Fake ROM???

xalakibaniou · 21 April 2020, 21:43

I just installed the new romset 46.143 for the Amiga 1200 which I got from a reseller abroad. I already had OS3.1.4 installed with softroms, all I did was delete some rows in the startup sequence. The process went well and the machine boots up normally, but I noticed that there were some differences between softrom and realrom. After exporting realrom (46.143) and transferring it to a file format on my PC, the Amikick program cannot read realrom, while instead it reads softrom normally.
WinUAE sees both roms equally and runs normally.
I enclose some photos to help you understand exactly what I mean.
Are the roms fake?

torsti76 · 21 April 2020, 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by xalakibaniou

I just installed the new romset 46.143 for the Amiga 1200 which I got from a reseller abroad. I already had OS3.1.4 installed with softroms, all I did was delete some rows in the startup sequence. The process went well and the machine boots up normally, but I noticed that there were some differences between softrom and realrom. After exporting realrom (46.143) and transferring it to a file format on my PC, the Amikick program cannot read realrom, while instead it reads softrom normally.
WinUAE sees both roms equally and runs normally.
I enclose some photos to help you understand exactly what I mean.
Are the roms fake?

There are two slightly different revisions of the 3.1.4 ROMs out in the wild. Both were released by Hyperion, and both are perfectly legal. Maybe, Amikick doesn't know the newer revision of the ROMs.

xalakibaniou · 21 April 2020, 22:46

that's what I thought but Amikit recognizes the softkick 46.143. Since WinUAE runs on both soft and hard is a relief for me. I take your word for the slightly different revisions. Thanks

indigolemon · 22 April 2020, 00:00

Difference between a byte-swapped (for burning) and non byte-swapped file perhaps?

torsti76 · 22 April 2020, 14:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigolemon

Difference between a byte-swapped (for burning) and non byte-swapped file perhaps?

That would have been my second guess... ;-)

AMIGASYSTEM · 22 April 2020, 14:59

Ciao xalakibaniou, I like your taskbar, which BarDock are you using WBDock 2? and the background?

21 April 2020, 21:43	#1
xalakibaniou Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Athens Greece Age: 41 Posts: 69	Fake ROM??? I just installed the new romset 46.143 for the Amiga 1200 which I got from a reseller abroad. I already had OS3.1.4 installed with softroms, all I did was delete some rows in the startup sequence. The process went well and the machine boots up normally, but I noticed that there were some differences between softrom and realrom. After exporting realrom (46.143) and transferring it to a file format on my PC, the Amikick program cannot read realrom, while instead it reads softrom normally. WinUAE sees both roms equally and runs normally. I enclose some photos to help you understand exactly what I mean. Are the roms fake? Attached Thumbnails

22 April 2020, 14:59	#6
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Posts: 6,414	Ciao xalakibaniou, I like your taskbar, which BarDock are you using WBDock 2? and the background? Last edited by AMIGASYSTEM; 22 April 2020 at 16:28.

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xalakibaniou Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Athens Greece Age: 41 Posts: 69	that's what I thought but Amikit recognizes the softkick 46.143. Since WinUAE runs on both soft and hard is a relief for me. I take your word for the slightly different revisions. Thanks

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