39 in 1 jamma board eprom

heypat1

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Feb 14, 2006, 4:43:34 PM2/14/06

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I just realized that the 39 in 1 jamma board and the 3 in 1 Jamma board
use the same hardware. I have a 3 in 1 I would like to make into a 39
in 1. Does anyone have a 39 in 1 board that could send me the bin file
so I can burn a eprom for my board? Or does anyone know if there is a
place on the net it can be downloaded from? I already did a google
search and found mention of it being done but no mention as to where it
can be downloaded from.

Thanks

Pat

Chuk

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Feb 14, 2006, 5:32:21 PM2/14/06

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FWIW, I had both a 3 in 1 and a 39 in 1. I tried swapping the ROM from one
to the other, and it didn't work. I figured it couldn't be that easy, but
it was at least worth a shot.

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Raven

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Feb 14, 2006, 11:02:30 PM2/14/06

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Which 3 in 1 do you each have?

Matty-t

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Feb 14, 2006, 11:03:05 PM2/14/06

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I too had the same results in my curiosity with a 3-1 installing a 9-1
rom. Now without looking at any hardware stuff, I am going to make an
assumption that there is a key that changes with revision.

Could always dump the 3-1 and 9-1 roms and poke around in the hex edit
:) Anyone else have anything to say on the subject?

- Matt

CDS

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Feb 15, 2006, 12:41:10 AM2/15/06

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you have to dump the tsop under that black plastic

Erik

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Feb 15, 2006, 1:57:22 AM2/15/06

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I had a 6 in 1 and a 9 in 1 and was able to swap the 9 in 1 rom into
the 6 in 1 and it works. I have a 39 in 1 rom and tried that but it
didn't work. The 6 in 1 and 9 in 1 were both marked ver 200. The 39 in
1 is marked ver 309 so there's got to be a difference between the
versions that the tsop under the black plastic checks for.

Mark McDougall

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Feb 15, 2006, 6:30:25 AM2/15/06

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Matty-t wrote:

> Could always dump the 3-1 and 9-1 roms and poke around in the hex edit
> :) Anyone else have anything to say on the subject?

Can you give me a list of games in the 3-1, 6-1 and 9-1?

I'd imagine the glob houses an FPGA/ASIC which emulates the hardware of a
few machines. The ROMS contain only the games program/graphics/sound roms,
plus the firmware for the menu system which would most probably run on one
of the emulated platforms.

Now 3-1, 6-1 & 9-1 do not necessarily mean there's hardware in the glob to
emulate 3, 6 and 9 machines respectively. Many of the earlier games ran on
identical (or very similar) hardware, so a single hardware emulation could
support multiple games.

So the menu system probably enables the appropriate section of the glob for
the chosen game, before booting the game.

My guess is that the extra games on the 6-1 all run on the same hardware as
the games in the 3-1. The 9-1 probably introduced a new hardware platform,
or variant of an existing platform, and hence requires a new FPGA/ASIC. So
you're out of luck there - you can't just swap roms.

Regards,

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| Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it
| <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"

heypat1

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Feb 15, 2006, 7:36:03 AM2/15/06

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I have the MS Pac, Galaga and Donkey Kong board. I am very happy with
it I just thought I could add a couple of more games to it. It sounds
like someone has swapped a 3 in 1 with a 6 in 1 and it worked. Does
anyone have the 6 in 1 Bin file? I would also like to try the 9 in 1
Bin file if anyone has it. I figure I have nothing to lose by trying
right. I am curious what version board I have, I will have to check
the version number tonight when I get home.

Thanks again

Pat

ArcadeForever

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Feb 15, 2006, 8:11:39 AM2/15/06

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I wonder what con2 and the 2 spare sockets on the 39 in 1 are for???

-AF

CDS

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Feb 15, 2006, 10:05:16 AM2/15/06

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there's a cpld and the tsop. connector 2 is for a jtag. no eprom
needed on the new version.

Erik

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Feb 15, 2006, 11:09:07 PM2/15/06

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any info on what it would take to get the 9 in 1 board to run the 39 in
1 rom? I have both roms but what equipment/code would be needed?

Raven

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Feb 17, 2006, 12:18:25 AM2/17/06

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I have Galaga/Ms Pac/Frogger. There is also a Dig Dug/DK/Galaga(?) as
well. I would think that the ROM images could be edited to add in the
other games for the same board.

Chris Bedwell

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Feb 17, 2006, 7:09:16 AM2/17/06

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What do these boards set people back ?

I saw some ages ago for some huge $$$ but avoided the chance of being
burned.. figured they'd be alot like those joysticks with inbuilt games..
close, but not the real thing.. and colors off - etc.. ( if you know what I
mean... )

- Chris.
www.myarcadegames.com
( Perth, Western Australia )

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