Maximum TS 2068 Cartridge Size?
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Participants: Adam Trionfo, Timex
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1. Maximum TS 2068 Cartridge Size?
Adam Trionfo · Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:05:
I have a few questions about TS 2068 cartridges:
1) What is the maximum size of a cartridge for the TS 2068 (without resorting to any measures like bank-switching)?
2) Was the maximum cartridge size ever reached for a game?
3) Were there any cartridges that were TS 2068 exclusives because they used features of the computer that the Spectrum didn't have?
Adam
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2. Re: [ts2068] Maximum TS 2068 Cartridge Size?
Timex · Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:28:
On Jan 8, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Adam Trionfo wrote:
>
> I have a few questions about TS 2068 cartridges:
>
> 1) What is the maximum size of a cartridge for the TS 2068
> (without resorting to any measures like bank-switching)?
Maybe 56K. Or 64K. I think Jarek made a 64K cartridge.
> 2) Was the maximum cartridge size ever reached for a game?
Games can only use 56K. The memory area used for display cannot be
used on cartridge port (it can but not for the games Timex sold).
> 3) Were there any cartridges that were TS 2068 exclusives because
> they used features of the computer that the Spectrum didn't have?
I don't know it Timex cartridges will ever work on a standard Spectrum.
TimeWord, a word processing program sold by TMX Portugal for TC2068,
uses 64 column mode, so it cannot be used on a Spectrum. OS64 uses
too 64 column mode.
Je