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groepaz wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 8:26 am Uh. The Problem is your ancient VICE. You absolutely have to use 3.9 for proper crt support in xvic

W:\Vic20Dev\VicRom1>cartconv -t vic20 -i bin.pad -o VicRom_FromBin.crt -l a000
Input file: bin.pad
Output file: VicRom_FromBin.crt
Conversion from binary format to VIC20 Generic VIC20 Cartridge .crt successful.

W:\Vic20Dev\VicRom1>cartconv -t vic20 -i prg.pad -o VicRom_FromPrg.crt
Input file: prg.pad
Output file: VicRom_FromPrg.crt
Conversion from binary format to VIC20 Generic VIC20 Cartridge .crt successful.

W:\Vic20Dev\VicRom1>cartconv --version
cartconv (VICE 3.9)

Mike wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:47 am >A000 10 A0 ; Reset Vector
>A002 09 A0 ; NMI Vector
>A004 41 30 C3 C2 CD ; A0CBM Signature

.A009 2C 11 91 BIT $9111 ; Acknowledge NMI

*=$a000

  BYTE $0F, $A0 ; Reset vector - ACTUAL START
  BYTE $09, $A0 ; 'RESTORE key vector


  BYTE $41, $30, $C3, $C2, $CD        ; A0CBM Signature

; A009
        BIT $9111   ; Acknowledge NMI
        JMP $FF56   ; End NMI

; ACTUAL START
; A00F
        NOP

        JSR $FD8D   ; RAMTAS - INITMEM
        LDA #$10    ; Force BASIC into
        STA $0282   ; unexpanded RAM
        LDA #$1E    ; ...
        STA $0284   ; ...
        STA $0288   ; ...
        JSR $FD52   ; RESTOR
        LDA #$C2    ; Disable
        STA $0314   ; STOP key
        JSR $FDF9   ; INITVIA - and interrupts
        JSR $E518   ; INISK - initialise VIC, screen and pointers
        CLI

start
        INC $900F
        jmp start

SparkyNZ wrote:I finally got it working! :-) I guess I'm using "old" .crt format here since I have no header.

5) Loads fine into old and new Vice without error

Why is the reset vector A010, Mike? Wouldn't that be in the middle of the BIT instruction?

Mike wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:15 am via the autostart procedure of VICE. Attaching as cartridge strictly means going through the "File > Attach cartridge ..." menu, selecting a file there, and before that, (probably) specifying to VICE where the file should be attached to a write-only(!) memory dump.
..
So, what precise action did you take in point 5 when supplying the file to VICE?

SparkyNZ wrote:I attached via, "File > Attach cartridge ...", selected "Generic image..." and then my .crt file.

• "old" VICE, file without header: attach per default to $A000,
• "old" VICE, file with header: either fault due to overlength (with a 8 KB ROM), or mistake the header for ROM data (smaller ROM dump) and attach wrong stuff to $A000,
• current VICE, file without header: attach per default to $A000, and
• current VICE, file with header: works as supposed.

W:\Vic20Dev\VicRom1>cartconv -t vic20 -i bin.pad -o VicRom_FromBin.crt -l a000

groepaz wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:00 am I'll add a warning to cartconv for this case NOW. i can see how its a stumbling block

groepaz wrote:The hex number must start with 0x - "a000" will be interpreted as 0 - [...]

case 'l':
{
  char *endptr = NULL;
  checkarg(arg);
  load_address = (int)strtoul(arg, &endptr, 0);
  if (strlen(arg) != (endptr - arg)) {
    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: invalid characters in number '%s'.\n", arg);
    exit(-1);
  }
  if (load_address == 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: load address is 0, are you sure?\n");
  }
  return 2;
}

const cart_t cart_info_vic20[] = {
[...]
    {0, 0, CARTRIDGE_SIZE_2KB,     0x0800, 0x9800,   1, CRT_CHIP_ROM, CARTRIDGE_VIC20_NAME_RABBIT,         "rabbit", save_regular_crt},
[...]
};

Any chance to make the -l parameter also accept "$" as hex prefix instead of "0x"?

tokra wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:24 am
[...] it could say:

-l <addr> load address (decimal, use 0x-prefix for hexadecimal, e.g. 0xc000)

Using 0x instead of $ would have never crossed my mind - everything 6502-related always uses $ as hex notifier.

while it could say:

-l <addr> load address (decimal, use 0x-prefix for hexadecimal, e.g. 0xc000)

groepaz wrote: ↑Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:59 am [...] You'd be surprised - most command line stuff supports (only) 0x notation - for exactly the same reason. [...]