Gazoo Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Cartridge shells will be in short supply for me soon. I just counted up what I've got left. There's 24 of the black ones with the screw in the middle and 10 of the beige ones with the plastic latch in the middle which I'll probably not use for XB v2.7 Suite carts. What are the current sources for these, if any? Anybody got a box of useless carts they want to part with for cheap? You can even keep the boards. I'm thinking of making batches of the other new carts after the demand for XB v2.7 Suite dries up, but the drawback seems to be the availability of cart shells. I could provide the completed board and a high quality vinyl label at that point. The buyer to provide their own shell, but I'd rather not go that route. Thoughts? Ideas? Options? Gazoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 The last few Faires I attended, there were cartridges available by the handful. Perhaps you will find similar "treasure" this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Time to crank up the mold. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Speaking of, is anyone working on recreating cartridge shells other than the classic TI, like Funware or Parker Brothers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I've been mulling over doing a ROMOX-style case, as it allows me to use a larger cartridge board, which would be useful for one of the projects I've been pondering. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I really have to get the time to cast some cases though--it is getting to the point where there is a lot of demand for them. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 ... which would be useful for one of the projects I've been pondering. . . Okay, spill it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 A new version of the Wiesbaden Supermodul--basically a GRAM Kracker in a cartridge case. . .and I have permission to resurrect the design from Sven Dyroff, the original developer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 A new version of the Wiesbaden Supermodul--basically a GRAM Kracker in a cartridge case. . .and I have permission to resurrect the design from Sven Dyroff, the original developer. Hory shet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hory shet. Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 A new version of the Wiesbaden Supermodul--basically a GRAM Kracker in a cartridge case. . .and I have permission to resurrect the design from Sven Dyroff, the original developer. I for one think this is a terrible idea, if reasonable ammounts of these units got into the community it could destroy poor little Buddy Bear's Ebay business!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 There are already reasonable numbers of them out there--the original runs of the Supermodul put something in the vicinity of 170 of them into the community. I have one of each of the two variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 There are already reasonable numbers of them out there--the original runs of the Supermodul put something in the vicinity of 170 of them into the community. I have one of each of the two variants. Is there anything you DON'T have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I don't have a few of the third-party side-car devices and PEB boards (maybe a dozen or so diferent objects) and four of the TI-produced PEB boards and three TI Sidecars (one of which was only sold in Venezuela). I'm still looking for those, along with the dozen or so cartridges that I'm still missing. I'm missing originals of a lot of disks and tapes though (although I do have a serious collection of those too). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I say we hold CTIUG Faire at Ksarul's place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I can drive there in under 2 hours! ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 And you've done so, Lee--that was a nice lunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I for one think this is a terrible idea, if reasonable ammounts of these units got into the community it could destroy poor little Buddy Bear's Ebay business!!!!! Isn't most of the stuff he's selling already been cracked by others and available from WHTECH for free? I've sometimes wondered how much money people have wasted/burned on his copies. I guess the Internet is a big place and not everyone knows about Atari Age or WHTECH, but all it would take is a few seconds with a search engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) And you've done so, Lee--that was a nice lunch! So, lunch is on Lee this year?? Dang, we have a generous group of folk here! (This is not REALLY off-topic -- "shells" makes me think of tacos.) Edited October 9, 2014 by OLD CS1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Or some good seashell noodles with tuna and a spicy mustard sauce. . .but I will try to get a few cartridge cases made before Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Or some good seashell noodles with tuna and a spicy mustard sauce. . .but I will try to get a few cartridge cases made before Chicago. Now, that would be cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I bet you don't have any Quest 512K RAMdisks (but might soon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Ooooooooh! Aussie hardware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Over the past year I've read about some great ideas, hacks and projects, so on the topic of cartridge shells and with all these new "Ultra Uber Carts" coming out, maybe it's time for a "hardware hackers special" , a case with a "little extra growing room". A cartridge with a little extra room could facilitate, LED's, switches, larger batteries, a few extra chips or an add on circuit board for the experimenter. In the future possibly even multiple-layered PCB's. Even now, I have a cartridge that I dearly love, but it does not work with the widget, and I so miss that little reset button! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Actually, your idea was already in the queue, Kevan, though in a different form. I'm looking to replicate a variant of the old ROMOX cases, but with a little more headroom at the end--capable of holding either a standard cart board (which gives a nice open area at the end for other things (like switches or large batteries), or an elongated board that gives more room for components. It is one of my backburner projects that has been moving forward in slow motion. . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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