[Coco] A cartridge to hack

[Retro Canada]

well in last case you can always CLOADM the hdbcc3.wav. it takes a
minute, but you don't burn roms on a daily basis right ?

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:16 PM, William Astle <lost at l-w.ca> wrote:
> On 12-09-20 11:03 AM, Bill Pierce wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'm not really familiar with SuperIDE as I don't have one, but unless you
>> plan on typing each rom by hand then flashing, test, crash, then repeat,
>> yes, you would :-)
>> Or will Drivewire work? I know there's issues with Drivewire & SuperIDE
>> and copying from one to the other.
>
>
> If you're just using the superide as a ROM scheme, you can flash one of the
> ROMs with the drivewire ROM and operate using drivewire for storage. That
> works just fine. Nothing says you have to use the IDE interface just because
> you are flashing one of the ROM slots. Of course, that requires getting the
> drivewire ROM into it in the first place. I'm sure if you asked nicely, Mark
> would be able to do that for you when you order it but it can also be done
> using other tools, even without a floppy drive.
>
> On the other hand, if you were trying to copy a file on drivewire to, say,
> the flash card in the superIDE, then yes, that is problematic.
>
>>
>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> Bill Pierce
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 12:57 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] A cartridge to hack
>>
>>
>> yep, but you still need floppy and a multipack to be able to do that
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> <<buy a superIDE, also a multipack and a floppy disk drive and a
>>> controller :P
>>>
>>> Actually, not a bad idea, the SuperID has 4 flashable ROMs that you could
>>> test
>>
>> rom code on. Then when you get something you like, burn it to eprom and
>> make
>> your pak
>>>
>>>
>>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>>> Bill Pierce
>>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 12:35 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] A cartridge to hack
>>>
>>>
>>> buy a superIDE, also a multipack and a floppy disk drive and a controller
>>> :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Robert Hermanek
>>> <rhermanek at centurytel.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ROM's are socketed in rs-232 and drive controller paks generally... ?
>>>> Not
>>>> that you would want to ruin one of these cartridges, but pretty easy to
>>>> swap
>>>> out a ROM without damage...
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce W. Calkins"
>>>> <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
>>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:12 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] A cartridge to hack
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Early ROM packs had 4k ROMs or two 4k ROMs.  A few had 8k DIP ROMs,
>>>>> however they were not directly convertable to EPROM configuration
>>>>> without
>>>>> some hacking.  Later ROM packs had blobs without accessable chips.
>>>>>
>>>>> You would probably be better off finding a expermenter's card and
>>>>> wireing
>>>>> up your own ROM card.  However ones fitting the CoCo are not common
>>>>> now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce W.
>>>>>
>>>>> ==========================
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Castro"
>>>>>
>>>>>> I want a simple thing: a CoCo 1/2 cartridge that uses a 16 KB ROM
>>>>>> (C000-FEFF) so I can replace it with a socket and burn and test
>>>>>> homebrew ROMs until the cows come home. What should I buy?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Juan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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