Category:Expansion ROM - Revision history

MacDeath at 03:27, 30 November 2012

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	Look also [[ROM Table\|here]] (The ROM Table)		Look also [[ROM Table\|here]] (The ROM Table)

			[[Category:Software]]

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	== Other sources ==		== Other sources ==

	Look also [[ROM Table\|here]]		Look also [[ROM Table\|here]] (The ROM Table)

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	== Other sources ==		== Other sources ==

	Look also [[here~~\|ROM table~~]]		Look also [[ROM Table\|here]]

Ygdrazil at 10:48, 14 March 2012

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	A nice collection of expansion ROMs in a single zipped file, download here [[Cholo ROM Pack]]		A nice collection of expansion ROMs in a single zipped file, download here [[Cholo ROM Pack]]

			== Other sources ==

			Look also [[here\|ROM table]]

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 Here's a quick introductory lesson to ROMs with the important bits you need to know (by Bryce):
-. The CPC hardware is designed to (theoretically) take up to 256 external ROMs
+# The CPC hardware is designed to (theoretically) take up to 256 external ROMs
-. Each ROM can be up to 16K and are numbered starting from 0.
+== Getting started ==
-. The ROM can contain a program or utility.
+A nice collection of expansion ROMs in a single zipped file, download here [[Cholo ROM Pack]]

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	=== Rom Pack Download ===		=== Rom Pack Download ===

	Cholo has created [[~~File~~:RomPack By Cholo.zip \| this ROM pack]] to get you started. The contents are as follows:		Cholo has created [[Media:RomPack By Cholo.zip \| this ROM pack]] to get you started. The contents are as follows:

	Amram 2 - Sideways RAM toolkit ROM (19xx)(Silicon Systems)(AMRAM2.ROM).zip		Amram 2 - Sideways RAM toolkit ROM (19xx)(Silicon Systems)(AMRAM2.ROM).zip

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Gryzor at 14:06, 20 August 2011

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	10. The Plus CPCs don't have internal ROMs, it was "out-sourced" to the Cartridge. The cartridge is actually situated in ROM positions 128 onwards, but the ASIC in the Plus re-maps the cartridge ROMs to 0 and 7 for compatibility.		10. The Plus CPCs don't have internal ROMs, it was "out-sourced" to the Cartridge. The cartridge is actually situated in ROM positions 128 onwards, but the ASIC in the Plus re-maps the cartridge ROMs to 0 and 7 for compatibility.

			=== Rom Pack Download ===

			Cholo has created [[File:RomPack By Cholo.zip\|this ROM pack]] to get you started. The contents are as follows:

			Amram 2 - Sideways RAM toolkit ROM (19xx)(Silicon Systems)(AMRAM2.ROM).zip
			Amsdos 720K (19xx)(-)(720KAMSD.ROM).zip
			Amstrad Eprom Programmer (19xx)(Fleet Microsystems Ltd & F.Kup)(FLTEPRM.ROM).zip
			Amstrad Toolkit v1.4 (1986)(Bee Bug Soft)(TOOLKIT.ROM).zip
			Bos v2.1 (1987)(Vortex Gmbh)(BOS21.ROM).zip
			Cage Comms v1.1 (19xx)(D. Gorski and I. Hoare)(CAGE11.ROM).zip
			Communication Interface Unit Driver Softare 1.5 (1986)(Panda Electronics Ltd)(PIADR.ROM).zip
			Comstar v1.25 #1 (1986)(Honeysoft-Pace)(COMSTAR1.ROM).zip
			Comstar v1.25 #2 (1986)(Honeysoft-Pace)(COMSTAR2.ROM).zip
			Copy Lock v6.0 (1988)(Romantic Robot)(COPYl60.ROM).zip
			Copymate + v3.2 (1990)(Marco Vieth)(De)(COPYM32.ROM).zip
			Cpc 464 Basic (1985)(Amstrad)(BASIC.ROM).zip
			Cpc 464 Modified Os (19xx)(-)(Da)(CPC464DK.ROM).zip
			Cpc 464 Os (1985)(Amstrad)(OS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 464+ and 6128+ Basic (1991)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(BASIC.ROM).zip
			Cpc 464+ and 6128+ Os (1991)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(OS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 464+ Plus A2 (1991)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(ROMPLUSADOS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 664 Amsdos (1985)(Amstrad)(AMSDOS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 664 Basic (1985)(Amstrad)(BASIC.ROM).zip
			Cpc 664 Os (1985)(Amstrad)(OS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 6128 Basic (1985)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(Fr)(FBASIC.ROM).zip
			Cpc 6128 Basic (1985)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(Sp)(BASIC.ROM).zip
			Cpc 6128 Basic (1986)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(BASIC.ROM).zip
			Cpc 6128 Os (1985)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(Fr)(F6128OS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 6128 Os (1985)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(OS.ROM).zip
			Cpc 6128 Os (1985)(Amstrad-Locomotive)(Sp)(S6128OS.ROM).zip
			CPM Accessory Rom 1 (1988)(Graduate Software)(CPMACC1.ROM).zip
			CPM+ #1 (1988)(Graduate Software-Digital Research-Amstrad)(CPM1.ROM).zip
			CPM+ #2 (1988)(Graduate Software-Digital Research-Amstrad)(CPM2.ROM).zip
			Disc Demon v1.1 (1986)(Bee Bug Soft)(DDEMON.ROM).zip
			Disc Power (19xx)(-)(DISCPWR.ROM).zip
			Discology Disccopier (1987)(Meridien Software)(DISCOLOG.ROM).zip
			Discology Filecopier (19xx)(-)(Fr)(DISCFILE.ROM).zip
			Discology v6.0 (19xx)(Meridien Software)(DOLOGY6.ROM).zip
			Dk'Tronics Speech Rom v1.1 (19xx)(Dk'Tronics)(DKSPEECH.ROM).zip
			Dos Copy v1.3 and Crime v1.3 (1991)(-)(DOSCRIME.ROM)[ROM v2.1].zip
			Dragon Breed Rom 1 (19xx)(Dragon Breed)(DBREED1.ROM).zip
			Extended Basic v1.1 (1986)(John Morrison)(EXBASIC.ROM).zip
			Hack It-Le Hackeur (19xx)(Siren Software)(En-Fre)(HACKEUR.ROM).zip
			JL Utilities v1.2 (19xx)(J0rn Lorentzen-JLCS)(JLUTIL12.ROM).zip
			JL Utilities v2.1 (19xx)(J0rn Lorentzen-JLCS)(JLUTIL21.ROM).zip
			Jm Eprom Programmer (1985)(John Morrison)(JMPEPRM.ROM).zip
			Jm Maxidos v1.2 (19xx)(Nemesis)(MAXIDOS.ROM).zip
			K.D.S Serial Interface & Comms Pack 5 v4.2B (19xx)(K.D.S. Electronics)(KSERIAL.ROM).zip
			Kns Rom 6128 v1.01 (1989)(MFW)(KNSROM.ROM).zip
			Lock Smith (1985)(Bee Bug Software)(LOCKS.ROM).zip
			Master File 128 v2.2 (19xx)(Campbell Systems and GoldMark)(MFILE128.ROM).zip
			Master File 464 v1.1 (1984)(Campbell Systems and Amsoft)(MFILE464.ROM).zip
			Micro Music Creator #1 (1988)(First Byte)(MMC1.ROM).zip
			Micro Music Creator #2 (1988)(First Byte)(MMC2.ROM).zip
			Micro Style Rom v2.11 (1989)(Micro Style - PotPlant Systems)(STYLE.ROM).zip
			Multiface 2 (19xx)(Romantic Robot)(MULTFACE.ROM).zip
			Nigdos 2.24 (1988)(-)(NIGDOS.ROM).zip
			Nirvana 1.1 (1990)(GoldMark Systems)(NIRVANA.ROM).zip
			Nwc Utilities 1.1 (19xx)(Nwc)(NWCUTIL.ROM).zip
			Odd Job 2.2 (1985)(Pride Utilities-GoldMark)(ODDJOB22.ROM).zip
			Pro Skey - Procopy v1.2 and Speed Key (1990)(Nemesis)(PROSKEY.ROM).zip
			Programmer's Toolbox 1.0a (19xx)(-)(TOOLBOX.ROM).zip
			Programmers Tool Box v1.2a (19xx)(-)(PT12A.ROM).zip
			Rodos v2.11 (19xx)(Romantic Robot)(RODOS211.ROM).zip
			Rodos v2.15 (19xx)(Romantic Robot)(RODOS215.ROM).zip
			Rom Dos (1988)(Kds Electronics)(ROMDOS.ROM).zip
			Rom Dos XL (1992)(Siren Software Ltd - Kds Electronics)(ROMDOSXL.ROM).zip
			Rom Dos XL v4.88 (1993)(Siren Software Ltd)(RDOSXL48.ROM).zip
			Super Power Mailing List (1985)(Micro Power Ltd)(MAIL.ROM).zip
			Super Rom v1.0 (1991)(Vorax)(SUPER.ROM).zip
			Super Romplus - Auto Rom Control System 1.6 (1986)(Britannia Software Ltd)(ARCS16.ROM).zip
			System-X v2.1 (1985)(Pride Utilities)(SYSX21.ROM).zip
			T3m Rom (19xx)(-)(T3MROM.ROM).zip
			Transmat v2.1 (1985)(Pride Utilities)(TMAT21.ROM).zip
			UNCR v2.4 - Cruncher Accessory ROM for CPM (1988)(Graduate Software)(CPMCRCH.ROM).zip
			Utility Suite (19xx)(-)(ROB3ROM.ROM).zip
			Vorax's CPM Plus Rom #1 (19xx)(Graduate - Vorax)(CPM1.ROM).zip
			Vortex Ram - Expansion Card ID (19xx)(Vortex)(De)(VRAMID.ROM).zip
			X-Ddos (1987)(-)(XDDOS111.ROM).zip
			XROM Eprommer v1.16 (1986)(Timatic Systems)(XROM.ROM).zip

Gryzor at 14:14, 18 August 2011

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	Here's a quick introductory lesson to ROMs with the important bits you need to know (by Bryce):		Here's a quick introductory lesson to ROMs with the important bits you need to know (by Bryce):

	1 ) The CPC hardware is designed to (theoretically) take up to 256 external ROMs		1. The CPC hardware is designed to (theoretically) take up to 256 external ROMs
	2 ) Each ROM can be up to 16K and are numbered starting from 0.
	3 ) The ROM can contain a program or utility.		2. Each ROM can be up to 16K and are numbered starting from 0.
	4 ) The programs are started using an "RSX" command: ie: A command with the bar "\|" in front - Such as \|M to start Maxam.
	5 ) Standard ROMBoards or the MegaFlash allow you to install these. Older ROMBoards usually only supported 6 or 8 ROMs and each ROM was an individual EPROM chip. Whereas modern versions (SF2, Inicron, RamCard, MegaROM, MegaFlash) support up to 32 ROMs and have combined several virtual ROMs within a single larger chip.		3. The ROM can contain a program or utility.
	6 ) Many programs and utilities were released on ROM for three good reasons:
	A) They start instantly, because they don't actually need to be loaded.		4. The programs are started using an "RSX" command: ie: A command with the bar "\|" in front - Such as \|M to start Maxam.
	B) They are always present in the background and can be called/started without needing to insert a disk or tape.
	(useful for utilities such as Basic expansions or Disc utilities)		5. Standard ROMBoards or the MegaFlash allow you to install these. Older ROMBoards usually only supported 6 or 8 ROMs and each ROM was an individual EPROM chip. Whereas modern versions (SF2, Inicron, RamCard, MegaROM, MegaFlash) support up to 32 ROMs and have combined several virtual ROMs within a single larger chip.
	C) They usually run directly from the ROM, not from RAM, so the RAM is still 99.9% empty.
	(useful for text editors and compilers because the RAM is free to be used for data)		6. Many programs and utilities were released on ROM for three good reasons:
	7 ) The Hardware: The CPC can choose which ROM chip is associated with the 16K area starting at &C000. This is usually the reserved for the contents of the screen (RAM), but the address range is shared with ROM Memory.
	On start up, the CPC checks whether any ROMs are installed. The CPC464 only checks for ROMs in positions 7-0, but the 6128 checks for ROMs in positions 15-0. (I write 15-0 because they really are scanned in the reverse order). If a ROM is present, the CPC checks what commands the ROM offers and saves them in a table in RAM (This is why I said the RAM is 99.9% free and not 100%).		-They start instantly, because they don't actually need to be loaded.
	8 ) There are two special ROM positions: ROM 0 is reserved for Basic (known as a type &80 ROM), ROM 7 is reserved for the Disc Operating System - Not present on a 464, AMSDOS on a 6128.		-They are always present in the background and can be called/started without needing to insert a disk or tape. (useful for utilities such as Basic expansions or Disc utilities)
	9 ) The CPC464 has one internal ROM (0) which can be overwritten by a ROMBoard to replace Basic. The 6128 has internal ROMs 0 and 7 (0 can be overwritten but not 7). The CPC Plus series can overwrite both 0 and 7.		-They usually run directly from the ROM, not from RAM, so the RAM is still 99.9% empty. (useful for text editors and compilers because the RAM is free to be used for data)
	10 ) The Plus CPCs don't have internal ROMs, it was "out-sourced" to the Cartridge. The cartridge is actually situated in ROM positions 128 onwards, but the ASIC in the Plus re-maps the cartridge ROMs to 0 and 7 for compatibility.
			7. The Hardware: The CPC can choose which ROM chip is associated with the 16K area starting at &C000. This is usually the reserved for the contents of the screen (RAM), but the address range is shared with ROM Memory. On start up, the CPC checks whether any ROMs are installed. The CPC464 only checks for ROMs in positions 7-0, but the 6128 checks for ROMs in positions 15-0. (I write 15-0 because they really are scanned in the reverse order). If a ROM is present, the CPC checks what commands the ROM offers and saves them in a table in RAM (This is why I said the RAM is 99.9% free and not 100%).

			8. There are two special ROM positions: ROM 0 is reserved for Basic (known as a type &80 ROM), ROM 7 is reserved for the Disc Operating System - Not present on a 464, AMSDOS on a 6128.

			9. The CPC464 has one internal ROM (0) which can be overwritten by a ROMBoard to replace Basic. The 6128 has internal ROMs 0 and 7 (0 can be overwritten but not 7). The CPC Plus series can overwrite both 0 and 7.

			10. The Plus CPCs don't have internal ROMs, it was "out-sourced" to the Cartridge. The cartridge is actually situated in ROM positions 128 onwards, but the ASIC in the Plus re-maps the cartridge ROMs to 0 and 7 for compatibility.