IPL file: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:54, 10 February 2017

IPL stand for "Initial Program Load" ?

The IPL.TXT file must be stored in the root of a game CD. It indicates which are the first files to load by the system ROM at startup.

A missing file causes the DISC_I/O_ERROR 0000.

File name (in 8.3 format), Bank, Offset, CR LF (0x0D, 0x0A)

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-"Initial Program Load" ?
+IPL stand for "Initial Program Load" ?
-IPL.TXT is an unique text file describing the initial files to load in a NeoGeo CD game. Read by the BIOS on startup along with the ABS, BIB and CPY files. See [[Game CD structure]].
+The IPL.TXT file must be stored in the root of a game CD. It indicates which are the first files to load by the [[system ROM]] at startup.
-If a file in the list is missing in the CD root, the "DISC I/O ERROR 0000" is given.
+See [[Game CD structure]].
+A missing file causes the [[DISC_I/O_ERROR]] 0000.
 ==Format==
-Filename (in 8.3 format?), Bank, Offset, CRLF (0x0D, 0x0A)
-Some IPLs end with a 0x1A byte ?
+File name (in 8.3 format), Bank, Offset, CR LF (0x0D, 0x0A)
 [[Category:CD systems]]