[Coco] A cartridge to hack
Robert Hermanek
rhermanek at centurytel.net
Thu Sep 20 12:26:02 EDT 2012
ROM's are socketed in rs-232 and drive controller paks generally... ? Not
that you would want to ruin one of these cartridges, but pretty easy to swap
out a ROM without damage...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce W. Calkins" <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] A cartridge to hack
>
> Early ROM packs had 4k ROMs or two 4k ROMs. A few had 8k DIP ROMs,
> however they were not directly convertable to EPROM configuration without
> some hacking. Later ROM packs had blobs without accessable chips.
>
> You would probably be better off finding a expermenter's card and wireing
> up your own ROM card. However ones fitting the CoCo are not common now.
>
> Bruce W.
>
> ==========================
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Juan Castro"
>
>>I want a simple thing: a CoCo 1/2 cartridge that uses a 16 KB ROM
>> (C000-FEFF) so I can replace it with a socket and burn and test
>> homebrew ROMs until the cows come home. What should I buy?
>>
>> Juan
>
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