+frankodragon Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Meanwhile on another thread... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Meanwhile on another thread... another_facepalm.jpg lol- our friend from Wave 1 is one of the reasons i lurk over in the Jaguar subforum. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) <speculative_thoughts>Oh for fuck's sake, can't we just chemically castrate this idiot?</speculative_thoughts> The world is full of Mike Kennedy's... Q.E...D... -Thom Edited April 19, 2019 by tschak909 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woulfe Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Pong Bong / Bong Pong I wonder if you switch the words around you can avoid any kind of LOLsuit ? - Meanwhile - We got this fat lady over here warming up her vocal cords... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlecRob Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 atari still needs to update their websites to reflect the design changes of the VCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Needs more woodgrain! ASRock Announces iBox-R1000 AMD-Powered 'NUC' AMD R1000 series, like the Ataribox. No price or release date. Made of an extruded aluminum top and a metal bottom. 6.76 x 5.91 x 2.75" (171.8 x 150 x 69.8mm). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 atari still needs to update their websites to reflect the design changes of the VCSMaybe they forgot the passwords, like tingiant.com. Last time Atari.com was updated, it was down and unreachable for days. PWW: look at all those ribs. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) PWW: look at all those ribs. Who ever thought heat dissipation could look so good ? Ribbed for her pleasure... sorry Flojomojo my wit is not as good as yours! Edited April 20, 2019 by thetick1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 PWW: look at all those ribs. Maybe Atari ©® should team up with McDonalds©® and put McRib©® on top of their vaporware console. *BBQ sauce is an extra perk. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Needs more woodgrain! ASRock Announces iBox-R1000 AMD-Powered 'NUC' AMD R1000 series, like the Ataribox. No price or release date. Made of an extruded aluminum top and a metal bottom. 6.76 x 5.91 x 2.75" (171.8 x 150 x 69.8mm). iBOX-R1000(L1).png The presence of the COM port suggests that this thing is designed for sticking in factories where you might potentially need one to talk to an antiquated piece of machinery. Swap it out for a couple of old school joystick ports and you've got a better retro gaming box than anything Atari is ever likely to make though. Nice work ASRock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crsdawg Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Needs more woodgrain! ASRock Announces iBox-R1000 AMD-Powered 'NUC' AMD R1000 series, like the Ataribox. No price or release date. Made of an extruded aluminum top and a metal bottom. 6.76 x 5.91 x 2.75" (171.8 x 150 x 69.8mm). iBOX-R1000(L1).png This is what I'v been suspecting ever since the cpu change. Atari finally figured out they are not going to be able to pull off a custom board and decided to just put in an off the shelf (though new) embedded design in the cheapened-up shell. The removal of the sd slot is also a red flag for me. The board they want to use (cheapest one they can get their hands on) didn't have it, so they just dropped...no biggie...it was just a promised feature. It'll run linux easy, just slap a custom front end on it and call it a day. I would suspect the exact board that ends up in the faux box...if it does come out...will be available retail for a fraction of what backers paid. In the end, pretty much all they are going to get is a fancy case, though much less fancy than the case they thought they were buying. I hope I'm wrong to be honest, I'd prefer the backers don't get cheated. It just seems to me that using off the shelf parts is the only way they are going to have any chance at actually delivering a product and I'm far from sold they can pull even this off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) The presence of the COM port suggests that this thing is designed for sticking in factories where you might potentially need one to talk to an antiquated piece of machinery. Swap it out for a couple of old school joystick ports and you've got a better retro gaming box than anything Atari is ever likely to make though. Nice work ASRock. almost all motherboards still have a com port, but usually its just a header, even my brand new MSI gamer blah blah blah AM4 board has a com port and since I work in a factory full of antiquated machinery, com port's are not really that common Edited April 21, 2019 by Osgeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 All the other NUC's have SD card slots which is probably why the pigeons at Atari are stamping their feet about not getting one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 almost all motherboards still have a com port, but usually its just a header, even my brand new MSI gamer blah blah blah AM4 board has a com port and since I work in a factory full of antiquated machinery, com port's are not really that common I wouldn't say that they're common, but there are enough multi-million dollar machines with them around that are going to have to be well and truly run into the ground before anyone thinks of buying the newer model that comes with a USB port or Ethernet. And yes, you can add one to a regular desktop PC for the price of a $5 plate and cable but they're a relatively rare sight on a NUC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) I wouldn't say that they're common, but there are enough multi-million dollar machines with them around that are going to have to be well and truly run into the ground before anyone thinks of buying the newer model that comes with a USB port or Ethernet. And yes, you can add one to a regular desktop PC for the price of a $5 plate and cable but they're a relatively rare sight on a NUC. every nuc I have ever seen has them, they are usually just not populated / broken out, but its still a place on the board for them and they do work Edited April 21, 2019 by Osgeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I was under the impression that in order to demo hardware, you had to have hardware to demo. Then again, building an x86/x64 Linux box is a complicated drinking game, from what I am given to understand. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Second pre-sale? What does that even mean 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetick1 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Second pre-sale? What does that even mean It means ask (or steal ?) another round of cash from stupid people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 They haven't stopped taking orders since the Indiegogo ended, so I'm wondering the same as Flojomojo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I was under the impression that in order to demo hardware, you had to have hardware to demo. Then again, building an x86/x64 Linux box is a complicated drinking game, from what I am given to understand. May PlaysWithWolves is clairvoyant and the link he gave is their new dev system... except.... That iBox 1000 will exist.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Max Ivi, you weren't supposed to leak this. Your message was deleted: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 More like "don't write checks you can't cash," I think. Wasn't that guy wishcasting for a GDC appearance, too? We know how that turned out -- they showed even less than the prior year, when they brought an empty case and dumb answers to the hotel across the street from the show. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 was that comment deleted already from the IGG page? Last one I see is about 'how many players/controllers supported'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 was that comment deleted already from the IGG page? Last one I see is about 'how many players/controllers supported'. Yep. The Rainfactory Redaction Regiment is always on duty. Side note: for a moment there, I thought Max had come up for air and was breathing again. Seems he's slid back under the Kool-Aid. Of course, it's possible that he could be the greatest taco thread sleeper agent ever. And if he was that good, even we wouldn't know. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Was he the same joker who was like, "deal with google, confirmed!" Because that wasn't doing the project any favors. Better to set expectations closer to something they might deliver. Slow pc, amd inside, Atari Vault. Controller sold separately. Atari: better late then never. That's our story and we're sticking to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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