Compact Flash Cartridge

[mos6507]

I'll have to reply on behalf of SCPCD since he isn't available at the moment, and is a little shy about communicating in English much anyways Of course I can't read his mind, but he's been a friend of mine for several years, and we had discussions about this project many times before.

 

First thing (which we may have not stressed enough) : the JagCF project has been created to add new features to the Jaguar console. SCPCD did this because he's a Jag enthusiast (he's been hacking the hardware since 2001 or so). Things like the support of ROM images weren't even considered initially, since the goal was to allow the development of new, more powerful software.

 

Which brings us to the second point : it's not only about Compact Flash. The JagCF also features much more RAM, an improved and reliable networking, streamed audio, support for PS/2 keyboards and mice, and many other things (and the most important one has not been "officially" announced yet) that developers can use to create more impressive games on the Jaguar.

 

Third and last point : we're definitely not doing this for the money (come on, if we wanted to do that, we'd only make a few and then sell them to the highest bidders on eBay ). SCPCD told us [the folks at Jagware] before that he didn't care if only five units were sold, as long as interested developers could get it. And we don't plan on making huge benefices on the sales, either. Of course, adding the support for ROM images will widen the target audience, but we're not trying to benefit from piracy. If we had a possibility to deter pirates without compromising features for legitimate owners, we would do it.

 

GT Turbo posted a related poll here on AA, so if you want to express your opinion, go ahead. Unfortunately, no matter which route we go, it's bound to be disappointing for some people...

 

 

This sounds like a really cool project, especially the extra peripherals support. Kind of the Jag equivalent of Chimera. It's a shame it's being knocked down by some people.

[ls650]

Why reopen this thread after almost 10 months? The fact is that until the JagCF is released, it's all just a bunch of conjecture.

[Pocket]

Just because there is interest

[mos6507]

Why reopen this thread after almost 10 months? The fact is that until the JagCF is released, it's all just a bunch of conjecture.

 

Because this thread was linked from the locked thread and I only found out about it by reading the locked thread where posts are more recent.