Rick Dangerous Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The Jaglinks...anyone on here have two networked Jags setup. I have a LCD and CRT TV setup downstairs, both with Jaguars which I linked up a few months back. I have two copies of Aircars and Battlesphere that I will play with friends and.....its pretty cool! My eventual goals are: -Get two copies of Aircars KA for the best networked version of that game. -If the buddy networking code is ever fixed for Doom, have two carts of that game made (with the patch) and play some serious two player co-op and death match. I actually only have one copy of Doom right now but i've heard the game constantly crashes when networked so haven't bothered to pick up a second. Anyone else have a Jaglink setup? Any other games i'm missing or things I should try? Please discuss! Another interested and underutilized peripheral (like the team tap) but hopefully not for long... I'm thinking 16 player bomberman here 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I have two patched (with no6) Dooms setup using the Jaglink. Haven't played them in a while but was cool to experience the less frequent crashing for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 I have two patched (with no6) Dooms setup using the Jaglink. Haven't played them in a while but was cool to experience the less frequent crashing for a while. Wasn't Carl (of Songbird) working on fixing the bug for good? Once the SD cart is out, and a crash free version of the game is available, I could see demand for this peripheral (which is currently more or less non-existent due to the price of aircars and battlesphere) really rising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Yes, Carl was going to town on some code for a while. He asked for people to test and let him know but the thread didn't move for a month. When I finally made my carts and started testing vigorously, it appeared he'd already moved on to his next project. Said he may take a look at it again sometime. Now that I know how to cut up the ROM and can flash it to Skunkboards quickly, I wait with Jaglinks dangling for the thread to begin again. It was so close.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitari Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Those with s/catboxes don't need Jaglinks, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Right Edit: And Carl, if you're reading this, there won't be any wait time for results if you pick it up again. As soon as the patch is released I plan to hack a ROM with it, upload it for everyone and post my findings asap. So, don't hold back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 I wait with Jaglinks dangling.... Hahaha! Atariage quote of the day right there. Yes I hope he gets interested again as well, may have to PM him to touch base and show support via the songbird store (never hurts.) Still need IS2 on cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Those with s/catboxes don't need Jaglinks, right? Correct, though the Jaglinks are a lot cheaper for those without. I have a catbox but if you move you jag at all (I do pull mine out to play) it falls off so mine is a $300 paperweight right now. This is the most cost effective modern solution that is similar to those cat/scat boxes: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-Jaguar-Multi-IO-Board-Deluxe-Model-JagLink2-RGB-Svideo-Headphone-Amp-/182379693622?hash=item2a76ad4636:g:TzYAAOSw44BYIh2Z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Thanks for the ebay link. I watched for more of those for a long time and never saw any so stopped looking. Just bought that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I did it ONCE... like 10 years ago. I have the Jag-Link, and two Doom carts. But haven't gotten around to doing it since. Back in the day (early to mid 90s), we'd have "LAN parties" where a bunch of friends would come over with their 486s and Pentium 60s and we'd link them together using Linksys cards. It was a token-ring configuration with terminators and coax cabling. It was awesome, ahah. We didn't really know what to do, but we'd run LSL.COM and ETHER.COM that came with the card, and it would magically work when we ran DOOM Setup. Good times. There were some other games we used to play, but I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitari Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Correct, though the Jaglinks are a lot cheaper for those without. I have a catbox but if you move you jag at all (I do pull mine out to play) it falls off so mine is a $300 paperweight right now. This is the most cost effective modern solution that is similar to those cat/scat boxes: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-Jaguar-Multi-IO-Board-Deluxe-Model-JagLink2-RGB-Svideo-Headphone-Amp-/182379693622?hash=item2a76ad4636:g:TzYAAOSw44BYIh2Z I have both a scat and a cat box - I guess I'm sorted for networking. Don't have a lead though.. I'm not sure whether the demand will rise for jaglinks after the SD card is released. Can you actually easily get Aircars ROMs etc - and the majority (unlike us) have only one jaguar I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 I have both a scat and a cat box - I guess I'm sorted for networking. Don't have a lead though.. I'm not sure whether the demand will rise for jaglinks after the SD card is released. Can you actually easily get Aircars ROMs etc - and the majority (unlike us) have only one jaguar I'd say. Anyone crazy enough to have one should be good for two I'd say. Especially with a working doom to sweeten the deal. Roms are out there for just out everything? You want Aircars? I can get you an Aircars ROM by 2pm... (With apologies for the obscure big Lebowski reference.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Thanks for the ebay link. I watched for more of those for a long time and never saw any so stopped looking. Just bought that one. I wondered why it was sold after I went to buy the item after an eBay email reminded me about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Roms are out there for just out everything? You want Aircars? I can get you an Aircars ROM by 2pm... (With apologies for the obscure big Lebowski reference.) With nail polish? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantis Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Maybe Songbird did the Doom link fix for a concrete reason, and not only for the fun of coding. An upcoming linkable 3D game using it, maybe. (BERSERK 3D, are you there?.....)Yeah, I know it's too good to be true, but it's that time of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagosaurus Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Can you guys expand on the multiple RJ11 ports? Saw that on the ebay item linked above a couple weeks back & was perplexed. I was just reading the scatbox FAQ, & looks like there are a couple forms of Jag networking? - The Jag Link method which these AV boxes can do as well - A secondary "cat box" method? Which I'm assuming allows you to link more than 2 jag's together? Also, do you guys really have 15khz CRT VGA monitors laying around or do you use sometype of VGA to HDMI that also handles that lower refresh rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I know, I know, I need to get back to the Doom code. I had a lot of fun working on that over the summer when I had some free time, but then I started on the Jag CD Unleashed code (and didn't finish it either), and then I started another micro-project which will be released in early 2017 for the Jaguar... One reason I haven't gotten back to the Doom code is that it takes hours of testing to know if the networking code is working. On the last version I released, I had tested it 3 times for 1 hour each with zero failures, so I assumed it was fixed. It will take me a while to get back in the groove with building the code and remembering how to interpret the random hex data I throw up on the screen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LianneJaguar64 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Anyone crazy enough to have one should be good for two I'd say. Especially with a working doom to sweeten the deal. Roms are out there for just out everything? You want Aircars? I can get you an Aircars ROM by 2pm... (With apologies for the obscure big Lebowski reference.) "We sell Aircars ROM's and Aircars ROM's accessories" At least I think that's it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 "We sell Aircars ROM's and Aircars ROM's accessories" At least I think that's it... That's King of the Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyFemrite Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Battlesphere Network Question; When networking 2 Jags and 2 BattleSphere's can I see the other players ship and/or vice versa? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Battlesphere Network Question; When networking 2 Jags and 2 BattleSphere's can I see the other players ship and/or vice versa? Thanks. Hi Randy! Yes, you can see the other ship and they can see you. Doing flybys is one of the coolest looking things in the game to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hi Randy! Yes, you can see the other ship and they can see you. Doing flybys is one of the coolest looking things in the game to me. Yep. Sadly, I've never played more than 3 player linked BS, though. For a while I did keep two Jags linked, with two TVs, for Doom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyFemrite Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Was there something called Jaglink 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Yes: https://web.archive.org/web/20071029032504/http://home.comcast.net/~delse/jaglink2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Made by Derek Else way back. He hasn't been on here since September of 2011 though. I recently shot him a PM to see if he'd up the schematics for it but again, September of 2011. Sucks bc the device is awesome. I currently have 3 but looking to make/acquire more for that 16 console BSG network (lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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