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+save2600 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Beautiful indeed! Great photo too. Refresh our memory though... what is this and why does it have the screwy double ender thing going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Beautiful indeed! Great photo too. Refresh our memory though... what is this? This was on the DKArcade pre order page. This i think is the new PCB that are going to be used in some upcoming Intellivision games. You have to sign up to get on the preorder list! This is a nice looking board isnt it? It also means there are more games finally coming to intellivision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Absolutely awesome! Already paid for my copy of DK Arcade and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. Even got an old buddy who has nothing to do with gaming forums, doesn't follow the homebrew scene or any of that, to purchase this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 This i think is the new PCB that are going to be used in some upcoming Intellivision games. You have to sign up to get on the preorder list! Why would it have edge connections (Of two different sizes) at opposite ends of the board, for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Why would it have edge connections (Of two different sizes) at opposite ends of the board, for? My guess is that the smaller edge connector is for programming the board. It looks like they designed it as a preassembled board with flash ROMs that could be programmed in-place, instead of having to build new boards for every game. It also looks like this board allows ROM sizes of up to 128K, and considering that the original cartridges never got larger than 48K, that's a decent amount of room on the Intellivision. It should open up some interesting possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 That picture is a thing of beauty, and Jay's explanation is music to my ears. Can't wait to see what's coming for the INTV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It is indeed a beautiful thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It also looks like this board allows ROM sizes of up to 128K 128K words because of the two 28F010s its a 256KB cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Can't wait to have that shiny new DK Arcade in my hands. Will be hard not to take the cart apart and look at the PCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 128K words because of the two 28F010s its a 256KB cart. Ugh ... thanks for the correction! That's what happens when I try to write at almost 2:00 in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Can't wait to have that shiny new DK Arcade in my hands. Will be hard not to take the cart apart and look at the PCB. That's what am going to do as well! I have also taken apart Space Patrol when i got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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