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  1. If it needs to be a VecMulti and no other Vectrex flash- or multicart, I have seen on the "Vectrex Fans Unite!" Facebook group that Martijn from RevivalStudios is selling his Vectrex collection and there he is offering also a VecMulti. Don´t know if it is sold already though.


  2. As I got a desoldering gun from China I wanted to try to replace the 7805 voltage regulator with a TracoPower TSR 1-2450. This is a tiny 5V DC-DC converter version that is pin compatible to the 7805, but it only can handle 1A, which seems to be fine for the Super AMS board. Works fine for me so far and it does not get even warm, I have not experienced any negative side effects so far, but I tested it only for a few hours.

    I am NOT encouraging anyone to replace the 7805 on his board, there is nothing wrong with that design decision, so there is nothing to "fix" here, I even felt bad touching that beautifully built board. I only wanted to check out if that solution would work.

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  3. I just wanted to share some photos with you of the 3D printed case I got today for my Mateos burner device. The Burner fits in nicely, at least the later version I got, I also put some thin plastic foil in there so that it does not mover around. the burner in the case also works with my other Mateos carts for the Vectrex and the Atari Lynx. As expected I cannot use the burner in the case on my Mateos Videopac cart, because there is not much space left there, but of course it would work on a Videopac cart without a case. You can get the 3D printed case from the AtariAge forum member c0d3m4st4, or you can get it also from eBay or also from the Mateos Web page.

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  4. I don´t know PC99Disk, but the translation for error 1 would be something like "Error when accessing system registry" and error 2 means something like "Unxpected error, program will be terminated".

    Maybe you have to use it in admin mode?

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  5. Thanks for the heads-up. What is Parcel Panic? Have not heard of that game before.

     

    As for programming resources, I only have Macs. Anybody know of a Vectrex 6809 assembler for OSX?

    You can see Parcel Panic around 13:20 in this video here:


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    How long does it take for a game to load? Once loaded does the game behave as if it where the original cart?

    I didn´t measure if it is exactly like the original cart, but I don´t see much of a difference. I switch it on and the game starts on my PAL console.

    The games seem to behave normal from what I can tell.


  7. Finally I had some time to put the Atari 7800 Multigame Cartridge into a proper case, was much easier than with the Videopac/Odyssey2 cart.

     

    I also put a Pokey sound chip in the cartridge, so the one I bought from Lotharek / Poland seems to work fine, I have both music and sound effects in Commando and Ballblazer.

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    The nice looking Atari 7800 logo on the label I have stolen from the Web: www.gameex.info/…/top…/12408-logos-banner-logos-the-revenge/.

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    Hey, those are slick! :thumbsup: Thanks for bringing them to my attention Roli. :)

    I used them in my Sinclair ZX 81 and Spectrum machines and they worked fine there. Some people say they got issues with some gaming consoles, things like a "noisy" video sginal, but don´t know if that´s true.

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