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Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation
09/29/16 01:55 PM


> > It is elegant though - these cartridges plug into the cart slot on the console
> > (-cart1), and supplies you with another cart slot for your game (-cart2). The
> second
> > cart slot is not present if the pass-through cartridge is not inserted. This
> matches
> > real life perfectly, and is not going to change.
>
> No, it is not elegant, and it does not match real life perfectly.
>
> Having -cart1 and -cart2, indexed thus, implies heavily that the original console has
> two cartridge slots. It doesn't.
>
> The correct way that this should be handled is for the voice cartridge to add its own
> child slot, which more accurately reflects how the hardware worked:
>
> -cart voice -voice:cart kcmunchkin

yeah, gotta agree with Moogly here, this becomes even more important in more complex situations.

there are yet more complex situations still where a single devices needs to be connected in 2 places in order to function, but that bridge can be crossed later.







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* Odyssey 2 Voice emulation sirscotty 09/28/16 04:43 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation TafoidAdministrator  09/29/16 12:52 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation sirscotty  09/29/16 03:47 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation CiroConsentino  09/29/16 01:40 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation TafoidAdministrator  09/29/16 02:15 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation sirscotty  10/04/16 04:25 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation TafoidAdministrator  10/04/16 04:40 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation Vas Crabb  09/29/16 03:46 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation MooglyGuy  09/29/16 12:48 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation R. Belmont  09/29/16 03:16 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation MooglyGuy  09/29/16 04:02 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation R. Belmont  09/29/16 04:40 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation remax  09/30/16 07:28 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation Haze  09/29/16 05:36 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation casm  09/30/16 07:50 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation Haze  09/30/16 10:32 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation CiroConsentino  09/29/16 07:16 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation Haze  09/30/16 01:19 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation CiroConsentino  09/30/16 05:28 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation Haze  09/29/16 01:55 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation CiroConsentino  09/29/16 03:53 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation Trebor  09/29/16 11:38 PM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation CiroConsentino  09/30/16 01:19 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation TafoidAdministrator  09/30/16 01:36 AM
. * Re: Odyssey 2 Voice emulation CiroConsentino  09/30/16 03:48 AM

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