"AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

I'm very sorry, I actually missed your post. I have already sent you a message. 

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Yes, AgaCart works with all Lynxes.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

I will try to explain it, but my English is poor and I use the translator;)

Regardless of whether the cartridge works in mode 1 or 2, the number of the selected game is stored in the eeprom memory cell. The number of this cell can be selected in the "quick start" mode, in the range 1-9. Writing to this cell occurs when you select the game and the display goes off.

In the cartridges that I send to you, all 9 memory cells have the number 1 game written, i.e. APB, and memory number 1 is selected.

For example, I often play three games: Rigar, Xenophobe, Shanghai and I like to watch the BadApple demo. So I write it in this way, regardless of the work mode (1 or 2): press the right button, wait until the "ants" pass and the number of the currently selected memory cell will be shown. I switch it to the right number number 2 and press the left button. The game is loaded and memorized in this memory cell. As it is read, I change the game to number 52 (Rygar) and wait for the console to turn off. From now on, game number 52 is stored in cell 2.
I repeat this operation for the rest of the selected games and demos, i.e. in cell 3 I am writing game number 69 (Xenophobe), under cell 4 I am writing game number 56 (Shanghai) and in cell 4 I will remember demo number 131 (BadApple).

 

Now, when I want to play Xenophobe, I turn on the console with the right button pressed, select memory number 3 and press the left button. The game will be loaded.

 

Explanations require operation in mode 2, when the cartridge should wait for the game to be selected and then load it. Well, the entry to "quick start" causes one-off switching from mode 2 to 1, after turning off the console will return to mode 2.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Cartridges are available on a regular basis, I will update the list as soon as I can edit the first post. Expect a message from me.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

- ^ Cro§Bow ^ -, your initial problem was probably due to a bad contact in the cartridge's seat. AgaCart is 0.1mm thicker than the original cartridge, and the contacts are arranged at a slightly different angle. Repeatedly inserting and removing the cartridge cleaned the contacts.

You write about resetting Lynx, do you know how to do it without turning off the console? I can send you the AgaCart schema for analysis.

I think that you are unnecessarily worried about the damage of the console, in 2 months I pulled out and put the cartridge over 500 times and nothing bad happens.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Dreamersoy, thanks for that you wanted

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Important, the file that I put is only for gamecomposer!

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Is there anything I can modify on the AGA cart and/or Lynx mod that will allow me to use it? Regardless, the AGA cart is awesome!

 

 

You can do the following for the test as follows:

In the working console, change the software in AgaCart, for this purpose on an empty SD card, burn the agacart.bin file, put it in the console and turn on the power. The letter "P" will flash for a moment and go out, the software has been updated. From now AgaCart will not work with an unmodified console!

Now in the console with voltage mod you need to short-circuit contacts 31 and 33 in the cartridge socket. In the picture I showed which they are.

Change the SD card to the one with games, put it on the console and write if it works.

agacart.bin

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

At 100% McWill LCD is not the cause.

Unfortunately, I do not know how the voltage mod is made, but I have some suspicion. In the original cartridge, contacts 33 (VCC) and 31 (PWR_ON) are shorted, while in AgaCart, contact 31 is controlled from Atmega64. If the voltage mod uses this signal, there may be problems, its maximum current is 20mA.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

I did not understand well if you only have a McWill mod or do you also have a voltage mod?

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Got mine. SUPER AWESOME. Definitely worth the $$. My only issue is I can't get it to work with any of my customized, McWill LCD Lynx. It looks like in your video you are using a modified Lynx... So I must just be doing something wrong.

Can you describe what the problem is? Or take a photo of what it looks like?

Yes, I am using a modified Lynx II and I have no problems.

I've been fixing Lynx I so far and he did not want to work with AgaCart, the SD card error was showing up. The cause was a broken zener diode, on the electronics supply it was 7.8V!

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

I was trying to switch filaments halfway in the print but the result was crap with my Monoprice printer.

 

Do you have a Marlin firmware in the printer? Did you use the M600 command in g-code to change the filament?

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

The design looks so nice that I would like to get one as well.

 

Karri, should I add you to the list?

 

 

Rafat, would you be willing to tell us the brand of 3D printer and filament you use for this? The quality is great.

 

I have a Prusa i3 MK2.5S + MMU2 color module. Filament PLA Fiberlogy. This is how my set looks:

 

 

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

ComLynx is communication between consoles, and it does not depend on the cart, so I do not see a reason not to work.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

I found some time and recorded a video of cartridge operation, the first part shows mode 1, then I switch to mode 2.

 

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Yes, it has the same dimensions as the original cartridge. It should only be remembered that each time you will need to open the console lid to be able to switch the game.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

It's just as you write, AgaCart does not support the results because of the very small number of games that support it.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

I sent the PW to the first five people regarding the shipment, and I will write to other people soon.

Possible payment is PayPal or bank transfer.

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

In the first post I will update the list of orders.

[Important Note Regarding Post Editing]

I would like to have the ability to edit the first post of my thread for to create and update a waiting list: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/290638-agacart-my-version-of-the-atari-lynx-sd-cartridge/

["AgaCart" my version of the Atari Lynx SD cartridge]

Hi, I wanted to present to you my version of the Lynx cartridge. The name and graphics on the sticker refer to my daughter Agata.

 

 

Technical details

- support for SD and SDHC cards to 32GB in the micro standard,
- FAT16 and FAT32 files system support,
- software upgrade from the SD card level (bootloader),
- the ability to enable/disable verification of writing to the SRAM memory,
- operation using two buttons,

- support for up to 199 files (software restriction),

- game numbers, error codes and other information displayed on the display at the back of the cartridge,

- automatic memorising of the last used file number,
- 9 memory cells to memorising the most used or favorite games, the so-called speed dial,
- two modes of operation possible:

1. after starting the console, the last used game file is automatically read from the SD card and saved in SRAM,
2. after starting the console, cartridge waits for you to dial the number of the game and then it’s read from the SD card and saved in SRAM,

- .LYX file support in size 256kB and 512kB (128kB after convertion to 256kB),
- after loading the game the SD card is disconnected, to save energy,

- every time you start the console cartridge counts the number of files in the root directory of the SD card and it does not allow you to choose the bigger number than the actual number of files,

- the cartridge cover is a three-colored print from the 3D printer

 

I have more information in the instructions.

Manual_en.pdf

 

 

Link to the online LYX converter: https://atarigamer.com/lynx/lnx2lyx

 

 

Cart cost: 220PLN/ 52EUR/ 45GBP/ 57USD,  shipping 25PLN/ 5EUR/ 5GBP/ 6USD

 

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[Lynx II and Mikey from Lynx I]

Bradley Koda from Best-Electronic answered me that way. There I bought VC5138.

[Lynx II and Mikey from Lynx I]

Does Mikey of Lynx I VC5138 fit into Lynx II, where Mikey has the C301719? Motherboard revision C104471.

After soldering VC5138 I have stripes on the picture and noise instead of sound.