[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Coco flash cartridge

[Mark McDougall]

James Diffendaffer wrote:

> On the Atari, people have converted non-cartridge games to work on
> multi-carts so you can load them up quicker.  It would be cool to see
> that done with a bunch of the CoCo classics.  With up to 128 games on
> some of the Atari ones... very neat!

Sockmaster's Donkey Kong would be awesome! (Hint hint John) ;)

> The fancier multi-carts attach to a PC through a USB so you can change
> the contents from your PC at any time.  I think a high speed serial
> driver would work just fine from a menu option on the device.
> Being able to select between playing a game, adding a game or running
> a DriveWire like program would make it a perfect option for many
> people and it should cost much less than an IDE/FLASH board due to the
> reduced size and parts count.

Certainly doable but a whole new kettle of fish. Besides, 4MB is probably 
enough to hold _every_ cart ever made for the Coco plus a handful of classic 
non-cart games as well! ;)

Regards,

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