Carnivore2 by MAXIOL, available to order and purchase Опции

[SuperMax]

Carnivore2 is the multi-functional cartridge for the MSX platform that was created in 2017. The project is still supported - new firmware for FPGA Altera is being released, as well as software - the tools for working with the cartridge, the program for creating the startup menu (boot block).

Authors: RBSC (Russian Bear Service Crew)

The cartridge is compatible with all MSX computers from MSX1 to TurboR. In order for the cartridge to work properly on the Arabic and Korean MSX systems, the special version of the boot block and directory editing utilities are required.

FULL TECH SPECS

• FPGA: Altera Cyclone II EP2C5Q208C8
• 8MB FlashROM
• Mappers support:

1. Konami 4
2. Konami 5
3. ASCII8
4. ASCII16
5. Planar mode (64 Kb in slot)

• 2048KB RAM on-board. 1024KB RAM Mapper, 720KB pseudo-MegaRAM.
• Sound:

1. PPI and PSG emulation
2. Konami SCC and SCC+ emulation
3. OPLL emulation (YM2413, MSX-Music)

• External storage: CF card (CompactFlash)
• High quality ceramic capacitors
• Stereo audio output jack (3.5mm)
• NEXTOR and FM-BASIC ROMs on-board
• The color of the cartridge can be selected from those currently in stock, the full range of colors - 6.
• Good works on MSX1, MSX2, MSX2+ and TurboR machines
• Propietary software utility to manage all functions, load ROMs into flash memory, etc.
• Natively supported by SofaRun
• Printed circuit board цшер gold plated contacts (ENIG)

The color of the cartridge can be selected from those currently in stock, the full range of colors - 6.




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Reminder for everyone - important links
Carnivore2 User Guide English version
Инструкция по эксплуатации Carnivore2 Русская версия
Carnivore2 CF card and adapter compatibility
RBSC (Russian Bear Service Crew)

[SuperMax]

PRODUCT INFO

Built around a Cyclone II FPGA from Altera, the Carnivore2 its a powerful piece of hardware packed with many features: FlashROM, Compact Flash storage interface (w/Nextor ROM on-board), 1MB RAM mapper, 720KB MegaRAM, SCC, SCC+, FMPAC (w/ MSX Music ROM on-board and backup RAM support) and PSG.

You can enable or disable one and each of these functions independently and combine them at will with the configuration software.

Cartridge configurations can be stored in the flash memory and then loaded from the boot menu. From this menu you can also choose any of the ROMs written into the cartridge's flash chip.

The cartridge comes with Nextor DOS ROM. This is available when the CF (IDE) function is enabled. Nextor is 100% compatible with MSXDOS2 and adds many powerfull features as native FAT16 support, virtual floppy
disk through .dsk mounting, etc...

At the moment, this cartridge is the most convenient and compact device that provides all the necessary functionality.