[Coco] Regarding a cheap floppy emulator

Tue Sep 10 11:46:40 EDT 2013

wow this is great :)

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Mark Marlette
<mmarlette at frontiernet.net>wrote:

> We are sold out of the HDB-DOS ROM pak.
>
> I will making a small FLASH pak that is a subset of the logic that is on
> the sIDE board. Target price is $40 +s/h.
>
>
> Target time - 30-45 days.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
> http://www.cloud9tech.com
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Regarding a cheap floppy emulator
>
>
> This is schematic for the cartridge.
>
>
> http://www.bighole.nl/pub/mirror/homepage.ntlworld.com/kryten_droid/coco/coco_tm_37.png
>
> Cloud9 used to sell Drivewire cartridges, and they do come up on eBay from
> time to time.
>
> But, if you look at the size of the file that you need to burn to ROM in
> this file.
>
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~mmarlette/Cloud-9/Software/drivewire.zip
>
> It's only 8k, which will fit into a ROM pack fine.
>
> You could buy any game, remove the soldered in ROM, install a socket and
> patch any missing lines according to the schematic, and off you go!
>
> If someone wants to produce cartridge PC boards that will fit a standard
> cartridge case, I'll buy a bunch!
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Osborn
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:01 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Regarding a cheap floppy emulator
>
> Where would I get a cartridge that I can put my own EPROM into? Just some
> random game from eBay and replace the ROM inside? Will most take a 27xx
> EPROM or would they need to have traces rerouted because the stock ROM has
> a
> different pinout?
>
> On Sep 10, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Al Hartman wrote:
>
> > You can load the software from tape, as the demo on Youtube shows. But,
> > it's even better to burn an EPROM and put it in a cartridge case for
> > instant loading.
>
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