[Coco] Thanks to Mark McDougall

[Chad H]

The "Everdrive" thing.. I wonder if that's anything like something I "wished" existed.  A board that would "LOAD" ROM's from a SD card automatically based on jumpers, etc. to determine which ROM file to load.   Might be too much for a board that size..duno.  Would have to implement file system access and some sort of firmware or micro-os to load the image into true ROM address space.

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From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Mark McDougall
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 7:12 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Thanks to Mark McDougall

On 20/12/2012 11:51 AM, Charlie Pelosi wrote:

> I’m also surprised these are not in greater demand.
> 
> I tried to purchase this as a rom pak a while ago and was told they 
> were not being made anymore.
> 
> Did you get just a board? and will it fit in any old game rom pak?

I shipped Chad a spare EPROM board I made some time back. I only made a handful, for myself, and unfortunately at the time I didn't have access to the innards of a cartridge so the board (probably) won't mount inside a pack as-is.

Next time I produce a run, they'll either be flash-based, programmable from the Coco itself, and fit in a cartridge; or I might do an "EverDrive"-like device and have it run from SD card...

Regards,

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|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

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