Making Long Boot Chimes for ROM-inator Resurrections

Comprehensive tutorial showing how to create and flash longer & louder sounds to ROM-inator Resurrections (for Mac 128K, 512K & Plus). Explore the joys of SoundMaster. Learn about 64K ROM gotchas. Don't miss the ending segment for my reveal of a fabulous NEW 2024 PSU for the Mac SE & SE/30, and much more!

🔎 INDEX
0:00 — Intro
1:11 — Sound File Format & Size
3:10 — Example: Full Quadra Boot Chime
4:12 — Using Audacity
15:04 — RAW file to FEMU's SD Card via Mini vMac
21:47 — Using the FloppyEMU
27:02 — Flashing with FlashTool
31:48 — System Beep Caveats
36:27 — All Sounds Compared
38:03 — ROM Code Files & Sound Duration
44:00 — System Sounds Sometimes Crackle
44:47 — SoundMaster: Make a Unique System Beep Sound
47:36 — Stock 64K ROM Caveats
50:01 — Closing Segment

🛒 STUFF TO BUY
• ROM-inator Resurrections: https://bit.ly/3qQAKCE
• FloppyEMU: https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-...
• T48 chip programmer: https://bit.ly/4cmF92V
• 4.5V PRAM Battery for 128K, 512K & Plus (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3EzEiv4
• My Picasso Mac T-shirt (Natural color, size L): https://www.8bittees.com/product/pica...

I mention the following 3 items at the end of my video:
• Power Supply for SE & SE/30 (New for 2024 by circuits_electric): https://www.ebay.com/itm/266898469654
• Mockingboard 4c (for Apple IIc): https://www.ebay.com/itm/284305317956
• Italian-made floppy drive GEARS (Updated May 2024 by fiori71): https://www.ebay.com/itm/333463751453

💾 DOWNLOADS
• My ZIP Archive: https://tinyurl.com/24v36ex9
• Stuffit Deluxe 16.0.5: https://bit.ly/3Lwu1EW
(Used to create Stuffit version 5.x SIT files.)
💡TIP: Convert to Stuffit 3.x SIT files (for unstuffing on System 6) here:
https://restuff.jcs.org
• Audacity: https://bit.ly/3LydGzB
• SoundMaster v1.5: https://tinyurl.com/4wnaxf7r
(My ZIP Archive : Custom System Beeps : SoundMstr1.5-S4.1F5.3_mfs800K.dsk )
• Downtown Doug Brown's Q700 Chimes: https://bit.ly/3WeBrCO
• Mac & Apple II Boot Chimes: https://froods.ca/~dschaub/sound.html
• Star Trek The Logical Connection Vol.1: https://bit.ly/4cRC0Zc
• Star Trek Soundware Vol.2: https://bit.ly/3zQjfGN
(NOTE: I put both Star Trek collections in My Zip Archive : Sys7.5.5_JDW.dsk)
• HexFiend (for modern Macs): https://hexfiend.com
(Great for editing ROM Code files if you don't want to use FEdit on your vintage Mac.)

💡TIP!
Getting a System Bomb when booting with 64K ROMs?
Reboot with OPT-CMD held down to Rebuild the Desktop file.

🎬 How to Build ROM-inator Resurrections:    • ROM-inator Kit Build & Review [Mac 12...  

📚 RESOURCES
• NEVER flash the stock 64K ROM to a ROM-inator in a Mac Plus: https://bit.ly/4cytdeo
• BMOW ROM-inator page: https://tinyurl.com/3pf52hyx
• Mac Plus ROM disassembly by Steve Chamberlin: https://bit.ly/3YxOVeH
• Rob Braun created the original ROM-inator design in Oct. 2014. Forum discussion: https://tinyurl.com/muh9w7jn
Rob's ROM Adapter page: https://bit.ly/46mofiS
• Steve Chamberlin enhanced Rob's design in 2014: https://tinyurl.com/vfkshrsx
• BMOW endorsed Kay's ROM-inator Resurrections: https://tinyurl.com/mr267w6y
• EPROM Dump from HyperDrive 10MB HDD via T48: https://tinyurl.com/3vb39fjv

🎵 Startup Chime MUSIC by David Mounder (Fabulous!)
David's YouTube Videos:    / @davidmounder9598  
I obtained David's kind permission to use his Mac tracks as background music:
• Macintosh Quadra AV:    • Macintosh Quadra AV Startup Extended ...  
• TAM:    • 20th Anniversary Mac Startup Extended...  
• Power Mac 6100:    • Power Mac 6100 Startup Extended Version  
• Power Mac 5200/5300:    • Power Mac 5200/5300 Startup Extended ...  

💰SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL
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🙏 SPECIAL THANKS to Steve Chamberlin (BMOW owner) & Rob Braun who made time to answer my questions during the making of this video. Thanks also to Michele Fiori 🇮🇹 (fiori71 on EBAY) for sending me samples of his newly updated (5/2025) gears for Macintosh 800K & 1.44MB "auto inject" floppy drives.

🙏 TREMENDOUS THANKS to these generous Paypal contributors (Jan.~Jul. 2024):
• Brian Gorham 🇺🇸 (🥇TOP repeat supporter)
• Frank Conforti 🇺🇸 (Major repeat supporter)
• Philippe Astier 🇫🇷 (Monthly supporter)
• Mauro Acciaccaferri 🇮🇹 (Monthly supporter)
• Gavin Maxwell 🇦🇺 (Monthly supporter)
• Amedeo Mantica 🇮🇹
• Edmund F. Piotrowski III 🇺🇸
• Paul Bryers 🇺🇸
• Graham Thompson 🇬🇧
• Joshua Houghton 🇺🇸
• Fernando Munoz 🇨🇴
• Jeffrey Ginsburg 🇺🇸
• Mark B Newlon (Welcome to Markintosh) 🇺🇸
• Christopher Gordon (SE & SE/30 PSU Creator) 🇺🇸
• Daniel Williams 🇨🇦
• Jason Meyer (aka JdM74) 🇺🇸 (Jason also kindly gave me a recording of his IIfx boot chime.)
NOTE: Most of these amazing people contributed funds even during my multi-month down-time. I have no words to express how incredibly kind and giving these people are. Each and every one are dear to me!

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