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Post by varnil on Jan 26, 2007 0:20:25 GMT 1
Well, i've had LJP for a while and i can get everything to work and run smoothely (with UDMH,Uncache,and Warpspeed) but what bugs me is that i cant "aquire" any roms for genesis in the *.smd format. Everywhere i look, and the dump software i had are all in .gen or .bin format... does anyone know any application of any other method to convert to the .smd file. (Note the .bin files show up in the gens tab, but if i run any of them it crashes from "Fatal Error" with no further explanation, i have tried this on RC1,RC2,and RC3. Can anyone help me out  |
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Post by Tinnus on Jan 26, 2007 1:35:39 GMT 1
Tried renaming the .bin's to .smd? Maybe they're actually SMDs named as BIN. I have some BIN here and they work as normal...
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Post by soundsgood on May 29, 2008 7:41:35 GMT 1
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Post by _Em on May 29, 2008 16:43:42 GMT 1
Or just make sure your OS isn't set to hide known file types, and change the extension yourself.
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Post by Tinnus on May 29, 2008 21:03:14 GMT 1
...I won't EVER believe hiding file extensions is actually good for someone.
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Post by _Em on May 29, 2008 21:30:08 GMT 1
The only thing it is good for is protecting people who might rename the file and accidentally overwrite the file extension. However, a simple "You're attempting to change the file type. Hitting OK will prevent this file from automatically opening in <current handling application>. Continue?" dialog is MUCH more effective.
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Post by maxer on May 29, 2008 23:13:36 GMT 1
i for one dont like having to look at all the little "dots" and "three letter extensions". besdies having to memorize them all makes my head hurt ( ;D j/k)
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Post by coder12 on May 30, 2008 0:12:06 GMT 1
i for one don't like having to look at all the little "dots" and "three letter extensions". besdies having to memorize them all makes my head hurt ( ;D j/k) Yeah, cuz the extensions .avi, .zip, .mp3 and such are just so hard to memorize.  |
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Post by icefire on May 30, 2008 2:11:27 GMT 1
actually, I would like a dialog:
"You are changing the file type, this may make it not work."
Continue, Back to old type (KEEP name), cancel
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Post by Tinnus on May 30, 2008 4:16:13 GMT 1
...Windows does that.
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Post by icefire on May 30, 2008 5:10:23 GMT 1
No, it doesn't give the "back to old type but keep new name" option (the one I want).
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Post by natepless on May 30, 2008 5:23:16 GMT 1
I had .bin, and .gen, and i just renamed them to .smd and the all worked fine, lol i kinda laughed when i just renamed them and it worked.
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Post by _Em on May 30, 2008 16:41:35 GMT 1
actually, I would like a dialog: "You are changing the file type, this may make it not work." Continue, Back to old type (KEEP name), cancel You need to switch to OS X  However, it just says "Do you really want to change the filetype?" and lets you say yes or no. If you say no, it changes the name and hides the original filetype. Amazingly, it actually works pretty well. I like the method of keeping filetypes as metadata (just like Palm does) myself. Filetypes as filename extensions is useful sometimes though. My favorite method is using file headers, where the fiiletype is the first 2 words of the file. This method has its own annoying problems though. |
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Post by coder12 on May 30, 2008 19:07:33 GMT 1
actually, I would like a dialog: "You are changing the file type, this may make it not work." Continue, Back to old type (KEEP name), cancel You need to switch to OS X However, it just says "Do you really want to change the filetype?" and lets you say yes or no. If you say no, it changes the name and hides the original filetype. Amazingly, it actually works pretty well. Even in OS 9 it would remember what program that it's supposed to run in even if the file extension got deleted. |
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Post by samphex on May 30, 2008 19:41:18 GMT 1
You need to switch to OS X However, it just says "Do you really want to change the filetype?" and lets you say yes or no. If you say no, it changes the name and hides the original filetype. Amazingly, it actually works pretty well. Even in OS 9 it would remember what program that it's supposed to run in even if the file extension got deleted. The amazingness of apple. ;D |
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Post by _Em on May 30, 2008 23:36:54 GMT 1
Even in OS 9 it would remember what program that it's supposed to run in even if the file extension got deleted. In OS 9 and earlier, there was no such thing as a file extension. You had file type and creator, and that was it. Files without this information were treated as "generic" documents -- like a file with no extension on Windows. OS X handles file extensions, filetype metadata and even embedded file structure detection on filetypes that have that registered with the OS What I can't figure out is why anyone thought it was a smart thing in Windows to tie the file's type and application handler to the same string of text. The other thing I like about OS X is the fact that I can have one PDF open in Adobe Reader and another open in Preview... permanently. JPEGS created by a graphics editing program can auto open in that program, but they can be easily reassigned to a dedicated viewer app as well. PalmOS also handles all this fairly well, although not as well as OS X. |
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Post by samphex on May 31, 2008 6:40:08 GMT 1
Even in OS 9 it would remember what program that it's supposed to run in even if the file extension got deleted. In OS 9 and earlier, there was no such thing as a file extension. You had file type and creator, and that was it. Files without this information were treated as "generic" documents -- like a file with no extension on Windows. OS X handles file extensions, filetype metadata and even embedded file structure detection on filetypes that have that registered with the OS What I can't figure out is why anyone thought it was a smart thing in Windows to tie the file's type and application handler to the same string of text. The other thing I like about OS X is the fact that I can have one PDF open in Adobe Reader and another open in Preview... permanently. JPEGS created by a graphics editing program can auto open in that program, but they can be easily reassigned to a dedicated viewer app as well. PalmOS also handles all this fairly well, although not as well as OS X. That leads me more and more to the idea of bringing palm and apple together. That would be freaking SWEET. |
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Post by varnil on May 31, 2008 16:34:54 GMT 1
Didn't i start this thread like a year ago? Wuts with this new off topic discussion.
Anyways you are right it was a stupid question one can simply rename the rom.
Pertaining to the extension bi***ing: "The future will have no extensions" and "the future is now my people: LINUX." However there are some rediculously technologically challenged people in this world that cannot understand the simplest of computer concepts like extensions and well "ignorance is bliss" so thats why the hide option is there.
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Post by samphex on May 31, 2008 19:59:20 GMT 1
Holy crap...It WAS started over more than a year ago...
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Post by icefire on May 31, 2008 21:48:46 GMT 1
Yeah, I noticed when soundsgood bumped it a bit ago...but EVERY thread around here gets way off-topic. Why I come here |
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Post by coder12 on Jun 1, 2008 15:26:30 GMT 1
In OS 9 and earlier, there was no such thing as a file extension. You had file type and creator, and that was it. Files without this information were treated as "generic" documents -- like a file with no extension on Windows. OS X handles file extensions, filetype metadata and even embedded file structure detection on filetypes that have that registered with the OS Well, if you had an .mp3 file from a different computer (like a pc  ) and put it on your mac OS 9 computer, and somehow managed to delete the file ext. it would still run. I love loopholes ;D |
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Post by _Em on Jun 2, 2008 0:25:20 GMT 1
That's because all OS 9 MP3 players read the ID3 tag to determine it was an MPEG2-layer3 file. The .mp3 file ending was pretty much meaningless. However, the web browsers would also auto-assign filetype based on the MIME type, which in turn auto-associated the file with the appropriate file handler.
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) and put it on your mac OS 9 computer, and somehow managed to delete the file ext. it would still run. I love loopholes ;D