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PocketSend v2.5
by Flavor (http://www.personal.triticom.com/~erm/NGPC/ ICQ#17868116)
Sponsored by http://www.lik-sang.com/catalog/default.php?likref=ngpc-win
*** Important note ***
Install DLPortIO before running PocketSend.
http://www.zerohype.com/Support/ZHED.Downloads/port95nt.exe
PocketSend is a Windows 9X/NT/2000 application that allows users to
compile a Multi-ROM file and send it to their "32M Pocket Flash Card".
PocketSend was designed to directly communicate with the NGPC "Pocket
Linker" and the "32M Pocket Flash Card". Though, it can also be used
to write a Multi-ROM file to a disk that could be run on an emulator
or burned with a different program (like PokeLink).
To use PocketSend to build a Multi-ROM file, you will need to add some
ROMs to the list. You can use the "Add Files" button or you can
drag-and-drop. You can also remove a single file or multiple files
with the "Remove Files" button.
Once you have added a file, you can then use the "Menu -> Cart" or
"Menu -> File" buttons. Though, if your total ROM size becomes
greater than 32-Mbit, these buttons will no longer be available, since
you can not write more than 32-Mbit to a cart.
The "File -> Cart" button can be used to send a single file to
your "Pocket Linker". This can be any NGPC file. It doesn't need to
be a Multi-ROM file. It can be a single ROM.
The "Cart -> File" will read the entire contents of your 32-Mbit cart
and dump it to a file on your PC.
I have added a small cart interrogation feature. When you click on
the "About" button, a file called "CartInfo.txt" will be written in
your PocketSend directory. That file will contain information about
the cart that you have inserteded into your linker. I am curious
about the values that different NGPC carts produce, so if you would
like to send your "CartInfo.txt" file to me after you have information
about a bunch of different carts, I would appreciate it. Just make
sure you have a cart inserted, Pocket Linker turned on, and then hit
"About".
What's new:
-=*=- v2.5 -=*=-
Changed the code from WinIO to DLPortIO. This should make
things faster, especially for the Windows NT/2000 users.
It also means that PocketSend will no longer autodetect what
port address LPT1 is using. Some users may need to manually
set their port address.
The Multi-ROM menu now has undergone some minor changes.
Hopefully, more ROMs will work, now. Please report problems
with specific ROMs.
NGPCpack.ngp is no longer a separate file. It is built in to
PocketSend.exe.
-=*=- v2.0 -=*=-
Now supports ROMs of any size up to 8Mbit with support for a
single 16Mbit ROM.
PocketSend now does ROM stripping
(Empty space at the end of ROMs gets removed).
There's a nifty progress bar while loading ROMs on the NGPC,
so you know how long you have to wait.
There's a cart interrogation mode built in to PocketSend.
To use it, insert a cart, turn on Linker, hit About, and
it will produce a "Cartinfo.txt" file. After you get a
bunch of info on different carts, send me your file.
-=*=- v1.0 -=*=-
Initial release.
Credits:
Flavor (Everything)
Dark Fader (PokeLink source code)
Reiner Ziegler (ReadPlus source code)
Yariv Kaplan (WinIO)
LikSang (Inspiration)
Steve (Code help / Ideas)
Ivan (Suggestions / Ideas)