Cart64out cartridge breakout board for C64/C128

This is the Cartout64 cartridge breakout board by Sven Petersen. The Cartout64 is a very useful tool when developping C64/C128 cartridges, it solves 3 problems:

• It mechanically extends the cartridge port so you can reach contacts on the cartridge while it is inserted
• It allows you to interrupt the PLA signals with jumpers, a task you often do during cartridge development
• It breaks out all cartridge port signals via a header, allowing you to easily connect oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to the C64 in a safe way and at the same time, it also allows you to develop a cartridge on a breadboard.

Because many important C64 signals are available on the cartridge port, the Cartout64 is also useful for C64/C128 repairs, allowing an easy place to connect an oscilloscope to important signals in a safe way.

I have fitted the board colourful jumpers: Red = power, black = GND, green = PLA output, blue = PLA input, yellow = RESET. The jumpers have a handle so it is easy to pull them off the board, without using your nails.

All credit for this project goes to Sven Petersen. These boards will be available until they run out; I won't be producing any more of them. I am making these boards available because I had to buy multiple PCBs and connectors so had the parts anyway.

I will ship the boards with the standoffs not attached, see photo (they will of course be included).

More information about the Cartout64 here: https://ezcontents.org/c64-cartridges-breadboard

Sven Petersen's Github page: https://github.com/svenpetersen1965/C64---Cart64out

 

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