Mazzspeed Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 The thing that really impressed me is the 3D printed case, that really is the best 3D printing job I've ever seen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massiverobot Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 47 minutes ago, mdivancic said: You workflow on the Mac is overly complex. Most of the Disk files I use have been downloaded for years. A quick copy to the SD card and I’m ready to go, plus I really have nothing to share that’s not already out there. I would have to set up a local server, and I still may. For now the servers available have plenty of items to look at and play with. Sure, to each his own. I am _not_ starting with an archive of ATRs- that is true. I may have some somewhere, but am mostly finding things via the web as I look around. I suppose after a while I'll have a nice collection up on my TNFS server. But your flow and mine are very different, I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spancho Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Mine just showed up today! ? I will Try it out this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massiverobot Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Spancho said: Mine just showed up today! ? I will Try it out this weekend. Nice... Is everyone getting black cases? Mine was grey... That is the 2nd black case I've seen so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Mine's XE Grey also. Now I want black, because it'll match my mini monitor and mini PS/2 keyboard. Black is the new Grey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Mine's still naked. ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spancho Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 11 hours ago, massiverobot said: Nice... Is everyone getting black cases? Mine was grey... That is the 2nd black case I've seen so far. Mine is grey not black, must be the artificial light when I took the photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I thought that I just had to wait until the cartridge port is working. I mean, you can't have an Atari 8-bit without a cartridge port. The more I think about it though, I really love the small form factor, and there's really not much available on cartridge these days that can't be found as an xex. Push comes to shove, I always have one of my original 8-bits or my 1088XEL for cartridge use if I really need it. I'm going to have to pick one of these up eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massiverobot Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 24 minutes ago, bfollowell said: I thought that I just had to wait until the cartridge port is working. I mean, you can't have an Atari 8-bit without a cartridge port. The more I think about it though, I really love the small form factor, and there's really not much available on cartridge these days that can't be found as an xex. Push comes to shove, I always have one of my original 8-bits or my 1088XEL for cartridge use if I really need it. I'm going to have to pick one of these up eventually. I thought that, but Flob is ruining it for me. I want to play this game, and so I really want to get the new FN/Cart tophat when it's released... and a MR.ROBOT case top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, bfollowell said: I thought that I just had to wait until the cartridge port is working. I mean, you can't have an Atari 8-bit without a cartridge port. The more I think about it though, I really love the small form factor, and there's really not much available on cartridge these days that can't be found as an xex. Push comes to shove, I always have one of my original 8-bits or my 1088XEL for cartridge use if I really need it. I'm going to have to pick one of these up eventually. You can always upgrade later. @MacRorie is planning to have some kind of fujinet trade-in thing for non-cart fujinets as part of the upgrade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdivancic Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, bfollowell said: I thought that I just had to wait until the cartridge port is working. I mean, you can't have an Atari 8-bit without a cartridge port. The more I think about it though, I really love the small form factor, and there's really not much available on cartridge these days that can't be found as an xex. Push comes to shove, I always have one of my original 8-bits or my 1088XEL for cartridge use if I really need it. I'm going to have to pick one of these up eventually. I thought the same thing too but now after using this if I could find a wireless keyboard it would be sitting in my living room as a gaming machine. I may still get the cart upgrade, but I have determined that it’s not necessary. The one upgrade I will be getting is the EXP80 II when it becomes available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spancho Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, mdivancic said: ….if I could find a wireless keyboard it would be sitting in my living room as a gaming machine. Indeed, I am looking as well for a wireless PS/2 keyboard. But as I don’t know the exact model names as they were sold, it’s difficult to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tf_hh Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 2:49 PM, massiverobot said: Tech Question: Is there any reason why RAMBO and COMPYSHOP use different bits (the last two)? Or just different people/teams at different times? Is there a technical reason they didn't use the same bits of PORTB? The german developer at the former Compy-Shop company decide to use the 130XE banking scheme as the base for their circuits. So all software using the special modes (ANTIC selects expanded memory OR CPU selects expanded memory OR both!) existing on every stock 130XE would run with their solution. The 130XE has only four banks, but you need sixteen banks to enable 256 KB expanded memory. So the guys at Compy-Shop uses PB6 and PB7 to have four banks easily switchable. This logic was simple to made without any PLD. Maybe (just my suggestion) because the XE series wasn´t much common in the U.S., the U.S. companies provided memory expansions didn´t implement the XE mode and their products always map the expanded memory for both processors - ANTIC and CPU. So the PB5 bit is used for bank selection. 256 KB "RAMBO" style uses PB2, PB3, PB5 and PB6 for bank selection - what makes the logic circuitry easier than the Compy-Shop way. 512 KB RAMBO needs the same effort (latching PB7). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndusGT Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Any possibility of adding a cartridge port in the future? Maybe thru some attachment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 56 minutes ago, IndusGT said: Any possibility of adding a cartridge port in the future? Maybe thru some attachment. Already been done - search the thread for "Fujinet+Cart". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndusGT Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 7:56 PM, Stephen said: Already been done - search the thread for "Fujinet+Cart". got it thanks, while we're at it, will a PBI be an option in the future ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndusGT Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 9:39 PM, DrVenkman said: Mine's still naked. ? Is this something that is in development? I'm asking because I see a flash memory card in the board. Dont see that in the brewing academy pictures. If it is, will it allow to load programs thru the memory card. If I understand the NUC correctly, currently the only two ways to load sofware is either with tyhe buit in fujunet or the add on SIO board. Am I correct ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 minute ago, IndusGT said: Is this something that is in development? I'm asking because I see a flash memory card in the board. Dont see that in the brewing academy pictures. If it is, will it allow to load programs thru the memory card. If I understand the NUC correctly, currently the only two ways to load sofware is either with tyhe buit in fujunet or the add on SIO board. Am I correct ? Thanks It's the SD card slot for the FujiNet board. -Thom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Just to clarify... The base model 576NUC+ board without any accessories can only load software via SIO. The FujiNet only accessory daughter board adds the capability to load software via WiFi, Bluetooth, or an SD card. The Fujinet+CART accessory daughter board adds a cartridge port to the FujiNet capabilities previously listed. There is no PBI/ECI. Unless you always plan to have a PC tethered to your NUC, I highly recommend that one of the FujiNet daughter boards be included. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkindig Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, mytek said: Just to clarify... The base model 576NUC+ board without any accessories can only load software via SIO. The FujiNet only accessory daughter board adds the capability to load software via WiFi, Bluetooth, or an SD card. The Fujinet+CART accessory daughter board adds a cartridge port to the FujiNet capabilities previously listed. There is no PBI/ECI. Unless you always plan to have a PC tethered to your NUC, I highly recommend that one of the FujiNet daughter boards be included. MyTek, I ordered the NUC with the standard SIO adapter and planned to use my existing FujiNet carts with it until the FujiNet+Cart accessory daughter board is available. Are you telling me that won't work? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, rkindig said: MyTek, I ordered the NUC with the standard SIO adapter and planned to use my existing FujiNet carts with it until the FujiNet+Cart accessory daughter board is available. Are you telling me that won't work? thanks How did you get that impression ? Now I'm confused ??? Edit: A standard FujiNet Cart will work because, it is A) not an actual Cart, and B) although shaped like a Cart it is actually an SIO device. So assuming you have the SIO2Dsub adapter for the NUC, it should plug right in and work. I believe this is the way @DrVenkman used his until such time that he got the FujiNet daughter board. Edited September 6, 2021 by mytek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, mytek said: I believe this is the way @DrVenkman used his until such time that he got the FujiNet daughter board. Indeed. A standard stand-alone plug-in FujiNet will work just fine. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 hours ago, DrVenkman said: Indeed. A standard stand-alone plug-in FujiNet will work just fine. I may be the only person wanting to do the opposite. When I remove my internal Fujinet from the 576 so I can build / install the one with cart port, I am wondering if I can use it standalone. Would be a shame to have it go to waste. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, Stephen said: I may be the only person wanting to do the opposite. When I remove my internal Fujinet from the 576 so I can build / install the one with cart port, I am wondering if I can use it standalone. Would be a shame to have it go to waste. Yep, just wire an SIO plug to the header, it should work fine. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndusGT Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 8 hours ago, mytek said: Just to clarify... The base model 576NUC+ board without any accessories can only load software via SIO. The FujiNet only accessory daughter board adds the capability to load software via WiFi, Bluetooth, or an SD card. The Fujinet+CART accessory daughter board adds a cartridge port to the FujiNet capabilities previously listed. There is no PBI/ECI. Unless you always plan to have a PC tethered to your NUC, I highly recommend that one of the FujiNet daughter boards be included. That's what I was looking for, thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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