The Expert Cartridge – The expert among specialists
The Expert cartridge was launched by Trilogic in 1986, and was a very popular expansion. And the Fast Loader was rather secondary… An interesting module, which made a rebuild worthwhile.
Where am I – Track sector display for the 1541
How to get the information where the head of the floppy drive is located? I would like to present a possible way that works independently of the kernal.
3 times 8 results in 16
Before the first people start using their calculators, don’t panic. It is not about mathematics, but rather the control of 16 LEDs with only 3 wires. And all independently controllable and this only with the help of an 8-bit shift register and a CPLD. A little excursion into the VHDL world.
Firmware update for EasyGate1541-II
I found another bug in the firmware of the EasyGate-II and provided a corresponding update.
ISEPIC – Ice cold replicated
The ISEPIC cartridge was one of the first so-called freezer cartridges, which made it possible to take snapshots of one’s games and programs. Among other things, it was possible to save game saves for games where this was not intended. But the extension could do even more…