Re: Road Runner test mode?

Oh crap, they changed the ROM names at some point. But the e, f, g, and h
are still in the names so use them for guidance.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Rodger Boots <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK let's go deeper into this than I wanted to (mainly because I don't understand C programming). MAME loads ROM like this:
>
> ROM_START( desertgu )
> ROM_REGION( 0x10000, "maincpu", 0 )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1h", 0x0000, 0x0800, CRC(c0030d7c) SHA1(4d0a3a59d4f8181c6e30966a6b1d19ba5b29c398) )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1g", 0x0800, 0x0800, CRC(1ddde10b) SHA1(8fb8e85844a8ec6c0722883013ecdd4eeaeb08c1) )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1f", 0x1000, 0x0800, CRC(808e46f1) SHA1(1cc4e9b0aa7e9546c133bd40d40ede6f2fbe93ba) )
> ROM_LOAD( "desertgu.e", 0x1800, 0x0800, CRC(ac64dc62) SHA1(202433dfb174901bd3b91e843d9d697a8333ef9e) )
> ROM_END
>
>
> ROM_START( roadrunm )
> ROM_REGION( 0x10000, "maincpu", 0 )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1h", 0x0000, 0x0800, CRC(c0030d7c) SHA1(4d0a3a59d4f8181c6e30966a6b1d19ba5b29c398) )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1g", 0x0800, 0x0800, CRC(1ddde10b) SHA1(8fb8e85844a8ec6c0722883013ecdd4eeaeb08c1) )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1f", 0x1000, 0x0800, CRC(808e46f1) SHA1(1cc4e9b0aa7e9546c133bd40d40ede6f2fbe93ba) )
> ROM_LOAD( "9316.1e", 0x1800, 0x0800, CRC(db5996a5) SHA1(cbc784e3ff9c7ad4954f3af8bfd786d3d17d1e0c) )
> ROM_END
>
> Quite a while back, MAME consolidated ROM files. So they now end up loading ROM thusly (thusly?):
>
> 9316.1h from desertgu at address 0000-07FF
> 9316.1g from desertgu at address 0800-0FFF
>
> 9316.1f from desertgu at address 1000-17FF
> 9316.1e from roadrunm at address 1800-1FFF
>
> So all you should need is the other 3 files from desertgu I'll save you the trouble and attach it here.
>
> Good luck, sorry about pointing you the wrong way before.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:02 PM, David Shoemaker <davids@oz.net> wrote:
>
>> Found a copy of roadrunr.zip. But can’t make heads or tails of it:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Should be 4 2716’s. I have no clue what this 82s130 is about. And the
>> names don’t make a whole lot of sense the address map for these boards is
>> 0-1fff.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> David****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:
>> owner-rasterlist@vectorlist.org] *On Behalf Of *Rodger Boots
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 03, 2013 1:26 PM
>> *To:* rasterlist@vectorlist.org
>> *Subject:* Re: RASTER: 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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