Burn to RAM?

Komaru

Hey, I'm new to the Parallax Forums, but I've developing games for quite a while now.
Well, it's kind of a hassle for me to move my computer over to the TV just so I can play my game. So I was just wondering if there's any way to burn the .spin files onto the RAM when I'm finished with the game.

Thanks for all your help!
-Komaru

Mike Green

The standard Propeller setup includes an EEPROM to store the program. The "Run" menu item includes "Run RAM" which compiles the program and downloads it to RAM and "Run EEPROM" which compiles the program, downloads it to RAM, then copies it to the EEPROM. When you restart the Propeller or power it up, the program normally gets copied from EEPROM to RAM, then executed (which is what you want to do).

So use "Run EEPROM" once you have your game ready to use, then you can detach the Propeller from your computer and move it over to your TV.

parsko

Komaru,

Check out page 17 "Hardware connections" of the Propeller Manual (there should be a link to it in the help section of your IDE.) You can add an eeprom to the chip to allow you to do just that!

-Parsko

Komaru

Ah, okay, I'll give that a try.
Thanks!

Baggers

Komaru, don't forget to share the games you make, with the rest of us [noparse]:D[/noparse]

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parts-man73

You can also compile your code to a .Binary file and save it to an SD card. There are programs that can reside in the EEPROM that will load and execute Binaries from an SD card.

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Brian

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