C64 Packet carts

[Ethan Dicks]

On 8/29/06, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What a coincidence - this morning I started looking into what I'd need to get
> > into packet radio.  There's a couple of hams here who'll help me out, I have
> > no license, equipment, or anything (except computers).  What packet stuff do
> > you have available ? (reply via email, as I suspect this is OT)
>
> Nothing anymore, I purged it out at a local hamfest. Mostly it was
> C64, PC, and Apple 2 based stuff.

Back in the day, I remember some VIC-20 stuff, too (since at the time
the C-64 was
running $400-$600, a bit too expensive to put in dedicated use, but
the VIC-20 was
under $100).  If I had any part numbers, I'd give them; I just
remember folks with
VIC-20s and external TNCs at the Dayton Hamvention.

Essentially, stuff for the user port should be portable between the
two, like the
C= RS-232 cart.  ROM cartridges, though, are entirely specific to each model
(totally different memory maps and physical connectors).

-ethan