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[andycadley]

CPR is not intended for ordinary sideways ROMs,

That's what I said in #69 and #71.

But a CPR is still a container for multiple ROM files. They are not sideways ROMs that go in the lower slots and used by BASIC, but cartridge ROMs that go in the 128+ slots (except for the special cases mentioned above). There is absolutely no requirement in the hardware that these slots are filled consecutively - it just does not work like that.

[GUNHED]

Well, I guess you miss the point...

A Cartridge contains a memory chip. ONE memory chip!
So the most best and easy way is just to dump that chip in a linear way.

The CPR format was created for something that never happened imho.

That's because it specifies a Plus cartridge and the Plus cartridge cannot do that.

Exactly my point. CPR is not a good format for ROM applications as it does not support standard ROM applications like in a ROM board. If you go for CPR to distribute your application it's again not different from using a linear binary.

CPR is not intended for ordinary sideways ROMs, it's for cartridges which completely replace the OS.

My regular cartridge contains the native OS, Basic and Burnin Rubber. And that's probably true for most 6128plus computers.

Well, well, therefore it's better to use a straight dump of the memory chip or the Cartridge / any Cartridge. Such a simple dump can mirror any Cartridge 100%