FakeROM

Utility for create an empty ROM with specific size.

Description

FakeROM create an empty "ROM", which is particularly useful when creating your own cartridge with a real ROM, however it does not have the correct size of the EPROM/EEPROM, so this fake ROM is then used to fill the intended space.

Getting Started

Dependencies

• GCC/Clang.
• Make (optional).
• Linux, Mac or Window.

Build

• If you have make, you can do:

$ make fakerom

• Or just compile fakerom.c

$ cc -O3 fakerom.c -o fakerom

Executing program

• An exeample creating a 16K ROM

// linux
$ ./fakerom -r 16

• The out put is a file fake.rom with size of 16384kb

Version History

• 1.0
  • Initial Release

Acknowledgments

Inspiration, code snippets, etc.

• MSX-Spider-Cart
• The MSX Repro carts