WTB: VIC-20 Cartridge Expander
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WTB: VIC-20 Cartridge Expander
Hey Everyone!
I'm new to the Denial forum but I frequent both AmiBay and Lemon64.
I already have a Mega-Cart and I am waiting for my Final Expansion 3 to arrive. Since I want to save wear and tear on my precious VIC-20, I would like to buy a Cartridge Expander so I don't have to constantly plug and unplug these two wonderful cartridges. Please contact me if you have one available and thank you!
Take care,
Heather
I'm new to the Denial forum but I frequent both AmiBay and Lemon64.
I already have a Mega-Cart and I am waiting for my Final Expansion 3 to arrive. Since I want to save wear and tear on my precious VIC-20, I would like to buy a Cartridge Expander so I don't have to constantly plug and unplug these two wonderful cartridges. Please contact me if you have one available and thank you!
Take care,
Heather
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I have a cartridge expander that I've never had occasion to use. I have no use for something as complex as Final Expansion 3 and the Mega-Cart rarely leaves my expansion port.
I live in the UK so the shipping to the US might be pretty hefty. With any luck, someone in North America might have a spare one handy.
In any case, welcome to Denial.
I live in the UK so the shipping to the US might be pretty hefty. With any luck, someone in North America might have a spare one handy.
In any case, welcome to Denial.
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DIP switches? In any case, you want an expander that selects one cartridge at a time, not one where all slots are active at the same time. I have a VIC-1005 (three slot expander from Commodore/Datatronic) and can say as much as it does NOT work to run the Mega-Cart and my IEEE-488 interface simultaneously. Probably it is due to both claim BLK5 and some I/O blocks. I believe a similar conflict would occur if one would try to run Mega-Cart and Final Expansion 3 at the same time. Thus the one-at-a-time selectable one.
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Yep, DIP switches! I posted a while ago in my very own WTB Cart Expander thread:
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... t=expander
Anyway, I never got it fixed and I still haven't got a soldering iron or a working cart expander!
Maybe we should be really nice to Eslapion and convince him to design one that'll work with FE3 and Mega-Cart...
PS: Welcome to Denial SkydivinGirl!
EDIT: I was just browsing the Lemon forum and noticed the Jim Brain is designing a 3 cart expander for the 64/128. Do you think it's worth harassing Jim to make a Vic one too...?
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... t=expander
Anyway, I never got it fixed and I still haven't got a soldering iron or a working cart expander!
Maybe we should be really nice to Eslapion and convince him to design one that'll work with FE3 and Mega-Cart...
PS: Welcome to Denial SkydivinGirl!
EDIT: I was just browsing the Lemon forum and noticed the Jim Brain is designing a 3 cart expander for the 64/128. Do you think it's worth harassing Jim to make a Vic one too...?
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Thank you all for the warm welcome.
@English Invader
You're probably right; getting an expander here would probably be much less expensive. I'd entertain an estimate on how much you would like for yours and how much shipping might cost.
I don't have a "need" for the Final Expansion 3. I was thinking about getting a uIEC for my VIC-20 so I figured I might as well go for the FE3 instead. I also wanted the fun and challenge of assembling the cartridge. I recently put together a couple EasyFlash carts. It should be a lot of fun.
@Pedro
Too bad you haven't gotten yours working yet. It looks like it's in pretty good shape from the pictures. Definitely worth salvaging if you're able. I like the stuff Jim Brain makes. I've got a few of his products already, including the uIEC and some of his Rom-EL JiffyDOS chips. I'm planning on getting one of the network adapters as well.
It would be nice if he could design one of these for the VIC-20. I don't know how much of a return he would get on his effort, but I'd certainly buy one.
Take care,
Heather
@English Invader
You're probably right; getting an expander here would probably be much less expensive. I'd entertain an estimate on how much you would like for yours and how much shipping might cost.
I don't have a "need" for the Final Expansion 3. I was thinking about getting a uIEC for my VIC-20 so I figured I might as well go for the FE3 instead. I also wanted the fun and challenge of assembling the cartridge. I recently put together a couple EasyFlash carts. It should be a lot of fun.
@Pedro
Too bad you haven't gotten yours working yet. It looks like it's in pretty good shape from the pictures. Definitely worth salvaging if you're able. I like the stuff Jim Brain makes. I've got a few of his products already, including the uIEC and some of his Rom-EL JiffyDOS chips. I'm planning on getting one of the network adapters as well.
It would be nice if he could design one of these for the VIC-20. I don't know how much of a return he would get on his effort, but I'd certainly buy one.
Take care,
Heather
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@SkydivinGirl
Welcome to Denial!
FE3 has a jumper which disables FE3 nearly completly. Only internal µIEC is working if jumper is set.
You could wire this jumper to a switch and assembly the switch on the FE3 case. So you could simply enable and disable FE3.
If you have an expander which let you switch BLK5 signal (most expander have this) you also can use FE3 with nearly any other cartridge.
If BLK5 is disabled FE3 doesn't allocate any ressources. You can wake up it by software with a special sequence. And you can disable FE3 by software with no chance to reappear except a hardware reset (red button).
(hoping you can understand my bad english ... )
Welcome to Denial!
FE3 has a jumper which disables FE3 nearly completly. Only internal µIEC is working if jumper is set.
You could wire this jumper to a switch and assembly the switch on the FE3 case. So you could simply enable and disable FE3.
If you have an expander which let you switch BLK5 signal (most expander have this) you also can use FE3 with nearly any other cartridge.
If BLK5 is disabled FE3 doesn't allocate any ressources. You can wake up it by software with a special sequence. And you can disable FE3 by software with no chance to reappear except a hardware reset (red button).
(hoping you can understand my bad english ... )
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@6502dude
Thank you for that information. I don't actually want the MegaCart to co-exist with another cartridge, I would just like to be able to switch from one cartridge to another (turn one off, turn the other one on) so I don't have to physically unplug the cartridges and swap them.
@Mayhem
Thanks! Great to be here. I figured since I was doing more with my VIC-20 these days, I should join the Denial forums. I first found out about this site because of the MegaCart.
@gklinger
Than you for the welcome. I saw the Denial Collection 3 on eBay the other day and I was very tempted to get it. I watched the YouTube video and it looked great. Unfortunately, it went out of my price range and was sold to another lucky person. The games looked like a lot of fun. I hope there's another way to get them since the collection was such a limited run.
@carlsson
Wow! I hadn't seen Jim's MasC=uerade before. What a neat project. I'll have to keep an eye on that one.
@Diddl
Thank you for the information on the FE3. By setting jumper to disable the FE3 functionality, I could get away with using the MegaCart with the FE3 as a uIEC. That could come in handy. I'm still waiting for my FE3 to arrive. It should be soon!
And your English is not bad at all.
Take care everyone,
Heather
Thank you for that information. I don't actually want the MegaCart to co-exist with another cartridge, I would just like to be able to switch from one cartridge to another (turn one off, turn the other one on) so I don't have to physically unplug the cartridges and swap them.
@Mayhem
Thanks! Great to be here. I figured since I was doing more with my VIC-20 these days, I should join the Denial forums. I first found out about this site because of the MegaCart.
@gklinger
Than you for the welcome. I saw the Denial Collection 3 on eBay the other day and I was very tempted to get it. I watched the YouTube video and it looked great. Unfortunately, it went out of my price range and was sold to another lucky person. The games looked like a lot of fun. I hope there's another way to get them since the collection was such a limited run.
@carlsson
Wow! I hadn't seen Jim's MasC=uerade before. What a neat project. I'll have to keep an eye on that one.
@Diddl
Thank you for the information on the FE3. By setting jumper to disable the FE3 functionality, I could get away with using the MegaCart with the FE3 as a uIEC. That could come in handy. I'm still waiting for my FE3 to arrive. It should be soon!
And your English is not bad at all.
Take care everyone,
Heather
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As far as I'm concerned, it's all yours for the cost of shipping. All I ask in return is a small favour.SkydivinGirl wrote: I'd entertain an estimate on how much you would like for yours and how much shipping might cost.
There is a copy of Wheel of Fortune for the Sega Game Gear going for 44c plus $3.99 shipping at www.amazon.com. I would be grateful if you would purchase the game on my behalf and snail mail it to me in the UK. All costs will be reimbursed.
I only ask because the US website doesn't allow people outside the US to purchase video games.