

Thanks to the anonymous donator

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Anonymous? Ooh, mystery and intrigue on the CPCWiki

[Bryce]

I know who it is, but I'll let him reveal his identity himself if he chooses to.

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

The plot thickens...

Btw, it just occurred to me that, now, people who only have some pieces of hardware can use them again by loading their relevant ROMs... Nice!