qix_maniac Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I acquired some cartridges I've never seen before and wonder if anyone has seen them. I have a Romox white assembler cartridge, not sure if this is a homebrew or an actual release cartridge. any idea? I also came across 3 sealed romox cartridges new in a thin plastic display case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWorks Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I think I vaguely remember these as being the cartridges you bought in store to be programmed with what you wanted on them. But I don`t think it really caught on as I bought a load of blank cartridges cheap. Then threw them away when I moved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) ouch! threw them away!!!! I also read a thread that said romox cartridges could on be programmed by a romox machine in the store.? not sure if you could program them yourself at home? I believe you needed to buy it and have it setup in the store where you would pick the game or software but can't say 100% here are 2 pictures, front and back. White Romox cart has assembler editor and black Romox cartridge has Smart Terminal MPP 4.0 which is different then ver 4.1 and 5.0 in non-romox cart Edited June 28, 2011 by qix_maniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Nice! I wonder if they use plastic friction pins to hold the case halves together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 The guy to ask is Deathtrappommegranite, he is a collector of Romox stuff and has a near complete collection IIRC. Not seen him here for a while though, maybe he is just lurking? http://www.atariage.com/forums/user/3877-deathtrappomegranate/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosty Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Wow! I have white Romox Assembler Editor cartridge too! I believed that this is a homebrew or something similar... I have the new ECPC (reprogrammable) Romox cartride too. See picture please. You need a special programer to use it. See: http://www.timmcguinness.us/1982-1985/romox_esd/romox_esd.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 So I guess no dump needed, is it just a straight copy of Atari's AsmEd ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Wow! I have white Romox Assembler Editor cartridge too! I believed that this is a homebrew or something similar... I have the new ECPC (reprogrammable) Romox cartride too. See picture please. You need a special programer to use it. See: http://www.timmcguinness.us/1982-1985/romox_esd/romox_esd.htm Thanks Nosty! for the picture...it was nice to see what the full label looks like on my assembler romox! I would make a dump for you Rybags if I knew how :-) I also thave 3 of those ECPC programmable carts boxes just like that!!! was just told they are pretty rare and can fetch upwards of $100 each...will hold onto them for now but might be tempted to trade for the right cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 I wonder one of those Romox carts would work with the AtariMax cart programmer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I doubt it, towo different technologies, here's a link of the Romox developer. It's a very messy website but might have some more info: http://www.timmcguinness.us/1982-1985/romox_games/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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