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[rigsby]

hi all new to all this . Just received my super card.I'm just wondering how to compress my roms so i can fit more on my 256 cf .Cant seem to find any info at all   .Question number 2 how the hell do you save a game to the 256 inbuit memory in the super card. Any feedback will be much apreciated      Thanxs in advance       rigsby

[Diablo]

:lol:
Didn't look very hard, did you? :wink:

Both of your questions are answered on this site, most specifically in a sticky in the "Help and Tips" section of the forum.

[rigsby]

ok it's late and i'm tired thanxs anyway  :oops:

[rigsby]

Ok got the compression but still not fully understanding about the game storage on the super card please explain thanxs  

[Diablo]

The Supercard has a 256 mbit (32 MB) flash chip to store a ROM, and a 256 kilobyte (256 KB) SRAM/Flash ROM/EEPROM (I believe it's Flash ROM honestly, but I couldn't tell you for fact) for saves.  However, the save memory chip does not have battery backup, so whenever there is a power loss to the Supercard (i.e. you turn your GBA off) the memory is cleared.  

Therefore, in order to permanently save your game progress, you must save to the CF card using a .sav file.  If you don't, your game progress will be erased from the Supercard within a second or two after you turn your GBA off.

BTW, there is a delay between the time the power is terminated to the Supercard and when the Flash ROM inside it begins to lose power, which is why you are able to use the QPC method to save to your CF card.

[rigsby]

Ok thanxs for that understand about the save part of it but how do you actually transfer and hold a game on to the super card ? Is it capable of holding multiple games? do they stay in it's memory until they are erased?And last but not least what bloody buttons do you press  :lol:  thanxs for your time      rigsby

[Diablo]

The Supercard's flash chip for ROMs works the same way the Flash ROM chip does for saves.

For the rest of your answers, read the stickies.

[rigsby]

Have read the sticky's only thing i'm struggling with is saving a full game (rom) to the super card could you talk me through the process i cant seem to take it in like you thanxs     rigsby

[Diablo]

You cannot store a ROM on the Supercard itself.

The Supercard utilizes a flash memory chip which does not have battery support for loading ROMs from the CF card into the GBA.  Therefore, when there is no power to the chip, the memory (and the ROM it is storing) is cleared.  It's just as I explained with the Flash ROM chip for game saves.

[rigsby]

Thankyou for your time and helping a n00b like myself