sh3-rg Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 So like if you want to flash AvP Rom how long it takes you to be playing the game? For me 10 minutes. Trying to figure out skunkboard command prompt was not that easy. But there is graphical user interface which helps a lot. skunkboards are known to be a little iffy in this regard. OMF's advice is spot on. Go buy yourself a cheapo unpowered USB hub from eBay, should be a couple of dollars at the most. Something like this: What these things actually do is anyone's guess, what they can be seen to do is improve terrible transfer rates of 3 to 7k per second to something more like 150k to 220k+ per second. When I build and flash a 4mb rB+ ROM, it takes about 18 seconds to erase and another 20+ to flash - it's all done with and running in around a minute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGUAR Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Sounds good I will try it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGUAR Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Got my USB hub for like a few bucks. Makes a world of difference. AvP, and other big Jag games, now only take 1 minute or less to load. Before, it took 10 minutes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Such a bizarre thing, and even more bizarre way to fix it Edited April 17, 2015 by ggn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah I ended up getting a 35 ft USB extension cable that reads as a USB hub. reaches from my desktop to the TV in the other room so two birds one stone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah I ended up getting a 35 ft USB extension cable that reads as a USB hub. reaches from my desktop to the TV in the other room so two birds one stone... Careful with those, they're called USB Repeaters. I picked one up years ago when my Skunk was only working at 7k/sec and while it did detect as a hub, it didn't speed the transfers up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Probably just as hit and miss as hubs, best plan seems to be just spend as little as possible and cross fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Careful with those, they're called USB Repeaters. I picked one up years ago when my Skunk was only working at 7k/sec and while it did detect as a hub, it didn't speed the transfers up. I got lucky on mine, it sped it up considerably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Probably just as hit and miss as hubs, best plan seems to be just spend as little as possible and cross fingers. Exactly, I have five different hubs laying about in addition to the repeater. two hubs and the repeater work great. the other three hubs do squat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Exactly, I have five different hubs laying about in addition to the repeater. two hubs and the repeater work great. the other three hubs do squat. Could you be more specific about which brands of hubs/repeaters solved the problem? That would probably be helpful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamcrunk Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Are there any more for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I just got one of these devices, it is so fun and awesome! Very easy to use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billysastard Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Are there any more for sale? i emailed a week ago and sent a pm but never got any reply so i'm beginning to think maybe not which is a shame (or the guy could just be having a well deserved holiday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioweezer Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Anyone know if there'll be another run of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Exactly, I have five different hubs laying about in addition to the repeater. two hubs and the repeater work great. the other three hubs do squat. I would like to repeat this request for the specifics of which hubs work and which don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I use a powered 12 foot USB cable - works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogeCM Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I mailled him but no answer; Are you selling the skunkboard yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billysastard Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I mailled him but no answer; Are you selling the skunkboard yet i tried that too but like yourself got no answer so i assume he's stopped selling them now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heid587 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Any updates on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 (edited) I would like to repeat this request for the specifics of which hubs work and which don't. I can tell you that I have a hub with the brand name of 'Cyber Power' that works/ Edited November 4, 2015 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporadic Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/peripherals/usbhubs/dub-h4b.html That one gives me 370 kb without the power plugged in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fille1976 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 i found in 2014 a rev3 skunboard(boxed),but payed a lot for it. think it was around 400 euro,but wanted to own such device,because krikzz also wont make a jag everdrive,userbase maybe to low and not many games. so decided to buy,even if the price was that high,and i like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDean Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Are skunk boards still available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 i found in 2014 a rev3 skunboard(boxed),but payed a lot for it. think it was around 400 euro,but wanted to own such device,because krikzz also wont make a jag everdrive,userbase maybe to low and not many games. so decided to buy,even if the price was that high,and i like it. Krikzz won't make anything for any Atari. It's too bad AtariMax hasn't made an SD Cart Adapter for the Jag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leglock Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I just sent him a e-mail, but his profile says he hasn't logged into the forums for over six months. Not too optimistic on getting a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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