Re: Road Runner test mode?

Oh the joys of MAME ROM handling. Whoever wrote the game in the first
place is in ROADRUNR.ZIP and ROADRUNM.ZIP then changes one ROM to
"Midwayize" the game.

Warm the programmer back up and make the other 2 ROMs, one of them has an
error.

Good luck!

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:56 PM, David Shoemaker <davids@oz.net> wrote:

> One rub, now that I have the board working it looks like the rom checksums
> are stored in H and replacing E with the road runner image results in a
> failure of self test.****
>
> ** **
>
> So I suspect there is also a road runner version of H.****
>
> ** **
>
> David****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:
> owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org] *On Behalf Of *teeray
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:09 AM
>
> *To:* rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> *Subject:* RE: RASTER: Road Runner test mode?****
>
> ** **
>
> Sounds like it has 8K (1k x 8) roms 2708 or equivalent
>
>
> The other three roms are in desertgu
>
> ROM Information
> ROM Size CRC Region Offset Status Dispose
> 9316.1h 2048 c0030d7c main 0 good no
> 9316.1g 2048 1ddde10b main 800 good no
> 9316.1f 2048 808e46f1 main 1000 good no
> 9316.1e 2048 db5996a5 main 1800 good no
>
> ****
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Shoemaker
> Sent: Feb 26, 2013 7:37 PM
> To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> Subject: RE: RASTER: Road Runner test mode?
>
>
> ****
>
> And in follow-up. Quarterarcade signature generator doesn’t find this
> game. So I went to try to track down the roms. I have found a couple of
> sites with roadrunm.zip but it only has a single rom in it. ****
>
> 9316.1e which is about 2k in size.****
>
> ****
>
> The board I here is using all 8 sockets. It is strapped for what appears
> to be 7609’s.****
>
> ****
>
> Anyone know a good source for the roms on this?****
>
> ****
>
> Thanks,****
>
> David****
>
> ****
>
> *From:* owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org [
> mailto:owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org <owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *David Shoemaker
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:15 PM
> *To:* rasterlist@vectorlist.org
> *Subject:* RASTER: Road Runner test mode?****
>
> ****
>
> As I am on an 8080 kick I grabbed a Road Runner to test. Mowermans old
> page says switches 7,8 off is test mode. Setting them and booting results
> in a modified rug which eventually ends. It ends up with a set of vertical
> bars and nothing else.****
>
> ****
>
> Anyone know how this test mode is supposed to work?****
>
> ****
>
> Thanks,****
>
> David****
>
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