IRQHack64 Cartridge Now Available!
I accidentally came across this cartridge a while ago, it is a cartridge based on an Arduino Pro Mini that makes a kind of 'on the fly' cartridge from *.PRG files.
The functionality of the IRQHack64 exceeds that of the TapeCart_SD , but the latter has the advantage that the cartridge slot remains free for a monitor, freezer, fastloader or any other cartridge.
The makers of this cartridge have the support for, and their files are no longer actively online, I personally think it's a shame if this great project dies a quiet death.
The heart of the IRQHACK64 cartridge is an Arduino (pro mini), a real computer in itself with more computing power and memory than the Commodore 64 itself:
The Arduino is supplemented with a Micro SD card slot and an Eprom with the boot code on it to run the arduino to approach.
The IRQcart can handle *.PRG files and to a very limited extent *.crt files, max 8 KB and most of them didn't even work, so the Micro SD I provide with the IRQcart doesn't contain *.crt files.
The software of the cartridge no longer seems to be in development, because it promised a lot of good things at the time, a number of which were already in the proof of concept phase.
Network load of games via the arduino, streaming video, streaming audio and some more of those insanely cool functions.
Functionality of the IRQHACK64 Cart :
A short summary of the functionality:
The reset button on the Cart is multifunctional :
short press : the menu with the graphical boot shell with gameload menu is loaded (Supports long filenames) a
little longer : reset the Commodore 64, the cart is inactive
Long (5 sec) : (during loaded program , the currently active program is saved as autostarting, when the C64 is switched on again that program will be started automatically.
Shortcuts
You can start programs under a shortcut (key 0-9), for this you have to give the programs that you want to start under the shortcuts, identical names to the key that starts the program.
so 0.prg is started by the '0' key, 1.prg is started by the '1' key, 2.prg is started by the '2' key etc.
when you start the Cartridge a boot screen will appear, if you pressing the hotkey of your choice will load the corresponding program.
If you prefer to view the contents of your Micro-SD card, you can still go to the file browser by briefly pressing the reset button.
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As always Gotek's products are awesome.
This cartridge works flawless. Thanks for the great work.
As allways. Good service and things are as expected
