dfact0 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I'm in for the collectors edition! PM on the way. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noclafirata Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I would love to buy one of these also when they are ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Please use the ordering thread for new orders: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_joe Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Sign me up for 1, in fact, 2 if possible, I have spent so long waiting for a chance to buy one I would rather have a spare as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Ahem, he literally just said USE THE ORDERING THREAD FOR NEW ORDERS. Literally right before your post. Edited February 18, 2021 by JagChris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 hours ago, im_joe said: Sign me up for 1, in fact, 2 if possible, I have spent so long waiting for a chance to buy one I would rather have a spare as well. Ordering thread! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Yes, use the ordering thread for orders. Link below. A progress update while I'm here: The final manuals supposedly arrived at my house yesterday, but the timing is unfortunate as I'm out of town this week. I'll start finalizing and shipping the first orders shortly after I get home, assuming the package didn't get dropped in a lake or something before it made its way to me. Don't worry if you haven't gotten a personal response to your PM/forum post requesting a board or confirming your interest. You're not alone. I'm just busy. I see them, and I'll be in touch when your board is about ready. In fact, if I get to your name on the list and you haven't confirmed interest, I'll probably reach out to confirm you're not interested, so no one's going to get passed over. Between building the first handful of boards, I've been polishing some of the ancillary content (Source material for the box, manual, PCB, etc.) for release and putting together scripts to generate the content for the USB sticks that come with the collector's edition package. I've found it amusing that when you're trying to generate a release of a bunch of source files, including the scripts to generate that release, you run into sort of a chicken-and-egg process of seemingly endless iteration ? It's nearly there though. I've also been trying to get my host USB code into good enough shape to validate the two side USB ports in a more automated way than me swapping USB sticks back and forth between the Skunkboard and a PC. That's done as of last night, when I got usbverif.cof working. Now all I have to do is stick a USB drive in each side USB port and run "jcp -c usbverif.cof" then diff some files to validate the functionality, which I'll wrap into a script in the bjlSkunkFlash repo with the other bringup materials. I haven't finished the speed improvements for the Jaguar-side host USB driver so it's still pretty slow, but for now, as long as it's automated, I don't care. I build the boards in parallel with the testing, so there's no real loss in throughput. Once I've finished the above-mentioned polishing and finalize the material (And before I ship anything or take anyone's money), I'll make all the content I'm currently holding back (new PCB source files, packaging and manual source files, etc.) public on github, and start a new FAQ/support thread in these forums. The UK VAT thing being discussed in another thread here is indeed a bummer, but if you're in the UK, don't worry, I've got you. I don't know exactly how I'm going to handle such orders yet, but I have a few options in mind. And no, I'm not going to just raise the price or make people order boards in pairs to reach the limit for import-side VAT handling, though I did consider it briefly given the hassle it's going to be to deal with this as a seller with minuscule volume And once again, if you'd like to order, use the ordering thread not this thread. I'm not tracking board requests on this thread beyond those that happened prior to my post here announcing the ordering thread, because that would cause my brain to melt. If you have other questions/inquiries, those are always welcome. Feel free to ask here, in a PM, or wait until the FAQ/support thread goes up. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 All the source code/materials are public now, and I've started a technical support/FAQ thread here: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 At long last, these are now shipping. The first three US orders went out today, and a few more (including the first international order, though sorry to those in the U.K., still working on that.) should go out Monday. I'm working on building the next batch now. If you're on the list, hang tight. I'll contact you with more information when your board is about ready to ship. If you're not on the list and want to be, respond to the ordering thread: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 My Skunkboard came in the mail today. Are there any instructions on how to use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Machine Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Got mine yesterday and was able to squeeze it into an old skunk shell I had purchased a few years ago.... Everything looks really nice. Professional box and instructions. USB drive is very nice touch. I loaded up rom real quick and it plays well. Thank you @cubanismo !!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 The manual is exceptional btw. Robust and intuitive. Not like the good 'old days of searching the forum looking for info. Many thanks for taking such care and consideration for the end user! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I thought I had to type in the dollar sign. It was only when I tried it without it that I got it to work. I tried my Aaron the Aardvark game and I noticed there were some audio weirdness sometimes, like a hiccup in the noise department. I'm wondering if it's my game or the Skunkboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 If you point me to the ROM, I can test it on other boards, including some I didn't assemble myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 It's right here: http://www.atari2600land.com/aarontheaardvark/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 I tried this on 4 different boards, 3 of mine (1 original prototype, 1 second-gen prototype, and 1 final board) and one Zaxon SkunkBoard. It sounded the same on all of them. Sometimes the sound seems to warp/slow down/lag a bit. Is that what you're talking about? I noticed this on all the boards. What are you comparing to? BJL? Game Drive? Emulation? The fact that this is an ABS file that the SkunkBoard just forwards straight on to RAM makes me doubt it's an issue with the board. If it was a ROM flashed to the board, I could see maybe the flash missing its timings sometimes or something if it's a bad chip, but it just doesn't seem likely the USB chip is randomly scrambling bits, and I don't know how else it could cause an issue with a game's sound when it's running entirely from RAM. Note each board I ship has passed at least 45 minutes of automated testing covering all functionality of all components as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Yep, that's what I was talking about. I'm comparing it to emulation (VirtualJaguar). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 It may be an issue in the game itself. Virtual Jaguar's emulation is not cycle-accurate, so it can "hide" some issues that exist on real hardware (or the opposite). Which is why even if your use VJ for development, it's important to also run the game on real hardware to check everything works right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Yeah, it very much sounds like the DSP is overloaded or doesn't get enough bus bandwidth to pull all the samples in, and hence drags out the last tone an extra sampling period or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 OK. I guess I'll cut the bgm then. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowy80 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I am interested in buying 1 piece. Please let me know if it is possible with shipping to Poland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Thanks you @cubanismo, just got my Skunkboard this morning. And couldn't wait to play with it : 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 3/13/2021 at 2:11 PM, Machine said: Got mine yesterday and was able to squeeze it into an old skunk shell I had purchased a few years ago.... Everything looks really nice. Professional box and instructions. USB drive is very nice touch. I loaded up rom real quick and it plays well. Thank you @cubanismo !!! After seeing this I had to look online and found this case on Shapeways got mine all cased up now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The V-Man Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Just got mine yesterday! Everything is top notch, from board to manual. You think you do this professionally. Can't wait to give it a try. Need to wrap up my "job" project first before I distract myself and give this a go. Thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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