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FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 5:49 pm
by eslapion
I will soon be selling clones of the Cardco Cardbus 3 slot expander.

Price tag is 45$US per unit

Shipping is 10$ for the US, 11$ for the rest of the world.

You can preorder now.

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:49 am
by eslapion
Well... don't all rush at once... there's enough for everyone!

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:14 pm
by akator
No doubt, this will be another excellent eslapion VIC product :)

I would be all over this if I didn't already have several different slot expanders (including a Cardco 3S). Surely there are other Denial members that aren't slot extender hoarders like I am :D

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:48 pm
by vicist
I'd love one. :D
Could I then use my 32k expansion (ordered from k3ys and eagerly awaited) with my Super Expander Cart or Buti Cart with extra 3k (I don't have an ordinary 3k ram cart) to give me a full 35k vic? :roll:

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:40 pm
by eslapion
@Vicist
Yes. Disable BLK5 is one slot, insert your 32k expansion there

Disable BLK 1-2-3 in the slot where you insert your Super Expander.

The result: a Super Expander with 24k expansion. Really nice.

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:33 am
by vicist
I'm sold. Put me down for one. :D

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:33 am
by dragos
Pics?

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 1:18 pm
by English Invader
I PMd Eslapion about this and it turned out there wasn't enough interest for him to do a run for this item.

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 3:19 pm
by vicist
Boo Hoo :cry:

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:04 pm
by tokra
You could always buy the XPander-3 VIC from Jim Brain:

http://store.go4retro.com/non-functional-goodies/

I had a problem with the page, but I think he should still have some left. He said in a video he made a 100 of them and then realized they were not wide enough to fit carts. He says in the video the revised version was in the works and would be available early 2013. However this never happened. I finally gave up waiting, bought two of the wrong ones and had some friendly fella do the modifications to mine and let him keep the extra one. See here for pictures of the modded XPander. If you only want a 35K expansion it should be safe using this without the modifications. You will probably need to disable $a000-$bfff for the slot you want to put the Super Expander in, so it's ROM does not interfere with the RAM of the 32K expansion. And you will probably need to open the Super Expander and use only its board unless you want to re-solder all the switches on the XPander to the bottom.

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:01 pm
by tokra
Just found this on Ebay, looks like a good alternative. It's from Dorktronic, same guy who does the new 32K-RAM-expansions:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331695039509

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:15 am
by Barney
Eslapion, go ahead and put me down for one. Thanks.

Barney

Re: FS: clones of Cardco Cardbus 3S

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:38 pm
by eslapion
Honestly, the demand for such a product seems very small.

Not saying its impossible...