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− | This is the '''latest''' Dragon multi cartridge version 1.6 for Dragon (TANO) 32/64. It is a minor update | + | This is the '''latest''' Dragon multi cartridge version 1.6 for Dragon (TANO) 32/64. It is a minor update of version 1.5. Functionally the same, but a little bit smaller. Display and controls now are in horizontal orientation. The PCB is mounted onto a solid aluminum plate, which makes it rugged and provides a stable seat in the slot, even during operating the controls. The dimensions are small enough makeing it possible, to build the cartridge into a standard ATARI VCS/2600 shell. |
This device is exclusively designed for cartridge ROM programs, not for cassette or floppy disk programs. | This device is exclusively designed for cartridge ROM programs, not for cassette or floppy disk programs. |
Revision as of 22:08, 4 September 2015
Overview
This is the latest Dragon multi cartridge version 1.6 for Dragon (TANO) 32/64. It is a minor update of version 1.5. Functionally the same, but a little bit smaller. Display and controls now are in horizontal orientation. The PCB is mounted onto a solid aluminum plate, which makes it rugged and provides a stable seat in the slot, even during operating the controls. The dimensions are small enough makeing it possible, to build the cartridge into a standard ATARI VCS/2600 shell.
This device is exclusively designed for cartridge ROM programs, not for cassette or floppy disk programs.
It holds up to 64 8k (or 4k/2k) ROM images. It also can store 16k ROM images on adjacent slots. The cartridge uses a single 27C4001 EPROM (512 kiBytes).
ROM images are selected by setting two 16 position rotary switches. A two digit LED display shows the number of the selected image (00 ... 63).
Autostart can be switched on and off. An additional switch combines the selected even numbered slot with the following one, providing a 16k slot for larger images.
The board is mounted on a metal plate to protect the circuitry and to make it fit perfectly into the cartridge slot edge-connector.
No loading time:
- - hold reset,
- - select slot,
- - release reset
and the program will launch immediately.
Dragon ROM images
I successfully tested all the ROM images of this archive.
CoCo ROM images
Most of the CoCo ROM images of the archive are running. Some have to be adapted a little bit, to make them Dragon-compatible. For a list of compatible/modified ROMs please take a look at the forum (->Hints and Tips - Introducing: Dragon multi-cartridge (version 1.0) for ROMs). Modified ROMs can also be found in the forum (->Uploads).