toiletunes Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 This is great to hear! I am excited to hear the good news 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 The big day has arrived, the packets are traveling. I imagine the excitement for the first tests of games on real hardware. Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Excellent news, one more cool thing to look forward to seeing when I'm in Portland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Congrats Curt! Super excited for the coming nerd Christmas! My 7800 is wired and ready! Hopeful for some projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariNerd Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 *nearly faints* Yahoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 This is excellent news indeed! I don't get to post a whole lot these days, but I've been following the 7800 XM project all along, and it sounds like one truly amazing piece of hardware. It's a good feeling to see the 7800 still living and breathing after all these years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I've been calling my wife all day, "has a package arrived for me". I'm driving her nuts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Perry...did it arrive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Perry...did it arrive? No. ;( But I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow. I would love to play with it over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Once I receive my production unit XM, I intend to purchase every XM enhanced/required title that is available. Jay Silverheels is getting giddy, again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reliant73 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 This sounds awesome.I will definitely be in if there is a second round for these I am always totally amazed at the talent out there for giving new life to these systems You guys are awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Perry - it should've gotten to you by now, Albert got his XM today along with a couple of my newer USB Classic 2's... Bob should've received a box as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 My mail hasn't shown up yet today. Did you use USPS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Yup, USPS... I'm going back to my office around 9, ill look up the tracking # Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I just got home from getting some carry out and theres a box on my porch! :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Got my box too, thanks Curt! ... although it doesn't have quite the same contents as Perry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I just got home from getting some carry out and theres a box on my porch! :-) Does this box have pizza in it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 PIctures!!! PIctures!!! PIctures!!! Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I should have time to post a photo later tonight. Just got done playing some DK XM, Pac-man Collection XM, Froggie and Bently Bear with full POKEY audio. I'll try to get a video of Donkey Kong up tomorrow. Only issue is HSC functionality isn't working right now. Curt was having some issues with it and had to disable it. But Donkey Kong does work fine on a real HSC. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Yeah - having some very glitchy timing issues with the HSC when Perry's went out, not sure why the Write signal keeps falling low out of sync during HSC access, and time was short so I figured, worst case - Perry could plug in an HSC into the XM or use the HSC functionality on the CC2, either way it would be accessible. Have a blast Perry, remember, Bob's got testing to do as well, Especially really beating up his Bentley game on the XM hardware, so you guys really kick the tires... Bob - just make sure the CC2 coming to you goes back to me, not to Albert for the Portland Show, he doesn't want it being "borrowed" without permission off of the demo table, plus I need to get it back so I can do more tests... Have fun guys and yeah, post up some pic's and vid's, don't leave all these people in suspense... Also please everyone, don't bombard me with PM's and emails, when its all debugged and finished I'll let everyone know, still got a lot left to weed out and work out, but things are moving along, its been 3 very long years, I know - but we're getting there. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Here are a few photo's. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Yeah - having some very glitchy timing issues with the HSC when Perry's went out, not sure why the Write signal keeps falling low out of sync during HSC access, and time was short so I figured, worst case - Perry could plug in an HSC into the XM or use the HSC functionality on the CC2, either way it would be accessible. I found that I can re-enable the HSC even if it is disabled in the XM BIOS. HSC BIOS works, but RAM looks corrupted and scores can't be saved. In fact, it keeps throwing me into the personalization screen because it can't save the name I give it. The high scores sort of worked with Froggie on the CC2, so I don't know if it is using the XM HSC or CC2 HSC. Using an external HSC works perfectly with my DK XM board. But if a game doesn't check for the presence of an external HSC before enabling the XM HSC, there can be bus conflicts and potentially hardware damage. I have setup DK XM to disable the XM HSC when booted, then check for a CC2 or real HSC. If one is detected, it leaves the XM HSC disabled. If it doesn't detect an external cart, then it attempts to enable the XM HSC. If the XM HSC isn't detected, then it disables it. Unless the XM can lock out the HSC function, developers should take the same precaution to prevent people from damaging their hardware. It would also be a good idea to take similar precautions if binary files are distributed for use with the CC2 and the XM. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Sounds like people should disable the HSC functionality on their CC2s in the menu files if they aren't sure about a specific game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I found that I can re-enable the HSC even if it is disabled in the XM BIOS. HSC BIOS works, but RAM looks corrupted and scores can't be saved. In fact, it keeps throwing me into the personalization screen because it can't save the name I give it. The high scores sort of worked with Froggie on the CC2, so I don't know if it is using the XM HSC or CC2 HSC. Using an external HSC works perfectly with my DK XM board. But if a game doesn't check for the presence of an external HSC before enabling the XM HSC, there can be bus conflicts and potentially hardware damage. I have setup DK XM to disable the XM HSC when booted, then check for a CC2 or real HSC. If one is detected, it leaves the XM HSC disabled. If it doesn't detect an external cart, then it attempts to enable the XM HSC. If the XM HSC isn't detected, then it disables it. Unless the XM can lock out the HSC function, developers should take the same precaution to prevent people from damaging their hardware. It would also be a good idea to take similar precautions if binary files are distributed for use with the CC2 and the XM. How can you tell the difference (programatically) between the HSC and the XM High Score Functionality to know which one is active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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