Action Replay III version

absence · 23 September 2014, 12:39

Are there other ways to tell if an Action Replay III is version 3.09 or 3.17 than plugging it into an Amiga and executing the version command?

Jope · 23 September 2014, 12:44

Desolder the prom chips, read them in, merge them, look at the hex dump? ;-)

absence · 23 September 2014, 12:49

Right, so that's a "no"

Speaking of, have anyone made proper dumps like that? IIRC there was something about an unimportant first longword that can't be read by the cart itself or something.

Jope · 23 September 2014, 19:18

Yeah, I made some dumps for Toni years back. The "undumpable" first bytes were either all zeroes or all Fs, in any case, you aren't missing anything. :-)

fryguy · 23 September 2014, 20:47

Is it possible to dump a cartridge directly on the Amiga?

StingRay · 23 September 2014, 21:15

Yes, to dump AR 3 you have to enter "sysop mode" (type "may the force be with you new", after each word you need to press enter and ignore any error messages), then the AR3 code can be saved, 256k starting from memory location $400000.

Toni Wilen · 24 September 2014, 08:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Yeah, I made some dumps for Toni years back. The "undumpable" first bytes were either all zeroes or all Fs, in any case, you aren't missing anything. :-)

"Hidden" bytes are "50 00 00 00" (AR3 v3.09)

Jope · 24 September 2014, 11:33

Thanks for verifying. I probably have the dumps stashed somewhere too, but couldn't figure out where. :-)

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23 September 2014, 12:44	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,863	Desolder the prom chips, read them in, merge them, look at the hex dump? ;-)

23 September 2014, 12:49	#3
absence Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: moon Posts: 373	Right, so that's a "no" Speaking of, have anyone made proper dumps like that? IIRC there was something about an unimportant first longword that can't be read by the cart itself or something.

23 September 2014, 19:18	#4
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,863	Yeah, I made some dumps for Toni years back. The "undumpable" first bytes were either all zeroes or all Fs, in any case, you aren't missing anything. :-)

23 September 2014, 20:47	#5
fryguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Skarabörg, Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 1,020	Is it possible to dump a cartridge directly on the Amiga?

23 September 2014, 21:15	#6
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Yes, to dump AR 3 you have to enter "sysop mode" (type "may the force be with you new", after each word you need to press enter and ignore any error messages), then the AR3 code can be saved, 256k starting from memory location $400000.

24 September 2014, 11:33	#8
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,863	Thanks for verifying. I probably have the dumps stashed somewhere too, but couldn't figure out where. :-)

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