[Coco] CoCo monstrosity |was: [OT] Atari 8-bit video card

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

what if the cartridge comes with a pass-through connector, so you connect
your fdc/superide on top of it like Game Genie ?

Or use a Y-cable like the one I just did :)


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au>wrote:

>
>
> 1) It will neccesitate a multipak to have both the disk controller/disk
> basic cart and the video cart. A very inelegant design... but I say that as
> someone who has always detested the multipak interface.  :)
>
> 2) by offloading to a video cartridge for output, an option to double the
> clock speed can be had. The current problem in doubling the clock is that
> the GIME's video loses sync. A seperate video cart will not matter if it
> goes out of sync. If switching to the new video also switches in a 4Mhz
> mode, then switching back could restore to 1.79Mhz.
>
> Worth thinking about.
>
> Maybe a non cartridge based solution? (external)
>
>
> Nick
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