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Re: Good guess -- but inaccurate

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This message was posted by The Dumper, posted on May 17, 2001 at 01:14:15 coming from 216.127.80
This message is a reply to Re: Does the SNES have a BIOS? (nt) posted from Reek Master of Roms posted at May 16, 2001 at 19:32:50
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> Yes it does Mikael the snes Bios checks the snes cart to see if it has a good sum check, that's not the case with snes copiers it tricks the snes to think the rom you are loading is a game with a good sum check no matter if the game has one or not,That's how companys the make bootlegs snes carts use bogis sum checks to trick the snes to play the cart.

I have heard that the SNES has a small bootstrap loader but nothing that would qualify as a BIOS. There is no check for a good checksum cart. Bad checksum carts run just fine.

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Message	> ... > > Yes it does Mikael the snes Bios checks the snes cart to see if it has a good sum check, that's not the case with snes copiers it tricks the snes to think the rom you are loading is a game with a good sum check no matter if the game has one or not,That's how companys the make bootlegs snes carts use bogis sum checks to trick the snes to play the cart. > I have heard that the SNES has a small bootstrap loader but nothing that would qualify as a BIOS. There is no check for a good checksum cart. Bad checksum carts run just fine.
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