dj_convoy Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Ah; that's the update I was waiting for; supply shortage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxgra Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Intel really does have a 14-nm shortage, since their 10-nm CPUs have been delayed ad infinitum, but my guess is that the software isn't ready and this is convenient cover. Extremely convenient since PS1 is 2 months away from being usable and SNES enhancement chips aren't implemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurradonXylles Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Intel really does have a 14-nm shortage, since their 10-nm CPUs have been delayed ad infinitum, but my guess is that the software isn't ready and this is convenient cover. B-but... They're getting HLE BIOS compatibility of 99% using beetle-Saturn from Mednafen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 So far: "We're making a PC with software emulators, and also it'll be late." Still waiting for more... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atm94404 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) Anybody want to see if their "custom" PC board is actually an existing PCB with their name label stuck on it? Also, if they are "just waiting for chips", they would have finished engineering samples of the final board that they could put in a clear case and play while someone records them with an iPhone. Better yet, send one of these engineering samples to an independent third-party reviewer. Or better, better yet- why didn't they bring this wonder box to GDC so that technically-savvy press people could see it and poke at it (or did the Atari VCS folks warn them not to do that?)? Again, they don't have time to simply take a real disc (just one of the "99%" of games that works perfectly with their HLE BIOS), put it in their "finished" hardware, power it on, and play it. But they do have time to setup glamour shots complete with 90s porn lighting of random closeups of the case and components that don't even come standard (I know what an NVME SSD looks like, thank you very much). Someone at Playmaji needs to take a course on time management. Edit: They are now claiming they will be at GDC tomorrow. This will be interesting. Of course, if they don't stick a real disc and instead do the "load-from-game-state" thing again, it's going to be telling. Edited March 21, 2019 by atm94404 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Update 7: they'll be at GDC tomorrow, demoing the unit. Please yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 By all means. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 You all called it: "Update 8 (Last post) : We will be launching a second round of pre-orders in May. Details forthcoming. Retail pre-order info will be available at that time. LA Press / YouTuber hands on event in May. We will also be at E3 again this year. Thank you all for your support!" Yep, after delivering absolutely nothing, playmaji is sticking their hand out yet again. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurradonXylles Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I have alarm bells going off in my head right now. These two tweets are almost back-to-back, and I'm seeing a big, red flag. So instead of showing a video right now of a cartridge module playing SNES carts, they announce that the emulator will in fact play all expansion chips (good because anything other than ZSNES can do this properly and many of them run on my shitty, decade old netbook). This alone doesn't appear sketchier than anything else this Twitter has already stated, but then they are planning a GDC demonstration tomorrow that's only going to show CD playback. In other words, the same type of demonstration they've already shown before back when the console was going to be ARM and FPGA based. Yet, they're going to show off cartridge playback after the public demo at GDC. Yeah, this makes me suspicious. I want to say that I hope to be wrong, but these guys have already been given months to prove their long list of claims of what their console can do. To top that off, just last week they had that immature outburst attempting to drag Analogue through the mud alongside critics. Combine this with the final update: ...And there's something rotten in the state of Denmark. You all called it:"Update 8 (Last post) : We will be launching a second round of pre-orders in May. Details forthcoming. Retail pre-order info will be available at that time. LA Press / YouTuber hands on event in May. We will also be at E3 again this year. Thank you all for your support!"Yep, after delivering absolutely nothing, playmaji is sticking their hand out yet again. Yep, disappointingly so, but we called it. I'll skip the consolation prize, thank you, I already see enough cowshit and horseshit where I live. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 We're freakin clairvoyant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Someone should show up at GDC with a backpack full of random carts and CDs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetrogamerX Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I knew it would be laughable and it is. I feel so sorry for the people that preordered this mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Yeah... I kind of agree... but then part of me is like "why did you throw money at these guys without a lick of proof that they could deliver?" I mean; this wasn't even crowdfunding... they just straight up took money and vanished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 There is no such thing as a 14nm shortage at intel. They've been pumping out 14nm parts for years. Heh. That's all they CAN do. They can't get to 7 or even 10. While Apple, Samsung, TSMC, and Global Foundries, have been shipping their 7 & 10 stuff since last year. --- I don't care about the poor saps throwing money at this. I just want the drama and something to laugh at. So have at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurradonXylles Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 There is no such thing as a 14nm shortage at intel. They've been pumping out 14nm parts for years. Heh. That's all they CAN do. They can't get to 7 or even 10. While Apple, Samsung, TSMC, and Global Foundries, have been shipping their 7 & 10 stuff since last year. --- I don't care about the poor saps throwing money at this. I just want the drama and something to laugh at. So have at it! Not for nothing, but when I typed "Intel 14nm" on Google, it immediately showed "intel 14nm shortage" as the first suggestion, got these two articles as the top two results, one of which is only ten days old. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cpu,37866.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-14nm-cpu-shortage-amd,38782.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 In what universe does 8 tweets over the course of three hours constitute a "storm" or "HUGE update?" Glad to see the callback to the old Chameleon Charlatan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supa_g Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I quite frankly doubt that intel is going to release another generation of CPU's for the 300 series LGA1151 socket, as we already have the 8 and 9 series "high end" Coffee Lake and Coffee Lake Refresh CPU's on that socket, and any higher TDP CPU than 35W is obviously going to have thermal throttling issues given the fan and heatsink size. Given the connectivity available from either the LGA1151 CPU or the H310 chipset that does suggest that the module "connector" is undoubtably PCI Express. I would love to be able to read the patent number on the motherboard and see if it matches the one way back in this thread, or if it's something different.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Not for nothing, but when I typed "Intel 14nm" on Google, it immediately showed "intel 14nm shortage" as the first suggestion, got these two articles as the top two results, one of which is only ten days old. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cpu,37866.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-14nm-cpu-shortage-amd,38782.html That kind of shortage. Intel is always trying to rightsize it's just-in-time distro numbers. They get too aggressive, make a mistake, and fix it next quarter. It's kinda like Q saying, "Oh, your species is always suffering and dying.." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I miss the Mike Kennedy days..(!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Given now they are x86 based wouldn't they just be able to use the code from those other guys ... the Seedi guys: https://seedisystem.com/seedi-windows-beta/ We will see what they show up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atm94404 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) Not for nothing, but when I typed "Intel 14nm" on Google, it immediately showed "intel 14nm shortage" as the first suggestion, got these two articles as the top two results, one of which is only ten days old. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cpu,37866.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-14nm-cpu-shortage-amd,38782.html But here's the thing, by their own admission the software isn't done. "90%" on PS1 emulation? People have had PS1 emulation with legal, HLEBIOSes since the 90s with Virtual Playstation and Bleem. Plus the very recent chip shortage is something that only would have affected them once they were already late with the hardware. The console was supposed to be shipping on April 1st, so manufacturing of the boards would have happened months ago. Assuming absolutely everything they've said is true (that's a big assumption) they've known since January (at least) they weren't going to make their ship date. But they waited until the week before to say anything, just like how they waited until to the day before preorders to quietly drop "HYBRID EMULATION!"- the main selling point of their console. No. I take that back. They did break their silence a week earlier to trash-talk Analogue- whose latest console is shipping right now AND ahead of schedule. So giving updates to paying customers is less important than taking potshots at a reputable competitor. Nice priorities. Edited March 22, 2019 by atm94404 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Even if you have a mind to be optimistic about the console itself, there's no denying that Playmaji knew about the delay LONG before they announced it. To me, that's not acceptable for a small team who already has customer money. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I found a book called The BIOS Companion along with other various reference webpages to make a dynamite reference & tutorial for most every vintage BIOS in town. Goes way beyond the typical "help" option or what a motherboard manuals states. None of this Cache on/off = turns the cache on or off type of responses to a help query. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 So, was everybody blown away at GDC or whatever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 So, was everybody blown away at GDC or whatever? Yeah, what happened at GDC? Also this http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/03/more_tantalising_polymega_details_emerge_from_gdc_2019 check the pictures ... the thing is a little bit bigger .... But maybe it is the "other" other prototype ... who knows. "The Polymega hardware is finished, according to the team at Playmaji. It will run on a 35W Intel Coffee Lake S series Processor, which is upgradeable so Polymega can support other, more powerful retro systems in the future. The upgrade will need to be carried out by an authorised service outlet." LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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