Hi Everytbody,
Finally after a lot of work and testing, I am happy to announce that I have released the first version of the external menu for Mega-Cart.
It allows using an external drive based on sd2iec firmware to load new/updated items published on new Mega-Cart revision 22.
To use it, just follow the readme.txt in the zip file, basically unzip mc-boot and mc.dnp to the root of the SD card and from the Vic-20 prompt just load mc-boot or for Mega-Cart rev.20+ Hold CTRL key on boot and select external menu.
Enjoy
PS: All new shipped Mega-Cart will use the newer rev.22 firmware that already include all the items present in this version 1.0 of the external menu.
PS2: I will be away for a while from now and I cannot supply other info for the moment but I will publish a detailed info about what is new on revision 22, that are mainly Cheats support and new games and tools.
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New 1.0b release, Gorf fixed.
Mega-Cart external menu ver. 1.0
Mega-Cart external menu ver. 1.0
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Grazie Nicola! Proud to have tested it in advance ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Thanks guys, just to inform that I've updated the External menu to the 1.0b version to fix a No audio problem with Gorf.
Thanks to 6502dude for report.
File attached to the first post.
Thanks to 6502dude for report.
File attached to the first post.
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Re: Mega-Cart external menu ver. 1.0
Sorry for a few dumb questions:It allows using an external drive based on sd2iec firmware to load new/updated items published on new Mega-Cart revision 22.
- I don't quite understand. Does this allow the MegaCart to load items off and external SD2IEC drive? Or does it allow the user to flash the MegaCart with software from an SD2IEC drive?
- I have a MegaCart from the first run. I'm assuming I don't have "revision 22" (of firmware or hardware?). If firmware, is there a way to flash my MegaCart with rev.22?
Thanks,
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Looks like you got no response....
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Re: Mega-Cart external menu ver. 1.0
No. It allows games & utilities to be loaded from SD2IEC (or uIEC) to MegaCart via menu control, thus expanding flexibility to add more. It does not allow firmware on MegaCart to be updated.
There is no option to flash MegaCarts with a firmware update. The hardware uses one time programmable eproms.- I have a MegaCart from the first run. I'm assuming I don't have "revision 22" (of firmware or hardware?). If firmware, is there a way to flash my MegaCart with rev.22?
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Is the Mega-Cart still being sold? If so, what is the website address? Thank you.
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Sadly, that same "site under maintenance ... check back soon" has been the exact same ever since the site went back up (at least a year). I've read here at Denial and elsewhere that the Mega-Cart is still available for sale but if that's true, the mega-cart-com website hasn't been the place to publicly buy one.