Rolo Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 A new option for a Multi-cartridge: The Dragon/CoCo Multi-cartridge Three systems, two Extensions, one Multi-cart Introducing: The Dragon/CoCo Multi-cart to Vectrex Extension Please have a look at: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/242786-multi-cartridge-for-dragoncoco-2-available/?do=findComment&comment=3558265 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** NEW *** The Dragon/CoCo Multi-cart to Vectrex Extension now is available. Use your Dragon/CoCo Multi-cart to play games on your Vectrex console. Pictures and Information following soon. Please have a look on the Dragon/CoCo Multi-cart thread. -Rolo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Please have a look at: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/242786-multi-cartridge-for-dragoncoco-2-available/?do=findComment&comment=3573229 for Rolo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Modding Dragon Multi-cart version 1.5 for use with Vectrex Extension You have a Dragon Multi-cart version 1.5, which you would like to use with your Vectrex console? Before you can do that, you have to do some little modding of your cartridge. Please look at the two illustrations while you read these instructions: Pull out IC1 (eprom) and put it to a save place Remove the bottom metal plate (3 screws) What you have to do is to cut the connection between pad 33 and pad 34 on the edge connector, which on a Dragon/CoCo, both are GND. On the pcb they are connected by a tiny via. You cut the very short trace between via and pad 33. Pad 34 now will be used to feed the Multi-cartridge with GND, which it already does. Pad 33 will connect exclusively to eprom pin !CE (IC1 pin 22), which you have to do with the help of a tiny wire. There already is a little correction-wire on your board. You remove this or just re-use it for your connection to pad 33. You must cross to the other side of the pcb. So drill a little hole on some empty spot of your pcb and thread in your wire. When soldering the wire to the pad, be careful not to spoil the whole pad, which still has to fit into the slot connector of your Dragon or Extension cart. Leave at least 6 mm to the rim unaffected for the connector. Put everything back together -Rolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 project update I burned an eprom full of Vectrex-roms for testing purposes and checked them all: slot size game 00 16 AllGoodThings.bin 02 16 DarkTower.bin 04 16 Moon9.bin 06 16 PatriotsIII.bin 08 16 Revector.bin 10 16 Rounders_16k.bin 12 16 Royal21.bin 14 16 SpikeHoppin'.bin 16 16 StarTrekTheGame(Hacked)_16k.bin 18 16 V-Frogger.bin 20 16 Vaboom!_16k.bin 22 16 VecSportBoxing.bin 24 16 Vector21.bin 26 8 8Ball_8k.bin 27 8 Arkanoid_8k.bin 28 8 ArmorAttack_8k.bin 29 8 Bedlam_8k.bin 30 8 Berzerk_8k.bin 31 8 Blitz!.bin 32 8 Citybomber_8k.bin 33 8 CleanSweep_8k.bin 34 8 CosmicChasm_8k.bin 35 8 Etch-a-Sketch(LightPen)_8k.bin 36 8 FortressOfNarzod.bin 37 8 HeadsUp.bin 38 8 HyperChase_8k.bin 39 8 MailPlaneFull.bin 40 8 MelodyMaster(LightPen).bin 41 8 NarrowEscapeMod.bin 42 8 NebulaCommander.bin 43 8 Nonagalf_8k.bin 44 8 Paratroopers_8k.bin 45 8 PitchersDuel.bin 46 8 PolarRescue.bin 47 8 PolePosition.bin 48 8 RipOff_8k.bin 49 8 RockaroidsRemix.bin 50 8 SQUAREZ2015_8k.BIN 51 8 Scramble_8k.BIN 52 8 SolarQuest.bin 53 8 SpaceWars_8k.bin 54 8 Spike'sWaterBalloons_8k.bin 55 8 Spike.bin 56 8 SpinBall.bin 57 8 StarCastle_8k.bin 58 8 StarHawk_8k.bin 59 8 VecDrum_v101.bin 60 8 VectorVaders.bin 61 8 Vectrace_8k.bin 62 8 VectrexPong_8k.bin 63 8 WebWars.bin All of them are working! How did I make the collection? created a new folder "myMultiCartRomDir" copied all roms I wanted to this folder padded the 4k-roms and all roms with a wrong byte count to full 8k-roms or 16k-roms (with the help of an hex-editor) left 512k of roms inside the folder, removed the rest opened console and typed: cd myMultiCartRomDir jump into my folder cat $(ls -S1) > VectrexTestRom.bin concatenate all files in this folder, sorted by size, and write result into VectrexTestRom.bin (sorting by size guarantees, that all 16k-files are starting on even numbers) burned this file Quick and easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 November 01: The "International Play Your VECTREX Day" It's coming ... Be prepared ... Buy your Dragon/CoCo Multi-cart a VECTREX Extension Cartridge! US$12.99 plus shipping http://vectrex.wikia.com/wiki/International_Play_Your_Vectrex_Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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