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PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 12:02 pm
by Rich
PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
£29.16
Upgrade your Penultimate+2 to the Penutlimate+3 with the PU+3 Upgrade kit!
WHAT IS IT? ITS AN SD CARD INTERFACE FOR YOUR PENULTIMATE+2
WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS WEEKS HOBBY. A PENULTIMATE+2, THE SKILLS AND TOOLS TO SOLDER ONE WIRE AS WELL AS CREATE AN OPENING FOR IEC CABLE AND MICRO SD CARD SLOT
KIT CONTAINS, FACTORY BUILT PCB, DATA CABLE & 3D PRINTED PARTS TO MAKE THINGS FIT DEAD NICE
IMAGES AND WORDS ADDED READ SOON.
SHIPPING EXPECTED LATE OCT 24
KIT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PENULTIMATE CARTRIDGE
A PREBUILT VERSION OF THE PENUTLIMATE+2/3 WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE SO WATCH THIS SPACE! ‘ ‘
https://www.tfw8b.com/product/penutlima ... grade_kit/
Re: PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:25 pm
by Falkon215
Wow im in for sure this is fantastic!
Re: PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:57 pm
by c=razy
I've been looking to acquire the Penultimate+2 cart and already have one of the Deluxe SD2IEC+ 1541 for my C64's.
I assume a +2 would be sufficient for my needs and the upgrade is for those that do not already have SD2IEC?
Re: PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:37 pm
by beamrider
What's the benefit of this over just using a stand-alone SDIEC?
Re: PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 3:48 pm
by Rich
beamrider wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:37 pm
What's the benefit of this over just using a stand-alone SDIEC?
Non just an update to make prople buy
Penultimate +2/+3
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:44 am
by Falkon215
Anyone order the Penultimate Cart +3? Just ordered mine.
.Spending alot on these cartridges LOL.
Re: Penultimate +2/+3
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:02 am
by Falkon215
Thoughts on the extra features?
Re: Penultimate +2/+3
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 12:37 pm
by Mike
Falkon215 wrote:Thoughts on the extra features?
It's a PU+2 with built-in SD2IEC, so there ...
(... if there had been any changes with the built-in ROMs, I have lost track about that long ago already. tfw8b simply add and remove ROMs - games and utilities - as they please. There's no active collaboration with the community, for example asking people here in Denial what would be desirable features. Bugs like the
skipped file entry in the file browser probably would not happen with a few more testers ...)
Re: PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 12:48 pm
by Falkon215
Was Just wondering the details on the website says that it has ram expansion 0-72k ram was just curious on how this was possible.
Re: PenUltimate+3 Upgrade kit – PRE-ORDER
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 2:00 pm
by Mike
Falkon215 wrote:0-72k ram
I would account that figure to big fingers or typo.
The memory map of the VIC-20 is fixed, so only RAM1 .. RAM3, BLK1 .. BLK3 and BLK 5 can be expanded with memory (RAM or ROM). PU+2/+3 will likely need I/O2 and/or I/O3 for their own cartridge bank-switching logic. How this logic is supposed to be programmed has not been disclosed, and anyway, even if PU+2/+3 supported banking RAM blocks, that would only add to the bewildering array of register setups of other already existing banking memory expansion cartridges.
