the story is as follows:
'konamisized' cartridgeboxes can't be found anymore and making a new
mold costs a fortune (15000 Guilders!)
At sunrise they have a 'Moonsoundbox' mold and they want to use it for
the IDE interface. However, the size of the moonsoundboxes are a bit to
large, so they've decided to put 'some extras' on the IDE pcb. In this
case they have chosen to add the RS232 interface. The RS232 only works
with 'IO-ports', the IDE is 'memorymapped'. So they can work together
without problem.
> The prices will be the
> same, or maybe a tiny little bit more expensive because of increased
> production costs.
probably the box
>
> However, this time also a combined IDE / RS232 interface will be made, so
> that you only need one slot for both! This will also work in a subslot (or
> at least, I hope so :)
it will work in a subslot
I think you will have the option to choose if you want only IDE, only
RS232 or both.
Probably you will also be able to choose if you want 128kB flashrom for
the IDE or 512kB flashrom. The extra memory can be useful in future to
install own ROMprograms in...
In the current IDE 128kB flashrom, 64kB is not used.
Greetz,
Jon
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