Re: Emulator question

Subject: Re: Emulator question
From: Andrew I Brenner <ab_ti@JUNO.COM>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:34:52 EST
In-Reply-To: <Emulator question>
Can the Emulator be reconfigured to work so that it is a TI-82 emulator?
Thank for your responses
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Andrew Brenner
aibrenner@juno.com
abrenner@hotmail.com (attachment mail)




On Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:43:05 -0800 Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@SNS.COM> writes:
>t 07:11 AM 11/6/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>>   I downloaded the ti85 emulator from  www.ticalc.org  and made my
>ROM
>>> image and got the emulator running. However, the emulator seems to
>run
>>
>>How do you make a ROM image? I've got the TI-85 emulator and don't
>know
>>how to use it.  Thanks
>>
>>
>>        William
>>
>I posted this on the TI-Emulator mailing list awhile ago. I think the
>guy
>who made the emulator now has a program that'll fix the rom checksum
>for
>you, instead of you having to use a hex editor
>
>----------
>Step-by-Step Instructions for ROM dumping:
>1. Get the TI-Emulator and the ROM dump program from ticalc.org and
>unzip
>them (it's best to unzip them to separate dirs).
>2. Make a memory backup of your calculator.
>3. Send the DUMP_ROM.85B backup file to your calculator.
>4. As the ROM DUMP program's readme file states:
>>3) From the custom menu choose which ROM page to dump.
>>4) Make memory backup and name it page0.85b ... page7.85b.
>5. Put them into the same directory as DUMP_ROM.EXE
>6. Run the command
>for %%a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) do dump_rom.exe page%%a.85b page%%a.bin
>at the dos prompt in the directory where DUMP_ROM.EXE is located.
>7. Fire up your favorite hex editor and change the last byte in
>page0.85b -
>page6.85b to FF (hex). The last byte in page7.85b must be changed to a
>certain value, depending on your ROM version. David Ellsworth posted
>these
>on the TI-Emulator mailing list.
>>ROM 2.0   - 2A
>>ROM 3.0A  - 57
>>ROM 4.0   - 8E
>>ROM 5.0   - 5E
>>ROM 6.0   - 3D
>>ROM 8.0   - 97
>>ROM 9.0   - 91
>>ROM 10.0  - 35
>
>The bytes must be changed because the last byte is used by the
>self-test and
>by ZShell to check your ROM version.
>8. Run the command
>copy page0.bin + page1.bin + page2.bin + page3.bin + page4.bin +
>page5.bin +
>page6.bin + page7.bin ti85rom.bin
>in the same dir as the .bin files.
>9. Copy (or move) the TI85ROM.BIN file into the directory where the
>emulator is.
>10. Run the emulator. It should give the message that the memory was
>cleared. Hit the \ key to turn on the calc. It should act just like
>your TI-85.
>11. If you want to put anything onto the emulator (like ZShell), first
>load
>them up onto your TI-85 and then use the parallel port link (on LPT1)
>to
>send it over, using (surprise!) the LINK menu.
>----------
>
>--Ludwig
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