A 1MB flash multi cart for the 8-bit Ataries.
It is programed in the atari computer. It supports standard 8K and 16K carts. The image to be written in the cart is prepared using a windows user friendly cart compilation program that also automatically generates the cart menu.
The cart has one switch and one push button. The switch is usually in the normal position and only should be changed to the write position when the cart is programmed.
The push button is used to restart the computer to menu without having to turn off with the porwer switch. Only in the Atari 400/800 the button is unreachable.
To program this cart you execute FW32.XEX from atari dos but before the cart contents and the menu must be prepared. FW32 reads 32 files 32K each named slot0.rom to slot31.rom.
These files are prepared with the special windows software that allows you to add and arrange the files as they are written in the flash and appear in the menu. Slot0.rom also always contain the cart menu program that is the boot cart the first time the computer is turned on.
The program is called LeonCart800Collection.exe. You build the cart list using drag & drop of the cart files you wish to add. There are some restrictions in that the files should be divided in 32 slots of 32K so maybe you'll need sometimes to rearrange the list for this. Then from menu Action->Create Atr you create an .atr file and also the 32 slot rom files in the directory with name tempatrdir.
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