Hey guys, regarding backup RAM memory, who was it that was asking for ways to get your save states out and back in around here ??
I found something made by Zeograd back in 2002 that might be of interest to some of you so that you don't need extra backup devices and what not.
It's called the Namami Project. Goes something like this:
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Nanami project V 1.0
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Nanami is a set of tool allowing you to save and restore
files in the Backup Memory of your pc engine without
any extra pc engine hardware.
The save of a file is divided in 4 steps
1st step : Burn the sample "nanami.iso" file as pc engine cd
and run the cd on hardware.
2nd step : Choose the option "save file" and select the file
to save
3rd step : Write down on paper the serie of digits written on
screen (can be several page long)
4th step : Run the tool "pcetohd" and enter the data previously
output by the console
Here you are, you got a file on your Hard Disk with the very same
data as there's in the bram.
Now, it's time to restore this file (or a bunch of files)
1st step : use "hdtopce" with all the previously created files to build
the "filedata.dat" file
2nd step : run "make" to build the "nanami.iso" (which also contains
the file saving code)
OR
2nd step bis : run the following commands
huc -over -scd nanami.c
huc -over -scd nanami_menu.c
huc -over -scd bramrest.c
isolink nanami.iso nanami_menu.ovl bramrest.ovl nanami.ovl
3rd step : burn and run the cd made from "nanami.iso"
4th step : Choose the option "restore file" and select the file
to restore in the real bram.
So, in the archive, there is an ISO file. If you burn it to CD-R and boot it on your Turbo Duo, you'll be able to pick save states in its backup RAM and it'll convert them to a number for you to write down. By taking that number back to your PC, you can rebuild the ISO and compile it in, so when you make another CD-R, you could load it on your system, and restore the save state back into the Duo's backup RAM.
You get the idea.
I wonder if people were aware of this option or not, so FYI. It's old and I forgot all about it, I was randomly looking at my PCE emulator folder where I keep everything and I found it there.
Here is where to download it:
http://www.zeograd.com/download_presentation.php?lang=en&id=211http://www.zeograd.com/creation_download.php?lang=en&page=6
