Curt Vendel Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/7800/7800-20th/3_comp_boards.jpg Do you have them on your website? I'd love to see them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamentus Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Crossing my fingers that new orders will eventually happen and are in enough volume that I can get my hands on one. There are so many of these types of projects that are really awesome but get only minimal release due to existing in limbo between too much demand for a one man/small team hobbiest to keep up and not enough demand for a full time company and/or bulk production run. Ive experienced it personally trying to get a 3DO RGB Mod, RetroHQ Neo Geo Pocket Color Flashcart, Phoebe Saturn ODE, DreamPSU, RetroTrio Sega Genesis/CD/32X Model 1 Tower of Power 3-in-1 PSU, Skunkboard (though I got lucky and found one a few months ago), etc - just the name of the game I suppose lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Thanks for the update, Curt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Thanks for the update, Curt. What update is that? Did I miss something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 It's great that you advertised that keyboard adapter but it's a little bit premature. There's been some radio silence on the XM so I take the problems they encountered (the last batch of problems that is) is still not completely solved. I wish it was different but that's not the case. If/when they solve them then that gizmo of yours would be something worth considering, until then it can wait. That was actually why I came on now. Yeah, we've been stalled for quite some time, roadblocked on this BIOS situation and Mark has become very busy so he doesn't have time to assist right now, Perry and I are going to pursue things further and see what we can find. Thanks for the update, Curt. What update is that? Did I miss something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Curt, Any chance of an update to the state of completion as of 6/4/2018 please? Would really like to hear what progress has or has not been made towards completing the XM. Really hoping it's more of the former and surly not the latter. Is the end in sight for the XM to be 100 percent completed or is it going to be a long time before it looks to be done? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Curt, Any chance of an update to the state of completion as of 6/4/2018 please? Would really like to hear what progress has or has not been made towards completing the XM. Really hoping it's more of the former and surly not the latter. Is the end in sight for the XM to be 100 percent completed or is it going to be a long time before it looks to be done? Thanks in advance. See above... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 Surprisingly good news today... While doing some testing of one of the XM test boards, I was able to successful get it to boot up from the BIOS chip onboard: I had several pre-flashed BIOS chips, one has Mark's Worms game on it which booted first, then another with a repeated image of Centipede in the 128K which also booted... I had another with an older rev of the XMBIOS on it and it did boot but then stopped, so I need to re-flash a fresh BIOS chip with the latest Rev of the BIOS: 1.32f - it will be a few days, I damaged my PLCC32 adapter for my programmer and I have another on its way in. So this is some VERY positive news, because now we can get the BIOS booting up and move to test the High Score and POKEY next. Also - a HUGE thank you to an old friend: Michael St. Pierre who kindly sent me his VERY cool XEGS to PC keyboard interface which I am looking VERY forward to trying out on the XM once I finish with the HSC and POKEY testing. I recommend to EVERYONE who is on the Pre-order list and those who will order when the XM is available in the AtariAge store - this is a MUST buy item which will make using the keyboard function on the XM a world better, of course - the caveat is, some still needs to write a game (or Application - like a Wordprocessor or Text adventure or Star Raiders) to the XM to really make full use the keyboard interface. Will check back in a few days with another update. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hi Shawn, Actually just posted some info. Curt, Any chance of an update to the state of completion as of 6/4/2018 please? Would really like to hear what progress has or has not been made towards completing the XM. Really hoping it's more of the former and surly not the latter. Is the end in sight for the XM to be 100 percent completed or is it going to be a long time before it looks to be done? Thanks in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hi Shawn, Actually just posted some info. Awesome. Thanks for the update. Glad to hear it was positive news too! Look forward to the next update. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Michael any relation to Hyde? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 That adapter sounds cool.. great news Curt!! Keep Cruisin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Surprisingly good news today... While doing some testing of one of the XM test boards, I was able to successful get it to boot up from the BIOS chip onboard: I had several pre-flashed BIOS chips, one has Mark's Worms game on it which booted first, then another with a repeated image of Centipede in the 128K which also booted... I had another with an older rev of the XMBIOS on it and it did boot but then stopped, so I need to re-flash a fresh BIOS chip with the latest Rev of the BIOS: 1.32f - it will be a few days, I damaged my PLCC32 adapter for my programmer and I have another on its way in. So this is some VERY positive news, because now we can get the BIOS booting up and move to test the High Score and POKEY next. Also - a HUGE thank you to an old friend: Michael St. Pierre who kindly sent me his VERY cool XEGS to PC keyboard interface which I am looking VERY forward to trying out on the XM once I finish with the HSC and POKEY testing. I recommend to EVERYONE who is on the Pre-order list and those who will order when the XM is available in the AtariAge store - this is a MUST buy item which will make using the keyboard function on the XM a world better, of course - the caveat is, some still needs to write a game (or Application - like a Wordprocessor or Text adventure or Star Raiders) to the XM to really make full use the keyboard interface. Will check back in a few days with another update. Fantastic news Curt, glad you got past that BIOS POST issue or whatever it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Heh, and to think the XM was the reason I got an XEGS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I thought these were done and shipped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSprinter Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) Surprisingly good news today... While doing some testing of one of the XM test boards, I was able to successful get it to boot up from the BIOS chip onboard: I had several pre-flashed BIOS chips, one has Mark's Worms game on it which booted first, then another with a repeated image of Centipede in the 128K which also booted... I had another with an older rev of the XMBIOS on it and it did boot but then stopped, so I need to re-flash a fresh BIOS chip with the latest Rev of the BIOS: 1.32f - it will be a few days, I damaged my PLCC32 adapter for my programmer and I have another on its way in. So this is some VERY positive news, because now we can get the BIOS booting up and move to test the High Score and POKEY next. Also - a HUGE thank you to an old friend: Michael St. Pierre who kindly sent me his VERY cool XEGS to PC keyboard interface which I am looking VERY forward to trying out on the XM once I finish with the HSC and POKEY testing. I recommend to EVERYONE who is on the Pre-order list and those who will order when the XM is available in the AtariAge store - this is a MUST buy item which will make using the keyboard function on the XM a world better, of course - the caveat is, some still needs to write a game (or Application - like a Wordprocessor or Text adventure or Star Raiders) to the XM to really make full use the keyboard interface. Will check back in a few days with another update. Would I need to search my e-mails again for my order number? Edited June 5, 2018 by NightSprinter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I thought these were done and shipped? Nope some have for testing possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Surprisingly good news today... While doing some testing of one of the XM test boards, I was able to successful get it to boot up from the BIOS chip onboard: I had several pre-flashed BIOS chips, one has Mark's Worms game on it which booted first, then another with a repeated image of Centipede in the 128K which also booted... I had another with an older rev of the XMBIOS on it and it did boot but then stopped, so I need to re-flash a fresh BIOS chip with the latest Rev of the BIOS: 1.32f - it will be a few days, I damaged my PLCC32 adapter for my programmer and I have another on its way in. So this is some VERY positive news, because now we can get the BIOS booting up and move to test the High Score and POKEY next. Stuff starting to work is always great news when developing hardware . Bad news is when it's so completely dead it leaves you scratching your head as to where to look first . Also - a HUGE thank you to an old friend: Michael St. Pierre who kindly sent me his VERY cool XEGS to PC keyboard interface which I am looking VERY forward to trying out on the XM once I finish with the HSC and POKEY testing. I recommend to EVERYONE who is on the Pre-order list and those who will order when the XM is available in the AtariAge store - this is a MUST buy item which will make using the keyboard function on the XM a world better, of course - the caveat is, some still needs to write a game (or Application - like a Wordprocessor or Text adventure or Star Raiders) to the XM to really make full use the keyboard interface. I won't be making these myself, but hopefully someone like MacRorie will decide to do so if there is demand for it. Of course anyone can take the DIY approach by purchasing the board and parts (everything needed to do this can be found at: https://ataribits.weebly.com/tk-ii.html). I'm glad the good old USPS got the sample to your doorstep Curt . Michael any relation to Hyde? No. Who's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Maybe someone can do an Infocom Z3 interpreter xD? That'll give you the Zork games, H2G2, and a bunch of other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Oh boy. My first time checking-in at AtariAge in well...ages. Looking forward to getting my XM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 Another one on the bench being assembled... 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I just received a test board from Curt so we'll have three of us looking at it as we work thru the issues. Here's a few pics. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I just received a test board from Curt so we'll have three of us looking at it as we work thru the issues. Here's a few pics. xm1.jpg xm2.jpg That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Oh, that is just awesome! Thanks for your continued work, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SmittyB Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 That is a lovely sight, thanks for sharing tep392. Both the board and the casing look like a work of art, not to mention all the technical wizardry that has gone into making them so far. On unrelated note I think I used to have the same TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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