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CPC GX4000-Multi EPROM Cartridge

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A Special [[Cartridge]] with a socket that allows easy modification of the built in ROM software.
This one seems to come from Spain.
[[Image:CPC GX4000-Multi EPROM Cartridge-1.jpg]]==How To ?==
This may be made by "cannibalizing" an existing Cartridge (Let's say... a GX4000 Burnin'Rubber Cartridge, as it is the most common one).
Remove the ROM properly (the biggest chip) but be careful not to harm anything else. Then file a hole in the Cartridge, add a ROM/EPROM socket...there you are.
Of course the most important chip remains the [[Amstrad Cartridge Identification Device| ACID]] and should be treated with exceptional care - ''be sure to watch temperature and humidity do not expose it to liquids, sweat, or direct sunlight and wear an anti-electrostatic helmet''.
[[Image:CPC GX4000-Multi EPROM Another main problem may come from the necessity to open the Cartridge-2without breaking anything.jpg]]
Instead of filing a big hole, you may use some extra connections (wires), smaller holes and then the ROM socket is fixed on the cartridge (as seen in these pictures). The Multi EPROM cartridge shown here seems to be of a professionnal quality. The Chip socket (ZIF Type) is epicly good as it allows the removal of the EPROM/ROM without harming it.  [[Image:CPC GX4000-Multi EPROM Cartridge-1.jpg|thumb|300px|The Multi Eprom Cartridge]] [[Image:CPC GX4000-Multi EPROM Cartridge-2.jpg|thumb|300px|Fitted in a CPC Plus]] [[Image:Multi eprom cartridge box.jpg|thumb|300px|Details of the plastic parts]] ==Links== [http://cpcrulez.free.fr/hardware_montage_DIP32_GX4000.htm How to do it yourself at CPC Rulez] [http://www.vieuzordiland.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=34 Vieuxzordiland's page on the matter. In French]   [[Category:CPC Plus]][[Category:Cartridges| ]][[Category:DATA Storage]][[Category:PLUSDIY]]
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