Difference between revisions of "No$cart"

Revision as of 11:30, 8 October 2013

A utility by Nocash which converts a disk image to a cartridge.

The tool hasn't been tested on the GX4000 so cartridges that are created may not work on it. You should test this to be sure.

In addition if the game/program has any of the following it will not work on GX4000:

It uses keyboard or requires keyboard input to get into the game
It uses 128K ONLY (or it's a bad "crack" that requires 128K to work even though the game itself would work in 64K).

However, the tool is easy for the non-programmer to use.

The created cartridge image has the OS, BASIC and Amsdos embedded in it and the data from the disk image (tracks/sectors).

The image contains a patched Amsdos that reads from the cartridge rather than reading from disk.

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 The tool hasn't been tested on the GX4000 so cartridges that are created may not work on it. You should test this to be sure.
-In addition if you choose to convert a game that uses 128K ram ONLY (either it was made this way or a bad "crack" that needs 128K) then this will also not work on the GX4000 because it has 64k RAM.
+In addition if the game/program has any of the following it will not work on GX4000:
+* It uses keyboard or requires keyboard input to get into the game
+* It uses 128K ONLY (or it's a bad "crack" that requires 128K to work even though the game itself would work in 64K).
-The tool is easy for the non-programmer to use.
+However, the tool is easy for the non-programmer to use.
 == Technical ==
 The created cartridge image has the OS, BASIC and Amsdos embedded in it and the data from the disk image (tracks/sectors).
 The image contains a patched Amsdos that reads from the cartridge rather than reading from disk.