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  2. FJC, just kicking this topic to see how things are getting along? Thank you, always, for all of the hard work. Can't wait for something we can help with and write apps for.
  3. Well if you had the original cartridge board to use, there seems to be jumper on the board as well to control one of the eprom pins. But the dumped code runs fine on flashrom99 and burned into a 2764 on 64k cartridge board. It wants of course an original ti rs232 card at 1300 to run.
  4. Yeah, a vast majority of retro arcades do the Galloping Ghost model now - it really seems to be the only way to make retro truly work. But it's always weird in that they'll mix it in with expensive new pinball machines and skeeball. Most places that have both of those though will charge for those games, since upkeep on them sucks. Funny you mention Elev8. I know the CEO and I've been to the one in Sanford. I've done a little bit of contract work for them, although most of the stuff I've done is for a company that supplies their arcade machines. Either way, the Sanford location does have a large retro arcade space downstairs the last time I was there, but I also am not sure how it is faring. Online reviews there seem rather negative, and I guess the Seminole Mall was just shut down? Tampa on the other hand (which I haven't visited) seems to be garnering positive reviews though. When it comes to those big Family Entertainment Centers, retro is just filler for old guys. It sucks, but unfortunately kids/teens just don't play those enough to make it worthwhile, at least in that pay-per-play type situation. That's where I think that the graphical presentation needs to look modern to help draw them in. It's anathema to say "graphics matter," but in the modern arcade, they do if you want people to drop a coin or swipe a card. On another note, I was sent a couple of pics of the first Recharged game cabinet (a 2p and 4p model). It's only the cab and the artwork but they are looking really nice. I probably won't be able to post them after I visit tomorrow(embargo until the Amusement Expo show), but I should be able to speak generally about what I see. Anyone want to guess as to which Recharged game will be the first?
  5. visuals were all messed up on my 32x, as expected ribbon cables between the 2 pcbs were lose, works fine again

    I wonder how many 32xs were discarded because of these cables?

    I think this has been an issue with all bout one of the dozen or so non-working 32xs I've had over the years

  6. Time to.flash the firmware too. That is the original 10-12+ year old Candle firmware you have there. Fjc's 2023 firmware is the one you'll want. https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/ultimate-1mb/ Incidentally, whilst agree the 1200xl's amazing mitsumi keyboard is the best, there are some very good 800Xl/600Xl keyboards out there. Some of the variants are terrible though.
  7. Thanks for the compliment. I wanted the arcade feel and graphics mostly. I actually started programming to feed my video arcade addiction. A track ball would be nice for sure. At the time every game had to use the joystick most people did not even have paddles.
  8. You have to sign in through the browser on your TI. Download the browser from Stewart's website
  9. It is the installation instructions for all of the tools. If you can get to the point where you are invoking the assembler’s help instructions, the tools have been installed correctly. At that point you should be able to do something similar with the gpl assembler. That is, get the help for it.
  10. I'm just gonna put these as homebrews, since alot of the others listed above are in that category. homebrew games Novawolf - Peter J Meyer + V61 Venture - Peter J Meyer + V61 Helicommander - Peter J Meyer + V61 Zoo Keeper - Peter J Meyer + V61 Fruity Pete - Fandal + V61 Tile Smashers - Peter J Meyer, Kamakazi 20012 + V61 Putt 18 mini golf - Peter J Meyer + V61
  11. I watched all the videos. It took a couple of hours, but there was some really fascinating info. The guy definitely has a passion for what he does! Thanks for sharing.
  12. Wow! This cable works with my Toshiba 14AF44 which has Component YPbPr with the following Resolutions: 240p, 480i. The picture and sound are great via this cable and 7800GD. I am one happy customer.
  13. Thanks I see the instructions and that the GPL version is there. But having never worked with PYTHON or command line this is just like it says in the documents Tutorial A STEEP LEARNING CURVE. It does not explain how to Assemble GPL or how to debug or where to look for the listing or even if there is a listing of errors to look at? It just like Linux as it does not explain anything and takes for granted you are a expert with Python before you even launch it. I did GPL tutorials on Youtubes and posted them to show how to use the GPL Ryte Data GPL Assembler along with the files in step by step. Really if you do not do this do not expect new users very often. What you will get instead is Python trained people or Linux people only. How to files and video must always be included with anything complicated to learn, or you will end up with a small user base.
  14. I think the smallest one is the atmega168 with 16kb of storage enough for two full 8k groms. And looks like price is only $2.94 usd from mouser: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microchip-Technology/ATMEGA168A-PU
  15. Interestingly, the EPROM used in the Viditel cartridge is an 8K TMS2564 (matches with my notes on the cart) according to the picture. Luckily, it is one of the 28-pin versions which are easier to find than the 24-pin version. Programming the code could be done using an adapter and substituting a 2764 for the TMS2564. It might also involve an adapter for the socket in the cartridge as well.
  16. No idea. I've had mine for a couple of decades. They are very hard to come by these days unfortunately.
  17. Today
  18. Right now it is physical cart only. If there are 100 orders of the cart by March 24 there will be box, overlay, manual and rom option for $20 more. There is no rom only option at this time or possibly ever.
  19. Hi All, here is my latest update on the SAMS MiniPEB Memory card, I found a few errors and missing connections. This is Version 3.0, the next update should be the final, Regards Arto.
  20. Yea I am a GPL programmer and this is the Assembly section as far as I can tell.
  21. Thanks, yeah it lived most it's life at a take-away (fish&chips) shop down the road from where i grew up. In 1997 they were changing business owners and the old owners were selling it off along with a pinball machine they had. As we used to sit and play while waiting for our food my father decided to buy it. $60 wasn't exactly cheap in 97 although in hindsight it was a bargain. As far as i know from what my father said is, they would sell old PCBs and replace with a new game every few years or so. I am guessing there was a business that did the swap for these shops that had cocktails. Not sure how many are still kicking around as i very rarely see them these days. Told my father if he was ever going to get rid of it to let me know. So about 6 years ago he came around my house with it on a trailer 😃
  22. There is a 2023 update to this game: It has a separate battle screen with large characters.
  23. This updated version looks like it uses static ram instead of the tms4500 and the dram but allows for that option as well, you can see the empty 40 pin socket for the dram controller and the empty ram sockets, I doubt you could use both.
  24. I was looking at cartridge options a while back for Ghostbusters and a quick Google returned some surprisingly high results, so I discarded the idea. My bad, I should've looked a bit further, I didn't mean to spread FUD about the UberGROM. I also didn't realize the AVR connects to the bus directly, that's actually quite interesting. So it should be almost trivial to add it to an existing 512kb ROM-only design? My GROM needs are very limited (just need a start-up routine to ensure the cart starts up in bank one, and upload some character definitions to the VDP to spruce up the cartridge selection screen). The entire thing should fit in ~256 bytes. Any recommendations for the smallest/cheapest possible AVR that would work?
  25. I'm beginning to think that composite is not a good fit for modern TVs. I'm getting a better image on both 7800 and Jag through RF. Regardless of what I use to upscale or not. It's starting to look like RF is the way to go or if you need to mod it you need VGA. Though haven't tried S-video.
  26. We have half of it the client side to display the incoming text and graphics from our rs232 card using that dumped cartridge. We just need the host software to generate the outbound data which the commentary mentions on that blog.
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