Beeb RFS ROM image creator: Windows "Drag and Drop" App

[Kara The Valkyrie]

In June I posted about a command line too for RFS ROM creation, but prior to that I had written a "drag and drop" Windows application which also creates or unpacks RFS ROMS. I recently updated that and released Version v1.0.14. New in the latest version: Standard RFS ROMs and built-in hex editing. BeebRFSMaker can now build standard, uncompressed RFS ROM images as well as compressed (CompRFS) ones — a new Compressed / Uncompressed toggle chooses the format, from the same file list. Uncompressed ROMs hold less in the 16 KB slot but keep a plain layout with nothing to decode at run time, and both formats are recognised when extracting from an existing ROM image.

The preview pane is now also a full hex editor: when it's showing a file, click anywhere in the hex or ASCII column and type to change bytes, with both columns staying in step. Editing is strictly overstrike, so a file always keeps its exact length and its load and exec addresses stay valid. Edited files are marked with (*) in the file list; press the new Apply button to rebuild the ROM image around your changes, and saving the ROM always includes your latest edits automatically. Everything happens in the app's in-memory copy — the original files on your PC are never modified, so it's perfect for patching text or fixing a byte without round-tripping through another tool.

See https://karaottewell.github.io/KLO-Soft ... SMaker.htm for details.