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MindLink Announce Cartridge

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The MindLink Announce Cartridge is a cartridge of unknown content. It's likely just a test ROM for the MindStation Cartridge Writer manufactured and sold by LeapFrog.

One is present at 0000008C, interestingly as part of the LBK2 file format header:

Copyright (C) 1996 - 2002 LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved

Another is at 00006A8A:

Copyright (c) 1998-2001 LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc

Build Dates#

Three are present in the ROM file, at 00003C92:

Built: May 31 2001 11:40:17

...00006AD6:

May 31 2001�11:41:31�152-00367

...and 0000769F:

Built:May 31 2001 11:40:13

Unknown Text#

Present at 00006ABD:

Have you copied our ROM?

Possibly a developer message. This string also appears in one of the .dll files that processes the LBK file format, so it may be a copy string.

Debug-Related Text#

Present throughout the ROM.

0000037A:

Battery loss:� Yes� No

000036C0:

"Memmap/link error: Saw 0x%bx - �Expected 0x%bx

00003CAF:

Past

00003CB4-00003D62:

CheckPowerOff()
Hardware Init
PowerDownCheckInit()
BatteryCheckInit()
TimerInit()
DSPInit()
AudioInit()
Ex1IntInit()
Launch cartridge 
lpBootApp: 0x%08lx
Cartridge� ROM:V%d
ASIC Rev:0x%x=

00003F16-00003F81:

ROM Part#:%sc:
ASIC Rev:0x%x=
ASIC 1
ASIC 2
ASIC 3
ASIC 4
ASIC 5
Unknown�: Chip ID:0x%x=
ASIC 5A
ASIC 5B
Kernel at 0x%08lx

000042E4-00004337:

WDOG: Application flag 0x%bx
WDOG: In Interrupt %bx
WDOG: After interrupt %bx

00007335:

ASSERT:%d

000075D7:

ASSERT Found:%d:

0000761C:

Off Switch:�Auto

0000762D:

Power Down:� power down

00007644:

GAS:�%d from Cart

0000765B:

from Base

0000766A-000076E2:

MD:No Model data found
Prebuilt Announce GAS: V1.0
Built:May 31 2001 11:40:13
App=0x%08lx,�0x%08lx
Model data: %sx
Coming up from an ASSERT

00007E97:

GasNWt:Unkwn xtnd GAS cmd

00007EB2:

GasNWt:Unkwn GAS cmd

000083EE:

ParseGAS:Unknown extended GAS cmd

00008411:

ParseGAS:Unknown GAS cmd

Compiler Leftovers#

00007783:

AppMain: �***FATAL ERROR *** File: ..\SysLib.src\appmain.c� Line: %u

00007B07:

***FATAL ERROR *** File: ..\SysLib.src\gasprs.c� Line: %u

00007E59:

***FATAL ERROR *** File: ..\SysLib.src\GasNoWait.c� Line: %u