jhorn Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Does anyone have or have used the MagiCard cartridge? I stumbled across it in the 2600 rarity guide and saw it as not only a programming tool, but one of the rarest carts for the 2600. What's it like to use? - and out of curiousity, how much is it worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Scrolling through search results they seem to be $2-4K. Bumping this, cause I have the same question. Has anyone used this? Any saved programs? New or from the 80's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 There wasn't a way to save your programs (although I suppose you could use an emulator save state to do it now). With the tools available to programmers now, it's more of a curiosity than anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Not even with the cassette interface? http://atariage.com/manual_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareLabelID=281&ItemTypeID=¤tPage=133&maxPages=138 I know it's a rare cartridge; it wouldn't be unusual if no one actually used it; it would, however be sad. I was actually surprised someone saved/made available their Compumate programs; when I heard the MagiCard could connect to a tape deck, I began to wonder if anyone had something saved from it too. I suppose the Compumate was more convenient than the MagiCard, possibly more popular too. Edited April 25, 2018 by pacman000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Not even with the cassette interface? http://atariage.com/manual_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareLabelID=281&ItemTypeID=¤tPage=133&maxPages=138 I just knew the Magicard didn't include any sort of cassette interface. I never read the manual closely enough to see there were instructions for making one. I wonder if anyone actually took the time to build it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I just knew the Magicard didn't include any sort of cassette interface. I never read the manual closely enough to see there were instructions for making one. I wonder if anyone actually took the time to build it. I wouldn'tve have known if someone on this forum hadn't mentioned it. Began to read the instruction manual after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_ed_salvo.html Apparently Ed Salvo used it to make a flight sim before joining Apollo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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