Introducing: New Dragon multi-cartridge VERSION 1.5 for roms
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:47 am
Hi,
I wanted to show you the new version of my Dragon Multi-cartridge (version 1.5).
What's new?
* I doubled memory. It now holds 64 program slots (8k).
* I reduced component costs. I had the feeling, version 1.0 of the multi cartridge was a bit too expensive, due to the many components. So, less money for double the capacity, now .
* I repositioned the switches. Now they are easy to access.
* I added a second rotary switch for selecting all the slots from 00 to 63 ($00 ... $3F).
* I added a switch for activating/deactivating the autostart feature. For the games autostart is fine, but for some development tools memory must be cleared manually before launching.
* I added another switch, which makes it possible to combine two adjacent 8k-slots to a 16k-slot. So, 16k-roms can be used now.
* I reduced the physical dimensions. The new cart is a little bit smaller than version 1.0
A lot of information about the cartridge can be found in this section, thread about my first multi-cartridge, including a list of roms and modified CoCo-roms.
Dragon-modified CoCo roms can be found in the Uploads-section.
Again, my plan is to make ten of those cartridges.
I hope, you'll like it.
-Regards,
Rolo
I wanted to show you the new version of my Dragon Multi-cartridge (version 1.5).
What's new?
* I doubled memory. It now holds 64 program slots (8k).
* I reduced component costs. I had the feeling, version 1.0 of the multi cartridge was a bit too expensive, due to the many components. So, less money for double the capacity, now .
* I repositioned the switches. Now they are easy to access.
* I added a second rotary switch for selecting all the slots from 00 to 63 ($00 ... $3F).
* I added a switch for activating/deactivating the autostart feature. For the games autostart is fine, but for some development tools memory must be cleared manually before launching.
* I added another switch, which makes it possible to combine two adjacent 8k-slots to a 16k-slot. So, 16k-roms can be used now.
* I reduced the physical dimensions. The new cart is a little bit smaller than version 1.0
A lot of information about the cartridge can be found in this section, thread about my first multi-cartridge, including a list of roms and modified CoCo-roms.
Dragon-modified CoCo roms can be found in the Uploads-section.
Again, my plan is to make ten of those cartridges.
I hope, you'll like it.
-Regards,
Rolo