What's new Pussycat too?

That would be great - Al, you fancy one too then we can get a couple of orders in with Rich if he's happy to have a crack at these - would be smashing having instant ROM action on the old Speccy and booting up Jet-Pac and Tranz Am in the wink of Sir Clive's eye... cheers once more, Rich.

 

OK, this came through the door this week, lads, and rather than get me to review, why not a famous BBC bod?

TAKE IT AWAY, FRED!!

 

Well imagine using our Fred to review your software finds!
What's next, Uncle Jimmy doing the Fun School titles?

C'mon Baz, give us hard hitting stories like the time a boatload of refugees arrived from France on the back of an Oric Atmos power supply.

 

Nice work there, @Vyper68 - are these only cartridges where you can load up some games or have they another usage? I ask for your forgiveness but Sir Sinclair's ZX universe is partly unknown to me.

 

Hi @AlexDrito
So the cartridge can hold 4 16KB ROM images. Sinclair didn't produce many cartridges so that is a bit limiting and it can only be a 16KB image. There are other options for larger games like the Dandanator or more exotic variations of the Interface 2 cart using bank switching but that relies on extra logic. This one basically gives you a standard interface 2 cart but uses a dip switch to choose which image.
The images available for the cart I made can include games but there are also alternative BASIC's and diagnostic ROMs as well so you could use the Interface 2 or a clone of it as a diagnostic system for a Speccy.

 

I picked up a 28 Pin One ROM yesterday, very handy if you need to burn a 2764 of 27128 EPROM.

One ROM - The Most Flexible Retro ROM Replacement

 

Nice work on the CPC by the way Andy. It's a good little machine. Just need to add an external Ear socket so you can load CDT images via a Maxduino device, save you a fortune in games.