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DOSBOX_DEBUG: MEMDUMP

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First post, by Borg Number One

Posted on 2004-07-23, 20:15

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DOSBOX memdump feature is great, but it is not really easy to convert the [HEX] memdump.txt to [bin] memdump.bin every time.

To convert the HEX-data to bin-data I have to start "open office" and use its "find and replace"-feature to remove the offsets.
Then I have to copy the "HEX"-Text into hexworkshop while "interpret as hexadecimal string" is switched on.

Please insert a feature which makes it possible to dump memory as bin-data to a file too.

e.g.:
memdump 000000:000000 100000 ->"normal way"->memdump.txt
memdump 000000:000000 100000 -b ->"binary way"->memdump.bin

Reply 1 of 3, by Qbix

Posted on 2004-07-23, 20:23

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shouldn't be so hard why not try it yourself and submit a patch ?

the code you want/need is in src/debug/debug.cpp:1762

(you only need to change one statement and test it offcourse)

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Reply 2 of 3, by Borg Number One

Posted on 2004-07-23, 20:39

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It is not so easy it seems like to be for you. 😀
I just have MSVC 6.0(produces maaaaany errors while compiling)
So it would be great if the "-b swithc" would be a standard in the next releases of DOSBOX.

Well, there are allready many pages about chiptunes, midis and further ripped classic stuff(tilesets, graphics), but there are still many games which have got unripped stuff.

In this way a binary form of the memory dump is really important.

Reply 3 of 3, by Qbix

Posted on 2004-07-23, 20:46

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not sure if dosbox should be your ideal ripping tool
There are other powerfull programs for that.
but change the printf in that function to
sprintf(temp,"%hhc",mem_readb(GetAddress(seg,ofs1+x)));
but okay. who knows.

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