Intellivision**fan Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I am very much interested. Been waiting since this sold out like a week before I learned it was selling. I barely missed it. How or where do I go once this hits the United States for sale? I really want to purchase 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poconojo Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 12 hours ago, wolfy62 said: If there is,I am sure you are on it by now.? I would hope so!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 15 hours ago, DZ-Jay said: Thanks for confirming this. I may have missed it if it was mentioned already, but since there are no hardware differences, what then makes it a "Special Edition"? Is it that it includes new features in the on-line launcher or special games? There will be some firmware differences, and there will be a number of additional items that come as part of the overall package. For example, the plan includes matched serials between the board, manual, box, and shells (plural), extra replacement cart labels, and additional packaging around everything. It will truly be a deluxe experience. So, the circuit board won't be different. But the package as a whole will be. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, intvnut said: There will be some firmware differences, and there will be a number of additional items that come as part of the overall package. For example, the plan includes matched serials between the board, manual, box, and shells (plural), extra replacement cart labels, and additional packaging around everything. It will truly be a deluxe experience. So, the circuit board won't be different. But the package as a whole will be. Ohh baby! I can’t wait to order one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 2:35 PM, Steve Jones said: By the way, I did send a bunch of carts Steve's way, and I think they're already sold before they get there. I'm quite happy to send him more. If you're in Canada and want LTO Flash, please let Steve know, and I'll get another batch sent his way. USPS and Customs take their time, but I have carts for folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 11/22/2020 at 5:44 AM, DZ-Jay said: That's not what I heard. UPDATE: (For clarity, not this year, but the future is not written yet.) Hey, I have boxes, boards, labels, overlays, etc. Let's talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) On 8/2/2020 at 2:53 PM, ITAdvantage said: I get it that this is a small operation, but I agree with you on this. My impression was the LTO was going to be a perpetual thing, not a limited release so when they said they weren't available it was a surprise. I thought the idea was to satiate the thirst illustrated by the CC3 on ebay going for hundreds and that this would solve this issue going forward but I guess I misunderstood. I'm not putting anyone down, I get it that it's a difficult, time consuming operation that is done in someone's spare time, I just thought it would be like the other retro items that are sort of always available for purchase. Especially now that they're releasing LTO only ROMs it makes less sense to have restricted hardware availability. But I'm just a common idiot so what do I know. LTO Flash! cartridges cost quite a bit more to manufacture, and take a lot more time to program and test, as compared to regular cartridges. This isn't my $DAYJOB, and unfortunately, my $DAYJOB and regular life kinda sap what energy and time I have to bring these to everyone. The last couple of years have been especially difficult due to some personal circumstances. Like I said, this isn't my $DAYJOB. On the plus side, I've managed to keep JLP boards flowing into many different homebrews this year (over 1500 boards JLP boards the last 9 months). It's tricky balancing everything. If I'm not mistaken, LTO Flash! has outsold (or is about to outsell) the sum total of the full runs of both Intellicart and CC3 combined. I believe is on track to outsell any single existing homebrew title. I think one of the DK variants is currently ahead of LTO Flash!, but I don't know whether that'll last. This really is unprecedented Intellivision homebrew territory. I honestly thought I'd sell 250 of these, maybe 500 tops, back in 2014. There's over 600 of them out there now, and more coming. Edited December 31, 2020 by intvnut 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuf Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 35 minutes ago, intvnut said: Hey, I have boxes, boards, labels, overlays, etc. Let's talk. Who's the US distributor for these btw? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 12/29/2020 at 1:51 PM, intvnut said: I've started to fan out units for sale at 3rd party vendors, including Europe and Canada. In the next couple days, i will contact everyone who has expressed interest in LTO Flash. Merry Christmas, everyone! LTO Flash is back in print. Great news, who will sell them in Europe/France ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Howdy, all. I just spent the last several hours going through this thread and my AtariAge inbox. @raven9000's complaints notwithstanding, I think I have found everyone in this thread and in my AtariAge inbox who has expressed interest. I will send personal AtariAge messages tomorrow. In the meantime, this is my list. If you do not see yourself on this list, and would like to add yourself, comment or message now. If you are on this list and want to be removed, let me know. And if you're on this list but I misspelled your AA handle, comment and let me know so I can fix it. This list is sorted ASCII-betically, and does not account for "Special Edition only" vs. "Regular Edition." I will contact everyone on the list below to confirm interest and quantity, and will provide ordering instructions. 128Kgames 1980gamer 4cade Amb47uk Atarius Maximus BBWW BiffMan Bill Loguidice Cruiser133 Daniel_Doyce David Alexander DoctorMikeReddy Fadest First Spear Greg2600 Guitarblast Gunnder Hastor HatNJ HunterZero ITAdvantage Illtiger1 Inky IntyFanMatt Jay Forster Jeffrey Bouchard JoeM_Intellivision Kamikazi26 KylJoy LimitZer0 MMarcoux66 Machine Midnight Rider MonsterSky Morpheus Nibunnoichi Papa Pete Retro_Game_Lover96 Scathe Sega CD SiLic0ne t0aD Sinjinhawke SmakyTaky SpotAnime Sprout TandyVision Tavi TrickyMoon Ubbe Utopia Vincehood Vonskii Warren Wuschenny abeckett ahofle alortegac billtv1 boxpressed cmadruga cmart604 cssgary davidcalgary29 dinnerbytes drunkpitbull emmanuelf funcool gar0u gibs grifter grips03 gunoz holygrailvideogames.com jcalder8 jfng jimj jirkoo jmbrissie jschaw75 koolmoecraig ls650 mario64 marioweezer mathewbeall mattyv316 metzger130 mojotv67 nightwing nikoskon nurmix pasticc10 patb1au paulderr poconojo raven9000 rietveld sanman squidnik sramirez2008 tuf ubersaurus ultramecha vazquezrick wolfy62 wongojack z3k3 1 hour ago, tuf said: Who's the US distributor for these btw? I am, nominally. Also, I am working with Good Deal Games to distribute LTO Flash! cartridges. I've already sent a small batch to GDG, more than they'd asked for, and it sold out in less than 24 hours. I'm sending them more. I cannot accept PayPal. Other sellers may have different policies. I want to be sure I can get these to everyone who wants one. For Canada, contact @Steve Jones. For Europe and abroad, contact @scalpel, aka. Pascal Bernard. If either sell out, I will ship more to them. I think it works out better for everyone if I ship wholesale bulk to Steve and Pascal than for me to send individual units abroad. FYI, for units directly ordered from me: Units ship from Michigan. I enlisted family to help. Specifically, my mom is actually assembling, shrink wrapping, and shipping these. I'm collecting the orders, generating the shipping labels, etc. It's a team effort. I couldn't manage all this myself, and so I've offloaded a big portion of it. But, that also means I don't actually have physical units here with me in California, either. This is a nontrivial endeavor. In my next post, I'll share some "manufacturing porn." 7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasticc10 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Very good news! I wait for your contact. Happy new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Some photos collected over the last few months, manufacturing LTO Flash... Circuit boards in anti-static packaging... Depackaged, waiting for some firmware... Getting some primary firmware... Getting some secondary firmware... ZOMG so many boards! And... some have manufacturing flaws.... (Look at those garbaged up pins!) Lots of testing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I had to notch a lot of plastic... The circuit board below was a failed unit that I used for size-checking. Yes, I personally cut the USB connector hole in each unit. A big box of carts waiting to go to Michigan where the rest of assembly will commence: Another 10 fit in that box, laid out as shown below. I wasted no space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Notching a USB connector hole... First, remove the "skirt" where the connector will be: Now you have a nice flush surface to cut the notch out of in the thicker portion: Next, get the nibbler, and make a couple nibbles... Don't let the nibbler "bite" you! (The handles have a tendency to pinch...) Clean up the notch with an X-Acto: It should look about like this: And fit about like this: Edited December 31, 2020 by intvnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Have you ever seen 20,000 screws? This is what 20,000 black #4 wood screws look like. I needed to order more screws to make LTO Flash (and my other cartridge orders) happen: This box was f'ing heavy, and they just wrapped 20,000 screws in... paper?? No worries. I had the heavy duty plastic bag the previous batch had come in, and a nice glass jar for that bag to sit in. This f'er weighs like 15 lbs. Because that jar is so heavy, I keep a smaller dish of ready-to-use screws that I keep refilling: Edited December 31, 2020 by intvnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Yield fallout... Not everything you build or ask to be built will work correctly. For example, the plastic shells like to curl outward sometimes: Earlier, I showed this board whose CPU wasn't soldered correctly: I ended up with a handful of boards that failed for various reasons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Some other random photos... This guy had the master factory firmware for this build: This is what a ton of boxes and manuals look like, boxed up and ready to go to Michigan, where they'll get folded and glued and assembled. These shipped ahead of the boards and shells. A bunch of carts, waiting for their other half... Time to get a label! I couldn't do this without an electric screwdriver. I did my first 500 - 1000 carts with a screwdriver many moons ago. I switched to electric and don't regret it. Edited December 31, 2020 by intvnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 2 hours ago, intvnut said: There will be some firmware differences, and there will be a number of additional items that come as part of the overall package. For example, the plan includes matched serials between the board, manual, box, and shells (plural), extra replacement cart labels, and additional packaging around everything. It will truly be a deluxe experience. So, the circuit board won't be different. But the package as a whole will be. Thanks! Sounds good! 47 minutes ago, intvnut said: Howdy, all. I just spent the last several hours going through this thread and my AtariAge inbox. @raven9000's complaints notwithstanding, I think I have found everyone in this thread and in my AtariAge inbox who has expressed interest. I will send personal AtariAge messages tomorrow. In the meantime, this is my list. If you do not see yourself on this list, and would like to add yourself, comment or message now. If you are on this list and want to be removed, let me know. And if you're on this list but I misspelled your AA handle, comment and let me know so I can fix it. This list is sorted ASCII-betically, and does not account for "Special Edition only" vs. "Regular Edition." I will contact everyone on the list below to confirm interest and quantity, and will provide ordering instructions. <EVERYONE BUT DZ-JAY> Hmmm ... I didn't know you were actually keeping a list. Can I be added as well? Thanks! -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 minute ago, DZ-Jay said: Hmmm ... I didn't know you were actually keeping a list. Can I be added as well? Added. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, intvnut said: Added. ? P.S. That's some impressive cartridge-porn collection you have there! ? Edited December 31, 2020 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Please add me to the list! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Please add me to list. Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 I can't see the photos. Anyone else having trouble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, Games For Your Intellivision said: I can't see the photos. Anyone else having trouble? Same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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