Hi all,
Eckhard and I are working on a DevCart for the 7800.
The planned features are:
* 32K Flash ROM (with some variant of DevOS in it)
* 256K RAM
* Pokey for sound and I/O
* "Becky" chip bankselect controller
* standard RS232C interface
* standard cart size
The Becky-chip will be able to emulate all 7800 bankselect
schemes, plus a new scheme to support the full
amount of RAM. This will make it possible to play *all*
7800 games on this cart.
The RS232 will enable loading of programs into the RAM,
without blocking any joystick port.
We opted not to go with an Atari-Style keyboard interface,
because people will probably not use DevCart to attach
a keyboard, but rather to load and develop programs
from a PC, right?
The cart will not require any modification to the 7800,
you can just plug it in, and plug the RS232 into a PC
or whatever, and you're done.
As for status, the layout and Becky-Chip sources are complete,
Eckhard has an alpha prototype cart for SW development.
I will have beta prototype ready by January, and we'll take
it from there...
Oh, we have no idea what the price will be, it will really depend
on quantities (naturally, if I make 10 it'll be more expensive than
if I make 100). But suffice it to say, we want to keep the price
below $100.
Best regards,
-Oliver
Aaron Bergstrom wrote:
>
> I wish cuttle carts were still available. Anyway, I was wondering if
> there was a product that somebody was making that works similar to a
> cuttle cart. I'd like to test my 2600 homebrew roms on my 7800, but I'd
> like to not have to purchase a bunch of eprom burning hardware. Or is
> burning eproms easier than I think? Any suggestions?
>
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