Multi Rom Carrier (what is it?)

mr zetec · Post by **mr zetec** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:20 pm

Recently I aquired an unusual cartridge for my VIC. Basically I don't know how to use it. Inside it are 4 rom sockets, 3 of them occupied with EPROMs. It is labelled on the front with "MULTI ROM CARRIER, Stack Computer Services" It has a hand written sticker on it saying "VICKIT3,4,5".
SYS8192 brings up a machine code monitor, very similar to the monitor on a Plus/4. I am guessing it holds 4 ROMs and each is called up with it's own SYSnumber, but I am only guessing.
Has anyone have any knowledge of this device?

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:52 pm

I think VICKIT are software packages sold by Stack. Yours would thus have applications number 3, 4 and 5. According to the Denial Wiki, these images were available:

VICKIT 1 = VS0174 Programming Aids
VICKIT 2 = VS0175 Supergraphics + Programming Aids
VICKIT 3 = VS0169 Supergraphics
VICKIT 4 = VS0171 High Speed Cassette + Machine Code Monitor
VICKIT 5 = VS152, 6502 Assembler

What size is each EPROM, is it a 2516/2716, 2532, 2732, 2764? Since you brought up a machine code monitor with SYS 8192, I would suppose you got into VICKIT 4. You could as well try SYS 16384, SYS 24576 or SYS 40960 in case it maps into memory blocks 2,3 and/or 5.

Bacon · Post by **Bacon** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:27 am

Please, please, please dump the contents of the ROMs and upload them to zimmers.net. I love it when unarchived utilities crop up like this

mr zetec · Post by **mr zetec** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:23 pm

I have no idea how to dump them! I am not sure if the SYSnumbers are right. two of them bring up what looks like a monitor and the other causes a reset. I need more info...

Jogi · Post by **Jogi** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:30 pm

Hi,

look..... http://www.vic20.de/html/vickit.html

http://www.nemetzpower.de/denial/stackprospekt.pdf

http://www.nemetzpower.de/denial/vickit-II.pdf

http://www.nemetzpower.de/denial/vickit-4.pdf

Vickit 1... and Vickit3... sys11*4096
Vickit 2... sys 11* 4096
Vickit 3... sys 10*4096
Vickit 4... sys 40999
Vickit 5... will only work in conjunction with Vickit 4

regards Jogi

Bacon · Post by **Bacon** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:02 am

mr zetec wrote:I have no idea how to dump them! I am not sure if the SYSnumbers are right. two of them bring up what looks like a monitor and the other causes a reset. I need more info...

Never mind. The ROM files are on the site Jogi linked to.