DracIsBack Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Three paydays this month ... so ... full pre-order placed. I have faith that there will be games to play when it arrives ... even if Cuttle Cart demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 If I hear about one on ebay trying to be gouged, I will put together a few units and sell them at the standard retail price. I don't want people not to be able to get one. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Or, let's put it this way - 10 more units until you get to shut me up! (for awhile) Wish I had $1,000 laying around. Whatever silences the squeaky "hard sell" wheel, though, eh? 8 to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I'd assume at this point that the insides are finalized. Is there any chance of getting an explanation of how to make use of the things on the expansion module soon for the rest of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I'd assume at this point that the insides are finalized. Is there any chance of getting an explanation of how to make use of the things on the expansion module soon for the rest of us? All in good time. I'll be releasing some demos for developers to get to grips with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spancho Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I switched backend payment services, the old one was continuously having AMEX payment problems, new service appears to be running all credit card types perfectly. Curt System is saying American Express not accepted Not having any luck with AMEX either. It's complaining about my billing address. Tried again today and was successful. I tried to order today but, not having any luck with MASTERCARD either. It's complaining about my billing address as well. Can you check please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I'd assume at this point that the insides are finalized. Is there any chance of getting an explanation of how to make use of the things on the expansion module soon for the rest of us? All in good time. I'll be releasing some demos for developers to get to grips with. Any Demo's for the Yamaha chip? I'm thinking the intro's and intermissions in Pac-man Collection need some YM2151 goodness. Perry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Any Demo's for the Yamaha chip? I'm thinking the intro's and intermissions in Pac-man Collection need some YM2151 goodness. I'm no musician but I'll do my best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Any Demo's for the Yamaha chip? I'm thinking the intro's and intermissions in Pac-man Collection need some YM2151 goodness. I'm no musician but I'll do my best. I was just wondering if you had played around with it. I'm going to start reading through the user manual this week. From what I've seen in the datasheet, I should be able to replicate the sound of the arcade machine fairly accurately. I really just need to know where the chip is mapped on the XM and how to activate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spancho Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I tried to order today but, not having any luck with MASTERCARD either. It's complaining about my billing address as well. Can you check please! Despite the three error messages I got concerning my billing address the amount was charged to my credit card. So I guess I am as well one of the lucky guys :-) Do I get a confirmation mail as well? So far I have not got any mail to confirm my purchase. Can you please check Curt? Thanks Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipj Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 It's not too late to place an order is it? I might just have the money this week... Do you except paypal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 It's not too late to place an order is it? I might just have the money this week... Do you except paypal? It is not too late to place an order. Curt doesn't accept paypal because of a bad experience. If you have any credit cards, you could use that instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 I think I saw your attempted purchase, it was from outside of US and the bank didn't have an AVS feature, I've corrected on the Fraud Prevention settings. Curt I switched backend payment services, the old one was continuously having AMEX payment problems, new service appears to be running all credit card types perfectly. Curt System is saying American Express not accepted Not having any luck with AMEX either. It's complaining about my billing address. Tried again today and was successful. I tried to order today but, not having any luck with MASTERCARD either. It's complaining about my billing address as well. Can you check please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 You're fine, Early payments at $89.99 will go up till November 30th then its $99.99, I've seen almost 140 orders, so there are still more then enough for the first round of orders, I'm doing 300 in total for the first round and will have 200 additional for others who may want to wait a while... Curt It's not too late to place an order is it? I might just have the money this week... Do you except paypal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Status Update: SUPERB NEWS! Tooling company is cutting me a break on polishing the sides of the tools to look EXACTLY like the 7800 console case if I bring them the keyboard plastics to do as well, which will look IDENTICAL to the 7800 computer keyboard case (please, no questions on that right now, Expansion Module first, other stuff next...) So this to me, is such a stupendous success, because the styling of the 7800XM will look EXACTLY to a "T" like as if its 1984 and its as if the XM is being made back then, so maybe I'm making a big deal out of this, but its a huge bonus for the project! Curt 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBritish Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Status Update: SUPERB NEWS! Tooling company is cutting me a break on polishing the sides of the tools to look EXACTLY like the 7800 console case if I bring them the keyboard plastics to do as well, which will look IDENTICAL to the 7800 computer keyboard case (please, no questions on that right now, Expansion Module first, other stuff next...) So this to me, is such a stupendous success, because the styling of the 7800XM will look EXACTLY to a "T" like as if its 1984 and its as if the XM is being made back then, so maybe I'm making a big deal out of this, but its a huge bonus for the project! Curt Can we expect a complete right up in Retro Gaming Curt...and no I will not ask any questions about a keyboard...just make it a good quality one ok :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 That's good news! I was certain I did not need this expansion till I saw this part... " 2nd Audio Processor for higher end Arcade sound effects and music SIO (Serial I/O) Port for potential future use of Atari 8bit computer peripherals such as Disk Drives, Printers and Modems." That sounds good, and with the H2 I can retire my CC2 for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstone Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Done!!! I just did the full payment... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipj Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Is there any particular way to program the XM? Do you need a special cartridge or anything like that to program it? I want to learn how to program this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 There is going to be a technical manual with memory map and coding examples for programmers who want to take advantage of the extra memory, sound and I/O capabilities. I already posted and released Source Code to a ton of 7800 games, so there is more then enough commented examples on existing 7800 games to help people write their own. Is there any particular way to program the XM? Do you need a special cartridge or anything like that to program it? I want to learn how to program this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 First tooling test sample arrived, its frosted, though I am going to spray a lacquer on it and it will actually make it look see through. This serve's two purposes, to check all of the fittings of the tooling, make several corrections, and prepare for the texturing and polishing. Second is once its see thru it will be used to final physical alignment checks and component placement checks to the physical plastics... Making progress! :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Oh, Someone asked what will happen to the prototype unit(s) once the systems start shipping... There may be an auction in the future Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCloud Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) First tooling test sample arrived, its frosted, though I am going to spray a lacquer on it and it will actually make it look see through. This serve's two purposes, to check all of the fittings of the tooling, make several corrections, and prepare for the texturing and polishing. Second is once its see thru it will be used to final physical alignment checks and component placement checks to the physical plastics... Making progress! :-) Awesome!! thanks so much for all your work on this. Can't wait to receive mine Edited October 22, 2010 by DarthCloud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Right on... it looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 That looks fantastic! Thanks for posting the picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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