Sparta Dos X Homebrew carts

[JohnBuell]

There's a listing up right now for a home made SpartaDos 4.42 cartridge. Is this a good way to get started with SpartaDos, or should I just get disks from somewhere?

 

Oh, duh, I guess a link might help:

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 110614429971

[+bf2k+]

There's a listing up right now for a home made SpartaDos 4.42 cartridge. Is this a good way to get started with SpartaDos, or should I just get disks from somewhere?

 

SDX is a cart-based DOS so there are no disks. IF you have an AtariMax Flashcart, you can download everything you need to turn it into a SDX 4.42 cart.

[sloopy]

yeah that looks like it could be a max flash cart...

 

 

sloopy.

[+Roydea6]

There isn't a passthrough to put another cart---on top so It is most likely a version of flashcart...

[Almost Rice]

Wow, $35 profit for the seller is a bit much. Steve would probably sell it for you at $30 shipped and SDX installed.

[venom4728a]

I purchased from this seller before, I made an offer less than the buy it now and he accepted, cart works good. I have not tried it with my R-Time 8 cart yet, waiting for new battery and battery clip to get delivered so I can try it out.

 

Venom4728a

[Almost Rice]

It looks like SDX would fit in 8Mbit cart so Steve would price it at $45 shipped. Still a heck of a profit if it is the flash cart.

Edited November 22, 2010 by Almost Rice

[spookt]

It looks like SDX would fit in 8Mbit cart so Steve would price it at $45 shipped. Still a heck of a profit if it is the flash cart.

 

I think there's a 1Mbit image without the man pages.

 

See the project's page for details.

[OldAtarian]

Is there a point to buying it without the pass through?

[spookt]

Is there a point to buying it without the pass through?

Yes, the only reason you need the pass through is to piggy back another cart. I use the latest version of Sparta on my machine pretty much every day using an 8Mbit AtariMax flashcart and have never missed the pass through.

[JohnBuell]

Thanks for the tips everyone!

[+Larry]

I'm curious -- are you able to put working language cart images in the 8 Mb cart along with the SDX? And do you use a HD -- PBI-type?

-Larry

 

Is there a point to buying it without the pass through?

Yes, the only reason you need the pass through is to piggy back another cart. I use the latest version of Sparta on my machine pretty much every day using an 8Mbit AtariMax flashcart and have never missed the pass through.

[flashjazzcat]

Is there a point to buying it without the pass through?

If you want to run any cartridge based app with SDX - yes. That's about the only reason I can think of.

 

IntSDX is the solution I chose: although it's not plug and play, it immediately gets rid of the cart you'd otherwise have plugged into the machine 24/7.

[spookt]

The 8Mbit image of SDX has the man pages included. I don't think there's room to include any langauge carts too. I have no idea how you'd go about it.

 

As for HDD, I'll tell you once I get home and plug in my brand new MIO

 

I've been using ABBUCs SIO2SD and SDrive NUXX in the past.