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vonmillhausen
9b411a0200 Update README.md
Updated CFW FAQ with the latest details, and did a little re-arranging of existing info. Changed several links to Data Frog's YouTube firmware update process to links to the Firmware section instead, as that section has more information about other options for firmware updates (e.g., Tadpole). Added links to `dteyn`'s SNES fix tool, and information about `bnister`'s discovery as to why SNES games had to be launched twice for full speed.
2023-10-10 10:57:53 +01:00
vonmillhausen
06d37840a6 Update tools.js
Just a tweak really - re-ordered the zeroing-out checks in getFirmwareHash() to match the expected order of each section within the BIOS file. This may help to avoid a theoretical issue where bytes in user-substituted content (e.g., a boot logo) accidentally matches against some other blob of binary we're searching for using findSequence(). Doing the search-and-replace in the expected ordering should help to avoid that... I think? Won't hurt anyway!
2023-10-09 20:20:54 +01:00
vonmillhausen
a87b80d577 Update tools.js
Added support for checking firmwares that have modified the two byte-pairs `bnister` identified as a workaround for the whole "start-SNES-games-twice" issue that cropped up in firmware versions after March
2023-10-09 17:56:35 +01:00
vonmillhausen
643b3a798f Updated README.md, added firmware version checking tool
Updated CFW FAQ with the latest details. Corrected a detail about the relationship between arcade `.zfb` files and the `.zip` files they point to (thanks `.ericgoldstein`!). Added a note to the Firmware section about the official firmware update process wiping the microSD card, and a note to the Save States section about how to back up game saves (thanks for the suggestion @uli42! Closes #10). Added a simple firmware version checking tool, so that folks don't have to use the boot logo changer to check (which always seemed clunky to me). Added a link to `dteyn`'s silent sounds pack. Fixed some small typos.
2023-10-03 13:11:39 +01:00
vonmillhausen
f650ab0712 Update README.md
Updated CFW FAQ with the latest details. Added some additional references to Tadpole, and added credits for `jasongrieves_02643` who has been doing a lot of recent development work on the tool lately. Updated the CPU section to reference the fact that the CPU clock has been increased in the latest firmware. Added links to `iq_132`'s Bluetooth mod. Added a section about the `.zfb` files used in the arcade section. Rearranged the details in the Bootloader Bug section to hopefully make things a bit clearer.
2023-09-26 13:27:26 +01:00
vonmillhausen
e0a32abe87 Update README.md
Added note about `bnister`'s CPU clock bump discovery to the Firmware section. Added link to `dteyn`'s new background music tool to the Sounds and Tools and Links sections.
2023-09-05 11:21:12 +01:00
vonmillhausen
92384b220e Update README.md
Added links to `Detyn`'s new Battery Meter Fix tool to both the Battery section and Tools and Links. Updated the custom firmware FAQ with the latest progress notes.
2023-09-03 00:13:37 +01:00
vonmillhausen
bff39522bc Update README.md
A tiny pointless change so I can see if pushing it unborks my Github account and/or this repo
2023-08-29 15:19:58 +01:00
vonmillhausen
cc79b8e057 Update README.md
Updated the "quiet A/V sound" FAQ with details about the fix in the `08.03`/`1.6V` firmware. Updated the "in game saves don't work" FAQ with details about this apparently being fixed for GBA in the `08.03`/`1.6V` firmware.
2023-08-29 14:11:05 +01:00
vonmillhausen
6fea9a3dc0 Update README.md
Added a `MicroSD Card` section to `Hardware` to provide some detail about the SF2000's slightly unusual microSD card situation. Added detail about the `Neo Geo Unibios Menu` discovery to the `Arcade` section (thanks `nanchon18#2262`!). Updated the custom firmware FAQ with the latest details. Updated the "what modding can I do" FAQ to strongly suggest fixing the bootloader bug before doing any other modding to the device; also added a note that the Tadpole tool can perform a lot of the modding tasks. Added a note to the `Battery` section about the SF2000's poorly calibrated power monitoring curve, along with a link to `dteyn`'s SF2000 Battery Level Patcher script (also added a link to that in the `Tools and Links` section). Data Frog has now officially released the `August 3rd`/`08.03`/`1.6V` firmware, so added that to the `Firmware` section; also updated all of the tables in the `Resources` section to include the new firmware. Finally, renamed this `Version History` section to `Document Version History`, to help prevent any confusion in regards to what the version numbers in this section refer to (they're not related to firmware).
2023-08-29 12:29:17 +01:00
vonmillhausen
4e91f44d38 Update tools.js
Whoops, and added the changelog notes 😅
2023-08-29 11:17:37 +01:00
vonmillhausen
906b64869e Added support for modified power monitoring curve bytes
Some recent work by `dteyn` and `bnister` now allows for the bytes responsible for power monitoring on the SF2000 to be changed to more sensible values. I've updated the BIOS version checking details to account for these bytes, so that `bisrv.asd` file versions can still be detected correctly even if the user has altered their power monitoring bytes
2023-08-29 11:15:25 +01:00
vonmillhausen
462672a757 Added support for the new "August 3rd" BIOS
There's a new BIOS revision floating around (MD5 hash first posted in Discord on August 3rd); no official announcement from Data Frog about it yet, but I've gone ahead and added support for it to the Boot Logo Changer and the Button Mapping Changer tools
2023-08-19 17:45:25 +01:00
vonmillhausen
fbd7946b29 Update README.md
Updated the custom firmware FAQ answer with the latest progress notes. Replaced the bootloader bug FAQ with a more generic FAQ covering the main situations under which the SF2000 fails to boot correctly. Added a brief note on the mysterious new `August 3rd` BIOS that has started appearing on some newer devices.
2023-08-19 17:44:04 +01:00
vonmillhausen
3fa782a667 Update README.md
Updated the custom firmware FAQ answer with the latest progress notes.
2023-08-04 12:04:38 +01:00
vonmillhausen
91450f8364 Update README.md
Added a link to "ZFBTool" by `dteyn` in the "Tools and Links" section. Updated the custom firmware FAQ answer with the latest progress notes.
2023-07-30 13:32:39 +01:00
vonmillhausen
adf653fb7d Update README.md
Fixed Discord links (thanks `xdpirate`!). Added mention of Tadpole to FAQ about changing menu links.
2023-07-24 11:10:21 +01:00
vonmillhausen
476417f9f1 Update README.md
Corrected that gpSP Retroarch core demo does indeed have sound (but it's stuttery/crackly). Added a new FAQ about where to ask questions. Updated the Audacity steps for custom sound creation with some additional detail.
2023-07-20 11:31:40 +01:00
vonmillhausen
f0c77df3ab Update README.md
Another custom firmware FAQ update (a second core, gpSP, has now been compiled and is at an early stage of running).
2023-07-20 00:37:39 +01:00
vonmillhausen
33ddbf1732 Update README.md
Moved most of the intro section under the "Is this thing any good?" FAQ, and slightly reworded parts of it. Fixed a few typos.
2023-07-19 11:31:20 +01:00
vonmillhausen
44efbf903f Update README.md
Updated FAQ about custom firmware with latest details (first running Retroarch core! 🎉)
2023-07-18 11:58:52 +01:00
vonmillhausen
6768f35426 Update README.md
Updated FAQ about custom firmware with latest details (Retroarch input driver in basic functional state)
2023-07-14 10:13:06 +01:00
vonmillhausen
e0117e1aca Update README.md
Updated FAQ about custom firmware with latest details (Retroarch video driver is now able to display the main menu!)
2023-07-13 00:07:42 +01:00
vonmillhausen
19c30ef2f3 Update README.md
Added link to `Zerter#4954`'s new main menu icon editor tool.
2023-07-10 14:20:37 +01:00
vonmillhausen
7ccda180d1 Update README.md
Updated FAQ about custom firmware with latest details (initial Retroarch build! 🎉)
2023-07-09 10:59:11 +01:00
vonmillhausen
9d7ed94b3b Update README.md
Just removing some formatting from headers; the HTML IDs being generated by the Github theme don't match the format being generated by my IDE for the TOC, breaking the links. This is why we can't have anything nice.
2023-07-05 23:54:43 +01:00
vonmillhausen
554b1b8161 Update README.md
Updated FAQ about custom firmware with latest details. Moved "what can I do" bullet point about custom themes to its own separate FAQ to make it easier to find, and added more details about how to actually _install_ a theme.
2023-07-05 11:56:54 +01:00
vonmillhausen
8e6013778b Update README.md
Added a FAQ about save games not working.
2023-06-30 22:52:44 +01:00
vonmillhausen
25ce2e3221 Transitioned to shared Javascript library
There was a lot of repeated JS across all my tools (e.g., image conversion, BIOS hash checking, etc.), and so I decided to move all shared code out to its own separate library. This will improve scalability and maintainability at the cost of portability - a fair trade in my opinion.

This work also involved large-scale refactoring of all of the tools. There's no actual functional difference (all the tools should behave exactly the same), bar some UI improvements for the oldest tools as a result of moving to the same codebase used by the more recent tools.
2023-06-26 14:11:01 +01:00
vonmillhausen
617b8e5365 Moved tool CSS to shared CSS file
Just for future flexibility, moved the CSS from each individual tool to a shared CSS library
2023-06-26 13:19:47 +01:00
vonmillhausen
97acb14959 Set HTML language for boot logo changer and CRC32 patcher 2023-06-26 13:17:35 +01:00
vonmillhausen
773c9c7f0b Update README.md 2023-06-26 11:28:57 +01:00
vonmillhausen
02da7243c2 Update README.md
Added a FAQ about slow SNES games. Updated details of CFW development with the latest status. Added a link to the discovered SDK. Added a link to `Zerter#4954`'s new theme collection site. Added a link to the Tadpole tool by `.ericgoldstein`.
2023-06-26 10:25:00 +01:00
vonmillhausen
f9176f1e6f Added FAQ about volume over A/V
Added a FAQ about low audio volume over A/V on newer firmwares, and a potential workaround identified by `Zerter#4954`
2023-06-25 20:16:44 +01:00
vonmillhausen
a1ebc9cdab Update README.md 2023-06-22 11:13:40 +01:00
vonmillhausen
3deb1cb199 Updated Creative Commons links to HTTPS 2023-06-22 11:04:54 +01:00
vonmillhausen
005ed65e6c Update README.md
Just changed references to "May 22nd firmware" to `05.22` instead for consistency
2023-06-22 11:04:03 +01:00
vonmillhausen
f1450f7cf8 Update README.md
Added a note about the `gba_bios.bin` loading bug, and how to work around it (thanks `bnister`!)
2023-06-22 11:03:28 +01:00
vonmillhausen
75e47e0653 Update saveStateTool.htm
Added some functionality to search for and strip Retroarch save state headers if they're found in the input data when converting to SF2000 format. See Javascript comments on function `stripRetroarchHeaders` for more details
2023-06-21 22:36:58 +01:00
vonmillhausen
41ccbaec04 Update README.md
Just a quick CFW update (still "no", but audio playback has been demonstrated)
2023-06-21 19:59:07 +01:00
vonmillhausen
465775427b Fixed rmapi.tax image preview link
Was incorrectly pointing to an old `rmapi.png` file which is no longer accurate for current firmware versions, now pointing to `rmapi.tax.png` - thanks `davyper`!
2023-06-19 22:29:34 +01:00
vonmillhausen
e163a0a841 Update README.md
Fixed a typo in the FAQ re: the battery type you can upgrade to (thanks `tris9060`!)
2023-06-19 10:08:37 +01:00
vonmillhausen
749e1f9f00 Update README.md
Added a question to the FAQ regarding how to change the main menu shortcuts.
2023-06-18 01:27:24 +01:00
vonmillhausen
bb099a44b3 Added FAQ and bootloader bugfix sections 2023-06-17 10:52:47 +01:00
vonmillhausen
6b91ee4a89 Another default ROMs update
Decided to do a bit of digging into the ROMs with corrupt thumbnails, to see if I could determine it programmatically; turns out yup, they all have thumbnail data that's longer than the 59,904 bytes the format allows for. Updated my WQW-scanning code to find the first offset, and now I flag any ROMs whose thumbnail data is too long.

This change also let me fix up and match a few more ROMs where the WQW zip file is actually fine, but is just at the wrong place in the file.
2023-06-10 14:58:30 +01:00
vonmillhausen
1d38e04550 Oops, broke all other systems when fixing NES hashes
If a job's worth doing right, it's worth doing wrong at least twice first 😅
2023-06-09 22:43:58 +01:00
vonmillhausen
6f1607056b Updated NES default ROM details
Turns out the SF2000's NES ROMs contain an "iNES" header, which No-Intro doesn't like; stripped the header now, and compared against the "headerless" DAT - thanks to `osaka#9664` for the tip!
2023-06-09 22:36:12 +01:00
vonmillhausen
1b8e83f806 Added info about the default included ROMs
Including HTML/CSV files matching the ROMs against the current No-Intro database
2023-06-09 21:49:18 +01:00
vonmillhausen
a661739a81 Update README.md
Added a "Favourites and History" section detailing the format of the `Favorites.bin` and `History.bin` files.
2023-06-05 23:05:27 +01:00
vonmillhausen
9aa32906ba Update README.md 2023-06-05 14:39:50 +01:00