> Also, I'd like to see an "UltraCart" that contains all the known Ultimax games in one ;-) The Multimax cart is still on my 'to be completed' list. :-) I have a working prototype on a breadboard circuit that uses a 6-way resetable latch to control the upper 5 address lines of a 1mb eprom, which is 31 ultimax images plus the menu system. The setting of the latch is gated using one of the i/o lines on the 64 cartridge port which, on the max is the /exram line. I completed the menu system which seems to work to I just need to fabricate some pcb's which, as I've never done it before, is kind of where I ground to a halt in the spring. Now winter is setting in, i'd like to pick it up again. Anyone interested in co-operating to get it finished? cheers, Rob On 18/10/2013 19:14, Steve Gray wrote: > That's great! Glad it worked for you. > > I had another interesting idea for the Max... Use the Cassette port as > an IEC port, just like Ulrich's Kernal for the B-series. I assume if > you took out the tape routines from MaxBASIC and substituted the IEC > routines it might work. Also, I'd like to see an "UltraCart" that > contains all the known Ultimax games in one ;-) > > Steve > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Michał Pleban <lists@michau.name> > *To:* cbm-hackers@musoftware.de > *Sent:* Friday, October 18, 2013 12:50:15 PM > *Subject:* Re: Ultimax questions > > Hello! > > Steve Gray wrote: > > > I know this is probably overkill for a single wire ;-) .... > > http://www.6502.org/users/sjgray/projects/maxvid/index.html > > If you have a monitor that can accept NTSC composite video > you're all set! > > I did this mod right now, and - surprise of surprises - it works > :-) My > cheap LCD TV indeed accepts NTSC composite! However it looks really > ugly, PAL from the C64 is much better. > > But anyway, I am now able to answer my own questions ;-) > > * The Restore key appears to be working. That is, pressing Run/Stop + > Restore clears the screen and shows the READY. prompt just like on > the C64. > > * The Shift Lock key does not work as advertised :-) It is just > another > (third) Shift key. No locking. This of course was expected. > > * The MAX BASIC looks so far just like the C64 one, but apparently it > has only one (uppercase) character set. Pressing C= and Shift does not > bring lowercase characters, nor does executing PRINT CHR$(14). I guess > the character data sits in the KERNAL and space was tight there. > > It will be interesting to disassemble the KERNAL and see how much it's > different, given that the character ROM occupies some of its space :-) > > And of course typing on the keyboard is just plain awful. And I > thought > the C116 was bad ;-) > > > Regards, > Michau. > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2013-10-18 20:01:44
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