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Dumping a ROM set... where to submit??
slider2732:
Yeah, that's it :)
I have a burner and regularly check roms to make sure they are ok..if not, rom gets reburnt and tried again.
You end up with the .bin binary file and that's the contents of each eprom chip.
Easy enough to see in say MAME where each rom has it's own set of code. The whole game program is split up into pieces that will fit on the physical size of storage in each eprom. When the emulator starts, it reads each rom like it would in the original game.
So dumping a full set of roms refers to putting each chip in the burner and reading off what's contained on it.
torez:
You can send in the boards as well, if there is interest for these. They will dump the roms and will make sure the roms were dumped correctly.
SavannahLion:
That brings to mind a hilarious argument I once had with someone. He was convinced that a ROM "dump" literally meant removing the data, copying the data, then "put it back" into the ROM. In the same way one would remove a carton of milk from the fridge.
He was also convinced that was how game cartridges worked as well. That the entire contents of the ROM was removed from ROM, loaded into system RAM, then replaced once you finished the game. Hence why a lot of games have a "do you want to quit now?" option when saving the game... at least according to his logic.
He was so convinced this was how the process worked that he was terrified of doing dumps during any incliment weather lest the power goes out and he "loses" his data permanently ::)
teknomedic:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 08, 2007, 03:53:47 pm ---That brings to mind a hilarious argument I once had with someone. He was convinced that a ROM "dump" literally meant removing the data, copying the data, then "put it back" into the ROM. In the same way one would remove a carton of milk from the fridge.
He was also convinced that was how game cartridges worked as well. That the entire contents of the ROM was removed from ROM, loaded into system RAM, then replaced once you finished the game. Hence why a lot of games have a "do you want to quit now?" option when saving the game... at least according to his logic.
He was so convinced this was how the process worked that he was terrified of doing dumps during any incliment weather lest the power goes out and he "loses" his data permanently ::)
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:o
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That's.... a.w.e.s.o.m.e.... lol.
torez:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 08, 2007, 03:53:47 pm ---That brings to mind a hilarious argument I once had with someone. He was convinced that a ROM "dump" literally meant removing the data, copying the data, then "put it back" into the ROM. In the same way one would remove a carton of milk from the fridge.
He was also convinced that was how game cartridges worked as well. That the entire contents of the ROM was removed from ROM, loaded into system RAM, then replaced once you finished the game. Hence why a lot of games have a "do you want to quit now?" option when saving the game... at least according to his logic.
He was so convinced this was how the process worked that he was terrified of doing dumps during any incliment weather lest the power goes out and he "loses" his data permanently ::)
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Yes, and in case of data loss, each game comes with a book with program code that allows you to enter it back (by hand) to the cartridge. :P