Shocktaught

I checked out the Cuttle Cart and it looks pretty neat. But it would get cumbersome after a while to have to offload files individually in audio format. Reminds me of the tape drive on a C64 but in cartridge format. hehe. I got the idea for a smart media based cartridge after looking at my Rio 500 and thinking that heck its compact enough to work as a cartridge. Another idea would be to utilize the USB port on the MP3 player itself. A cartridge that could hook up via USB cable to your computer or MP3 device. If that is even possible. Come to think of it. The Cuttle Cart may work from MP3 as well, I don't know how audio compression would affect the data though. Shocktaught

quote: Originally posted by osbo: why someone didn't do it? Because sounds expensive, and 'coz you don't have market for that... Well I didn't think that it would be mass marked probably more of an enthusiast type market. Which is why I suggested carts for other consoles. And from what I understand it isn't cheap either to make your own carts with eprom burners so that would solve that problem. Here is a rough sketch of the idea I had for those confused:

quote: Originally posted by atari70s: Huh? waht was that? You don't know what a smart media card is? It is storage medium used on digital cameras, portable mp3 players, etc. They can store data from 8 to 64 MB. Basically you could fit a *alot* of game ROM files on one 8MB card. If you had a cartridge with a smart media card slot you could access the files. The cartridge could copy the ROM file from the smart media card to local RAM (built into the cartridge) which the Atari could access like a standard ROM based cartridge. Of course the RAM built into the cart would have to be set up to look like a standard ROM to the Atari's CPU. Basically before you plug the cart in or turn on your Atari you select a game from an LCD screen on the Smart Media cartridge. The games are stored and accessed through the Smart Media card itself which is inserted into a slot on the cartridge. Am I making sense now? Shocktaught

Hi I'm new here. Anyways. I was wondering why someone hasn't tried to build a smart media card reader into a compatible 2600 cartridge? That way you could store all your games on one smart media card and save wear on your cartridges and port. Of course it would have to have it's own hardware that can interpret and load the cart via a LCD menu. Other features could be added like a save game feature. This would be a cool thing to have on other classic consoles as well. Even a C64 could use one. Shocktaught