Re: SW ESB ROMS

Jess Askey wrote:
> I see you were probably downloading them from
>
> http://gamearchive.askey.org/Video_Games/Manufacturers/Atari/roms/empire_rom.zip
>
> which should have been the same. The file sizes are okay 16,384 so
> they should be okay.
>
> the readme says they are unverified however.... does anyone know if
> the the MAME roms use different filenames?

I have an archived set of ESB ROM images that I created in 1995 - should
still be good - they do have data instead of being blank...

I've sent a copy to Chris.

John :-#)#
>
> On 1/17/2011 6:51 PM, Jess Askey wrote:
>> Maybe the HTTP was munging them since they had an odd file extension
>> (aka, they aren't zipped)...
>>
>> I made a .zip archive of all of them.. try downloading them in the
>> archive and see if they unzip in a way they aren't corrupted...
>>
>> http://gamearchive.askey.org/rom%20archive/video/Atari/EmpireStrikesBack/empirestrikesback.zip
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/17/2011 5:56 PM, Chris Loggans wrote:
>>> First, I probably should have said that I've been using this burner
>>> for 8-10 years so I'm familiar with how to load and burn EPROM's.
>>> I've also never had an issue loading any EPROM image I've had in the
>>> past. That is why this one has got me stumped.
>>> OK, so more details....
>>>
>>> My burner is an eeTools AllMax. The EPROM's I'm trying to burn are
>>> 27128's. What I'm seeing happen is that I select the file, select a
>>> format (normally Binary, but I've tried all of the selections on my
>>> programmer) and then it just dumps me back to the menu without
>>> actually loading the file. Viewing the buffer immediately
>>> afterwards shows that it is blank. My only assumption is that the
>>> files are in some format that my burner doesn't understand. As I
>>> mentioned previously, I've tried using the set from GameArchive and
>>> I also pulled one from elsewhere on the web. Both do the same
>>> thing. In between trying to burn the ESB ROM's, I've actually
>>> burned some EPROM's for other games without issue so I don't think
>>> it's my burner. I was hoping someone had created a set on their own
>>> (not one of the ones on the web) so I could try that.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On *Mon, 1/17/11, John Robertson /<pinball@telus.net>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: John Robertson <pinball@telus.net>
>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: SW ESB ROMS
>>> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>> Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 7:29 PM
>>>
>>> Chris Loggans wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to do a repair on a SW ESB boardset that has the
>>>> original Atari ESB conversion kit installed. It appears that I
>>>> have a problem with one of the ROM's on the daughterboard
>>>> (136031.105 and 136031.106). I've tried downloading two
>>>> different ROM sets off the web (including the ones from
>>>> GameArchive) but my EPROM burner doesn't like either one of
>>>> them and refuses to load them so I'm not sure what's wrong.
>>>> Does anyone have a known good set of ESB ROM's, or at least a
>>>> known .105 and .106?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Chris
>>>>
>>>
>>> What data format are you trying to load into your programmer?
>>> Most game files are stored as Raw Binary (no error checking),
>>> but if you are using a Data I/O 29B you have to set that as the
>>> format.
>>>
>>> Tell us the make and model of the burner...
>>>
>>> John :-#)#
>>>
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