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[sh3-rg]

(Sorry, it's us again, promise we won't release or announce anything else this week ^_^ )

JiFFI is a tool for windows & Atari 16/32 by GGN that lets you convert between Jaguar homebrew formats and also to ROM & CD images. Read below for more info from the JiFFI doc:

Q: What it's all about?

A: In case you haven't figured it out yet, this is a program to convert between the various homebrew formats of the Atari Jaguar. More specifically:
- COFF/ABS (mac/aln)
- BIN/BJL (headerless, popular because of the BJL mod for the Jaguar)
- Jaguar Server (v2 and v3, special header produced by ST assemblers mostly)
- ULS (the phenomenally easy CD creator for homebrews from Reboot!)
- ROM (read below for more info)

Q: Why make such a program anyway?

A: Well, there are lots of reasons. Off the top of our heads:
- sh3 wanted to flash 2 homebrew titles on his Skunkboard and use it without lugging a pc with him to flash the games on the spot. To achieve this, GGN invented a (tiny) semi-automatic method to create a ROM file that booted the titles. We just thought it'd be a neat little program and expanded it further.
- We can't think of anything similar from what we've seen so far.
- With a few simple clicks, our collection increased 5-fold

There are thoughts for further development of this (complete Jaguar binary file management tool - let us know if you'd find this extra functionality useful or have any suggestions)

It's too large to attach here, so head to the JiFFI pages to read more & download.

[ggn]

Tiny addition to the above, before we sound disrespectful to SubQMod: smac and sln can of course also generate coff/abs files.

Edited by ggn, Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:11 AM.

[ggn]

If anyone's interested, the program was slightly revised, to allow for some extra options regarding the handling of unknown files and other small fixes.

[CD-i]

I have no specific use for it, but hanks anyway. seems helpful for dev people

[ls650]

I might use this to convert some BJL stuff to ROM format. Thanks....

[LinkoVitch]

Thanks for releasing this, will make making cart versions of code that little bit easier or taking my shizzle to the pub to demo

nice one guys

[sh3-rg]

LinkoVitch, on Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:45 AM, said:

Thanks for releasing this, will make making cart versions of code that little bit easier or taking my shizzle to the pub to demo

nice one guys

The reason it exists is the very same one - The Lass O'Gowrie and a need to show some stuffs

[Austin]

Man, you guys are on fire this month!

[Official Ninja]

Updated link:http://reboot.atari.org/jiffi/jiffi.html

[sh3-rg]

Official Ninja, on Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:53 AM, said:

Updated link:http://reboot.atari....iffi/jiffi.html

Thanks for that. It also reminded me that there was another update I've been meaning to make live for a while but it always slipped to the back of my mind. The ZIP now contains v1.1 which has a few more options, is a little bit smarter and a little less buggy

[Isgoed]

This is a very handy tool, thanks Reboot team!

I had some programs -which I never played because of all the hassle- converted to rom , and these are now sitting on the Skunk, ready to play

[Tyrant]

I'll admit I haven't found much/any use for this yet, but I frequently find myself needing ULS, which is a magnificient tool, even if getting discjuggler working is a bit awkward on some machines.

(btw, I think I've found a typo in ULS. When it says "image created, burn with these settings", one of the numbers is close to but different from the default in discjuggler. I always leave it at the default value and it burns just fine, so I'm guessing you typed it in wrong, or else you know some cd voodoo that I don't).