+Andrew Davie Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Good job - I watched it all at normal speed so that says something 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Just got my new build surface for my printer and have printed a test cartridge shell. Wasn't too pleased with it at first, but now I've figured out its idiosyncrasies the results are pretty good. I'm a bit worried about the fit/dimensions of the shell itself, as I recently made changes to accommodate the '7800 differences in fit/size. I may get the micrometer out, and compare with a sacrificial "normal" cartridge to see if I can improve things. Meanwhile, the gazillion "top labels" in the picture are of no significance at all. I just printed a bunch because it's just as easy to fill the bed with them as it is to print just one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 My PlusCart arrived yesterday and I've connected it to my WiFi and played a few games, but when I try to connect to my PlusStore account, this happens when I click toggle status: Did I miss a step somewhere? EDIT: Never mind. I just tried again and it worked. This is an awesome device. Can't wait to dig into the High Score Club! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 35 minutes ago, KaeruYojimbo said: My PlusCart arrived yesterday and I've connected it to my WiFi and played a few games, but when I try to connect to my PlusStore account, this happens when I click toggle status: Did I miss a step somewhere? EDIT: Never mind. I just tried again and it worked. This is an awesome device. Can't wait to dig into the High Score Club! Welcome to the club! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 5 hours ago, KaeruYojimbo said: This is an awesome device. Can't wait to dig into the High Score Club! It really is quite a amazing device! The high score club is really fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) Since this cart is based on the uno2600, and the uno2600 is based on the unocart for the Atari 8 bit, I wonder if a similar device could be made for the Atari 8bit cartridge games Edited December 16, 2020 by Fierodoug5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 So, I'm testing a recently printed shell, and I plug the PlusCart into my '2600 JR, and up comes... Frogger?!!! I thought, OK, somehow the PlusCart has failed and "hard-flashed" frogger to auto-boot (even though I've never downloaded Frogger). So, test again... same thing. Unplug, plug in... same thing. ... Mmmmh.... ... OK, so let's try a different PlusCart board. Plug it in... Frogger. WTF?? It took me a couple of minutes, but eventually I found that when I had NO cartridge inserted at all, up came Frogger. Yes, this is one of those unusual little '2600 units that has 128 built-in games. I had no idea, as I've never powered it without a cart before. What was happening was that the PlusCart shell wasn't quite allowing the cart pins to be inserted deeply enough, so the unit thought there was no cartridge inserted, and went into its normal behaviour (display the built-in game(s)). I guess even the bizarre bugs/behaviour makes total sense when you know what's actually causing it. I'm redesigning the shell to allow the cart board to sit just that little bit lower. Printing a test now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I may have found a bug with the HSC Seaquest ROM. Several times a diver appeared but no sharks appeared to chase it. If the diver made it about 2/3 of the way across the screen, it would turn into the enemy sub shots. I haven't seen this happen in the standard Seaquest ROM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Update to PlusCart shell. * board now held 1.5mm downwards - better/deeper fit into cartridge slot. * label 0.4mm narrower * "trench" for board to snap in now 0.1mm deeper * "trench" now 0.something mm wider * version # embedded inside shells I think this will fix the issues some have had where the PlusCart doesn't work with the shell, but does without. Basically, the board was held too high and the pins weren't making good contact with the cartridge slot. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ PlusCart20201216.zip 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 8 hours ago, KaeruYojimbo said: I may have found a bug with the HSC Seaquest ROM. Several times a diver appeared but no sharks appeared to chase it. If the diver made it about 2/3 of the way across the screen, it would turn into the enemy sub shots. I haven't seen this happen in the standard Seaquest ROM. Seaquest has been modified by @Omegamatrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 19 hours ago, KaeruYojimbo said: I may have found a bug with the HSC Seaquest ROM. Several times a diver appeared but no sharks appeared to chase it. If the diver made it about 2/3 of the way across the screen, it would turn into the enemy sub shots. I haven't seen this happen in the standard Seaquest ROM. I'll take a look in a few days. Thanks for reporting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 You gotta have a safe place to store your PlusCart when not in use. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Fierodoug5 said: You gotta have a safe place to store your PlusCart when not in use. Damn! I need to get me one of them fancy printers.? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 45 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Damn! I need to get me one of them fancy printers.? 48 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: You gotta have a safe place to store your PlusCart when not in use. Sweet! STL? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: Sweet! STL? It is nothing fancy, just a simple holder, I used double stick tape to mount it, did not want to drill any holes in my bookcase The label is a little thicker version of your cart end label pchldr.stl labelpc.stl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Weird, both of my PlusCarts wont connect to the internet today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Weird, both of my PlusCarts wont connect to the internet today Just checked here - working OK. But it does bring up the point that mirrors or alternates for the PlusStore are needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Weird, both of my PlusCarts wont connect to the internet today To the internet or to your WiFi ? Can you find them in your routers device list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Yeah, I cant connect to wifi. I dont think I see them in router list, what do they show up as Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Yeah, I cant connect to wifi. I dont think I see them in router list, what do they show up as IRC they should show up as ESPxxx device. If you can't reconnect them with "WiFi Setup", "WiFi Manager Portal" or "WPS Connect" You might try to use "Setup" -> "ESP8266 Factory Reset", but after that you should turn of the PlusCart and restart it. This will delete all network connections stored in the ESP8266 and you can try to connect again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Tried all that, comes up No Wifi, sometimes the menu icon in the upper right shows connected, but says No Wifi. Have no problem connection with my phone and other devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Something 2 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: Yeah, I cant connect to wifi. I dont think I see them in router list, what do they show up as Something weird is happening, then. What about setting up a hotspot on your mobile phone, and trying to connect to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: Tried all that, comes up No Wifi, sometimes the menu icon in the upper right shows connected, but says No Wifi. Have no problem connection with my phone and other devices. can you see your router's SSID if you select "Setup"->"WiFi Setup" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: can you see your router's SSID if you select "Setup"->"WiFi Setup" ? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 ... but it used to work, right? And now it doesn't work for both of your PlusCarts. So, something's changed. Have you done anything - anything at all - with your router? Moved it, reset it, changed any settings...? Had a power cut recently? There has to be something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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