For Sale VIC20 SMART RAM: a versatile RAM expansion cartridge up to +37k

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SMART RAM: it's arrived!
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1) It's a "whole RAM": all areas that a VIC can select from a cartridge are covered by this RAM expansion

2) It's easy: a simple 3-position selector lets you choose the configuration as follows:
--- side A) +24k Basic (+8k BLK5, +3k low ram, +2k I/O areas) [total of +37k]
---central) no expansion
--- side B) +3k basic low ram (+2k in I/O areas) [total of +5k]

Note: the 3 positions represent all the three possible configurations that the VIC20 operating system recognizes.

Default (exemplification):
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3) It has a RESET button for easy restart of the VIC without any powering off and on again

4) Its shape simplifies the removal and dimensions allow it to be hidden inside the cartridge door. It can also be assembled inside a common cartridge shell by simply remoting the button and the sliding lever (they do not need to be unsoldered to remote)

5) Not expensive at all!


Good,
but MCes is not happy if a "modder/hacker's hole" is not present:
SMART RAM is easy for those who want it to be easy, but for all the others....


6) Simple MODDING to deselect specific areas permanently (removing the related DESOLDERABLE JUMPER) or temporarily, by soldering a DIP-SWITCH (you have a soldering iron, haven't you?)

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7) simple HACKING to reconfigure the action of the slide lever selections
(if you happen to have also some wires and diodes at home)

Diodes: BAT85 suggested, but also 1N4148 will work
file.jpg A) example of reconfiguration
file.jpg B) example of reconfiguration



Now the prototype batch (fingers not gold plated), and the first "gold finished" batch, are ready.

They are for sale also on other places,
and eventually the proto batch will come to exhaustion (no other prototype batch will be produced).

Boards will be assembled on request.

Prices (without shipment and eventual PayPal fees):

10€ 1x smartRAM "proto board": no gold plating (HASL finishing) and only 9 removable jumpers...
20€ 1x smartRAM "gold finished"
25€ 1x smartRAM "gold finished" + 1x smartRAM "proto board"
35€ 2x smartRAM "gold finished"

Combined shipping if you purchase other products of mine.

Thanks for your interest!



Do you want a fully configurable memory expansion?
have a look:
https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?93265-VIC20-FULL-RAM-expansion-cartridge-37K-RAM-with-RESET!
 
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Hi !
Interested in 1 "proto board", pending shipping costs to France please !
Thanks !

shipping costs to France:
10€ tracked
4€ not tracked (I will have no responsibility for the outcome of the shipment)

this cost is also valid for:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe (Islands), Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Iceland, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Man Islands - Great Britain EU, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary.
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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The shipping cost for:
Angola, Ascension - Islands (Uk), Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo (People's Rep.), Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Djibouti , Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Junea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Reunion (Islands), Rwanda, Sant 'Elena (Island of), St. Thomas and Prince, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, British Indian Ocean Territory, Togo, Tristan Da Cunha, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire - (Netherlands Antilles), Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falklands (Islands), Jamaica, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guantanamo Bay, Guatemala, Guyana, Guyana (French), Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic , Saba - (Netherlands Antilles), Saint Barthelemy - (St. Barth), Saitn Eustatius - (Netherlands Antilles), St. Christopher, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Saint Vincent (And Granadines), British Samoa, Sint Maarten, South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands, United States, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks And Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin (Islands) - Br, Virgin (Islands) USA - (St. Tomas & St. Croix).
Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, North Korea - Dem. Rep., South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Georgia, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia , Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Laos, Macao, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar Burnma (Burma), Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, East Timor (East ), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

12€ tracked
5€ not tracked (I will have no responsibility for the outcome of the shipment)
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The shipping cost for:
Australia, Cook (Islands), Fiji (Islands), Guam, Kiribati, Marshall (Islands), Micronesia (Caroline Islands), Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Polynesia ( French), Saipan (Mariana Islands), Solomon (Islands), Samoa (American), Scattered Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Tokelau, Tonga (Islands), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake, Wallis & Futuna (Islands).

13.50€ tracked (possibility of little discount, or addition of gift, based on the purchase)
6.50€ not tracked (I will have no responsibility for the outcome of the shipment)
 
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Hi! Declaring interest for 20€ 1x smartRAM "gold finished" + 1x smartRAM "proto board". PM sent!
 
Interest withdrawn because I decided to replace my VIC with a brand new The VIC20.
 
Boards received yesterday, tested and everything works perfectly, thank you very much!!
Feedback left!!
;)
 
Interested in 1x gold finished board, will send PM.

edit: PM sent!
 
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