HP-71B: How to load and run a BIN file?

[smp]

(05-27-2017 06:30 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  

(05-27-2017 04:24 PM)smp Wrote:  Yes, since the Pirate Adventure is on J-F's Emu-71 page, I'm not surprised to hear that the file is set up for his emulator.

The Pirate Adventure binary file is not setup for Emu71/DOS only. The file is an IRAM image which can be easily loaded into any of the 71B emulators, FRAM71, or an IRAM configured from your 32k RAM.

For loading into your 32k RAM you'll want to use ROMCOPY. You can search this Forum for links to the docs or holler if you need directions.

I recently discovered that EPRMCPY, included with the CMT EPROM programmer for the 71, is simply a version of ROMCOPY with different defaults. There are usage examples of both programs at the end of the CMT-71-P01 Instruction Manual.

Dave

Thanks very much, again, Dave, for your quick answer and assistance. I just discovered that ROMCOPY is on the PILIMAGE.DAT file that I currently have loaded on my pyILPER Drive1.

Can you provide a pointer to directions for the steps I should take to copy this file?

At present, I simply started up my HP-71B after extended storage, so I believe that it pulled my 32K RAM and 4K RAM modules all into main memory. When I ask for MEM, I currently get 50127 (with the few programs that I have loaded). I assume that I will have to segregate the 32K RAM module in order to copy the file to it.

Since pyILPER does not want to deal with the BIN file as it is, I assume I will have to do some preparation with it also.

Thanks,
smp