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Read Only Memory image
File type: Emulator file, System file
Files with rom extension can be most often found as various ROM (read only memory) images, either for emulation purposes or for updating firmware / BIOS.
Found 2 different file type records with the same rom filename suffix.
File type category:
Emulator file
System file
Date updated: November 29, 2023
Read only memory images often use rom file extension.
Such images are used to represent the native format of ROMs images (older computers or game consoles like ZX Spectrum, Commodore, Amiga, Sony Playstation, Classic Mac OS etc.) in various emulator software.
Occasionally, .rom files are also used in hardware or BIOS update utilities for firmware files, for example e.g. graphic cards (GPU-Z).
You can use these files only in the appropriate emulator or firmware/bios update utility.
These files are typically not meant to be converted to anything else.
Software applications that can open rom files:
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving rom files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving rom files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: July 19, 2017
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
Created by FILEFIX utility, or saved from Alpine board using the debugger.
Using the debugger, a ROM file can be loaded into Alpine board by "read "filename".rom 802000" or "fread "filename".rom 802000" (FREAD uses faster I/O routines).
Using the debugger, a program can be saved to a ROM file from an Alpine board by "write "filename".rom 802000[1FE000]" for a 2 megabyte (16 megabit) program or "write "filename".rom 802000[3FE000]" for a 4 megabyte (32 megabit) program.
Use Filefix utiltiy to work with *.rom files.