20ohm20 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I'm in CA until the 15th and don't have any checks with me. And my Intellivisions are in NY. I might just go to the post office this afternoon and send a money order... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 If available there, I will pay with old, dirty notes and pick it up in Portland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroAl Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I've sent a PM to I hope the correct guy. Money order sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idolfun Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I would also like to try the western union approach if it works as expected and not too much of a bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbarcade Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Heh...I've never seen so much payment dismay banter Did we really send a team to the moon? Go to a 7-11 or Walgreens/CVS/Riteaid, or use that free online bill pay at your bank... Or wait a week... Nobody is patient anymore. I waited 6+ months for my Atari Joystick order, that was worth griping about. Not trying to add more fuel to this thing, but we all have our health...or had... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Sent check out today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Check for two going out today. Funny to send money to Alviso! Lived in the south bay for years. I'm in Pacifica now. If you need someone to do a haul up to PRGE I'll have a booth there. I can drop them off where told. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiqMat Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Check for two going out today. Funny to send money to Alviso! Lived in the south bay for years. I'm in Pacifica now. If you need someone to do a haul up to PRGE I'll have a booth there. I can drop them off where told. LOL Ah yes... Pacifica State Beach and the cliffs of Santa Cruz are my two favorite spots to watch surfers. Beautiful places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdu Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Mailed a check today. Just like it was in the late 1980s / early 1990s ... You wanted the games, you mailed a check or a money order. Takes me back...I love it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Ah yes... Pacifica State Beach and the cliffs of Santa Cruz are my two favorite spots to watch surfers. Beautiful places. Half Moon Bay is nice too. I need to find some time to head out there with a big beach umbrella, a cooler, and my laptop. Of course, we're coming into the chillier months (to the extent it gets chilly here), so I'll probably have to wait for spring. By then, hopefully LTO Flash! sales will have slowed down slightly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkamur Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Sent out a US money order from Canada yesterday. No big deal. Done in 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefPepper Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Sent a check today, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 I will send a check tomorrow. I can finally test Mad Bomber and my other IntyBASIC games on the real console and the controllers. I mostly need to test the 16-way disc control options for Mad Bomber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Steve Jones Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 money order sent today from Toronto, you can do it all at the post office in about 5 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazquezrick Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Check sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emubastard Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Someone hasn't checked there PO box for received payments yet. And the point is, I sent mine in first as possible to get first as possible so... Edited September 4, 2016 by emubastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) I see a rather alarming note about the needed drivers on the Mac on the Intv Fun House site: Mac Users Note For MacOS X 10.9 and later, we recommend using the native FTDI drivers Apple provides with MacOS X. For MacOS X 10.7 and 10.8, install the latest FTDI drivers from FTDI's web site if necessary. FTDI's drivers have minor stability issues unrelated to LTO Flash! We recommend using the Disconnect button before unplugging your LTO Flash! to avoid an unexpected reboot of your Mac. Does this have something to do with DRM features? Is there a different driver that could be used, one that is signed by Apple? I have a Mac 10.8.5, and will be stuck on it for the foreseeable future. Also, the driver license agreement mentions that it must only be used with an FTDI device or else it "MAY IRRETRIEVABLY DAMAGE THAT COMPONENT" (their emphasis). It also says that it is my "responsibility to make sure that all chips you use the Software as a driver for are Genuine FTDI Components," which is confusing since I have no idea what an FTDI component is nor why I need the driver. :\ Is the LTO Flash! a genuine FTDI component? I just want to make sure before I try anything out. Those words are rather scary. I am able to plug-in other USB devices to my Mac without additional drivers, so this driver installing thingy is a bit alien to me. -dZ. Edited September 4, 2016 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 People are talking like it's ready to be properly ordered.. but, I haven't seen a new topic or change on the LTO website. As usual I'm probably missing something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 People are talking like it's ready to be properly ordered.. but, I haven't seen a new topic or change on the LTO website. As usual I'm probably missing something.. Yup, you are. It's available for ordering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) People are talking like it's ready to be properly ordered.. but, I haven't seen a new topic or change on the LTO website. As usual I'm probably missing something.. Yes, order now: http://ltoflash.leftturnonly.info/ For MacOS X 10.7 and 10.8, install the latest FTDI drivers from FTDI's web site if necessary. FTDI's drivers have minor stability issues unrelated to LTO Flash! This has nothing at all to do with any particular feature of LTO Flash, and affects all users of FTDI devices on Macintosh devices. LTO Flash appears as a bog-standard 2Mbps serial port. We have done our best to avoid bugs in FTDI's driver. I use my LTO Flash daily on a 10.7.5 Mac with no problems. But, because we did see FTDI-related crashes during development, we felt it best to be up-front about it. We are currently investigating using libftdi so we can avoid using FTDI's driver on older MacOS versions. Preliminary tests suggest it runs faster, and eliminates all known issues. libftdi runs without any driver, and is fully open source. Is the LTO Flash! a genuine FTDI component? Yes, 100% genuine FTDI components sourced from a reputable vendor (Mouser.com). The devices have been flashed with FTDI's own FT_PROG under Windows with no ill effects. I appreciate your concern. EDIT: Here's a picture. They're a bit tricky to photograph because they're so tiny. The components next to it are 2mm x 1.25mm, to give you an idea of the scale. EDIT2: Another pic from a different camera. And before you ask, all of the components on the device are genuine, from reputable vendors. (Mainly Mouser.com, although I believe I sourced some directly from Microchip.) I am able to plug-in other USB devices to my Mac without additional drivers, so this driver installing thingy is a bit alien to me. If you download the LTO Flash UI, the package includes the drivers. There's a helpful arrow telling you where to click, if you need to install them. IIRC, my Mac already had them installed and everything just worked. FTDI chips are in an extremely wide variety of products, and LTO Flash uses the standard, unmodified driver. We point to FTDI's website in case they post updated drivers someday. Edited September 4, 2016 by intvnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyPod Burgertime Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Unless I'm missing something, there's one piece of hardware that's not compatible with the flash cart. The system changer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Unless I'm missing something, there's one piece of hardware that's not compatible with the flash cart. The system changer. That's not quite true. It's also incompatible with the PlayCable. I guess that makes two peripherals known to be incompatible with it. Sorry. I guess you'll have to find a Cuttle Cart for the System Changer. (Not a Cuttle Cart 3, but rather, the original Cuttle Cart for Atari 2600.) And for the PlayCable... put that sucker on display in your collection museum, you lucky PlayCable owning bastard! Edited September 4, 2016 by intvnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Yes, order now: http://ltoflash.leftturnonly.info/ This has nothing at all to do with any particular feature of LTO Flash, and affects all users of FTDI devices on Macintosh devices. LTO Flash appears as a bog-standard 2Mbps serial port. We have done our best to avoid bugs in FTDI's driver. I use my LTO Flash daily on a 10.7.5 Mac with no problems. But, because we did see FTDI-related crashes during development, we felt it best to be up-front about it. We are currently investigating using libftdi so we can avoid using FTDI's driver on older MacOS versions. Preliminary tests suggest it runs faster, and eliminates all known issues. libftdi runs without any driver, and is fully open source. Yes, 100% genuine FTDI components sourced from a reputable vendor (Mouser.com). The devices have been flashed with FTDI's own FT_PROG under Windows with no ill effects. I appreciate your concern. EDIT: Here's a picture. They're a bit tricky to photograph because they're so tiny. The components next to it are 2mm x 1.25mm, to give you an idea of the scale. FTDI_closeup.jpg And before you ask, all of the components on the device are genuine, from reputable vendors. (Mainly Mouser.com, although I believe I sourced some directly from Microchip.) If you download the LTO Flash UI, the package includes the drivers. There's a helpful arrow telling you where to click, if you need to install them. IIRC, my Mac already had them installed and everything just worked. FTDI chips are in an extremely wide variety of products, and LTO Flash uses the standard, unmodified driver. Screen Shot 2016-09-04 at 4.26.06 AM.png We point to FTDI's website in case they post updated drivers someday. Thanks for the response, it's reassuring. By the way, when I asked about "genuine," I didn't mean to imply it had some bootleg parts bought off some Chinese knock-off plant. I was just asking to confirm just like the license agreement commanded, using the language of the license itself. Nonetheless, after those scary-quotes, I think I'll wait for libftdi drivers to be tested and ready. -dZ. Edited September 4, 2016 by DZ-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Mac has FDTI built in, to the point if I install new driver on their website, Mac OS X Stella can't talk to the AtariVox+ through the VoxUSB adapter. When I uninstalled those drivers, the AtariVox+ starts working again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 That's not quite true. It's also incompatible with the PlayCable. I guess that makes two peripherals known to be incompatible with it. Sorry. I guess you'll have to find a Cuttle Cart for the System Changer. (Not a Cuttle Cart 3, but rather, the original Cuttle Cart for Atari 2600.) And for the PlayCable... put that sucker on display in your collection museum, you lucky PlayCable owning bastard! So it means that it is compatible with the Keyboard Component?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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