An interactive electronic device having a master integrated circuit, an
analog audio output device and a bus having a single-conductor digital
data link and a single-conductor analog data link and a method for
transmitting digital data and an associated analog signal are disclosed.
The bus is configured to electrically simultaneously couple the master
integrated circuit with any combination of a plurality of removable
electronic cartridges arranged in any order in any of a plurality of
removable cartridge connectors. The master integrated circuit transmits
along the digital data link simultaneously to each of the removable
cartridge connectors one identification code of a plurality of
identification codes, the identification codes being different from any
memory address in any of the removable cartridges. The analog data link
simultaneously couples all of the removable cartridge connectors with the
analog audio output device and transmits analog signal associated with
the one identification code.