classics Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYFeFItX5w As promised here is a video to show the current progress on the Ultimate SD project for the Atari 5200. My camera only takes videos up to 3 minutes long so I got cut off at the end, but basically I was saying this is still in beta testing so what you see probably won't be exactly like the final version. I'll try to post more updates as things move along. I didn't show the hardware itself because its not much to look at right now, just a PCB with a blinky light. The photos in the Harmony 5200 thread pretty much show it all. Once I get another round of prototypes that fit properly in a 5200 shell I will get to work on the label and final packaging stuff. Steve Edited December 8, 2010 by classics 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Woo Hoo! Thanks for the update! this is going to be great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Looks fantastic. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Definitely worth the upgrade over the USB cart just for BBSB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 As I did for the Colecovision USB cart, you can count on me for an Atari 5200 USB cart as well! Nice work Steve! My only question is... did you negotiate a deal with a homebrewer to release a ROM or two with this one? Or perhaps you have other plans? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I'll have to keep an eye on this, looks like something I will be interested in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Manhattan Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 This looks completely amazing! Great job. Also.... TAKE MY MONEY PLEASE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellis Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYFeFItX5w As promised here is a video to show the current progress on the Ultimate SD project for the Atari 5200. My camera only takes videos up to 3 minutes long so I got cut off at the end, but basically I was saying this is still in beta testing so what you see probably won't be exactly like the final version. I'll try to post more updates as things move along. I didn't show the hardware itself because its not much to look at right now, just a PCB with a blinky light. The photos in the Harmony 5200 thread pretty much show it all. Once I get another round of prototypes that fit properly in a 5200 shell I will get to work on the label and final packaging stuff. Steve Really nice work there, Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 As I did for the Colecovision USB cart, you can count on me for an Atari 5200 USB cart as well! Nice work Steve! My only question is... did you negotiate a deal with a homebrewer to release a ROM or two with this one? Or perhaps you have other plans? lol Well, I have a lot of conversions I've done myself that I can go with, but as things get closer I'll talk to a couple people who have done original 8-bit or 5200 games and see whats possible. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 BTW I have one more prototype here that will need some testing. If anyone has multiple 5200s and time to go through and play test various 5200 games on the cart drop me a PM. I only have one left though and I'd need it back when testing is complete. :-) Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Well, I have a lot of conversions I've done myself that I can go with, but as things get closer I'll talk to a couple people who have done original 8-bit or 5200 games and see whats possible. Steve Yeah would be awesome to get some of the xl conversions you haven't released and we keep bugging about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 BTW I have one more prototype here that will need some testing. If anyone has multiple 5200s and time to go through and play test various 5200 games on the cart drop me a PM. I only have one left though and I'd need it back when testing is complete. :-) Steve Hmm, I have a 4port, a 2port and a jr that I could test with; not sure I really have the time right now though. I don't have the revised 4port either. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Ditto that question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Very possible, though for the 8-bit I think I would have to concentrate on XEX/COM/EXE type files. Is there even an archive of actual ROM images for the 8-bit? Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 BTW I have one more prototype here that will need some testing. If anyone has multiple 5200s and time to go through and play test various 5200 games on the cart drop me a PM. I only have one left though and I'd need it back when testing is complete. :-) Steve Hmm, I have a 4port, a 2port and a jr that I could test with; not sure I really have the time right now though. I don't have the revised 4port either. Mitch Looks like this is taken care of for the moment, but when I get one back I'll probably need a little more testing if you have time. :-) Thanks for offering! Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckafka99 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Very possible, though for the 8-bit I think I would have to concentrate on XEX/COM/EXE type files. Is there even an archive of actual ROM images for the 8-bit? Steve ] So .atr format isnt likely to be supported? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Very possible, though for the 8-bit I think I would have to concentrate on XEX/COM/EXE type files. Is there even an archive of actual ROM images for the 8-bit? Steve ] So .atr format isnt likely to be supported? Sure, the current Maxflash cartridges support EXE/ATR type programs and an SD cartridge would do the same, in the same way. I was more referring to actual bank switched ROM images. Most stuff for the 8-bit is very disk oriented and most cartridges were available as cracked EXE files, no so much as ROM images. Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Looks like this is taken care of for the moment, but when I get one back I'll probably need a little more testing if you have time. :-) Thanks for offering! Steve That's good. I will hopefully have more time again after Christmas if you need more testing then. Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Very possible, though for the 8-bit I think I would have to concentrate on XEX/COM/EXE type files. Is there even an archive of actual ROM images for the 8-bit? Steve ] So .atr format isnt likely to be supported? Sure, the current Maxflash cartridges support EXE/ATR type programs and an SD cartridge would do the same, in the same way. I was more referring to actual bank switched ROM images. Most stuff for the 8-bit is very disk oriented and most cartridges were available as cracked EXE files, no so much as ROM images. Steve There are a couple of partial archives made of cart dumps using the AtariMax USB reader. I did one myself and I think there were one or two others made. It did point out that there are several bad dumps that are pretty commonly floating around out there. Having all cart ROMs including bankswitched games playing on a A8 USB cart would be a nice addition over the current Maxflash cart. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Any hopes for a 400/800/XL/XE version? Very possible, though for the 8-bit I think I would have to concentrate on XEX/COM/EXE type files. Is there even an archive of actual ROM images for the 8-bit? Yes, there are several: Atarimania Cart Games Atarionline Games There are also other resources. I would definitely be up for something like this, whether it used ROMs or not, because SD cards are more convenient. One benefit of using ROMs, if XEGS/MegaCarts are supported, is that those games could be run on 64k of memeory, as intended, rather than needing extended memory as is often the case when converted to executable form (Commando, Barnyard Blaster, etc.). Even the lower capacity carts would be nice to run from such a device, as they are clean versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Most excellent! I'll be sure to keep an eye on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I'm buying this for sure, no more trying to get thoses stupid 5200 emulators to work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Thanks for the pointers on the 8-bit ROM images, there seem to be a lot more than I expected. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 any estimate DATE, classics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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