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 Post subject: Marty support in Xe
PostPosted: April 2nd, 2008, 5:38 pm 
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check the page:
http://www.xe-emulator.com/index.php?m=news

Xe is a multi-system console emulator, with support for Windows and Linux.
Bit of a shame this is closed source.


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PostPosted: April 3rd, 2008, 5:00 pm 
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good, I will try it out.

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Unfortunately I not own the Marty hardware to dump the bios.
Without the needed bios rom it is useless for me to use the XE emulator. :(

Greetings,

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BergerH wrote:
Unfortunately I not own the Marty hardware to dump the bios.
Without the needed bios rom it is useless for me to use the XE emulator. :(

I haven't tried out Xe as yet... Does the set located here not work?

http://www.jcec.co.uk/fmtown_emu.html


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DamienD wrote:
BergerH wrote:
Unfortunately I not own the Marty hardware to dump the bios.
Without the needed bios rom it is useless for me to use the XE emulator. :(

I haven't tried out Xe as yet... Does the set located here not work?

http://www.jcec.co.uk/fmtown_emu.html


Different Bios set between FM-Towns Computer and FM-Towns Console (Marty). The Unz Bios (FM-Towns Computer) set is not helpful.
XE need the Console Bios.


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PostPosted: April 8th, 2008, 7:57 pm 
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Yep, I tried to get XE running the other day and hit the same problem. Anyone able to successfully run it?


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BergerH wrote:
Different Bios set between FM-Towns Computer and FM-Towns Console (Marty). The Unz Bios (FM-Towns Computer) set is not helpful.
XE need the Console Bios.

Damn, I also have the other BIOS files but they are all probably different FM Towns computer models:

... (TOWNS)FM-TOWNS2 MF20 Bios.zip
... [FM-TOWNS](BIOS)FM-TOWNS(II Fresh).rar
... [FM-TOWNS](BIOS)FM-TOWNS.zip
... [FM-TOWNS][BIOS]FM TOWNS II Fresh.rar
... [FM-TOWNS][BIOS]FM-TOWNS 20F BIOS.zip
... [FM-TOWNS][BIOS]FM-TOWNS HB BIOS.rar
... [FM-TOWNS][BIOS]FM-TOWNS HR BIOS.rar
... [FM-TOWNS][BIOS]FM-TOWNS UX BIOS.rar
... [TOWNS][EMU] FM-TOWNSエミュレーター「うんづ」V0.2 L10a(Bios入り).rar
... FMT_FNT.ROM(FM-TOWNS)
... FMT_SYS.ROM(FM-TOWNS)

Anyone know the names of the required files? You must be able to get them from somewhere :wink:


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PostPosted: April 9th, 2008, 3:34 pm 
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Ok, so Xe requires the file marty.rom...

Couldn't find it on the web but found this in eMule:

... ROMS.-.FM.Towns.Marty.-.(tosec.2007-03-14)(full)(0.missing).-.AxelF6.MCSTeam.rar

Unfortunately the queue is currently full, will leave my laptop on until it downloads :wink:


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help I am using windows xp. I need Glade/Gtk+ for Windows

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zblack wrote:
help I am using windows xp. I need Glade/Gtk+ for Windows

There's a note and link under the Downloads section :wink:

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Note: Windows users will need to install GTK+. You can get it here. Download the gtk+-win32-runtime package (gtk-2.10.11-win32-1.exe).

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gladewin32


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I find it weird that Unz let's you select the Marty model despite that, and that Xe only needs one. I guess there are some differences in emulation. Otherwise I would have thought that simply renaming would work.
I couldn't find actual trace of a Marty rom either, just the information that the rombeger files that come with Unz are there for dumping roms.


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PostPosted: April 10th, 2008, 1:06 pm 
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The file I downloaded from eMule contained an early demo release of Frog Feast and not the marty.rom file :cry:

Starscream the 2nd wrote:
I find it weird that Unz let's you select the Marty model despite that

I thought the same thing...

Starscream the 2nd wrote:
I guess there are some differences in emulation. Otherwise I would have thought that simply renaming would work.

Maybe you just have to join the files in a specific order or need to use a ROM interleaver.

Starscream the 2nd wrote:
I couldn't find actual trace of a Marty rom either, just the information that the rombeger files that come with Unz are there for dumping roms.

Same here. Below is the sample.bat found in the Unz\rombeger directory:

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echo off
rem USAGE: rombeger [ROM No.0-9] [drive]
rem ROM No.0: fmt_sys.rom(256KB)
rem ROM No.1: fmt_fnt.rom(256KB)
rem ROM No.2: fmt_dos.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.3: fmt_dic.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.4: fmt_f20.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.5: mar_ex0.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.6: mar_ex1.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.7: mar_ex2.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.8: mar_ex3.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.9: mytowns.rom(32BYTE)
rem [drive] 0:current 1:a:\ 2:b:\
rombeger 0 1
rombeger 1 1
rombeger 2 1
rombeger 3 2
rombeger 4 2
rombeger 9 2

Someone with an actual Marty console would need to have rombeger.exe on a 1.2MB floppy disk and run something like:

rombeger 5 1
rombeger 6 1
rombeger 7 1
rombeger 8 1

The trick would be getting the rombeger file onto a 1.2MB formatted disk... I could do this using my 3 way USB drive, fomatting using FORMAT A: /A:1024 /T:77 /N:8 /U and finally copying the file across in DOS. Also, after 2 roms are written you would need to use another disk...

Maybe when I visit my friend in a few months time who has a Marty console we could give it a try :wink:

Alternatively, if anybody on this forum has a Marty console and feels like having a bash at it I could create the necessary disk and image it using OmniFlop. You could then use OmniFlop to write the image back to floppy and away you go. Hopefully...


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PostPosted: May 29th, 2008, 10:50 pm 
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Hello I've already done it with my own Marty1 AND Car Marty.

Anyone wanting my roms just ask.

But --- I'd just like to know how to use them with the XE emulator. Someone else gave a MD5 sum for that in another thread, I also think we have to join the different files to make only one. I'll give it a try and let you know.

[Edit] The size of the rom file given in the other post here http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/forum/vi ... c&start=15 is strange : the total size of my different rom files is a bit more 3MB, not 4 !
With the DOS command COPY you can merge several files into one, provided you use the /B option to copy binary content (ASCII = /A by default). It also works in a CMD box under Windows XP or 2K. The command should look like :
COPY /B FILE1 + FILE2 + ... + FILEn FILERESULT
where FILERESULT is the name of the merged file (in our case marty.rom)
Under linux it's easy too :
cat FILE1 FILE2 [...] FILEN > FILERESULT


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PostPosted: May 30th, 2008, 4:18 am 
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rem ROM No.0: fmt_sys.rom(256KB)
rem ROM No.1: fmt_fnt.rom(256KB)
rem ROM No.2: fmt_dos.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.3: fmt_dic.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.4: fmt_f20.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.5: mar_ex0.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.6: mar_ex1.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.7: mar_ex2.rom(512KB)
rem ROM No.8: mar_ex3.rom(512KB)


2x256KB + 7x512KB = 4096KB = 4.194.304 bytes

I.e. all the roms merged should give you the right one. And roms are highly welcome, of course :) (better splitted, or both splitted and merged variants -- so they can be used in Unz).


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PostPosted: May 30th, 2008, 12:41 pm 
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The FMT_F20 rom does not exist on the Marty1 or Car Marty...


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