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Re: EPROM cardridge (A2600)
« Reply #30 on: June 25, 2013, 03:32:13 am »
Batari is like VB. (the full name is visual batari basic) You can also do low level stuff with it: register writes to sprite registers, sound registers and video registers.
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Re: EPROM cardridge (A2600)
« Reply #31 on: June 25, 2013, 12:14:22 pm »
Ah I see, that seems nice, but I hope it's not a direct port of VB or something lol, because I did not have a very good experience with VB when it comes to language speed. >.<

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Re: EPROM cardridge (A2600)
« Reply #32 on: June 28, 2013, 09:41:33 am »
It's pre-interpreted and stuff, so it's fine. I have not done anything fancy with it yet though.
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Re: 128k multi cartridge for A2600
« Reply #33 on: November 19, 2013, 05:14:28 am »
Holds up to 16 games. Games can be 2,4 or 8k using the bankswitching hardware in the cartridge!

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Re: 128k multi cartridge for A2600
« Reply #34 on: November 19, 2013, 12:39:33 pm »
That is pretty cool. I wonder if a cartridge that is 128K but allowed bankswitching between that entire pool of memory would be possible on the 2600 or if there are code size limitations? If making such cartridges was easy, someone could have done a large adventure game with password-based saves. :P

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Re: 128k multi cartridge for A2600
« Reply #35 on: November 19, 2013, 12:55:21 pm »
It is possible, but you'd need a lot of hardware for your bankswitching. You'd need a programmable logic device to house this large bankswitching circuit.
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