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[Lotek]

Ok.. I have a question, but a little background my be in order..

I have been collecting Atari stuff for about 2 years now, I have a 2600 6-switch, 2600A 4-switch, 2600 Vader and a Coleco Gemini.

I also have a few Commodore 64's lying around, this was my first computer and I still use it occasionally, my main C-64 has a hacked kernal Rom with a custom version of Fast-load in it.

I know nothing about programming other than the BASIC that I learned and promptly forgot many years ago and I failed a Think Pascal course in high school.

I have read about the cuttle cart and the superchargers.

Now.. on to the question:

I have a cable for my C-64 which connects to it's serial port and to my PCs printer port, this cable allows me to write C-64 disk images to a C-64 drive using my PC, it also allows me to use my PC as a hard disk for my C-64. I can store cartridge, disk and tape images with this system.

Now.. I have been wondering if I can make a system like this to run ROM images on my 2600 by using a PC as storage medium.

Possibly using a 2600 cart PCB with 16K of RAM and dumping the ROM image from my PC into the RAM on the cart and playing from that..

I doubt the C-64 image program would work for the Atari system.

Is this possible?

If so, how can I do it and could someone help me?

Thanks..

Shawn

P.S. Sorry for the long post.

[Nukey Shay]

Not only is it possible, it's also essentially how the Supercharger and Cuttlecart work (though those use audio files instead of raw data). There is a 2600 flashcart project that Chris Larkin (cupcakus) has been working on, that will be compatable with standard binary files...and will do just what you described. Pictures of the alpha (breadboard) and beta (PCB) prototypes can be seen by clicking the link at the bottom of that page.