The MAB Flash Cartridges Familly

The MAB Cartridges (Multipurpose Ascii Board) are a 512K Flash cartridge design to Flash Rom with Ascii Mappe ok Konami Mapperr.

There are 3 versions of the cartridge, one configured with Ascii 8K Mapper , the second with Ascii 16K mapper , and the third is configured with Konami mapper.

History :
The MAB was born because I need a low cost cartridge that enable me to use ROM made with DSK2ROM.
Iit's very easy to transfom a floppy disk into a ROM and put this ROM in this cartridge.

Developpement 2013-2014 :
- Schematic Design by Jipe & Eric Boez
- Board Design by Eugeny Brychkov
- Flashing Software made or improved by GDX


How to Use the MAB FLASH

To flash a game into the cartridge you must use a MSX Computer with a floppy disk, or other mass storage device.
You also must have the Flashing software, originally developped by K. Tsijikawa, and improved by GDX.

You can download from here a zip archive with appropriate software programs.

Mab-flash.ZIP sofware made by GDX

Step 1 : You must prepare a MSX DOS FLOPPY DISK including the appropriate flash sofware, and the ROM image you want to Flash in the cartridge.

On the right side of the cartridge there is a switch, that enable or disable the cartridge.
Switch Up : Cartridge Enabled
Switch Down : Cartridge Disabled

Step 2 : Switch off your MSX Computer.
- Insert the Floppy Disk into the MSX Drive.
- Plug the MAB FLASH into the first cartridge slot, with switch DOWN to disable the cartridge
- Switch on your MSX Computer

Step 3 : You may start on the MSX-DOS prompt.
- Put the switch UP to enable the cartridge.
- On the keyboard type the command : FL8 <name of ROM> /S01
Replace <name of ROM> by the name of the ROM image you want to flash in the cartridge, for example type : FL8 LAYDOCK.ROM /S01

/S01 make reference to the Cartridge slot. So use /S02 if you plug the MAB Cartridge in slot 2.

The program now erasing and flashing the cartridge.
When it's done, just RESET you computer and the game must Start.



With the MAB 8k cartridge use the flash program : FL8.COM
This cartridge is made to support all Megarom with Ascii Mapper 8k, and most of 16 and 32K roms.
It support also DSK2ROM files.
(See FL8.com documentation for more informations)



With the MAB 16k cartridge use the flash program : FL16.COM
This cartridge is made to support all Megarom with Ascii Mapper 16k, and most of 16 and 32K roms.
(See FL16.com documentation for more informations)

With the KOB cartridge use the flash program : FLK4.COM
This cartridge is made to support all Megarom with Konami Mapper , and some of 16 or 32K roms.
(For example, Metal Gear, Castlevania, Penguin Advenure etc...)
(See FLk4.com documentation for more informations)

Price : 32 Euros + Shipping.


Order : Send me email .

Most current MEGA ROM Games with ASCII Mapper.
(There must be other game with ascii mapper)

ASCII MAPPER 8K
1942
Aidoron
Animal land - Satsujin jiken
Aoki-ookami to shiroki-hinroku - Genghis Khan
Arkanoid II
Ashguine - fukushuu no honoo
Ashguine - kokuu no gajou
Ashguine - Tensetsu no Seisenshi
Bubble bobble
Darwin 4078
Digital devil story - Megami tensei
Dragon buster
Dragon quest
Dragon quest
Dragon quest II - Akuryou no kamigami
Dragon quest II - Akuryou no kamigami
Dynamite ball
Europe wars
F-15 strike eagle
Famicle parodic
Fantazy zone
Final zone
Fire ball
Gall force - chaos no koubou
Ghost kun
Gyuwanburaa Shikochuushin (Egocentrism of Gyuwanburar)
Gyuwanburaa Shikochuushin 2 - Jishou! Kyougo jakushihen
Haja no fuuin
Honkaku shougi - Taro Osamu Fundamuntal rules of shougi
Hydlide 3
Hydlide 3
Ide Yousude meijin no jitsusen mah-jong
Karuizawa yuukai annai
Kisei
L'Empereur
Lupin Sansei - Cariosto no shiro
Maerchen Well I
Maison ikkoku - Kanketsuhen
Mikuni-shi II
Mikuni-shi shyoshi
Mirai
Mississippi sasujin jiken
Moero!! Chitou yakyuu '88
MSX ei-wa jiten MSX English=japanese dictionary
MSX programme colection - Fandum library 2
MSX programme colection - Fandum library 3
MSX-VIEW kanji ROM (MSXtR)
Ninja kun - Ashura no shyou
Nobunaga no yabou - Bushou fuuunroku
Nobunaga no yabou - Zenkokuban
Pac mania
Project A2 - shijou saidai no kessen
Quinple
Rastan saga
Relic
Relic
Return of zelda
Satsujin Kurabu
Seikima II special - Akuma no Gyakushuu
Senjou no Ookami : (Battlefield of wolf)
Super Runner
Synthe saurus
Taiyou no Shinden - Aztequa II : The temple of sun
Teitoku no ketsudan
Tengoku yoitoko
Tetris
Topple zip
Ultima - Kyoufu no exodus
Urusei yatsura
Volface to 5 nin no akuma
Wing nan 2 - Dark killer no fukkatsu
Yaksa
Yamamura Misa - Kyoto ryuu no tera satsujin jiken
Young cherlock - Doiru no isan
Zoid - Chuuou tairiku no tatakai
Zukkokeya jikita onmitsu douchuu

ASCII MAPPER 16K
A ressha de ikou
Aleste
Andoroginus
Aoki-ookami to shiroki-hinroku - Genghis Khan
Daikou kai jidai
DIRES network version
Dungeon hunter
Girly block
Hydlide II
Inemuriryuu - Asada Tetsuya no A-kyuu mah-jong
Jaguar 5
Kitsugo 120
L'Empereur
Maou Golvelius : Golvelius
Mars
Nobunaga no yabou - Zenkokuban
Nobunaga no yabou - Zenkokuban
Oe kaki soft - Garakuta
Pac mania
Pro-baseball familly stadium pennant race
Pro-baseball fan
Professional mah-jongg Gokuu
Royal brand
Shiryou sensen
Super Pierrot
Super Tai-senryaku
Taisenryaku
Tengoku yoitoko
The black onyx 2
The Return of Ishtar
Vaxol
Victoria's nine II - Koukou yakyuu-hen
Woody pokko
Xanadu EX
Xevious