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Mega-Tools is a collection of a NvRAM writing utility, a ROM dumper, some examples and some technical information.

Download: mega-tools-1.0.tar.gz
(full source code included)

Thanks for this utility!


And think about, every MegaCart has a own serial number. And the owner is known ...

Many thanks for your tools tlr, I hope Mega-Cart users will enjoy it with VICE !!!

Diddl wrote:And think about, every MegaCart has a own serial number. And the owner is known ...

Yes right so be careful, please use grubbed files for your personal use

I hope to find time for a vice image's "light version" of the Mega-Cart firmware so I will publish it on www.mega-cart.com

Thanks again tlr for your tool and for VICE Emulation of course, it's really an honour for me to have Mega-Cart emulated on VICE.
I hope you find time to emulate also sd2iec based drives on VICE, it will be very useful for software developing and for users general testings before/after buying ones.

nbla000 wrote:I hope you find time to emulate also sd2iec based drives on VICE, it will be very useful for software developing and for users general testings before/after buying ones.

Yes, I agree!

+ No real emulation is nessecary.

+ A given path (directory) and below (subdirectories)

+ SD2IEC/CMD commands to change directory

+ SD2IEC/CMD commands to enter/leave imagefile

+ Block read/write within a Imagefile

+ Jiffy compatibility

+ SD2IEC commands for realtime clock

So, how would I use this to rip a ROM image of my Mega Cart? I don't have ready access to my Vic at the moment but it would be nice to have clear instructions for when I do.

tlr may help you but I think you need a uIEC/SD2IEC or a drive that may store at least 1MB, better 2MB.

You need also a lot of time

The GUI of the dumper is very easy to understand.

You need at least any drive cause you can split dump into many parts. A 1581 drive takes 4 disks for a full dump.

Best use is a SD2IEC (or µIEC) so you can dump it simple (without many disk changes).

Luckily I have a uIEC so that should make life a little easier. I'm not at home much of the time just now as I move around a lot because of work but I hope to get to my lovely Vic within the next week or so. It'll be great to have the Mega-Cart with the new ViCE and GB20 on my Dell Mini 9! Now, if only I could get all that on my iPhone!

I wonder if the dumper could be merged with any of the cbmlink servers (less than 512 bytes each) which would allow you to use a C2N232, null modem or some kind of parallel (PC64, prlink, X1541 etc) cable. If that was possible, one could dump the Mega-Cart directly to a PC through a cable. It still would be slow though, and lock up your PC for as long time as your VIC is running.

I yesterday did the dump with c64+1541u+vic+mecacart and program mega-extract.prg. And then used it with Vice 2.2.

Super !

Just adding a quicl post to make this thread more searchable - took me 20 mins to find it.

megacart dumper mega cart dumper extract rom

dumped in about 30 minutes or so using the Brain uIEC SD.

Did it really take so much time? I made the same yesterday (and yes, I had to search a long time to dig out this thread, too) and think it was faster, like 10 minutes or so.

yes it took a while at least 20 minutes probably 30 but all is working in Vice 2.2 now. Ready for 3.5 weeks on the road away from the Vic