jedutil.exe

This tool is use to is used to convert and view PAL rom dumps. The reason you may need this utility is because MAME uses a different format of rom dump compared to most PAL rom dump programs. These programs use the JEDEC format and MAME requires a binary dump. To be honest, 99.9% of MAME users will never need to use this program, but here's some details anyway.

Here's a quick summary of jedutil's options...

Option Description
convert Creates a disk image file in the format you specify
view Lists the files and folders on a disk image.
viewlist Gets a single file from a disk image and saves it to you drive.

Command Usage
Full Command jedutil.exe -convert <source.jed> <target.bin> [fuses]
jedutil.exe -convert <source.pla> <target.bin> [fuses]
jedutil.exe -convert <source.bin> <target.jed>
jedutil.exe -view <source> <device>
jedutil.exe -viewlist
Note You can find out the available devices for the -view option using the command jedutil.exe -viewlist
Supported Devices PAL10L8
PAL10H8
PAL12H6
PAL14H4
PAL16H2
PAL16C1
PAL12L6
PAL14L4
PAL16L2
PAL16L8
PAL16R4
PAL16R6
PAL16R8
PALCE16V8
GAL16V8
18CV8
AMPAL18P8
GAL18V10
PAL20L8
PAL20L10
PAL20R4
PAL20R6
PAL20R8
PAL20RA10
PAL20X4
PAL20X8
PAL20X10
82S153
PLS153
CK2605
PAL10P8
PAL12P6
PAL14P4
PAL16P2
PAL16P8
PAL16RP4
PAL16RP6
PAL16RP8
PAL6L16
PAL8L14
PAL12H10
PAL12L10
PAL14H8
PAL14L8
PAL16H6
PAL16L6
PAL18H4
PAL18L4
PAL20C1
PAL20L2
82S100
PLS100
82S101
PLS101
Example jedutil.exe -convert myrom.jed myrom.bin
jedutil.exe -view myrom.jed pls101