>I've got a multi-cartridge adapter for the VIC-20, which I don't know how
>to use. I got it with a Quick Brown Fox cart still plugged into it, and I
>assume that the cartridge adapter board was made so that multiple
>cartridges could be active at the same time. So that, for example, I
>could use an 8K expander with Quick Brown Fox.
>
>The reason I say I don't know how to use the multi-cartridge adapter is
>that it has a bunch of dip switches, and I've got no manual to tell me
>what they do. I have managed to plug in my 16K RAM Expander and various
>other carts at the same time, and had it come up with the 16K visible, but
>then I don't know the proper entry point for the software (though I've
>been able to scan through memory and see QBF there).
>
>My adapter board says "Cardboard" on it, and it has space for six
>cartridges. And it has a reset button. :)
The one I had the rotary switch, which I gather you don't have, it was to
select the slot, you then pressed the reset button, and that rebooted with
that cartridge. IIRC it also had the DIP switches, these were used to copy
the cartridges to cassette tape or floppy, and back to a memory cartridge.
Zane
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Received on Mon Sep 14 1998 - 21:48:17 BST