294 replies to this topic

[enito]

and...still wait a ETA reply please... is like too much time!!!

[sloopy]

Sorry, I have them to the point of just needing the ANTIC conn, and testing... which will be done tonight, but had planned on doing monday...

Friday my first grandson was born and daughter had 48 hours of labor before, so I hadnt gotten anything done from last Thur until Sunday afternoon... So Sunday, Monday, Tuesday nights I have been up until 4-5am getting theses done.

Venom4728a
JohnBuell
dkerfoot
NML
Stephen
Enito
Beamer320i
andymoo

will be shipped after testing which i hope to complete tomorrow night...

also, I will be streaming live, working on them after about 20:00-21:00 eastern US time...

sloopy.

[Stephen]

Does this mean we get to call you Grandpa Sloopy now?  

[spookt]

sloopy, on Wed May 30, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

Sorry, I have them to the point of just needing the ANTIC conn, and testing... which will be done tonight, but had planned on doing monday...

Friday my first grandson was born and daughter had 48 hours of labor before, so I hadnt gotten anything done from last Thur until Sunday afternoon... So Sunday, Monday, Tuesday nights I have been up until 4-5am getting theses done.

Venom4728a
JohnBuell
dkerfoot
NML
Stephen
Enito
Beamer320i
andymoo

will be shipped after testing which i hope to complete tomorrow night...

also, I will be streaming live, working on them after about 20:00-21:00 eastern US time...

sloopy.

Congratulations on the new arrival. I hope all are well.

Guess I dropped into the second batch huh? No worries, just don't forget me!

[sloopy]

spookt, on Wed May 30, 2012 11:32 PM, said:

sloopy, on Wed May 30, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

Sorry, I have them to the point of just needing the ANTIC conn, and testing... which will be done tonight, but had planned on doing monday...

Friday my first grandson was born and daughter had 48 hours of labor before, so I hadnt gotten anything done from last Thur until Sunday afternoon... So Sunday, Monday, Tuesday nights I have been up until 4-5am getting theses done.

Venom4728a
JohnBuell
dkerfoot
NML
Stephen
Enito
Beamer320i
andymoo

will be shipped after testing which i hope to complete tomorrow night...

also, I will be streaming live, working on them after about 20:00-21:00 eastern US time...

sloopy.

Congratulations on the new arrival. I hope all are well.

Guess I dropped into the second batch huh? No worries, just don't forget me!

Nope, your in this batch, I fergot to put your nick next to real name, and I dont mention real name here if it isnt part of your nick...

you should have a msg on AA from me... I need to know XL/XE for you...

(/me looks)

heh, fergot to push the 'Post' button...

you and shou werent on the list above, but are in those 12 boards...

sloopy.

[spookt]

WooHoo! PM replied to and hands rubbed togther in anticipation. Thanks !

[Official Ninja]

sloopy, on Wed May 30, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

Friday my first grandson was born and daughter had 48 hours of labor before,

Congratulations and glad everyone is OK!

[kenjennings]

Grampa Sloopy, which list am I on?

[sloopy]

kenjennings, on Thu May 31, 2012 4:58 PM, said:

Grampa Sloopy, which list am I on?

Heh of all people to ask... there is one person (who is just before you), that, they havnt paid yet... if they dont pay before the next 12 are made, then you will be the 12th...

(the reason they got to keep their place in line even tho they havnt 'paid' yet is twofold:
1) they have been in the hospital and very sick.
2) they made a trade to have theirs installed in a machine, I have their machine to install, and the trade... but no cash for the actual VBXE...

so i dont think they would mind much going to the end of the list ;')

sloopy.

[venom4728a]

I recently tried my VBXE in my 800xl with a GBS 8220 RGB to VGA video upscaler, on my VGA monitor picture is good but colors are a little bit washed out. Does not seem to be noticeable screen lagging.    

I also tried it on an older RGB monitor I thought would be perfect, its an NEC Multisync from I think 1987. It has been sitting on the shelf in the corner of the basement for at least 15 years, I was surprised I still had it.  Picture was crisp and clear but colors were off (Blue DOS screen was RED), this monitor has a ton of settings that can be adjusted. I probably just need to figure out how to get it dialed in.

Saving the best for last, I will next be trying my Commodore and Atari monitors.

Robert

[venom4728a]

I think, I recall reading about a way to have both the regular core and the VGA core loaded in the vbxe and switching between them,  is this possible and if so how is it done?

Best regards
Robert

[BillC]

venom4728a, on Thu May 31, 2012 5:16 PM, said:

I think, I recall reading about a way to have both the regular core and the VGA core loaded in the vbxe and switching between them,  is this possible and if so how is it done?

Best regards
Robert

Maybe the information on Candle's website has what you're looking for.
http://spiflash.org/block/15.html

[flashjazzcat]

VGA core needs a different crystal, so simply switching cores with the supplied utility won't do much good on its own.

[Rybags]

There's one that runs on the 14 MHz crystal, but is legacy graphics only.

Switching between - easy enough but the Sync sources are different.  In 16 KHz normal VBXE video you source CSync from the Atari video circuit.  In VGA mode, VBXE itself generates the sync.  So you'd probably want to make up a couple of custom cables to use in each mode.

[venom4728a]

I will give it a try.

Robert

Edited by venom4728a, Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:42 AM.

[flashjazzcat]

Rybags, on Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:31 AM, said:

There's one that runs on the 14 MHz crystal, but is legacy graphics only.

Didn't realize that Gary: thanks for clarifying!

venom4728a, on Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:36 AM, said:

Bummer, I was thinking about putting a 15pin and a 9pin connector in both wired, and then possibly switching back and forth as needed via the software FC.COM.

From what Rybags says, perhaps this could work? Just source sync from the appropriate spot for each output.

Edited by flashjazzcat, Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:39 AM.

[BillC]

Rybags, on Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:31 AM, said:

There's one that runs on the 14 MHz crystal, but is legacy graphics only.

There are 2 actually, the difference is one allows use of the VBXE memory for RAMdisk. As you said, for legacy GTIA graphics only, not VBXE enhanced modes.
v2g104a_vga14.xbf
v2g104r_vga14.xbf

[flashjazzcat]

BillC, on Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:47 AM, said:

There are 2 actually, the difference is one allows use of the VBXE memory for RAMdisk.

I think all the cores have an "R" version which does this.

Edited by flashjazzcat, Fri Jun 1, 2012 3:52 AM.

[candle]

R stands for RAMBO emulation
V stands for VGA

[andym00]

Heart pumping moment this morning, slip through the door from the postman, "postage due on item"! Heart beat races! Could it be! A hungover zooom to post-office, give it to me, give it to me...
Bah!! Only the bank sent some stuff and bizarrely somehow managed not put any stamp or frank on it (
Next time

[sloopy]

Ok, Update time...

I have 2 fully working and tested XE types... I just need to clean them and make them look pretty ;')

I have two XL ones that work, but I am having clock issues... The crystal isnt driving the clock line like it should, but using an external oscillator and the boards work fine... I have a third one that passes the games and stability testing (all VBXE's are tested using one Galaxian cart, and a few other games), but doesnt pass the color bars. It is getting closer tho, and almost there...

sloopy.

[Rybags]

At least you have an easy supply of Ntsc crystals if you need them (ie, practically everywhere).  I had to rip the one out of a 7800 for mine.

[sloopy]

and, taking a break from it for a min, and going over it again... and the 3rd one now passes the VBXE color bars... just need to do stability testing and its golden...

sloopy.

[Shou]

sloopy, on Thu May 31, 2012 12:02 AM, said:

Nope, your in this batch, I fergot to put your nick next to real name, and I dont mention real name here if it isnt part of your nick...

you should have a msg on AA from me... I need to know XL/XE for you...

(/me looks)

heh, fergot to push the 'Post' button...

you and shou werent on the list above, but are in those 12 boards...

sloopy.

Great, really looking forward to it. Will likely be the only VBXE in Japan!

[enito]

and?

Posted Wed May 30, 2012 3:17 PM

will be shipped after testing which i hope to complete tomorrow night...

I think i prefer a real one reply, in hopes i dont trust... hope i can get a real reply about real ETA of my 2 payed ones

thx