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- From: Adam.Bergstrom@um.erisoft.se (Adam Bergstrom)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: VIC20 cart grabbing
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:56:43 GMT
- Organization: Erisoft AB. Sweden
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- Chris Baird (cjb@brushtail.hna.com.au) wrote:
-
- : It works-- and it's an old trick, one that even the authors of the
- : cartridges knew of (almost twenty years ago!), and hence why you'll
- : find Omega Race, et al., have extra code scattered throughout the
- : program which scribbles all over the ROM (now RAM) area. :)
-
- Yes, I know. That's why I made my extra memory with write disable!
- Why I posted this is because the documentation available DOESN'T
- mention this. All I've seen is a note that it might work to shove
- the cart in after the booting (with power on!), but that might
- fry the cart. Not very nice...
-
- /Adam
-