Arcadenut

quote: Originally posted by Joel D. Park: Can anyone explain what I'm seeing here?? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?V...item=1335350005 It could also be a pirated copy. Maybe someone had a bunch of those cart cases that were either liberated from Atari (or Atari dumped them?), who knows...

I am delaying the release of Cart Commander 2.0 so I can finish up some last minute changes (will fix several display issues that have been around since 1.0.0.0!). Look for the End of March as the release date since I will now have to send out a 4th BETA to make sure everything is working as it should. Sorry for the delay, but it will be worth it.

quote: Originally posted by jhansen: Please help. I have an Area 51 arcade game. When you first start the machine the screen is very clear. However, during play, the screen slowly becomes unfocused until it is becomes difficult to play. I cannot adjust the focus to resolve the problem. If the game sits for awhile the problem goes clears up and then reoccurs with the next game. Does anybody have any ideas what my issues may be. Thanks This could be any number of things, however, it's very likely in need of a Cap Kit. If the screen is blury, it could also indicate a problem with the Flyback. A Cap Kit is easy to do, and cheaper than replacing the Fly Back. Word of warning, the Monitor maintains a charge of around 19,000 Volts (even unplugged) and could kill you. If you have never worked on monitors, you need to read as much as you can about it or find someone to do it for you. I have a tutorial on my site on how to do a Cap Kit and it has links to other sources on how to do Cap Kits. I suggest you read them all, then re-read them again to make sure you are comfortable doing it. Its scary as hell the first time you do it (and several times after that ), and you should ALWAYS respect the monitor. I got bit by the chassis the other day while fixing a Ms. Pac Monitor for Ron. It was just off the Big CAP on the board, but it was enough to get my attention Area 51 should be a JAMMA game, so if you have another JAMMA board around, you can also double check to make sure its not a board problem (unlikely based on your description). Here is the link: http://www.arcaderestoration.com/index.asp...=3&DATA=4&CBT=3 Good luck!

quote: Originally posted by jahfish: when is that mac version comming Buy me one of these: http://www.apple.com/powermac/ and I'll rewrite CC for the Mac starting on the day it arrives :-) Until then, your only hope is that Borland decides to port Delphi to OS X 10 [ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: Arcadenut ]

Cart Commander 2.0 is now in BETA 3 and is on schedule for a March Release. Here is a list of what changed.... Note, this list is subject to change by time the final version is relased. - Made HUGE changes to the framework of the code. This will facilitate many cool new features and make it easier to make changes. - Added Code for Hardware Tracking. - Added Collection Explorer. - Added Collection Groups. - Added Media Type to the Cart Class. - Added Media Status to the Cart Class. - Added Acquired From to the Cart Class. - Added Date Acquired to the Cart Class. - Added Year Released to the Cart Class. - Added Copyright Year to the Cart Class. - Added Video Format to the Cart Class. - Added Serial Number to the Cart Class. - Added Default Owner to the Options Dialog. - Added Save tab, for options dealing with Saving Lists. - Added the "List Type" option to the Save Tab. - Added "List Type" to the List Properties Dialog (Also shows up when you create a new list). - Added the Directory for the Configuration files. This is a housekeeping thing. - Added Code to Migrate the Configuration to the new version of 2.0. - Added Customizable Property Dialog. - Added "New..." option for just adding a new Cart/Disk/Whatever... - Added "New..." to Right Click Menu. - Added "Show Collection Explorer" to the general tab in the options dialog. - Added Collection Explorer to the View Menus. - Added Grid Lines to the View Menus. - Added Toolbar button for "New...". - Added List Type to the BIN Report - Added List Type to the Generic Reports - Added List Type to the Cart Compare Report - Added Accelerator for Charts - Added Accelerator for Web - Added "Lists" menu option on the Right Click menu for the Tabs. This will take you to which ever list you have open without having to scroll. - Added "Save" button to the Mfg Options tab. - Added "Collection Report" that shows each list and a summary of them (total rows, total qty). - Changed Range of Rarity and Condition to include 0 so that 0 can represent "Unrated". - Changed "Remove Catridge" to "Remove" on the Right Click Menu. - Changed the Platform list from a drop down list to a list box in the "Manufacturers" tab in Options. - Changed "General Options" on the tab to "General". - Changed "Atari Age Setup" to "Atari Age". - Changed the way Paths are maintained to allow for an unlimited number of path options in the future with a lot less maint. - Changed the File Version to 1.2 so it can support List Type. - Changed Tabs at the bottom of the main window so that they are now color coded. Red=Hardware, Blue=Media. - Changed Tabs at the bottom of the main window so that they indicate a list changed by bolding the text and putting an "*" in front of the text. - Changed the View Customization so that you can now customize the view based on type (Hardware/Media) and Platform. - Changed Status bar to display the Qty and Type of List its displaying insted of Qty and "Carts". - Changed the Platform and Manufacturer tabs to put the text from the list box into the edit box and remove it from the list box when you double click the list box. - Changed the "Carts" menu to "Media" on main menu. - Changed "Add..." to "Add from List..." on main menu. - Changed "Add..." to "Add from List..." on Right Click Menu. - Changed the Hints on the tool bar buttons so that they are more generic. i.e. "Remove Item" instead of "Remove Cartridge". - Changed the Accelerator on the HELP menu from H to P so when the menu changes based on the list type, H will be used for Hardware. - Changed the Add Dialog so that it no longer has the "New..." button on it. - Changed the "Change" menu to be completly Dynamic. You can now change ANY field from here. - Changed the Background color from Gray to White to help reduce "Flicker" when switching lists. - Changed the pictures on the Toolbar buttons. - Changed the behaviour of Compress List. Now it only compresses the items if they are 100% the same. This means the only field that can be different is QTY. - Changed the Export to have a default filename. - Changed the Load Last File to Load Last Files. It now opens all the files that were open when you closed last time. - Changed the Cart Compare Dialog so that you can customize each view independently. Now you configure via a Right Click. - Changed the Cart Compare Dialog so that if there are only two lists open, it automatically selects them both. - Changed the Cart Compare Dialog so that it persists its information. - Changed the Layout of the Cart Compare Dialog since it no longer has a configure button. - Moved the "Save As..." options from the General tab to the Save Tab. - Moved the "Create Backups" option from the General tab to the Save Tab. - Improved the Performance of changing from one list to another. - Improved the Performance when closing Cart Commander with Lists open. - Updated the License.txt file. - Fixed a bug that caused data coruption in the lists. Carriage returns, Line Feeds, " and % characters are now converted to %xx values. - Fixed a bug in the BIN report that was causing the output to be off by 1 cart on the first bin. - Fixed a bug in the BIN report that was causing the BIN number to start at 0 instead of 1. - Fixed a bug in the BIN report that was causing the first row to have the wrong color. - Fixed a bug when you do a SAVE AS... it allowed a list to be opened twice. - Fixed the sorting of lists so that its case insenstive. - Fixed Column Order problem with Reports. - Fixed a problem with the "Load" button on the Mfg Options tab.

quote: Originally posted by Lord Gaiyan: Hey, you can download the demo from http://joshua.vianet.ca/ICBIB.zip Joshua. [ 02-09-2002: Message edited by: Lord Gaiyan ] Thanks dude! You're the man! I really appreciate this! Its just like I remembered it. I'm kicking myself in the ass for not keeping a copy of the source Hind sight is 20/20 I guess. Thanks again.

quote: Originally posted by Lord Gaiyan: I happen to have both Crawly Crypt CDs at home. I'm at work now so I'll bring them over tomorrow so you can download it from me. Joshua. Cool! Thank you very much!

I love the internet! I just found a web site (http://www.spythis.com/cca/38.html) that has a copy of a DEMO that a friend and myself wrote for Atari. We won an Atari TT030 for our efforts (wish I had kept it, but hind site is 20/20). Anyway, they have a link to a ZIP file with our demo in it! The problem is, when I click on the link, I get a DNS error! Someone has to have a copy of the file! Please let me know if you do. Here is the description: The ICBIB (I Can't Believe It's Basic) Demo by Brien King and Cory Chapman for the ATARI DEMO Contest. This demo was written in 100%GFA Basic V3.5e with the help of 74 Bytes of Assembler for the sprite masking routine. This demo takes full advantage of all the extra hardware features of the STe. Works on all STE/ MEGA STE/ TT computers (NO CACHE). Here is the link that doesn't work for me: http://crawlycrypt.chromagic.net/CCC1/STE/ICBIB.ZIP Thanks!

quote: Originally posted by Albert: [img' target='_blank'>/images/news/AtariWatch.jpg [/img]Apparently shown at CES 2002 but escaping our attention until now, it looks like Casio and Infogrames (keeper of the Atari brand) announced an

I sent BETA 1 of Cart Commander 2.0 to the BETA testers last night. I expect to go through atleast 3 BETAs before its official. Once the BETAs are complete, registered users will receive the final version, and 2 - 3 weeks after that, it will be released to the general public. I am currently looking at a March release.

quote: Originally posted by Albert: http://www.backntime.net/Infogrames today announced the Atari Anniversary Edition for the Gameboy Advance, due to ship in March. It will include six Atari arcade titles: Asteroids , Battlezone , Centipede , Missile Command , Super Breakout , and Tempest . Single or multiplayer play is supported, and the title will include an exclusive Atari Trivia Challenge. Thanks to Back in Time for the news, and you can visit them for screenshots of three of the six games. I bet Tempest will suck to play on that. It sucks in MAME using the keyboard, a D-Pad on a handheld will probably be even worse! There are plenty of other Atari games that they could have chosen in place of Break-out and Tempest.

quote: Originally posted by Fretwobbler: Where you use checkboxes at the bottom for stuff like box,manual etc could you change the overlays checkbox to a drop down as strictly speaking there are three viable options for them - Yes, No and Not Available. After looking into this, I may hold off on this until 2.1 as it complicates a few things since that information is normally kept as a boolean value which has two states. True or False. This will require changes to the data type and the handling of the new data type. Its not difficult, just may have a larger impact then what I want to deal with right now. Its been added to the Wish list.

quote: Originally posted by Muddawg: O yeah. Make the old file types conpatible with this version. K? Cart Commander supports all versions. The only two versions out right now are 1.0 and 1.1 (File Format), Cart Commander 2.0 will be version 1.2 for the File Format. You will only be able to READ the older versions of CC files, you won't be able to write older versions. This means that someone using 1.3.0.5 will NOT be able to read 2.0.0.6 and higher files. The easy solution is to upgrade to the latest version when it comes out.

quote: Originally posted by Muddawg: I think that u should also have the Super NES and Amiga as the systems. They are musts. Because me (and ALOT) of other people have em! This version has over 101 platforms thanks to the efforts of Ron Corcoran. There will also be A LOT more Master Lists, also thanks to Ron.

quote: Originally posted by ubersaurus: You should add the Stella Gets a New Brain cd under 2600. I'm not sure how I would classify that as it has stuff for the PC and has more than 1 game if I'm not mistaken. Although, it could be treated like a double ender or multi cart. Although, if you wanted to, you could just as easily add it to your list. Just because it's not in the Master List doesn't mean you can't have it in your list. This has given me an idea for Master lists. I am going to break the master lists down into: Official Releases Proto Types Homebrew Special The code will actually allow you to have an infinite number of master lists broken down into any way you feel fit. If you wanted, the master lists could be broken down into a list per Manufacturer, but that might be a little overboard.

quote: Originally posted by Albert: I hope so, as I would love to have a native version of Delphi for OS X. I bet Cart Commander runs fine in Virtual PC.. ..Al I could see them doing it for OS X fairly easily since they have Kylix which is Delphi on Linux. However, they probably wouldn't do it for an OS prior to that. So of those requesting a Mac Version, what OS would you be running? Has anyone tried Cart Commander in Virtual PC? As for a Linux version, maybe. I own Kylix and have played with it. After 2.0 is out, I will take a serious look at what its going to take to port it. I would like to keep one code base for both versions, but I'm not sure how thats going to work yet. I know that there are some differences that will cause me to write additional code. Has anyone tried Cart Commander in Wine for Linux? Thanks.

quote: Originally posted by Albert: I think I can predict the answer to this one. "Write Borland an Email and tell them you want Delphi for Mac OS and that will help :-)" ..Al What he said. Serriously though. If Borland gets enough requestes, they'll consider it.

quote: Originally posted by Smart Patrol: I'd like to have 5 or so custom text fields that can be named by the user. This would take care of mine and many other people's requests for special fields. -Paul I'm still deciding on the best way to implement this. Look for this in version 2.1 or 2.2.

quote: Originally posted by Fretwobbler: Here's some more - PDA version - imagine that at the second hand shop!. Write Borland an Email and tell them you want Delphi for PDA's and that will help :-) quote: functionality to create your own 'wanted' lists. Thats available in the current version of CC. Do a List comparision against the Master list. That's your "Wanted" list. quote: export data to excel etc. Already in the current version Go to File->Export... or Right Click->Export... quote: database of email collectors whom to send a bulk mail to in an attempt to find a game youve just noticed isn't on your list. Huh? quote: something for game and watch freaks Version 2.1 or 2.2 :-) Thats coming.

quote: Originally posted by Noble Kale: a request (if it has not already been implemented or asked for): a number field for 'manuals' and boxes, etc... I like to keep track of the number of manuals I have, rather than simply knowing that I have one... its more useful for trading if I am able to say 'I have a spare manual for that, which I will also give you', rather than 'I'll have to dig up my manuals to see if I can find another one' Thanks, Kale Manual Tracking will be in version 2.1 or 2.2.

quote: Originally posted by Fretwobbler: A consideration for the 8-bit cassette junkies - Box type? or is that taking things too far??? ADam If enough people demand it, possibly. Otherwise it seems a little excessive for tracking the cartridge (media). Future versions will allow for tracking boxes and at that point, I think it would make sense to have "Box Type". I'm open for comments on this one. I do realize that some games do come in different boxes such as Indy 500 with the controlers, vs. just having Indy 500 in a normal box. Is it important to distinguish between the two types? Although its not difficult to add new fields (as seen in a previous post ), however, I don't want to go way overboard either. If it makes sense, I'll add it.

quote: Originally posted by Albert: Amusing you should bring this up, as it's something I've been meaning to add to AtariAge for some time. For instance, nearly all the unreleased games (for which prototypes have been found) don't have boxes. Would be nice to show them as "n/a" in our rarity guide. Brien -- I disagree about it being a useful feature to have. If you have the ability to generate a list of "boxes I don't have", then CC could ignore any marked as "Not Available". If you have a lot of prototypes in your collection (like Tempest, for instance), then this would be a nice feature to have. Same with Manuals, for that matter. And Overlays, when you add support for them (*especially* overlays, since it's much more applicable in that case). ..Al Good point. I've added it to my "TO DO" list. Time for bed...

quote: Originally posted by Fretwobbler: BIG REQUEST - Could you build in functionality that allows you to select certain data and convert the list held in Cart Commander to a HTML table that collectors can then just cut and paste the script into a web page. That would be awesome - I'd like to put my collection on a website but I cant bring myself to fill in all the data - a collection of say 400 carts with 6 pieces of info on each is 2400 [td] entries! Adam [ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Fretwobbler ] The current version of Cart Commander does this. Do a Custom Report and it will generate a HTML page with the fields you specify. I'm considering for future versions the ability to use HTML templates so that you can customize the output. Thats not going to be until 2.1 or 2.2 though.

quote: Originally posted by Fretwobbler: Where you use checkboxes at the bottom for stuff like box,manual etc could you change the overlays checkbox to a drop down as strictly speaking there are three viable options for them - Yes, No and Not Available. The checkbox serves this function. Yes=Yes I have an overlay for this. No=No I don't or its not available. I'll take a look at making it a 3 state checkbox (Checked, Unchecked, and Grayed). I may not change this, depends on demand.

quote: Originally posted by Fretwobbler: Thats a mighty fine service your giving there Arcadenut. Could you add a number generator as well that accurately predicts the winning lottery numbers every week too It should only take you a minute. Adam If I do that, I wont be updating CC much :-)