[Vectrex32 discount]

Now through Cyber Monday (Nov. 27, 2017) Vectrex32s are discounted to US$125 from their normal price of $150, while supplies last. You can buy one at http://vectrex32.com/buy/.

 

- Bob Alexander, Vectrex32

 

[Vectrex32 Smartcart]

At the price, I'd assume it would also act as a general-purpose flash cartridge so that I could deprecate the one I currently use with a bunch of fiddly-switches. I cannot tell from the docs if it does this, anyone know?

 

The Vectrex32 (V32 for short) can not act as a general-purpose flash cartridge.

 

The V32 has a 32 bit processor that talks to the Vectrex's 6809 through a dual-port memory chip (that's a memory chip that can be read and written by two different computers simultaneously). Such chips are rare and expensive (in relative terms). The V32 uses a 2K dual-port RAM chip, one of the largest available. That's big enough for the V32 to send commands to the Vectrex, but is not big enough to hold an entire 6809-based Vectrex game. And so the V32 simply doesn't have the hardware needed to act as a general purpose flash cartridge.

 

- Bob

[Vectrex32 Smartcart]

I'm Bob Alexander, the creator of Vectrex32.

 

I stumbled upon this old discussion, 7 months after it took place, so I don't know if anyone still has questions, comments, or criticisms they want me to address. But if so, I'm here. Of course, my website (vectrex32.com) has forums and a Contact form, so that's really the best and most reliable way to contact me.

 

Note that I am now following this thread, but I am not following this forum. If you create a new thread about Vectrex32, I won't be aware of it.

 

- Bob