Re: [stella] 2600 adaptor for the coleco...

Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 adaptor for the coleco...
From: Keith Henrickson <flipper@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:17:00 -0600
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From: Erik Mooney <emooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 adaptor for the coleco...


>>Does anyone know anything about how the adaptor works?  Does it
simply
>>have the majority of 2600 guts internal and simply use the coleco as
a
>>power supply and RF generator, or does the coleco also use a 6507?
>>(I've been unable to find technical specs on the coleco)
>
>The first option.  It's pretty much a self-contained 2600.  The
Coleco
>cartridge slot has audio and video lines, to which the adapter sends
the
>television data for the Coleco to send it to its RF generator.


Close. :) The Coleco cartridge port simply contains the address and
data busses, as well as the chip select lines.  The Coleco EXPANSION
port, a separate port on the front of the machine, contains the
external audio and video in, as well as support for RAM expansion or
even BIOS/IO replacement.  Neat port when you get down to it.

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