+karri Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi, The Linux community is currently going crazy about Raspberry Pi - credit card size cheap stand-alone computer. I am trying to get my hands on one as well. It might be possible to program one GPIO pin to emulate ComLynx exactly. This would allow Raspberry Pi to ComLynx with real Lynx hardware. The price of the computer is $35 (USD) and it has Ethernet, USB's, HDMI output. And it runs from a SD-card. It would be quite simple to create a small add-on card with a cart socket and a ComLynx plug to produce a large screen non-portable Lynx. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I've been watching that project for a while now (even submitted a logo for their contest but not chosen). Really like the idea of such affordable hardware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Couldn't you essentially make this a Portable as well? Not just the lynx. Imean for use as an Atari 2600. Comlynxing would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Somehow, in the frenzy on launch day, despite the servers for the distributors failing miserably, I managed to get an order in for one. Unfortunately I don't think it will be coming from the 1st batch of 10k units but the second batch - my expected delivery date is 4/23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I found the datasheet for BCM2835 on the net. It has a nice SPI port that appears to be flexible enough to work as a native ComLynx port. The good thing is that it seems to be capable of reading and writing non-standard bitlengths so the weird Lynx parity can be implemented as an extra data bit. The next thing is that the chip also has a built-in PCM audio port. For good emulation of Lynx sound I believe that banging the port directly from the emulator is the way to go. Then we can say goodbye to stuttering sounds. And the graphics is naturally OpenGL accelerated into a HDMI monitor. So we could run pixel smoothing to reduce blockiness of the picture when the image is blown up from 160 by 102 to 1920 by 1080. This could become the Ferrari of Lynx emulation Here is Rapberry Pi next to a mobile phone -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Couldn't you essentially make this a Portable as well? Not just the lynx. Imean for use as an Atari 2600. Comlynxing would be great! Why not. Just add a 7" tv and a wireless gamepad. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Where can I order one of these? I wonder if I am only visiting a mobile site rather than the normal site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Where can I order one of these? I wonder if I am only visiting a mobile site rather than the normal site RaspBerry at http://downloads.element14.com/raspberryPi1.html for 35 € 8G SD card at http://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/19473/rvjq/Transcend-8-GB-SDHC-muistikortti for 12.90 € 7" tv at http://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/6556/vvtc/ProCaster-DTV-007-Widescreen-7-digi-TV for 69.90 € joypad at http://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/47590/ddjkn/Subsonic-Pro-Controller-Fluo-PC-PS3 for 29.90 € Grand total for a new portable Lynx is..... 147.70 €. Around 4 times more expensive than a real Lynx at ebay. Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Is the rasperberry Pi just a 21st century version of the iconic altair 8080 (or apple 1/ and the single board computer that clive sinclair did prior to the zx80, forgot what it was called) i.e a 'build/program it yourself' computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Is the rasperberry Pi just a 21st century version of the iconic altair 8080 (or apple 1/ and the single board computer that clive sinclair did prior to the zx80, forgot what it was called) i.e a 'build/program it yourself' computer Yep. There is more hype than beef in Raspberry Pi. In Raspberry everything is in a single chip. I mean the whole computer is in a chip. But it has very little RAM and the CPU has severe limitations. But it is good enough for a Lynx and uses only 2W that it steals through the USB port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I've got one of these on pre-order as well - Can't wait for it, and if we can port Handy to it and get comlynx rigged up then great!!! =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Laser Lynx Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Did you see this one? http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Arcade-Game-Emulator-in-an-Atari-Lynx/ Damn I would really want one of those (and the lynx screen replacement), maybe I have to learn soldering after all. Edited March 23, 2015 by Turbo Laser Lynx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroByte Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Did you see this one? http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Arcade-Game-Emulator-in-an-Atari-Lynx/ Damn I would really want one of those (and the lynx screen replacement), maybe I have to learn soldering after all. That is cool and would probably be easier to do than the one I built. I did the same, but with a Gameboy shell and it was pretty tight. The Lynx would have ample room to fit everything in and could pack a huge battery. I might have to try this. For references, here is the one I did for the Game Boy: https://superpiboy.wordpress.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Nice Gameboy hack but I think I would prefer something a little wider like Lynx or GBA for hacking in a Pi. They are more comfortable to hold than the tall Gameboy. When I hold, even the old fat model, my fingers often overlap on the back and it can get warm and sweaty back there. Then I run the risk of slipping at an important jump or shoot time and getting killed instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Laser Lynx Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Nice work on the superpiboy MicroByte, it looks great! I can see your piboy instructions are much more thorough than the Lynx instructable, so If you do the Lynx one it would be awesome if you would ad as detailed and good instructions for that one as well I've been staring at that instructable for a month now trying to gather the courage to order all parts. I wonder if it's possible to fix it programmatically in retrogame if I somehow get the lynx button routing mixed up to the gpio? I mean the button mapping code looks simple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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