Will this cartridge play 2600 titles as well in a 7800? or is it limited to
7800 titles only?
--Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "O. Scholz" <O_Scholz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:09 PM
Subject: [stella] 7800 DevCart (Was: Where can I find something like a
cuttle cart)
> 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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