ROM burners; what's your goto software for byte swapping?

[aeberbach]

If I have a .ROM file that I want to burn for use in my Amiga and I load it in the XGpro software that came with my TL866II burner, it will not work because the ROM file needs to be byte swapped before it is ready to burn as some .BIN files already are. I have swapped and burned successfully, I am trying to find better software to do it with in future.

I have had a lot of trouble finding software to do this. XGpro does not do it. I have found a link to download one package people used to recommend that leads only to some crappy download.com site with no download at the end of it, another package that does do a byte swap but is clearly Windows XP vintage and shows all sorts of errors in current windows.

What are you using?

[RedskullDC]

Hi Aeberbach, et al.

Originally Posted by aeberbach

If I have a .ROM file that I want to burn for use in my Amiga and I load it in the XGpro software that came with my TL866II burner, it will not work because the ROM file needs to be byte swapped before it is ready to burn as some .BIN files already are. I have swapped and burned successfully, I am trying to find better software to do it with in future.

I have had a lot of trouble finding software to do this. XGpro does not do it. I have found a link to download one package people used to recommend that leads only to some crappy download.com site with no download at the end of it, another package that does do a byte swap but is clearly Windows XP vintage and shows all sorts of errors in current windows.

What are you using?

I like "Hex Workshop" for preparing images.
http://www.hexworkshop.com/

It has all manner of shift/rotate operations on the data.

Doesn't matter if you are dealing with a 16bit or 32bit Amiga, you can get the data the way you want.

Regards,
Red

[supaduper]

There is a great easy eprom tool with all the options you need that someone on here did, I can`t find the thread so I put his EpromTool V9 in the ZONE

[jbilander]

There's more than one way to skin a cat...

in linux:

dd if=sourcefile of=resultfile conv=swab

or

using srec_cat here http://srecord.sourceforge.net/

e.g.

byte swap 16-bit words:
srec_cat infile -byte-swap 2 -o outfile

byte swap 32-bit words:
srec_cat infile -byte-swap 4 -o outfile

binary instead of hex:
srec_cat infile -binary -byte-swap 2 -o outfile -binary

or

Kickconv from Keir's git https://github.com/keirf/Amiga-Stuff

In WinUAE/Remus: select in drop-down image type:

Byte swapped (Little endian)

or when splitting (if you prep for e.g. A1200):

SplitROMImage <your_512kb_rom_name> SWAP

and then for example in Windows doubling Hi-, Lo for burning two 27C400 (512KB each) in A1200:

C:\> copy kick314_a1200.rom.hi /B + kick314_a1200.rom.hi /B kick314_a1200_512.rom.hi /B
C:\> copy kick314_a1200.rom.lo /B + kick314_a1200.rom.lo /B kick314_a1200_512.rom.lo /B

Another great tool for creating custom roms:

https://amitools.readthedocs.io/en/l...s/romtool.html

[Wrangler]

I use WinHex: http://www.winhex.com/winhex/

I think you need to pay a (small) licence fee to get byte swapping but it's a great hex editor beyond just creating ROM files.

[MrClump]

Originally Posted by Wrangler

I use WinHex: http://www.winhex.com/winhex/

I think you need to pay a (small) licence fee to get byte swapping but it's a great hex editor beyond just creating ROM files.

The licence is over £100, and that's only for 1 year. :-(

[Jope]

I normally use the swap byte function in my prommer software.

[supaduper]

Originally Posted by Jope

I normally use the swap byte function in my prommer software.

The TL866 programmer software does not have a byteswap option

[RoC]

I use this nifty one: Eprom Hexxer - Eprom Binary Tool

There is a thread here on EAB

https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=105682

[Jope]

Originally Posted by supaduper

The TL866 programmer software does not have a byteswap option

Then srec_cat or dd does the job nicely without touching the mouse. :-)

[Wrangler]

Originally Posted by MrClump

The licence is over £100, and that's only for 1 year. :-(

Huh? It's just over £30 for a perpetual personal licence. OK, that is more than I remembered but not too bad.

[aeberbach]

Hey thanks everyone for great tips, I am still waiting on my eprom UV eraser so have not had a chance for any burning but it won't be long...

[SpocksBeer]

I was going to say just leave it out in the sun, but it seems results may...vary

4 months may still be faster than post from China.

[MrClump]

Originally Posted by Wrangler

Huh? It's just over £30 for a perpetual personal licence. OK, that is more than I remembered but not too bad.

I need to clean my glasses!