Harry Potter Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Hi! I finally have a version of my text adventure code for Atari 8-bit cartridges available! It is called AdvSkelVic65 and available at c65 additions - Manage /game at SourceForge.net. Try it out! BTW, how do I do a 32k Atari8 cartridge? I want that to be available in the next version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Over 16K you need to bank switch the cartridge area Harry. There are many different models and most revolve around writing into the $D5xx page to select the desired bank. I'd advise looking into either the AtariMax 128KB model, selectable 8K ROM bank at $A000-$BFFF and can be disabled to expose the RAM in that area. or the XEGS models where you have a fixed 8K ROM bank at $A000-$BFFF and a selectable bank at $8000-$9FFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Wrathchild, I thank you for your input. Can you post me an URL to the necessary info, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 A basic Google search for: "atari cartridge banking schemes" Returns Cartridges - AtariWiki V3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 Thank you, again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 BTW, does Altirra support Bounty Bob cartridges? It could help with my text adventures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 34 minutes ago, Harry Potter said: BTW, does Altirra support Bounty Bob cartridges? It could help with my text adventures. Try it out and report back. waiting ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Why pick that, it's a very specific variant, you've been given recommendations for a reason? To answer the question, yes if course. So do the physical 'multi'-cart's that can emulate multiple cartridge models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 I chose that setup because I like it. What is the format of such cartridge? The info you gave me doesn't tell me how the ROM banks are organized in the cartridge image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 It seems you like others to go the extra mile for your weird and quirky decisions ("because I like it" vs. "recommendations for a reason"). Why don't you hit the virtual track yourself, wearing your virtual sweat suit and virtual runner shoes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 I like it because it gives me 40k and of the way it works. I can use 12k or 16k for code and the rest for data. I could add code to access and print the data in the high cart image and store the data in the low area. Is that better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Never mind: I found the XEGS format. It can do what I want, and I believe I can create the format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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