> Well, I would provide boards to Randy and he could assemble them. I think
> making and attaching labels, etc is too time consuming for me. Plus I
> think Randy does a good job with it. There would be a lot of learning
> involved if I did that, thus the lag time would increase and the quality
> could suffer. I would like a small fee, say $2 a board for my efforts though :)
Well, okay... it's between you and Randy if you're supplying him boards.
I woudln't like to see a price increase to the end user just to save Randy
some effort in assembling the carts, though - his current method works
well enough. Maybe he could charge $18 or $20 for a 16k bankswitched
cart, since he can't do them with his current method, but if you supply 4k
boards, I wouoldn't want to see his price go up.
> > Also, are these boards 4k, bankswitched 16k, or the megacart?
>
> Look at the subject header ;)
Yeah, yeah, I saw that :)
> > That's possible? The 2600 has to be able to get data out of the cart -
> > what prevents a reader from getting the same data?
>
> Yes, it's possible. And no I won't tell anyone. If I tell if one person,
> even through email, then it's no longer a secret. And though I think I
> could trust the regulars on this list, it's easier just to keep it a secret.
>
> :)
Well, okay.... though it has to be breakable somehow - if the 2600 can
read the data, you could at the least tap into the 6502's bus and read the
data from there.
Another concept that came to me while writing that, not quite connected -
is it possible to swap carts while the power is on, if you run the code in
RAM during the swap? - could you transfer control to a loop in zeropage,
and have it constantly check a certain address for a certain value, and
when it finds it, it assumes the new cart has been inserted? Or does
inserting and removing a cart cause enough havoc on the bus to make that
impossible?
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