Browser for the serial E2prom on the Impulse X game cartridges for the Atari Jaguar

The Impulse X game cartridges contain a program called E2prom-Browser to browse through the content of the serial E2prom which is used to store game-data.
The E2prom-Browser version on the Impulse X card is specialized on the 93c86-chip, a more versatile version of the E2prom-Browser is described here.

Getting started:

Case 1: For the first run of the Impulse X cartridge (released in 2013):
Start your Impulse X cartridge with the OPTION button held pressed down.
You can release the OPTION button as soon as the spinning cube appears.

Case 2: For the second run of the Impulse X cartridge (released in 2020):
Use LEFT and RIGHT to select the E2prom-Browser program, then use any of the keys A, B or C to load it.
E2prom browser selected


The start-screen:


Startscreen
The content of the 93c86-chip is displayed in 16 chunks of 128 bytes each. These 128byte-chunks are called slots here.

Use Fire A to toggle between the default ASCII-view and a HEX-output:
Startscreen with HEX-ouput

Use LEFT and RIGHT to select another 128 bytes chunk (called slot):
First Slot Second slot


Press OPTION to be enter a submenu screen where you can call these special functions:


Options-screen
Press OPTION again to leave this screen.


Press key 1 for Clearing a slot:
Clearing a slot
Press key C to confirm, or key A to abort and to get back to the options screen.
While clearing a slot



Press key 2 for Showing the slot-structure:
Showing the slot-sctructure



Press key 3 for Filling a slot:
Filling a slot
Press key C to confirm, or key A to abort and to get back to the options screen.
While filling a slot



Press key 4 for Sending the data stored on the serial E2prom to a PC using a serial connection:
Sending the content of the chip
Press key C to confirm, or key A to abort and to get back to the options screen.
While sending the content of the chip



Press key 5 for Receiving data that should be stored on the serial E2prom from a PC using a serial connection:
Receiving the new content of the chip