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by MADrigal
Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: General Laser 2001 and Salora Manager Forum
Topic: Colecovision Module
Replies: 17
Views: 23074

Re: Colecovision Module

Donkey Kong also works under Mame and ColEm 5.6 For Mame rename the BIOS to r72114a_8317.u2 and use colecop machine. For ColEm on whatever platform - just rename to COLECO.ROM. Tried on Colem. The load screen shows purple background with all game roms tested Tried on MAME. Unfortunately renaming th...
by MADrigal
Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: General Laser 2001 and Salora Manager Forum
Topic: Colecovision Module
Replies: 17
Views: 23074

Re: Colecovision Module

@username@ wrote:
Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:48 am
Donkey Kong also works under Mame and ColEm 5.6

For Mame rename the BIOS to r72114a_8317.u2 and use colecop machine.

For ColEm on whatever platform - just rename to COLECO.ROM.
I tested it on 2 old emulators - MAME and Colem are on my list. :)
by MADrigal
Wed Aug 14, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: General Laser 2001 and Salora Manager Forum
Topic: Colecovision Module
Replies: 17
Views: 23074

Re: Colecovision Module

Briefly tried the BIOS of the Laser 2001 Colecovision Module on emulator (in lieu of the standard Colecovision BIOS) and... it works! However the controller are mapped slightly differently. However I was able to successfully start a game on Donkey Kong and play (joystick and jump button work well on...
by MADrigal
Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I/O Interface
Replies: 32
Views: 26235

Re: I/O Interface

There is an update! It looks like my friend Mark was able to 'fix' the EPROM and obtain stable dumps of both 4Kb chips. Let's continue this conversation on the right thread (the one on the Colecovision module). I have also uploaded the file there - please feel free to download and analyse it. It is ...
by MADrigal
Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: General Laser 2001 and Salora Manager Forum
Topic: Colecovision Module
Replies: 17
Views: 23074

Re: Colecovision Module

After several attempts, Sydney-based gentleman Mark McDougall was finally able to obtain a stable dump of the 8KByte BIOS of the Laser 2001 Colecovision Converter today! Find attached. Pure Z80 code at $0000. Feel free to test and have a look and analyse it. Please do not share outside of the forum ...
by MADrigal
Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Forum rules and announcements
Topic: Site news (2024)
Replies: 3
Views: 9379

Re: Site news (2024)

12th August, 2024 This update was certainly unplanned and I am writing this post because something really exceptional happened today and I feel like sharing it right now! I would probably call this "Breaking news". :-) I previously posted about the "lost" ultra rare CreatiVision CPU diagnostic cart...
by MADrigal
Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Recover damaged CPU Diagnostic ROM
Replies: 13
Views: 12838

Re: Recover damaged CPU Diagnostic ROM

I will shortly publish the fixed ROM on the CreatiVEmu website as well as other updates.
Thanks!
by MADrigal
Mon Aug 12, 2024 9:07 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Recover damaged CPU Diagnostic ROM
Replies: 13
Views: 12838

Re: Recover damaged CPU Diagnostic ROM

@Nanochess - if you like the challenge... have a look at this:
viewtopic.php?p=4416#p4416
by MADrigal
Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:26 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Recover damaged CPU Diagnostic ROM
Replies: 13
Views: 12838

Re: Recover damaged CPU Diagnostic ROM

OMG that is amazing!!!!!