AtariNostalgia Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Zaxon no longer sells the Fujinet. Anyone know where I can buy these in Europe? I have googled, but came up with nothing. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin1968 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I’m happy to ship worldwide. I sell SDrive-MAXs and I’ll have 1.5 FujiNets in stock this week. https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/shop 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) Hi. I am in the UK and got my SDrive Max from Ebay.co.uk here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173710208225 Reasonable price and all working fine. Looks like they ship to Europe too. FYI when you get your Sdrive Max make sure before you plug it in, you have done your research regarding the power. If it is set to be powered by the Atari via the SIO, (usually default), and you couple it with an external power supply, you can fry it, and possibly damage your A8 in the process. I just power it via my A8/SIO. It powers up fine without an external PSU, just obviously resets everytime you switch off the A8 which I guess is why you can choose to go with an external power source if desired. (They don't come with external PSUs BTW). Good luck - SDrive Max is a nice bit of kit - although I still can't work out why - when you up the baud/data transfer rate to from the default (69kbps I think), to 128kbps (maximum) - files don't actually load any faster. Edited June 1, 2021 by Beeblebrox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I also need to pick up a Fujinet myself, but haven't found a place that has one in stock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 2 hours ago, AtariNostalgia said: Zaxon no longer sells the Fujinet. Anyone know where I can buy these in Europe? i have some rev 1.3 with fixes available (in europe) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I wouldn't bother with the sdrive-max. Once you have the fujinet you won't need it anymore. Maybe get an AVGCART instead to cover loading all the cart images not supported by fujinet/sdrive. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, tmp said: i have some rev 1.3 with fixes available (in europe) I'm in the US. Do you ship here or is it just to Europe? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Lord Thag said: I'm in the US. Do you ship here or is it just to Europe? Thanks! @Gavin1968 just mentioned that he sells them, and he's based in the U.S. @MacRorie has them at The Brewing Academy in the U.S. as well. Both of these guys are class acts and are impossible to beat. There's no reason to order from Europe if you're in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Lord Thag said: I'm in the US. Do you ship here or is it just to Europe? Thanks! I do (anywhere but the UK) but as stated above, it should be cheaper for you to order locally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, bfollowell said: There's no reason to order from Europe if you're in the U.S. Unless you want to bundle an AVGCART with that Fujinet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just now, Mr Robot said: Unless you want to bundle an AVGCART with that Fujinet I guess that may be true, but with worldwide shipping the way it is, it seems like it would still be cheaper to order the FujiNet domestically and the AVGCart from Europe. For that matter, I thought someone had started selling the AVGCart in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 3 hours ago, bfollowell said: @Gavin1968 just mentioned that he sells them, and he's based in the U.S. @MacRorie has them at The Brewing Academy in the U.S. as well. Both of these guys are class acts and are impossible to beat. There's no reason to order from Europe if you're in the U.S. Ok thanks. Gavin's site listed them as out of stock, but I'll keep checking. I'll ping MacRorie as well. Been outta the loop for the last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just now, Lord Thag said: Ok thanks. Gavin's site listed them as out of stock, but I'll keep checking. I'll ping MacRorie as well. Been outta the loop for the last few months. I think Gavin's post above said he'd have v1.5 FujiNets in stock this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadir Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 2 hours ago, bfollowell said: For that matter, I thought someone had started selling the AVGCart in the U.S. I'll do some googling as I'd really like to get my hands on an AVGCart as well as a FujiNet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNostalgia Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, bfollowell said: I think Gavin's post above said he'd have v1.5 FujiNets in stock this week. Are the other Fujinets upgradable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin1968 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 53 minutes ago, Lord Thag said: out of stock, The 1.3 is garbage! Don't waste your time. I will have the 1.5 this week. Promise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin1968 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 34 minutes ago, AtariNostalgia said: Fujinets upgradable? No, not for the hardware revs, the software yes always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNostalgia Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 So I have bought both, really exceeding my monthly allocation for retro hardware and with the recent 800xl that I'm waiting for. I am very impressed with what the SDrive-Max does. I got the one with an external USB power source, the seller says this is a much better solution, but it means more cords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 6/1/2021 at 4:56 PM, tmp said: i have some rev 1.3 with fixes available (in europe) 18 hours ago, Gavin1968 said: The 1.3 is garbage! Don't waste your time. Perhaps with fixes also includes hardware fixes? Couple of jumper wires, cut traces, added something. Perhaps @tmp can clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmp Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 minute ago, ivop said: Perhaps with fixes also includes hardware fixes? Couple of jumper wires, cut traces, added something. Perhaps @tmp can clarify. of course it includes hw fixes (the main issue with 1.3 was that it was having problems with sw updates on some mobo/os combinations, that was solved (actually i believe i was the one who came with the last fix but whatever)) i understand gavin's motivations and i don't care 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) At least from what I've read on the fujinet section of this forum: a) the differences between hardware revisions are not very significant, b) most (all?) of the features work everywhere from v1.0 to the latest. Also, ordering from the USA while living in EU and having all these delays in post offices sounds so "fun". In any case, I ordered a fujinet and avgcart from @tmp last week, so that's me done. Looking forward to receiving them! Edited June 2, 2021 by ggn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I just want stronger SIO pins in next version (I believe that's planned for 1.6) then I will buy a back-up device. My current 1.0 does everything just fine EXCEPT for holding on to an SIO cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomDarth5 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 6/1/2021 at 2:53 PM, Gavin1968 said: I’m happy to ship worldwide. I sell SDrive-MAXs and I’ll have 1.5 FujiNets in stock this week. https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/shop Hello I was just wondering what's the differences between FujiNet 1.0, 1.3 , 1.5 etc? Is it just a newer more up to date revision? Are the features and compatibility all generally the same? I am also interested in purchasing one if you have them in stock later this week how much would it be roughly to ship to the UK? Thanks Tommy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin1968 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Tommy, The details about what is new is on the FujiNet 1.5 product page. I have them up now. Basically if you want to use the FujiNet with any other SIO device you want the 1.5 because it handles the SIO chain way better than 1.0 as well as high speed SIO. 1.3 has many design flaws and I would avoid. I don't know if anyone even sells the 1.0 any more. I only sell the latest version, 1.5 https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/shop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Gavin, Is the SIO receptacle better for holding onto SIO cables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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