Re: 1541 clone help needed

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 12:11:43 +0200
Message-ID: <16941851.8Spc7pj94Q_at_rakete>
Am Freitag, 17. Mai 2019, 03:48:02 CEST schrieb Jim Brain:
> Many clone drives used a direct copy, an obfuscated copy, or a
> marginally modified 1541 drive ROM to power their units.
> 
> Someone provided me a BlueChip/Amtech drive ROM, and I finally had a
> chance to look at it.  It's a 16kB ROM, and the e000 looks almost
> exactly like the 1541 -05 or -06 ROM.  The $c000 portion is radically
> different, or at least looks different at first glance.  But, given the
> minimal changes in the upper half, I burned a copy and successfully
> booted a 1541 with it.  Thus, I'm wondering if someone could help me
> decipher:
> 
>   * What is indeed different (of note) in the $e000 rom?
>   * Why the $c000 rom is so different, and does it need to be that way
>     (or, can I just replace it with a 1541 $c000 ROM image)?
> 
> The files, if folks are interested, are at:
> 
> http://www.jbrain.com/incoming/BlueChip/Amtech_BlueChip_ROM.BIN
> 
> http://www.jbrain.com/incoming/BlueChip/Amtech_BlueChip_ROM_c000.BIN
> 
> http://www.jbrain.com/incoming/BlueChip/Amtech_BlueChip_ROM_e000.BIN
> 
> The latter two are just the first split in half.

only the first link works :)




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