HammR25 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Quick question: will the XM be a limited release item? Limited to 500 which isn't really a limit in this type of community. I guarantee if Curt actually sold 500 of them rather quickly he'd make more anyway. That would be a no brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Ummm, depends how you classify "limited" I've had 500 cases made, I own the steel tooling and if needed I could always make more plastics. I think about 300 will sell near term and the other 200 will sell over the remainder of 2011 or so. If they get scooped up quicker, I would do another run at the end of 2011 if needed. Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt Quick question: will the XM be a limited release item? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? Anyway, can't wait for the XM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? Anyway, can't wait for the XM! One is a keyboard... the other I dunno, maybe help with Groovy's controller, some sort of I/O interface or device...or some mystery left to the readers wild imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Maybe the other project is a laser disc player that uses the expansion port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 An easy "no soulder/no case opening" RCA/S-VIDEO out would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? Anyway, can't wait for the XM! One is a keyboard... the other I dunno, maybe help with Groovy's controller, some sort of I/O interface or device...or some mystery left to the readers wild imagination. could it be the joystick coupler for robotron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 These all sound good to me! I wish they all added up to '2'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 (edited) An easy "no soulder/no case opening" RCA/S-VIDEO out would be awesome. In the previous iteration, when it was a CPU/computer add-on, before it became what it is, Curt briefly mentioned the idea of bringing up the a/v lines through the cart slot, but had reservations due to RF interference and other issues. Not sure if it could be created by other means through the other addresses. Might be able to create some sort of interpreter that would replicate much of the function, but it might wind up being as complicated as the host unit, plus having delay issues. Supposedly, it's possible to tap certain points and provide RGB output... I'd shell out to get my console modded if that could be figured out. Edited December 3, 2010 by AtariNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? One is an upgrade to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? One is an upgrade to . I don't have any words to reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? One is an upgrade to . I don't have any words to reply THEE reply to you two is: Cheech Marin astronaut clip with the background music from 2010 @ 2:15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A96RXlKfys AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Ahem... Marty, sometimes your sense of humor really steps over the line... Once the XM is out, I want to focus on 2 other 7800 projects and then I'm heading over to work on a 5200 controller project and the new case top/keyboard for the 1200XL... Curt 2 Other projects, huh? Any word out yet on what those are? I'm assuming that neither is H2 since that's Batari's realm, right? One is an upgrade to . I don't have any words to reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Joe Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 You know what wouldn't step over the line? A 7800 keyboard peripheral and a beautiful 5200 joystick that works. :thumbsup: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Joe - you have one of Assange's guys reading my files on my computer? You know what wouldn't step over the line? A 7800 keyboard peripheral and a beautiful 5200 joystick that works. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Ahem... Marty, sometimes your sense of humor really steps over the line... Hey, it's not like I made the video. Besides, I think it's an interesting upgrade to one of our earlier products. Who knows what ways people will find to upgrade the 7800 EM was well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madaracs Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Any word on the ship date for the XM? Did I miss a post, if so I apologize for the unintentional nag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Any word on the ship date for the XM? Did I miss a post, if so I apologize for the unintentional nag. Yeah, there was an update abut a week ago. Check out this thread. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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