[Techtoolslist] Re: 9010A Code Generator Question (or reversed Tempest ROMS)

[K.S.]

Well, Hell-

  I was working on a board a couple months ago that had these doubled up 
ROMS that I had to burn a couple for.  When I was putting them together, 
I thought something was funky about the contents/order of them as 
compared to the 16k ROMS on all the other sets I've seen.  I didn't 
follow the address decoding through, I just assumed the correct chips 
were being enabled via the wire jumpers.

  No luck, so I moved onto other things until I read your message.

  Swapped the ROMS the other way around as in your writeup and BAM -  up 
it comes.  There's still a problem with my Y output, but you got me to 
pull this one off the stack.

  Thanks!

  Kerry

 

Matt Rossiter wrote:


> By the way, I was able to resolve a tricky problem using the 9010A 

> Code Generator.

>

> In the tempest manual I have, if you have a board using the 32k roms, 

> the designated positions are listed as this:

>

> 136002-133: D1

> 136002-134: F1

> 136002-235: J1

> 136002-136: L/M1

> 136002-237: P1

> 136002-138: N/P3

>

> But according to the Fluke 9010a - the signatures were showing that 

> the positions of the roms should be reversed:

>

> 136002-237: D1

> 136002-136: F1

> 136002-235: J1

> 136002-134: L/M1

> 136002-133: P1

>

> So the book must have a misprint?  I was able to catch that problem 

> within 5 minutes instead of spending hours trying to figure it out.

>

> Did anyone else know that the manual has this misprint?  I have the 

> -04 rev board and the 3rd edition of the manual.

>

> Matt

>

>

> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, James Bright wrote:

>

>>

>> Eventually... Just not a whole lot of time right now because I'm in the

>> middle of re-writing quarterarcade (from the ground up... Reflects 

>> things

>> we've learned over the last 5 years of doing business). You can 

>> change the

>> program name online in the generator by clicking the Edit link. I 

>> know it's

>> a PITA ... And it's not the first time someone has requested this 

>> feature.

>>

>> If I get a free couple of hours I'll look into how much work this would

>> be...

>>

>> JB

>>

>> --James Bright

>> www.QuarterArcade.com

>> Restored Arcade Games for your Home

>>

>>> -----Original Message-----

>>> From: techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com

>>> [mailto:techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Rossiter

>>> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 3:01 PM

>>> To: techtoolslist at flippers.com

>>> Subject: [Techtoolslist] 9010A Code Generator Question

>>>

>>> This is a very handy tool to work with when you want to do

>>> some quick tests.  I love it.

>>>

>>> I have just one itty bitty suggestion, unless I'm just doing

>>> something wrong.  When you generate a test script for a game,

>>> say Tempest, the ROM Program names it automatically creates

>>> are generally "illegal" when they are compiled through FIDE.

>>> I guess it has to be a certain length?  So, I just have to

>>> edit each ROM program name so that it can compile the script

>>> and send it to the troubleshooter.  For example, I would

>>> normally take a generated name like 136002123 and manually

>>> change it to ROM123.

>>>

>>> http://tech.quarterarcade.com/Tech/CodeGenerator/Default.aspx?

>>> g=3057&set=tempest&cpu=5526

>>>

>>> James, would it be possible to add an optional function that

>>> could automatically truncate the ROM Program names?  Maybe

>>> have something where it adds "rom" to the beginning and the

>>> last 3 or 4 characters of the rom name to the end?  I don't

>>> mind doing it manually, or maybe come up with a script of my

>>> own, but that would be super cool.

>>>

>>>

>>> Matt

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