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Extension Cartridge for 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System family available Please check out : http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259234-multi-cartridge-for-interton-vc4000-video-computer/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3899990 Price US$12.99 plus shipping! (Dragon Multi-Cart not included.) Please write PM. -Rolo

There it is: Extension Cartridge for 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System family available The new adapter for the Dragon Multi-Cart addresses a variety of consoles, the 1292 AVPS-family. As I learnt, compatible consoles were made by many manufacturers and were named 1292 APVS or later 1392 APVS or completely different, like RADOFIN, ACETRONIC (MPU-1000 and MPU-2000), PRINZTRONIC (VC-6000) , HANIMEX (HMG-1292 and HMG-1392), FOUNTAIN (Force 2) and more, often using the same Radofin XM-2050 board inside. http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com//pg70-1292_vc4000.htm#page=models shows them all. 1292 APVS and INTERTON VC4000 are compatible and running the same software, but the cartridge connectors are different in format and wiring. A few examples: You can fire up your old console now, with all the games you never had! Price US$12.99 plus shipping! Dragon Multi-Cart not included. -Rolo

I PM you.

I sent you a PM. -Roland

project update: I made something new for the Multi-cart. Pcbs are ordered. Stay tuned ...

project update: About two thirds of the waiting list processed and delivered. ... :rolling: Little break until december.

I'll report! I'm buying it primarily to be able to develop and test an adapter for the mulit-cart, not so much for really playing. I don't have time for that anymore, I'm afraid. Making things is eating up all the time. I'll have to reduce this!

project update: Started delivering... A few kits are on their way...

project update: Completed. Ready to ship.

No more! Got one (Acetronic)! Waiting for it to be delivered...

project update: All people on the waiting list have been served. Waiting list is obsolete now. I still have some items left and ready to be delivered. Still looking for a cheap 1292-console for adapter development.

project update: Today i did final assembly and testing of the kits, I've been making so far. I also started packing them up. Some accounting and some quick calculation showed higher production costs than anticipated, which means I'm going to madly increase the price of the Vectrex Joystick Kit to now US$ 60 ! I'm going to chronologically PM the registered people on the waiting list next and ask, if their orders still are valid and delivery still desired. Everything is completely non-obligatory. If anybody should have lost interest, I'll simply scratch the name and go to the next line. Until now, I've just made half of the kits. So, if you do not get a PM now, you might be on the lower half of the list. It will take some time to build the remaining kits, but I'm working ...

project update: All multi-cartridges had been sold! I soldered a new batch yesterday and today. Protective metal bottom shields are still missing. -Rolo

And those cigar boxes never seem to loose this special tobacco smell. My father used to smoke cigars, too, back in the day (early eighties). I'm still having a few of his boxes for storing electronic components.

project update: Today I made a few new Multi-Cartridge to INTERTON VC4000 extensions. All four have been tested. Back in stock! I'm going to PM the people on the waiting list.

Thank you very much! You are on the list. Please let me do the Interton VC4000 adapters first, then I have to reproduce some Dragon/CoCO Multi-carts and I have to go on with the Vectrex Controller kits, before I start the 1292 adapter. It's getting a bit out of hand at the moment.

Yes, you'll need a case. You can buy a cheap standard plastic case, which you get in any electronics store, or make a wooden box or maybe acrylic glass, or sheet metal ... or 3D-print something. You'll need to dremel cut-offs and drill holes into your panel. And you'll have to do some simple soldering (cables). So, a soldering iron should feel kind of familiar in your hand. I just take away the electronics work from you, the rest is up to you.

Received new pcbs today!

Today I got new components. Still soldering pcbs..... Got a not-enough-spare-time-problem. @takevin: Thanks. The number of kits is limited. But I put your name on the list. Not sure at the moment, how many of the kits haven't already been pre-ordered. I'll PM you in time...

Thanks Jinks, the cased one is gone. At the moment one Multi-Cartridge is left. But I'll make more, as soon as I get new pcbs and eproms. No cases. I mount the pcbs onto metal plates, which is especially fine for the Dragon Computer. The circuitry is not sensitive. Or: It's easy to make a case out of an old, cheap Atari 2600 cartridge shell (maybe an ET-cartridge ). You could 3D-print a case as well. I'd help you burning your eprom, sure. Just PM me some day, you want a cartridge.

That's too much cartridges plugged into each other, a cartridge stack too big and instable for me: Dragon-Cart into Interton-adaptor into Radofin-adaptor into console. Personally I'm aiming at the multi-cart, not at swapping rom-cartridges between systems. Which btw. would mean, you need two adaptors: Radofin-carts -> Interton console and Interton-carts -> Radofin console. Can all be interesstiing, but due to lack of spare time, I have to focus on a few simple projects. I can't handle a big variety of products. Maybe anybody else might do this?

project update: making things... a lot of work... many hours... Auto-fire pcbs are populated on both sides. Not calibrated and not tested, yet. I'm trying to get the first ten kits out soon. -Rolo

Hi weirdocollector!, Yes it is. Currently 2 cartridges left. The cased one and and one uncased cartridge. I send you a PM. -Rolo

Exactly! I try to cover the majority of 1292 consoles with the next adaptor, so I'm looking for the biggest family with same connectors and cassette dimensions. Rom-compatibility is one thing, fitting mechanically/electrically into edge connector and slot are different things, equally important for the user. So, my question is: Are Radofin, Hanimex, Fountain, Grandstand, Lansay, Audiosonic, Prinztronic and Acetronic really one family? Is it a good choice to select these consoles? Thanks for the discussion!

Project update: Yesterday I ordered new pcbs for INTERTON Extension cartridges for the Dragon Multi-Cartridge!