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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: EDS.bod on December 07, 2002, 02:04:13 PM
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Let me tell you a story.
My Towered A1200 died a few weeks ago complete with OS3.9 and 3.1 roms. This I'm not too bothered about as I've ordered an AmigaOneXE-G4 and I thought I'd just use UAE to run all my old legacy software.
One hitch though, I forgot that I'd need a rom image for UAE.
Now, as my A1200 is dead, I can't get an image of the 3.1 rom so I'm going to order a second hand A1200 from e-bay.
Next problem is that I've already sold the accelerator, HD, SD/FF and tower, so I won't be able to install OS3.9.
Can I just put the 3.1 roms in the working A1200 and grab the image or do I need workbench 3.1 as well?
I also have a CDTV so I'm o.k. for 1.3 roms.
Can anyone give me advice for extracting the roms?
Sorry for all the questions, thanks in advance.
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Hi,
You can use transrom to make that rom file. Maybe boot with a disk with transrom on it and then grab a copy to the disk. Should work.
Coder
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So it should be fine then to install the 3.1 roms when if I only have the workbench 3.01 disks then?
I take it transrom comes with the UAE package?
So i'd have to move the transrom utility to a dos disk (to get it off the AmigaOne) and then dump the rom image to a dos formatted disk and bring that image back to the AmigaOne. Linux can format disk in dos mode, can't it?
I take it then, that I can't dump a rom image from the 1.3 rom in the CDTV seeing as 1.3 doesn't have cross dos?
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Well, you need a Amiga 1200 (or any other Amiga wich can have the roms in it you want to grab) and then have the roms in it, then boot with a bootable Amiga disk with transrom (comes with the emulator) and run the program that will write the image to a file on the disk.
But you need to run crossdos to write it to a "pc" (yuk) floppy.
Can you get a copy from someone else if you have the roms yourself but cannot get the romfile? Anyone?
Coder
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buy AmigaForever cdrom from Cloanto;) there are many different legal rom images and other useful stuff for emulating etc.
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eds.bod: check your email ;-).
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@Odin
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction mate :-)
Now all I have to do is learn how to use Linux (never used it, suppose now is as good as time as any to learn) and try and get UAE running (again - never used it).
odin wrote:
eds.bod: check your email ;-).