Rolo

January 28

It's on eBay now:

Super Cassette Vision

Nr. 335232048088

- Rolo

January 17

I'm planning to put the console and the joystick on eBay, soon.

Somebody interested?

- Rolo

February 13, 2023

I have no clue…

First of all you‘d need somebody who is interested at all … Not easy.

January 8, 2023

project update:

This is my current stock, it's just a small project:

Happy New Year! 🎇

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December 1, 2022

project update:

Still there and selling a couple of cartridges from time to time. 😁

I'm still reproducing all cartridges (8-16 and 16-32) and adapters in small numbers, as soon stock goes down.

Merry Christmas. 🎅

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July 23, 2022

Hi Owen,

After a long, long time, I made some new Multi-cartridges. So, I have seven or eight cartridges on stock, at the moment.

Just tell me please, if your request still is valid.

Best regards,

Rolo

March 11, 2022

project update:

Is the project still alive? Yes, it is.

I just got new pcbs to fill up empty stock. I've got all the components in my boxes and could start making new ones.

At the moment I'm doing some home renovation and I'm occupied with real life. The tools are packed up in boxes. Retro has to wait.

But it is just a break. I'll do my "homework" in little steps.

February 23, 2022

Well, I don't know the wiring of the Famicom controllers, but in the end, there is not much inside the SCV-controllers, except switches and two diodes. You could attach almost any joystick with a little bit of modification. Maybe you really check out the post mentioned above to see how it works.

January 12, 2022

I sent you a PM.

January 3, 2022

Hi Dopy25,

US is no problem. I'll do a little price calculation and I'll come back to you.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Rolo

January 2, 2022

Hi,

I'm selling my modified Dondzilla cartridge with the switchbox now.

Does anybody have interest?

Best regards,

Roland

December 13, 2021

The controllers are the most interesting components of the console, I think. The inbuilt PONG variant, which offers the possibility of turning the field player, is a brilliant idea! Unfortunately the controllers are difficult to handle with precision. You never know, where the point of contact really is. Furthermore it is really difficult to handle the four axis independently.
Most of the other games I tried so far, however are not extremely thrilling, in my opinion.
Another remarkable fact is, that the Channel F already is a videoram based system, different from other consoles like the Atari VCS, which is producing the playfield on the fly.

December 12, 2021

This is great news. The library could use some new titles!

Sorry no progress in making the SCART cables. I had to many non-retro things going on the last couple of weeks. I had no real motivation to sit down and solder things...

December 12, 2021

No, it's not. You get them for something like 50 to 60 Euros, if some scratches and marks are ok. It is a historically interesting console, but it is not a very big fun to play console ... At least most of the games.

A collector's piece, in my opinion.

November 17, 2021

Look:

November 14, 2021

I just ordered connectors for ten Super Cassette Vision DIN8-to-SCART-cables.

October 29, 2021

Channel F: A Simple Joystick Repair

During a game session I lost two Channel F controllers. Really fragile units!

I noticed the missing contact signal on the yellow wire, despite of a working controller-switch. There are squeeze marks on the cable caused by the cable relieve, which I found suspicious.

I cut off 10 cm of the cable to get rid of the "bad" part of the long controller cable. And desoldered the remains of the cables. The plastic is melting really quickly and the contact lids can fall off easily!!! This work must be done very carefully, without heating up the switch to much. It seems like during the production process, the metal parts were soldered unassembled and then simple clicked onto the plastic pins.

It is a good idea to keep the contacts in position with the help of tweezers during re-soldering. A drop of superglue can help a lot to re-attach the metal-lids.

The bottom piece of the other controller construction was broken, too. It fell off. I fixed it with superglue and cut a little piece off a cork, to make a small supporting part for the bottom disc. I hope, this will be enough, to hold the disc in place...

A simple repair, two controllers brought back to "life".

October 24, 2021

No problem, still counting .... ?

October 10, 2021

So we are up to five? Anybody else?

Winter is lurking nearby and a warm soldering iron is good for getting warm fingers again. ?

I think I'm going to order some SCART-cables and some DIN-Connectors soon.

Maybe we can organize shipping in a cheaper way, if I put all US-bound cables into one box and you dispatch nationally. Probably shipping within the US is cheaper? What do you think? DHL tracked parcels from Germany to US are currently charged with something like US$15.

-Rolo

October 7, 2021

Let's wait a couple of days, to give anybody a chance to read this thread... ⏳

October 6, 2021

Hi Guys,

You probably saw my posting above. It is quite easy and straight forward to make such a SCART-cable.?

If there is demand for a few more cables, it probably makes sense for one of us to buy a bunch of components and make some cables, instead of each of us to start all over again.

I suggest, we try to figure out first, how many DIN to SCART cables we need. I assume, anybody of us tries to provide those cables cheaply. No business. ?

Maybe anybody who needs one, just posts a little one-liner right here in the thread?

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September 19, 2021

Hi D-Bloke,

I just checked the news on Atari Age and see your post above. ? I did not do any retro stuff in summer time.

So, you need a Dragon Cartridge and an adapter for Acetronic?

I'll check my dust-covered "stock" an PM you, right?

Best regards,

Rolo

September 19, 2021

Hi ppj34,

I haven't been here for a while and just saw your question.

The adapters are connecting devices, which are plugged in between a special memory cartridge (Dragon Multi-Cartridge) and an original console, like a Radofin 1292 system. You can not plug an original INTERTON cartridge into the adapter. The procedure is:

I program VC-4000 and all APVS-games into an eprom
The eprom resides on the Dragon Multi-Cartridge
The Dragon Cartridge is plugged into the adapter
The set-up is plugged into your APVS-console
Now you can play the games on the native console

Please check the link https://atariage.com/forums/topic/259234-multi-cartridge-for-interton-vc4000-video-computer/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3899990 for some photos.

Best regards,

Rolo

PS: If you PM me, I'll get a notification and can respond quicker.

August 29, 2021

Hi Senile Data Systems,

Maybe you can add some useful information. Are you going to sell them? What will be the price? Do you have a picture?

Concerning my own multi-carts, after some major interest last Christmas, the demand for the cartridges has been zero for a couple of months now. Maybe there is another solution out there or something else. I don't know. Or maybe summertime is not the right time for retro, though the last years I had some orders all over the year.

Anyway, good to have some suppliers for cartridges and not to depend on one.

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May 22, 2021

Yes, why not? Calling cards, stamps, old radios, batteries ?

Where is the difference?

Technical everyday details, nobody cares about and suddenly they are gone ...

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