02-02-2024, 08:52 AM
Thanks to suzy for making available the SuperPAK coreboard, see discussion on how these ROM files can be made at https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/...ml#pid2523 and further info on Suzy's page on the SuperPAK coreboard at https://www.suzyj.net/2023/10/a-superpak-coreboard.html
I've finally made a set of working SuperPAK PAK A to PAK M and NET eproms for my Premium base board Microbee, but also provide PAK A and NET for a non-premium base board. Thanks to Cheshire Noir for beta testing then all on a standard PC85, with the few problem games found quickly fixed. PAK N, O & P are empty at the moment and ready for expansion in the future.
PAK 5 brings up the normal PC85 Menu and all options can work from there. A PAK 6 brings up my Games menu to access all the games in the other eproms. Page 1 of the Menu looks like -
A little explanation of the Menu, it treats each page separately, so basically 4 sections. Also, the games are not in the eproms in the same order as they are in the menu just to confuse the situation. If you list the Menu you will see, for example,
00018 DATA "Emu Joust",24
where Emu Joust is whats shown in the Menu and the 24 is the PAK number it starts in, which is always C000h. So an OUT 10,PAK Number:USR(49152) starts them all. But if the number is less than 10, like
00020 DATA "Depth Charge",1
then the USR(xxxx) is a different address depending on where it actually starts in the PAK, these are normally the smaller games filling the spare room of an otherwise empty PAK. In the case for Depth Charge above, it starts at D000h, which is 53248 decimal and is in PAK26. So it starts with OUT 10,26:USR(53248). If you wish to change the games or add more you should study the menu to see how its set out. There are 4 pages in the Menu and there are 83 games listed, so these are the games per Page on the menu -
Page 4 are all small 4k games that fit into the NET eprom and occupies the 14 x 4k spare sections after the first 2 used by Telcom v3.21. One of them, A Mazing Game on option I, it was soon discovered that it was just a small 3k intro to the game and then runs the actual game which is 12k. No room on the NET rom so the game is actually on PAKM in PAK96 position.
In each of the packages below, included not only are the 14 PAK & NET images, but also the Menu as a separate file and the 2 required Basic roms needed for Premium or standard Microbee baseboards. The PAK & NET roms are for 27512/27C512 eproms, the Standard Basic roms for 2764 eproms and the Premium Basic roms for a 27128 (rom a) and 2764 (rom b) eprom. The games list (as above) is included also in the GAMES.TXT file.
If anyone would like some addition particular games or some educational games/files added and having problems making the eproms/menu themselves, just start a post in the Forum and I will see what can be done to add them in. If any of the games are found not to run, again, please let us know via the forum.
So in the MbeeTech Repository in the Microbee\Software\ROMs\SuperPAK folder we placed -
SuperPAK_Games_list.txt
SuperPAK_Games_Premium_PC85_set.zip
SuperPAK_Games_Standard_PC85b_set.zip
EDIT: Location of the files have been changed
I've finally made a set of working SuperPAK PAK A to PAK M and NET eproms for my Premium base board Microbee, but also provide PAK A and NET for a non-premium base board. Thanks to Cheshire Noir for beta testing then all on a standard PC85, with the few problem games found quickly fixed. PAK N, O & P are empty at the moment and ready for expansion in the future.
PAK 5 brings up the normal PC85 Menu and all options can work from there. A PAK 6 brings up my Games menu to access all the games in the other eproms. Page 1 of the Menu looks like -
A little explanation of the Menu, it treats each page separately, so basically 4 sections. Also, the games are not in the eproms in the same order as they are in the menu just to confuse the situation. If you list the Menu you will see, for example,
00018 DATA "Emu Joust",24
where Emu Joust is whats shown in the Menu and the 24 is the PAK number it starts in, which is always C000h. So an OUT 10,PAK Number:USR(49152) starts them all. But if the number is less than 10, like
00020 DATA "Depth Charge",1
then the USR(xxxx) is a different address depending on where it actually starts in the PAK, these are normally the smaller games filling the spare room of an otherwise empty PAK. In the case for Depth Charge above, it starts at D000h, which is 53248 decimal and is in PAK26. So it starts with OUT 10,26:USR(53248). If you wish to change the games or add more you should study the menu to see how its set out. There are 4 pages in the Menu and there are 83 games listed, so these are the games per Page on the menu -
Code:
Menu Page #1 Menu Page #2 Menu Page #3 Menu Page #4
Defender 2 Battleships Galaxian Zargon II
Scrambler Monopoly Space Invasion Tank Battle
Scavenger Dodgem Mine Drop II Space Patrol
Robot Man 2 Lazer Blazer Cubee Tandy Invaders
Microspace Invaders II Battle Station Othello Meteor Mission
Emu Joust Android Nim 4D O & X's Goblin
Target (Colour) Penetrator Squadrons Space Lanes
Depth Charge Eureka Robot Man (B&W) Master Mind (Colour)
Viper Grooble Grab Gridfire A Mazing Game
Frogman Centipede Attack Sub Atomic Hang Man
Brickball Survivor Asteroids Plus Letter Slide
Kilopede Star Block Colditz Adventure Mugwump Hunt
Leaping Lunar Limmo Volcano Hunter Trains Target (B&W)
King Tut Killer Beetles Flight Simulator Justle (Joystick)
King Kong Hoppy Chilly Willy
Alien Cresta Ghost Hunter Tic Tac Toe
Munch! Jungle Raiders Cannibals & Missionaries
Cosmic Fighter Robot Fire
Galaxy Invasion Plus Backgammon
Defence Command Zargon II Chess
Meteor Mission 2 Draughts
Gun Fighter Cannibal Crabs
Bomber Marauder
Out House Missile War
Donut Dilema Bounce
Sea Dragon Grotnk WarsIn each of the packages below, included not only are the 14 PAK & NET images, but also the Menu as a separate file and the 2 required Basic roms needed for Premium or standard Microbee baseboards. The PAK & NET roms are for 27512/27C512 eproms, the Standard Basic roms for 2764 eproms and the Premium Basic roms for a 27128 (rom a) and 2764 (rom b) eprom. The games list (as above) is included also in the GAMES.TXT file.
If anyone would like some addition particular games or some educational games/files added and having problems making the eproms/menu themselves, just start a post in the Forum and I will see what can be done to add them in. If any of the games are found not to run, again, please let us know via the forum.
So in the MbeeTech Repository in the Microbee\Software\ROMs\SuperPAK folder we placed -
SuperPAK_Games_list.txt
SuperPAK_Games_Premium_PC85_set.zip
SuperPAK_Games_Standard_PC85b_set.zip
EDIT: Location of the files have been changed
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