Looking for 16k ram expanssion or more

OBSysteme · Post by **OBSysteme** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:33 am

Hi,

I am in need of at least a 16k ram expanssion cartridge for the vic-20, if you have one to give away or for sale, hit me up!.

OBS

necronom · Post by **necronom** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:13 pm

I got one from eBay (a 16k switchable one) for £7.50 a few weeks ago. I think they turn up quite often.

6502dude · Post by **6502dude** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:44 pm

Ultimate Expander or MegaCart are good options to for RAM expansion (plus other features)

OBSysteme · Post by **OBSysteme** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:34 am

Hi guys, thaks for quick response.

Yes, concerning e-bay, I need to kick myself into using it (never bothered before but maybe it's time).

the Mega cart, you can use it as a ram cart without loading the games ? that is kinda neat, I will look into it right now. Isn't the inventor Canadian? should make it easy for shipping.

6502dude · Post by **6502dude** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:33 am

OBSysteme wrote:the Mega cart, you can use it as a ram cart without loading the games ? that is kinda neat,

Yes, you can use MegaCart as just a ram expander without launching a hame. MegaCart can be enabled to have your Vic-20 expanded to a total of 39,693 bytes. (3K ram expansion + 32k ram [blk1,2,3,5] + 3,583 bytes).
Most of the utilities on the MegaCart also allow you to use expanded memory (and select the memory configuration you desire).

OBSysteme wrote:Isn't the inventor Canadian? should make it easy for shipping.

MegaCart was really a collaborative effort by Denial forum members, collecting & organizing ROM images, providing ideas, etc.
Main credits are - Graphics by Ral-Clan (Cornwall ON), Music by Carlsson (Sweden), Menu + game fixes + custom character set + testing by NBLA000 (Italy), hardware by 6502Dude (Toronto ON).
Shipping is not a big issue. MegaCart has been sent to 17 different countries so far.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:25 am

A really international project

OBSysteme · Post by **OBSysteme** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:30 am

I can't believe that such impressive products (from you guys) are still being produced for the vic-20 to this day

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:59 am

Yes, this may be strange but is true

English Invader · Post by **English Invader** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:28 am

6502dude wrote:Shipping is not a big issue. MegaCart has been sent to 17 different countries so far.

Has the Mega-Cart made it to Australia and New Zealand?

English Invader · Post by **English Invader** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:35 pm

I wonder how many different US states have Mega-Cart owners. Off the top of my head, I can name a few:

Rhode Island (rhurst)
New York (fsporsche)
Illinois (Jeff 20)
Georgia/Louisiana (saehn)
North Carolina (SkyDivinGirl)
Vermont

Wow, four of those are original member states from the Declaration of Independence.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:57 am

English Invader wrote:Has the Mega-Cart made it to Australia and New Zealand?

yes both.

English Invader · Post by **English Invader** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:39 am

nbla000 wrote:
English Invader wrote:Has the Mega-Cart made it to Australia and New Zealand?
yes both.

I guess the next big test is Hawaii and Alaska

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OBSysteme · Post by **OBSysteme** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:47 am

ha! maybe you should dream a bit more... like say wishing that at least one makes it to Africa? now that would be exotic. maybe the best chance is South Africa (less exotic)?

I've heard stories about Commodore computers in third world countries but never saw pictures and such. I remember having seen old pictures of apples II in Africa with small children typing/playing on them, but no commodores.

One very weird story I heard is that until very recently, some traffic lights were still controled using commodore computers (I don't know if the person was referring to an african or asian country). It seems weird to me, but then again... some poor countries are keeping some objects and machines for a long-long time, for lack of ability to buy recent equipment... that part of it makes sence at least.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:42 am

OBSysteme wrote:ha! maybe you should dream a bit more... like say wishing that at least one makes it to Africa? now that would be exotic. maybe the best chance is South Africa (less exotic)?

Why not Philippines ?

OBSysteme · Post by **OBSysteme** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:51 am

There is one person from phillipines that joined the Denial forum recently no?

so it is a possibility!