[Coco] Banked switched roms

[tim lindner]

John Collyer <johncollyer at zoominternet.net> wrote:


> Hi, more questions.

> 

> Tandy produced cartridges that used bank switching.

> 

>   1. Mind-Roll had two banks.

>   2. Predator had four banks.

>   3. Robocop had eight banks.

> 

> What size cartridges where these games?  16K or 32K.


Mind-Roll: 32K ROM
Predator: 64K ROM
Robocop: 128K ROM


> How did the copy to ram programs save them on disk?


While not impossible, it has not been done. I wrote a CoCo program to
dump these ROMs thru an RS-232 pak, but that is not what you are talking
about.


> Are any of these games available on the internet?


I have never looked.


> Looking at the Feb. 1986 Rainbow I see a article about

> the Banker.  Was this a 16K cartridge?  Just skimming

> the article, did this ram disk use banking like the games

> above?


I have never heard of this.


> Where can I get a complete list of any banked switched

> cartridges from?


I know of no other bank switched ROMs.

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tim lindner
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