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Lil Alien: Didn't get to the post office yesterday (life got in the way... sorry). It's going out today airmail. Quadrunner: Thanks for the compliment. I presume this one is yours? It'll be going out today too! Tracking to both will follow. Thomas COREi64

Thanks to Lil Alien's loan of his cartridge board, I've completed work on the case for the horizontal connector case. This design will work on ALL Atari 8-bit computers, including the 1200. This is the board that it's modeled after: And here is a side by side comparison of the two versions: If you're interested in one for yourself, you can pick it up here: http://corei64.com/store/index.php?cPath=16 Thomas

I would just need to borrow one of these boards for a short while, and I could adapt my design. Same deal applies, if you loan me your board, you get the device sent back to you in a case in the color of your choice. If that appeals to you, let me know. Thomas COREi64

Thanks for the positive comments on the case. Glad you guys are enjoying it. It does look nice in your machines. And yes, I use Lulzbot TAZ5 printers. The photo in the tread above is exactly what they look like! Thomas COREi64

Received the cartridge in good order thanks! I decided however to give my cartridge an "Ultimate" cartridge case upgrade... Anyone interested in having one of these for themselves in their choice of color, let me know. The case is of course two piece, held together with four black oxide hex head screws that thread into brass heatsets embedded into the lid of the cartridge case. This case is compatible with all 8-bit Atari machines. Test photos can be provided if needed. For those replying from this thread, you can have one for $15.00 USD plus shipping. Just PM me. Thanks again for the great cartridge, just love it. Thomas COREi64

Hello again. Here are photos of the revised Atari Ultimate cartridge. It has been test fit in all of the Atari 8-bit machines. Here are some photos of the test, and a nice light blue finished product with the cartridge installed in it. Here are the machine tests:

I've been recently asked by people here, and on the Commodore side of my business for higher resolution / smoother finish prints. I've been doing some testing, and have found that 100 microns is viable. As such, I've decided to offer prints at 100 micron resolution as an upgrade over the standard print resolution of 200 microns. You'll currently find that option available on the Atari Ultimate 1200 cartridge at present on the shop. If there's another model that you'd like at the higher resolution and the option isn't available, please let me know and I'll make the adjustment to the shop. I do however have to charge an additional small surcharge on models for the higher resolution as it does double the print time, thus consuming more power to generate the model. Thomas

Happy to help. I'll have it printed today and on it's way to you tomorrow. Will e-mail you when it's out the door! Thomas

Thanks for sharing the photos. Nice to see it fitting well in your Atari 1200! Thomas COREi64

Message me your address, and I'll see if I can do anything about the shipping costs for you. Thomas COREi64

That's great news. Any chance you can share some photos here? I'd love to see it, as you're the first one to try the new Atari 1200 revisions I've made. Thomas COREi64

Yes, I have quite a lot of filament in various colors. I do a fair bit of printing for the Commodore crowd and go through it pretty quickly (www.corei64.com/store) to see all the different things I've designed to date. I run Lulzbot TAZ5 printers. Thomas

You're right, the green is one of the translucent colors. In translucent's, I have green, yellow, cobalt blue and natural/clear. The rest are all solids. Also have some others (UV color changing filaments), and gold that I haven't photographed but the UV color changing ones would be more money to print in, as they're more expensive filaments to buy. Thomas

Hi. Here are most of the colors. I haven't yet opened up my box containing gold colored filament, so that's the only one I haven't shot a photo of for you. The dark blue is a translucent (kind of a cobalt translucent blue I'd call it). There are two yellows. The last photo is the solid yellow, and the other is a translucent yellow. The one that looks clear, is the translucent "clear/transparent" as they call it, but it's just a natural translucent color. Of course, there's black too... but black is well, black.

I have a new version coming out that is compatible with the Atari 1200. Also going to be adjusting the blank cartridge shell to be Atari 1200 compatible as well. Stay tuned. Thomas COREi64

Super, thanks for that! Ok, I've revised the model, reducing the overall cartridge height by 2.5mm So what I've got is a cartridge that's 21mm thick, and 65mm wide Based on what you're seeing there, does that sound about right? Thanks, Thomas

Could I ask you one more thing? How much of the cartridge goes into the 1200? (measurement from the bottom of the cartridge up)? Reason I ask, is that I may need to only shave off the sides from the bottom part of the cartridge due to the placement of the screws that hold the case halves together near the top. They're really close to the edge. Thanks Thomas COREi64

Thank-you for that measurement! Thomas COREi64

Is there anyone you know, or anyone reading, that could measure the port opening of an un-altered Atari 1200? I'd like to make the adjustment on the cartridge so that it would fit a standard, unaltered Atari 1200 cartridge port. So I take it then, you never adjusted the port opening for thickness, just width? Is that correct? If that's the case, then I just need to know the width of an unaltered Atari 1200 cartridge port opening. Once I have that, then if you'd like Frankie, I'd be happy to send you a replacement that will fit your machine. Thomas

Is that the only issue, that it's too thick? If that's the only issue, then I could perhaps revise the model such that it would fit your 1200. If it were thinner, do you think it'd fit? What's the maximum thickness it can be to fit your machine? Thomas COREi64

Awesome. You're right however, I should have called it translucent from the start regardless of what the filament spool said. Agreed, all good! COREi64

I guess we're on the same page. I too agree it's translucent, however, that's not what they call it, and I didn't define it. You are incorrect however in that not every filament is transparent in one layer. For the most part only translucent/transparent filaments are. Everything else, unless you're superman, isn't transparent on the first layer. In summary, then let's call it translucent and be done with it. COREi64

The "transparent" is printed with transparent filament. If you look at how FDM printing works, it lays down the plastic in layers, which diminishes the effect of the transparency as each layer is built on the next. So is it transparent like glass or acrylic... Nope, never could be. But is it printed with transparent filament... yes it is. Transparent 3D printed cases also disperse the light from internal light sources (ie: power/activity lights) very nicely giving the board cartridge an interesting glow effect. I guess what I'm saying is the definition of transparent as it relates to FDM printing isn't the same as the dictionary definition. I guess it would be more suitably defined as translucent... But the filament I use is still called "Transparent". COREi64

I don't know when it was run. It was loaned to me by retango (the guy that started this thread). Here are photos of the board that this cartridge is based on: Hope this helps. COREi64

I found it very easy to press the reset button without pressuring the cartridge. Others might light to comment on their experiences. COREi64