Greg2600 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Don't feed bad, this fellow is not exactly endeared by the "community." His refusal to share this is flat bizarre. The other guys (DCIO) currently working on their own have said that had he given them a little assistance it would have been very helpful. But he wouldn't respond. It's a hey look what I did, and you'll never get one! I actually contacted this person a long time ago and told him if he got it working that I would pay him royalties and we would get it manufactured. He didn't even seem that interested in that, which basically would be him doing nothing besides maybe offering support and getting paid. So tell him StoneAgeGamer.com would love to help him distribute this item if he ever finishes it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Don't feed bad, this fellow is not exactly endeared by the "community." His refusal to share this is flat bizarre. The other guys (DCIO) currently working on their own have said that had he given them a little assistance it would have been very helpful. But he wouldn't respond. It's a hey look what I did, and you'll never get one! Yeah, it's kind of messed up. Why go through that much effort and NOT try to see it through, especially if you could make some coin on the side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfmateos Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hi, my name is Juan Felix Mateos and I am an electronics engineer from Spain. I have developed a burner/dumper + rewritable multigame cartridge for VECTREX consoles. Its main feature is that the burner/dumper disguises itself as a USB MSD drive (like a pendrive), so you do not need to use any additional software: just drag the ROM file to/from the burner drive (compatible with Windows/Ubuntu/MacOS). The cartridges can be rewritten thousands of times, and they incluse a Pause button to pause/continue your games. It is a two-part system: the buner/dumper that you connect through a USB port to your PC, and the rewritable cartridges that you plug in the burner/dumper. There are two types of cartridges: 4in1 and 16in1: 4in1 can hold up to 4 32kb games or up to 2 64kB games. 16in1 can hold up to 16 32kb games or up to 8 64kB games. You can find more information at: http://www.vectrex.hackermesh.org/index.php/en/mvbd-mvmc-3/introduction-mvbd-mvmc I am offering these items through ebay in case anyone is interested: Burner/dumper: Buy it now (26€): http://www.ebay.com/itm/251468349553 Bid (0.01€): http://www.ebay.com/itm/251467495778 Cartridges: 4in1 (10€): http://www.ebay.com/itm/251466324361 16in1 (15€): Sorry, it is now out of stok. It will be restocked in 15-30 days. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfmateos Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) I had a stroke of luck today: i have received the new batch of 16in1 MATEOS VECTREX REWRITABLE MULTIGAME cartridges, so they are now on ebay:www.ebay.com/itm/251469233299Thanks Edited March 7, 2014 by jfmateos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari2atari Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) I actually contacted this person a long time ago and told him if he got it working that I would pay him royalties and we would get it manufactured. He didn't even seem that interested in that, which basically would be him doing nothing besides maybe offering support and getting paid. So tell him StoneAgeGamer.com would love to help him distribute this item if he ever finishes it! Thanks for giving that a try - - and your webstore is amazing, too, by the way, thanks for that as well! You are probably aware of the "competing" project under development (unfair to call it competition, since it's actually the best and most likely game in town), but if not, here's the most recent post on the development forum - - http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?39733-quot-Let-s-make-GD-ROM-emulation-happen-quot-Facebook-group&goto=newpost They are moving rapidly forward! Having you as a distributor would be amazing, and guarantee a high level of reliability - - if they were interested in it, that is! While a very friendly group so far, and open about progress, it still does have a slight "scene" feel to it. In the end, I don't care where it comes from, I just want sweet, sweet Dreamcast gameplay without the GD-ROM grinding away in the background. I have lost count on the number of drives I have replaced on various DC units and lasers I have recalibrated . . . -a2a Edited March 11, 2014 by atari2atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I'm following the PSIO/DCIO progress closely. DCIO is still a ways off, they need to improve functionality and they have no menu. No idea how well that group will be able to handle the demand of producing the hardware though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard H. Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I finally got around to printing the custom cases for my VecMulti cart (see pic). FYI the cart can hold all the Vectrex games now and in the future. Can run bank-switched (64K) games and those requiring extra RAM. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Nice!, my big brag this week is I bought the cart for the old computers Amiga 500, it gives you CF and extra RAM, it basically gives you what all the 600 and 1200 user have been doing these past few years for less than what it costs to actually buy JUST buy an Amiga 600 or 1200, finally an easy and very well made device for the A500. I've purchased some cool C64 stuff from that same store, they are very reliable and quick to respond to emails. http://www.vesalia.de/ I also got the TI99/4A CF solution, same deal, gives you multiple emulated floppy drives and a host of features, both of these devices I lerned about here so THANKS for this thread and all the great posters who keep their ear to the ground on this stuff. This store was difficult because it is all in French I think it was, been a while since I ordered it but it was the first to arrive today, still waiting on the A500 device but it should arrive soon. I will show pics when I can, it will be a while before I pull those beasts out and have some fun, need to de-clutter dining room lol now I really hope the PSIO guys get their shit together sooner than later. the access to the first demos to donators was promised a while ago and that date has come and gone, I have tons of patience but I wish they would update more, even if to say nothing has progressed or "we're sorry we could not meet the deadline and it looks like we won't be doing that after all, but thanks for the donations... that whole stick and carrot thing really works!!!" et al [i'm just being grumpy now, excuse me, but still happy about the rest, cheers!] thanks guys!! MW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Something maybe to add to the list since IO devices are included is the Amiga Cortex floppy emulator. Looks very cool, and quite cheap... Plan on trying this soon myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Remo: that is VERY interesting, there were some multi device floppy emulators out for a while but you had to put them in your PC to use them, this looks much easier, also I have the catweasel IV which also does great things for the C64 [dual sid chip slots] and a host of floppy emulation for various devices but again, you have to install it in your PCI PC... this new floppy emu looks like it could be great, please let us know if you hear if it goes on sale anywhere, my guess is based on other similar floppy emulators it will be $100 or more, but who knows, if it is just A500 specific maybe it will be less Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 this new floppy emu looks like it could be great, please let us know if you hear if it goes on sale anywhere, my guess is based on other similar floppy emulators it will be $100 or more, but who knows, if it is just A500 specific maybe it will be less I doubt the author is going to sell any devices specifically. You can get the new ARM code from his site, and the Gotek emulator is about $30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 ahh so it does use pre-exiting floppy emu hardware is that it? at $30 though, when I got mine for use in my SNES DR-Backup device [the bung one] it was about $75 at the time... and that was the cheapest I could find,. this was a number of years ago now... or have I completely missed the point? I'm not familiar with "Gotek" I just assumed from the context of your post it is one of those generic floppy emulators that come in a little plastic box... where do you buy the Gotek? [for that price] additionally, how do you add the code? do you need any special hardware to connect it to flash the chips on the gotek or anything? or is it done all through software? forgive my constant ignorance ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 ahh so it does use pre-exiting floppy emu hardware is that it? at $30 though, when I got mine for use in my SNES DR-Backup device [the bung one] it was about $75 at the time... and that was the cheapest I could find,. this was a number of years ago now... or have I completely missed the point? I'm not familiar with "Gotek" I just assumed from the context of your post it is one of those generic floppy emulators that come in a little plastic box... Yes exactly, you are basically taking an off the shelf PC USB floppy emulator (the Gotek in this case) and modifying it with the new ARM code provided by the author. where do you buy the Gotek? [for that price] additionally, how do you add the code? do you need any special hardware to connect it to flash the chips on the gotek or anything? or is it done all through software? The author's page has a direct ebay link in the 'WHERE TO GET THIS EMULATOR' section, I ordered two from that ebay seller myself and have received them. Yes, to reprogram the device you will need a serial RS232<>3.3V TTL adapter or USB to serial cable as described in the 'OK I HAVE THE EMULATOR, HOW TO "TRANSFORM" IT ?' section of the page, and some very minimal wiring/soldering skills to attach it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Sorry to interrupt but, I have a question.. I bought an Everdrive N8 board and a Gyromite 5-screw cart shell to stick it in. Has anyone tried using any unlicensed carts from AVE,etc? I dont see any clear cart shells on Retrousb.com or else id just get one of those.. If so, any pics of your carts? Im dying my case and will post pics when done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 thanx Remo, I actually have that adaptor and even a latop with an actual serial port... this sounds great as a combo for the other gadget since it is so cheap thanks for the info, I've been so busy I can barely look up my own address let alone start searching for stuff and it sounds like the author has made it very easy to find and implement the info, but thank you for bringing it here, always very helpful. I may try this when I get some time to order the gotek cheers MW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicShaman Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 You guys may have noticed jfmateos post about a new Vectrex multicart roughly 10 posts up. He has expanded upon his flash cart system and created a Watara Supervision multicart. You can use the existing MVBD USB cart burner with the MWRMC 8 in 1 Watara Supervision cart. To my knowledge this is the first flash/multicart solution for the Watara Supervision. Visit the AA link below for more info and Ebay links! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/223165-watara-vectrex-flash-cart-rewritable-multigame-cartridge-available/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) I posted a beta port of the VecMulti's MenuMaker for the Mac. It can be found in my Vectrex blog entries. I'm porting it using Lazarus, so it should be an easy recompile for somebody to release a Linux version, PowerPC Mac version, or even back to Windows. Edited March 14, 2014 by SpiceWare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The Everdrive-GB is available for order! http://shop.retrogate.com/Everdrive-GB-EDGB.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychedelicShaman Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 For those who would rather order the Deluxe Edition from Stone Age Gamer, preorders begin on March 29th (today or tomorrow for us late nighters) at 12:00 pm EST. You can order either the Deluxe edition or the board-only version. If you get the Deluxe, you pay the board-only price now and pay the Deluxe edition premium at a later point in time. http://www.stoneagegamer.com/everdrive-gb-preorder.html Thanks for the heads up, goldenegg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Any idea about this Atari 5200 multicart? I bought it years ago and can not find any information on it and my 5200 is not working.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 looks like all the Everdrive GBs got grabbed up, any idea on when new stock will be available at either store? SAG or RG? [no I don't want to pre-order] I usually buy from retrogate, but I certainly have thrown my business to stoneage gamer but I'm no as interested in he deluxe carts on a lot of the units. looks like based on past experience it will be a couple months before you can just buy them at will 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneAgeGamer Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 looks like all the Everdrive GBs got grabbed up, any idea on when new stock will be available at either store? SAG or RG? [no I don't want to pre-order] I usually buy from retrogate, but I certainly have thrown my business to stoneage gamer but I'm no as interested in he deluxe carts on a lot of the units. looks like based on past experience it will be a couple months before you can just buy them at will KRIKzz doesn't wait for me to receive boards before he lists his for sale, so I am kind of forced to take a pre-order for the 2 to 3 weeks I wait for my boards to start arriving from Ukraine. Once they arrive, board only will ship. If you go to my site's ED-GB pre-order you have an option, board only or wait for Deluxe. If you don't want to Deluxe then selecting the board only means that once the boards arrive in stock we will begin to ship those orders. Our board only also come with a free label. You are correct if you don't want to order from me, my guess is you might be waiting a little awhile because if all of KRIKzz's have sold that means the ~25 we have left for pre-order are probably the only ones still available for purchase at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Hi, my name is Juan Felix Mateos and I am an electronics engineer from Spain. I have developed a burner/dumper + rewritable multigame cartridge for VECTREX consoles. Its main feature is that the burner/dumper disguises itself as a USB MSD drive (like a pendrive), so you do not need to use any additional software: just drag the ROM file to/from the burner drive (compatible with Windows/Ubuntu/MacOS). The cartridges can be rewritten thousands of times, and they incluse a Pause button to pause/continue your games. It is a two-part system: the buner/dumper that you connect through a USB port to your PC, and the rewritable cartridges that you plug in the burner/dumper. There are two types of cartridges: 4in1 and 16in1: 4in1 can hold up to 4 32kb games or up to 2 64kB games. 16in1 can hold up to 16 32kb games or up to 8 64kB games. You can find more information at: http://www.vectrex.hackermesh.org/index.php/en/mvbd-mvmc-3/introduction-mvbd-mvmc I am offering these items through ebay in case anyone is interested: Burner/dumper: Buy it now (26€): http://www.ebay.com/itm/251468349553 Bid (0.01€): http://www.ebay.com/itm/251467495778 Cartridges: 4in1 (10€): http://www.ebay.com/itm/251466324361 16in1 (15€): Sorry, it is now out of stok. It will be restocked in 15-30 days. Thanks I received one today, the 8 in 1 version (not mentionned here) for Supervision and Vectrex, and it works just fine on the Supervision. Plus you can fit it into a regular Supervision shell, which is always a good thing. Edited March 31, 2014 by CatPix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) thanx Remo, I actually have that adaptor and even a latop with an actual serial port... this sounds great as a combo for the other gadget since it is so cheapYep, works fine... Doesn't yet support a Kickstart image, but I just built a cable that routes DS0 to either the internal floppy or the GOTEK with a little DPST switch. (Not my idea; a guy on EAB suggested it) Works great. I power up, insert a real floppy for the kickstart. When I get the 1.3 "Insert Disk" screen, I make sure the GOTEK is on the disk I want (or 000 for the menu) and flip the switch. The GOTEK takes over and loads.. I'm sure kickstart support will be added, so I won't have to do that, but it will be nice to be able to flip back to the floppy without major issues if I want to use a real floppy. dseiv Edited April 1, 2014 by desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneAgeGamer Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Thought you guys may enjoy our April Fools joke: http://www.stoneagegamer.com/picodrive.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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