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====Slogger Rombox Plus==== Following on from Slogger's earlier Rombox product{{snd}} an expansion similar in profile to the Plus 1 but offering eight ROM sockets and propagating the expansion connector to other units<ref name="electronuser198508rombox">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronUserVolume2/Electron-User-02-11/page/n52/mode/1up | title=Using all the Plus 1's slots? The Rombox gives you room for eight more ROMs | magazine=Electron User | volume=2 | issue=11 | date=August 1985 | access-date=23 January 2021 | last1=Waddilove | first1=Roland | page=53 }}</ref>{{snd}} the Rombox Plus was positioned more directly as a competitor to the Plus 1 in that it offered two cartridge slots and a Centronics print port alongside four ROM sockets. Priced at Β£49.95, the unit was mostly compatible with cartridges designed for the Plus 1 although one reviewer reported physical issues with some expansion cartridges, suggesting some manufacturing inconsistencies given other users' more positive experiences, but indicated that it was still "worth considering as an alternative to the Plus 1".<ref name="electronuser198611rombox">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronUserVolume4/Electron-User-04-02/page/n54/mode/1up | title=Plug-in power: An alternative to the Plus 1 | magazine=Electron User | volume=4 | issue=2 | date=November 1986 | access-date=23 January 2021 | last1=Waddilove | first1=Roland | page=55 }}</ref> One review reported that the Cumana Electron Filing System cartridge had an edge connector that would not physically fit inside the slot in the Rombox Plus unit; this along with a perceived lack of robustness of the case being their only major reservations about the product. The product's support for utilising 8 KB RAM devices as a printer buffer, with buffer management provided by the built-in EPROM, was noted as a particular advantage over the Plus 1.<ref name="abcomputing198610_dynamicduo">{{ cite magazine | title=Dynamic Duo | magazine=A&B Computing | last1=Fifield | first1=Matthew | last2=Webb | first2=Mark | date=October 1986 | pages=106β107 }}</ref>
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