uCON64 v1.9.8-4

posted in Utility Release by mfc on Mar 19th, 2004

dbjh wrote in to let us know about an update to uCON64, an excellent backup tool and Swiss Army knife for emulators. Here is what's new:

updated (all) fixed 2 bugs in code of -pattern
added (SNES) -xfigc and -xswcc option to transfer SRAM to/from cartridge in *Pro Fighter* and Super Wild Card copiers
added support for Linux/PPC
updated (SNES, Genesis, PC-Engine & NES) fixed subtle bug in code of FFE dumping routines
updated (SNES) implemented SRAM size display for Super FX ROMs
updated (SMS) fixed bug that caused -chk not to work for uninterleaved files with a header
added support for Mac OS X (including libdiscmage)
added (SNES) -xswc-dm=MODE specify SWC dump mode
removed (SNES) -xswc-super, use -xswc -xswc-dm=1 instead
updated (all) uCON64 won't accept a parallel port address without using --port anymore
updated (SNES, Genesis, PC-Engine, SMS, Game Gear & GB) -mgd produces correct index files (MULTI-GD)
updated (SNES & Genesis) -s produces an index file if the ROM dump is in MGD format
added support for ppdev (GNU/Linux-only)
added (all) -md5 calculate MD5 checksum of ROM
added (all) -sha1 calculate SHA-1 checksum of ROM
added (GBA) support for the Flash 2 Advance (Ultra); options are -xf2a (transfer ROM data), -xf2ac=N (dump N Mbits), -xf2as (transfer 256 kB of SRAM data) and -xf2ab=BANK (transfer 64 kB of SRAM data to "bank" BANK)
added (GBA) -xfa2multi=SIZE send multiple ROMs to the F2A. You should not specify a loader file on the command line as a file argument. Specify one in the configuration file or set an environment variable
added (SNES) -dnsrt restore name, region and checksum from NSRT header and remove it
updated (SNES) fixed shameful bug that caused -chk and -n not to work correctly for interleaved ROM dumps
updated (SNES) added/updated code to dump special-chip cartridges. Now it's possible to dump Super FX (2), S-DD1, SA-1 and SPC7110 cartridges, but see the comment in swc.c!
updated (SNES) made -xswc-dm active for -xswcc so that SRAM data can be transferred to and from Super FX 2 cartridges
updated (SNES) renamed -xswc-dm to -xswc-io, because it can also be used for sending an SRAM file
updated (GBA) made -xfalmulti use gbaloader to be consistent with -xf2amulti. So, don't specify a loader as file argument anymore

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