[Coco] Banked switched roms

[tim lindner]

John Collyer <johncollyer at zoominternet.net> wrote:

> Hi, more questions.
> 
> Tandy produced cartridges that used bank switching.
> 
>   1. Mind-Roll had two banks.
>   2. Predator had four banks.
>   3. Robocop had eight banks.
> 
> What size cartridges where these games?  16K or 32K.

Mind-Roll: 32K ROM
Predator: 64K ROM
Robocop: 128K ROM

> How did the copy to ram programs save them on disk?

While not impossible, it has not been done. I wrote a CoCo program to
dump these ROMs thru an RS-232 pak, but that is not what you are talking
about.

> Are any of these games available on the internet?

I have never looked.

> Looking at the Feb. 1986 Rainbow I see a article about
> the Banker.  Was this a 16K cartridge?  Just skimming
> the article, did this ram disk use banking like the games
> above?

I have never heard of this.

> Where can I get a complete list of any banked switched
> cartridges from?

I know of no other bank switched ROMs.

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tim lindner
tlindner at ix.netcom.com                                            Bright