Convert from .bin to .rom

[Poul Kaarup]

How can I convert an hp41 ROM image from .bin format into .rom format? (I can do .rom to .bin)

Thanks in advance
/Poul

[hugh]

not sure what the .rom format is. the v41 emulator comes with a conversion utiility thats handles formats; lif, p41, raw, dat, bin and txt.

[Poul]

The ROM images that come with the V41 are in an uncompressed format like CCD1B.ROM (the CCD module). The ROM images used with Emu41 are in a compressed format like GAMES.BIN (the Games Pac). I know how to convert from .ROM to .BIN but not the other way around. The utility you mention is for converting USER code programs, and can't (as far as I know) convert a whole image.

/Poul Kaarup

[J-F Garnier]

Bin format packs 4 words into 5 bytes (makes 40 bits):

byte

0       word0[7-0]

1       word0[9-8] + word1[5-0]<<2

2       word1[9-6] + word2[3-0]<<4

3       word3[9-4] + word4[1-0]<<6

4       word4[9-2]

and so on...

In the future releases of Emu41, I will support .rom format as well.

J-F

[Poul]

Thanks for the information. Would it be possible for your CLBIN41 program to do conversion both ways in the future?

/Poul