Gandor Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 PM sent Public invitation about Ultimate Cartridge. Hello to all. If any member need a Ultimate Cartridge, please feel free to contact me within p.m. I have arrange a last batch from these, and I need to complete the order of electronic parts. This invitation is open till this Sunday. Greetings Panos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Public invitation about Ultimate Cartridge. Hello to all. If any member need a Ultimate Cartridge, please feel free to contact me within p.m. I have arrange a last batch from these, and I need to complete the order of electronic parts. This invitation is open till this Sunday. Greetings Panos If anyone is on the fence, this will likely be the last run that Panos does. It's well worth the money and a wonderful little cart. For those of you who want one this might be the last chance to get in on a professional run. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Public invitation about Ultimate Cartridge. Hello to all. If any member need a Ultimate Cartridge, please feel free to contact me within p.m. I have arrange a last batch from these, and I need to complete the order of electronic parts. This invitation is open till this Sunday. Greetings Panos PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbramley Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Are they still available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrasteve Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Are they still available? Pm Panos, his post says available until Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbramley Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Please put me down for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncfreak Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I'll take one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Alien Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Paid via PayPal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santosp Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Public invitation about Ultimate Cartridge. Hello to all. If any member need a Ultimate Cartridge, please feel free to contact me within p.m. I have arrange a last batch from these, and I need to complete the order of electronic parts. This invitation is open till this Sunday. Greetings Panos End time of public invitation. Thanks all members who participated in this. As the last time, I hope someone else to make some more carts for any remaining interested members. I from my side, must to complete those preorders as to proceed with the Freezers construction. Panos. Edited March 21, 2016 by santosp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdocollector Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi Panos, is the Ultimate Card usable on a 130xe? If yes, should the smily face sticker look upwards when the card is inserted? Thanks a lot. Inviato dal mio D6503 utilizzando Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi Panos, is the Ultimate Card usable on a 130xe? If yes, should the smily face sticker look upwards when the card is inserted? Thanks a lot. Inviato dal mio D6503 utilizzando Tapatalk It works perfectly on the 130XE and the sticker should absolutely be facing upward toward you. If you put it in backward you will bork your cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) I thought the cartridge casing prevented accidental reverse insertion...it doesn't? the time honored cart format always had a couple slits in the front bottom or the front side had the bottom lip removed to prevent being inserted backwards! goes down in when faced proper and does not go in when faced backwards... when did this get forgotten? Edited March 21, 2016 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrotrains Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 I thought the cartridge casing prevented accidental reverse insertion...it doesn't? the time honored cart format always had a couple slits in the front bottom or the front side had the bottom lip removed to prevent being inserted backwards! goes down in when faced proper and does not go in when faced backwards... when did this get forgotten? It hasn't been forgotten. The cartridge PCB is designed to fit in an old cartridge shell. It can, however, be used uncased too. (see the first post in the thread, and the extensive discussion in the cartridge technical thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 It can, however, be used uncased too. Although not in a 600/800XL, whose cartridge doors spell instant short. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrotrains Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Although not in a 600/800XL, whose cartridge doors spell instant short. True - Thanks for pointing that out. There is a user guide, which includes this topic, available as a pdf on the github site. See: https://github.com/robinhedwards/UltimateCart Edited March 21, 2016 by electrotrains 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I think the key here is... Kill a XE cart to save your Ultimate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santosp Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 All the owners of mine constructions, have already receive an extensive report about this via p.m.'s. Also a funny smile sticker have placed on SD card socket, as a protection measure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 All the owners of mine constructions, have already receive an extensive report about this via p.m.'s. Also a funny smile sticker have placed on SD card socket, as a protection measure. Although even with this the question still got asked which way up to have the sticker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhatter667 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I'm in. This is really cool. I've never done this before, so thank you for linking user resources. Looks like I have some homework to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Has anyone asked Al if he can make an US run of this cart? Edited March 23, 2016 by walter_J64bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Has anyone asked Al if he can make an US run of this cart? Or contacted Lotharek to mass produce them? To his great credit, Electrotrains made this as an open hardware design after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Although not in a 600/800XL, whose cartridge doors spell instant short. Yep... Its been known for some people to stick insulating, decorative DuctTape neatly on the edges of their XL cartridge slot to prevent this happening... So I understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Yep... Its been known for some people to stick insulating, decorative DuctTape neatly on the edges of their XL cartridge slot to prevent this happening... So I understand. Ah... so that's what that was for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Ah... so that's what that was for. That and to accompany my endless (it felt like!) struggles with my 'TheCart!' flash upgrade. I acquired a full box of that 'Galaxy' themed tape that was left over after my wife made a 'Duct-tape double' for her dressmaking. Kate Bush once had a song called 'Suspended In Gaffa' which conveys much of the process. Or contacted Lotharek to mass produce them? To his great credit, Electrotrains made this as an open hardware design after all. Or even make them yourself! The PCB schematic CAD files are all available and I've learned its fairly trivial to have even small quantities made these days as off-cuts from larger production houses. I fully intended to do this for my own uses, but was suffering a crisis of faith at the time and backed out. I still have a handful of circuit boards though and have thought I might give this a bash again now I've got more experience in SMD soldering. It is a very clear, clean design and I don't think any of the spares are smaller than 0805 with plenty of room around them for tack and reflow. The big CPLD is the toughest part as it has a large ground pad completely hidden underneath, so you have to use solder paste and either a careful hot-air setup or an even carefull'er toaster oven for a few minutes to get a good joint. The rest can be done via drag-soldering - even the legs on the CPLD are not all that bad once you are 100% sure you've got it properly registered against its pads, which you have to do before setting the groundpad anyway. I have another assembly project on at the moment, but after that I think I will try and whip up my own UltimateCart. What really makes or breaks the deal is if Farnell or better yet these days RS ever get the CPLD in to local stock. Ordering from America is horrifically expensive in terms of pure delivery. The spare unit itself is pretty cheap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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