First JagCF PCBs manufactured

[+remowilliams]

Awesome, definitely want to pick up a JagCF unit.

 

The Skunkboard and now the JagCF - good days for Jaguar fans!

[ovalbugmann]

No time frame has been given and no speculation of time needed has been stated.

 

Testing of the CF has to be done and then a bulk machined soldered order of CFs. So I'm hoping it's within a years' time from now till the order taking begins. I hope that's an over-estimate, just going by the more relaxed pace the CF dev is in that's all.

 

As long as the project doesn't get dropped, or fade away into a distant memory that will be nice.

[Atari_Falcon]

No time frame has been given and no speculation of time needed has been stated.

 

Testing of the CF has to be done and then a bulk machined soldered order of CFs. So I'm hoping it's within a years' time from now till the order taking begins. I hope that's an over-estimate, just going by the more relaxed pace the CF dev is in that's all.

 

As long as the project doesn't get dropped, or fade away into a distant memory that will be nice.

 

I completely agree!

[Zerosquare]

Yes, we prefer not to give dates, since there it is too dependent on how much free time we get, and whether things work as planned

 

That said, we hope to be able to start selling the JagCF towards fall 2009.

[The_Laird]

Any chance of somebody bringing one to Jagfest UK in September?

[Zerosquare]

If we have working prototypes then, we'll probably lend one to the RGC team for them to demo it at JagFest UK

[ovalbugmann]

Yes, we prefer not to give dates, since there it is too dependent on how much free time we get, and whether things work as planned

 

That said, we hope to be able to start selling the JagCF towards fall 2009.

 

Oh, that would be real niice!!!

[+Guitarman]

I'm in for one!!

[GT Turbo]

Pictures of the first JagCF prototypes :

 

http://www.jagware.org/index.php?showtopic...amp;#entry10862

 

 

 

GT

[nonner242]

It looks FREAKIN SWEET!

Im getting hot flashes.....

[ovalbugmann]

That thing is beautiful! I like this CF unit and can't wait to put that big processor to work for me!

 

Thanks for the pictures GT Turbo! -very nice!

Edited May 8, 2009 by ovalbugmann

[BuddyBuddies]

SWEET! any idea the ballpark figure on final price? looks good guys!

[+remowilliams]

Looks awesome! Looking forward to more info.

[Tursi]

Soldering that much by hand? You guys are crazy!

 

Looks good though!

[Pocket]

Soldering that much by hand? You guys are crazy!

 

Looks good though!

 

SCPCD and Zero are crazy guys, no doubt about it

 

Beautiful pictures, thank you GT for sharing these

[im_reg]

Looks and sounds awesome. I'd be up for buying one of these. I look forward to the preorder details.

[lNFERNO]

This JagCF project seems very very interesting

 

Why is developed to compact flash cards? and not for SD cards? (but dont tell me then that would be called JagSD xD) the SDHC and SDXC does not seem best means? any technical reason?

 

What is the switch behind the console that show L or H? in my Jaguar there is nothing...

[kskunk]

What is the switch behind the console that show L or H? in my Jaguar there is nothing...

 

On my US Jaguar this switches the RF Modulator between channels 2 and 3. Maybe this is only a feature of some regions? Dependent on TV signal?

 

If you have a Real Video Cable you'd never use the switch anyway.

 

- KS

[Zerosquare]

This JagCF project seems very very interesting

Thanks !

 

Why is developed to compact flash cards? and not for SD cards? (but dont tell me then that would be called JagSD xD) the SDHC and SDXC does not seem best means? any technical reason?

The project started several years ago, and at the time SD cards were slower than Compact Flash cards (it is less of a concern nowadays). As we intend to do things like audio and video streaming, speed is important.

 

Another reason is that the specifications for Compact Flash cards are available for free. SD technical specs are only partially free -- if you want to know how to use the higher data transfer rates, you need to pay a large sum of money, sign a NDA, etc. There are also no free specs for the next revision of the standard (SDXC cards), and backwards compatibility is not required, so future cards may not be compatible.

 

What is the switch behind the console that show L or H? in my Jaguar there is nothing...

As kskunk said, it is used to select the RF channel. It is present on US models only. Don't bother about it, RF output is crap anyways

[lNFERNO]

Thanks for the replies guys, I used only the official Atari Scart/Peritel RGB cable, I have never tested with RF (the worse)

 

Zerosquare, now everything is clear, I follow closely the news of the project; here are a future buyer

 

Thx for ur work

[mrspring]

Oh yes, DO WANT this.. in fact, BRING IT ON!!!!!!11!11!!

[the.golden.ax]

A) If there is a list at any point put me as high up as you can, I'll take at least one of these bad boys.

B) Where can you get CF cards free?!

 

AX

[Zerosquare]

There is no priority list, so no need to rush to reserve anything

We'll take preorders later, and depending on this, we'll have as many cards manufactured as necessary (and maybe a bit more).

 

And I don't think you can get CF card for free, but low-capacity ones are quite cheap ; if you don't want to buy one new, it's not too difficult to get used ones, either.

Edited May 24, 2009 by Zerosquare

[the.golden.ax]

Yeah, I have a 512MB that I bought from Target for $15 (Verbatem) that didn't work on the RetroZone NES Flash cart, so I got a 1GB (can't recall the brand) on clearence at CVS for $12.50. It is 80x and works great.

 

AX

[Christos]

In the recent outline one of the gods gave me a jaguar. Now, I don't have any games for it, or anything else for that matter, so I am wondering when will the device be available. And since the run is bound to be around 100 units, as usual for these things, is there a cost estimate? I know you wouldn't want to get into that, but still it will be non binding. Fall 2009 seems far but time will pass .