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by obermotz
Thu May 14, 2020 9:31 am
Forum: Announcement Board
Topic: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?
Replies: 656
Views: 361570

Re: Introduce Yourself: What's your User Name based on?

Hi, I am Peter AKA obermotz, which basically means the end of level boss in German (I am Hungarian by the way). My first computer was a ZX81, then a Commodore 16 and finally an Atari ST before I joined the dark side and bought my first PC. Started to collect vintage computer stuff in the mid 90s and...
by obermotz
Mon May 04, 2020 5:48 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Memory expansion cart - DIP switches
Replies: 4
Views: 435

Re: Memory expansion cart - DIP switches

Thanks for the suggestions - after fiddling with the switches the cart succesfully passed the test: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3SaIZVWmK8_vwv9oz2rMmplp2CYktw2ga7xs85u9UgbOvf9uotAUy7l8Y_uVOYbxLoQvvW_aNekRDoHuAibEFVt7X75rslx5J5423ViKgOaG0bDzYYk5VjPPHiGAMtBG5ISms7zzCgY On the other hand, I only ...
by obermotz
Sun May 03, 2020 1:17 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Memory expansion cart - DIP switches
Replies: 4
Views: 435

Re: Memory expansion cart - DIP switches

Thanks for the link, will check it right away. In the meantime I run a memory checker and it found some problems (it seems that the current dip settings enable all 32K on the system and sorry about the quality of the pic, the banding drove my phone crazy): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1vfo2QMT2...
by obermotz
Sun May 03, 2020 9:58 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Memory expansion cart - DIP switches
Replies: 4
Views: 435

Memory expansion cart - DIP switches

Hello, recently I got hold of a VIC20 32KB expansion cart with 6 DIP switches and no description whatsoever. Tried to google for info on this specific cart but nothing usable came up. The cart looks like this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pyFNfLCrplPb9VD2Ie5hqaNTMlBcICelhU58B7eyOhENSbBsWnpIp3SE...