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Title: Using flashcards for backing up PCE save ram
Post by: termis on April 25, 2007, 08:21:09 PM

Does anyone know if this can be accomplished?

1) to transfer & save individual files to your computer HD.
2) and will a rom image of tennokoe bank function as it's supposed to on a flash card?

Title: Re: Using flashcards for backing up PCE save ram
Post by: Turbo D on April 25, 2007, 08:32:08 PM

The first one will not work with the dr.neo pce flash that I have. Never tried the second one.

Title: Re: Using flashcards for backing up PCE save ram
Post by: Necromancer on April 26, 2007, 03:18:41 AM

I'm gonna have to go with a no on this one.  I'm reasonably sure that a Duo (or TG-16, etc.) wouldn't know how to write to the flash card ram, as all ram is not created equal.  You could accomplish this with a real tennokoe bank, if (big if) it were feasible to build a HuCard reader for a computer.

Title: Re: Using flashcards for backing up PCE save ram
Post by: ccovell on April 26, 2007, 03:42:52 AM

Look for the CD-based solution called "nanami's bank" or something similar at www.zeograd.com (http://www.zeograd.com/).  It allows you to view the data in an SRAM file, write it down, then burn a CD with this SRAM data on it for reloading onto the PCE.

My own program (BRAM Tool) at my site can also serve as a way to "back up" (read: visually) the data stored in an SRAM file, and then copy it back to the PCE.

There's no automated way to do this, however.