GX4000 cartridge

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A cartridge for the + series

A cartridge system was introduced with the launch of the CPC+ series. This enabled developers to distribute games via cartridges on the new Amstrad. The cartridges are protected with the ACID chip.

Technical specs.

There are different versions of the cartridges which contain EPROMs of different sizes. To indicate the EPROM size to the CPC+, different combinations of links have to be shorted.

EPROM type EPROM size Contacts
27C512 64kb LK3
27C1001 128kb LK1 + LK6
27C2001 256kb LK3 + LK6


RAM7, a French hardware developer, created a device to hack CPC Plus cartridges.

Pictures

Demonstration System

Amstrad released a Demonstration system for his retailer in order to show GX4000 games: the Amstrad CSD.

It was a 464plus motherboard, with an extra "daughter board) allowing the insertion of 12 games cartridges, plus an extra special cartridge acting as an OS.

Courtesy of Amstrad.cpc.free.fr

Link to the French article on the matter

Links

Vieuxzordiland's page on the matter. In French