[Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)

[Little John]

It's actually "8-ball" instead of K-Ball - i had it on disk in the 80/90's - 
it was a billiards game. Katerpillar Attack I also had on disk - a centipede 
clone. Galax Attax similar to galaxians (or galaga but closer to galaxians 
IIRC).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)


> P.S. I now belatedly see that there is a photo showing the edges of the
> cartridges, which are marked as containing "K-Ball" (not sure about the 
> "K"
> character), "Katerpillar Attack", and "Galax Attax".  Anyone ever heard of
> any of these?  Interestingly, Katerpillar Attack is marked as requiring
> Extended Basic in addition to 16K.  Perhaps written in Basic with a loader
> to permit it to run in a Rompack?
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>
>> My recollection is that Anteco for a time sold Rompack shells and boards
>> that fit inside them that you could put your own sockets and chips into. 
>> I
>> believe I was a customer of theirs for a time in the '80s when I needed
>> cartridges to accommodate the Dallas Semiconductor SmartWatch clock I 
>> sold
>> as an option with Extended ADOS-3 (for those who did not wish to 
>> piggyback
>> it underneath their ADOS EPROM, which required cutting a hole in the disk
>> controller's cover to allow for the extra height).  Though the cartridges 
>> I
>> bought did not have the white labels mentioning TRS-80 and TDP-100 (or 
>> any
>> labels at all).  I remember the boards coming in perforated strips that 
>> had
>> to be broken apart for use.  So the advertised cartridges may be some 
>> sort
>> of generic, perhaps containing an EPROM socket.  Something handy for a
>> developer or seller of Rompack-based software, perhaps.  Though also
>> something you could easily make by removing the ROM from any junk Rompack
>> and replacing it with a socket.
>>
>> Hard to get nowadays, I'm sure, but the $300 price for this lot seems
>> insane.
>>
>> Art
>>   On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Little John <sales at gimechip.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> They are apparently pretty rare, and judging by the pictures were 
>>> marketed
>>> for the TDP-100 (Tandy's version of the CoCo that was marketed through
>>> retail channels other than Radio Shack/Tandy stores). The rarity drives 
>>> bids
>>> I guess - not worth that price to me, but if it is something you've been
>>> looking for and have never found and then there it is for bid, you would
>>> probably want it at any cost... such as the Action Comics #1 that went 
>>> for
>>> $1.5 Million - such behavior has never made good sense to me... I could
>>> collect stuff my entire life, but when I die - what happens to it? So 
>>> what's
>>> the point? I am rambling... sorry ... Big John
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Whats the big deal about Anteco carts?  I've never heard of them.
>>>>
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