Re: 6569 luminances

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 00:56:07 +0200
Message-Id: <2103F57C-BC2C-4191-AB17-E4C96A8B3623@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2012-05-15, at 00:38, MikeS wrote:

>> No - power-up with key-combination brings up menu where I can select ROMs
>> to be used until changed. This is what I am missing very much.
> 
> Seems like a *lot* of extra complexity just in order to press a
> key-combination instead of flicking a switch or pushing a button...

But..

- the number of ROM images is virtually unlimited with today's capacities
- if you have more than two, then one switch is not enough
- images could be easily managed, (updated, added, replaced, deleted,..)
- any combination of all ROMs could be used (potentially including standard cart ROM software)
- it would be _much_ more elegant than a glued switch (and geeky ;-)

> But a chacun son gout... ;-)

Oui...

> Doesn't the EasyFlash 3 already do that? Seems to me I just saw a demo of exactly that at the last TPUG meeting...

It indeed does something similar (for KERNAL only), but:

- it is a cartridge that has to go into EXPANSION port (mine is long overloaded, while I would gladly replace power hungry ROMs)
- it does the trick only for KERNAL
- it is only for C64, whereas what I suggest would be adaptable for other 6502 systems with relatively low effort

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