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 destribute games via cartridges on the new Amstrad. The cartridges are protected with the ACID chip.

Technical specs.

A device to hack CPC Plus cartridges.

There are different version of the cartridges which contain EPROMs with different sizes. For each EPROM size, a pair of contacts have to be closed.

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

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