RickR Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 OK, I'm leaving here around 10am...coming from Portland. I'll be there around 11:30. No drawings until then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 The rest of us are here.. trying to make demo machines work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Ah yes, the typical Faire gremlins are out in force today. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 A great time! Thank you Omega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Payne Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yes, it was nice meeting all of you and seeing all of your fancy enhancements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 (edited) So who is going to do a report on what transpired? My curious question is: who got to take the SAMS card home? Some people wondered why I sent it to this Faire in particular to let it into the wild. It is simple, actually. The original SAMS board was a product of the SW99ers, and they were the sponsors of the Fest West for a long time. This brought the new iteration of the board back to the Faire that first hosted it (after the even earlier Asgard AEMS version of it). I've got enough parts to build 40 or so of these boards now (limited to 1MB in this hardware revision), at a price of $80 each, assembled and tested. Edited May 1, 2016 by Ksarul 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Hey Ksarul, I was originally going to include the presentation of prizes at the tail end of the video after the demos, but since you asked and I have gigabytes of video to screw around with, I'll try to post just the prizes A.S.A.P. Come back in an hour. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ElectricLab Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 II was the lucky winner, and I never win anything! I can't wait to tinker with this card. Just last night when I was getting a PEB ready to bring, I noticed that the 32K memory card in it was bad. I think I will be putting the SAMS card in its case instead of worrying about fixing it just now. Ksarul, I think I will have some questions for you regarding this card as well as a hardware project I have in mind. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I don't think the new sams board will fit in the shell for the 32k card, as it extends out into the support rails for the card cases. I feel like a winner, cause I was able to buy a blank pcboard through arcadeshopper on site! I'll be building this and learning what I can do with it. On another note, it was great to meet so many of you, and learn your stories. Thanks for setting this up Omega! -M@ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krslam Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I was actually hoping I wouldn't win the SAMS card as I'm not a power user and I wanted it to go to a better home. Congrats, ElectricLab. On the other hand, I was really stoked to win the Atarisoft multicart. Now that's something even a dummy like me can use. Great job putting this meet together, Omega! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Was great seeing everyone today! Will be looking forward to the next get together.. At the very least at the PRGE in October! Greg 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Fest West was fun to attend as it has been awhile since I have been to one. It was fun to see the projects and demos. Good fun at the meal too. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLab Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Omega - Thanks for making this happen. I sure had a great time meeting people in person and seeing what ideas people have cooking, and learning just how much local knowledge there is out there about our beloved TIs. Thank you Joseph for tagging along with me and making the ride much more enjoyable with great discussions about anything and everything. I hope you dust off that AtariAge account and join in on the fun. Thank you Greg McGill for patiently burning eproms for the four new cartridges that I just had to have. My son and I played Robotron for hours last night Thanks to everyone who did a demo. I'm amazed with what you guys are up to, and I can't wait to see more. RXB was something I'd heard about, but seeing Rich demo it and explain some of what it does - wow. Had things like this existed back in 1983, TI would have been hard to beat. And I really have to build the USB keyboard adapter that JediMatt designed. It never really struck me just how awesome this project it until I saw it up close. I've been thinking about BJ's barcode demo and thinking about its possibilities. Scanning data in/out of the TI in this way could have some seriously cool uses. Being able to transfer a file and save it to a disk right on the TI with a few QR code scans might be a great way to get and try new programs right on the real iron. Emulators are cool and all, but playing with the original hardware is way more fun to me. I feel so overwhelmed with new things I want to do and try, my Project-ADD is going to go into hyperspeed. I hope to see you all again soon. -Corey. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 I've got enough parts to build 40 or so of these boards now (limited to 1MB in this hardware revision), at a price of $80 each, assembled and tested. Ksarul, Forty of these? At first I thought that was a gamble, with another future revision in the planning stages, but then I started thinking, 1MB on the TI is probably more than I, or quite a few others would ever need. I can see these taking the TI to yet another level. As new software comes online or current programs are updated to exploit it. I see some near-term real-world benefits too if programs like Stuart's Internet Browser, TIMXT or a few others could include some sort of code to detect and use it. I really have no idea if that code even exists though, and not being a programmer or how hard it would be to even implement. I also have a question about this... since it's paged memory, would it be possible for a program (or two) to be loaded into the memory to be hooked by say a load interrupt? If you follow where I going, you'll see this opens up a whole new universe of possibilities for the average TI'er. Also, would someone like to start a new thread to keep track of programs that currently use this device and add more as new ones come online? I'd like to do it myself, but my plate is a little full at the moment. So anyway Jim, if you can do 40 of these, the least I can do a +1. Please send me a PM when you have one built, tested and ready to send my way! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 regarding this card as well as a hardware project I have in mind.... Hmmm... my interest is piquing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Okay, for those that missed Fest West, here it is, ElectricLab's presentation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWW-dOJjQ0o&feature=youtu.be 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 That was a real smart idea, using two cameras! Nice editing Omega! -M@ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 That was a real smart idea, using two cameras! Nice editing Omega! -M@ Thanks. BTW - The plan is to get your presentation up next, hopefully in the next day or two. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 . happy to see that, and to see some of you guys in real iron Looks like big fun, and cool that you had internet there in the location. I wish I had a chance to be there. but Mission Impossible some important questions - it isn´t really hoarding, if your stuff is cool - I need that shirt - where were the fair-Gremlins ? thanks 2 all, and to Omega for all doing on that xXx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 The only fair gremlin I witnessed out of all of it, was that my solar powered wireless keyboard needed to be power cycled. I didn't even try to demo the keyboard live while Omega was recording, cause I assumed a fair gremlin would get me. Not so much a gremlin, as learning that solar devices need a little time after being stored in a backpack. -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLab Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I was visited by a gremlin during setup with my cell modem. I was about ready to give up when it just magically started working. I guess the gremlin just wanted to toy with me a little. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I was visited by a gremlin during setup with my cell modem. I was about ready to give up when it just magically started working. I guess the gremlin just wanted to toy with me a little. Well, there you go Schmitzi... there were gremlins... -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I had a great time at this event. Thank you to all whom I met at the show. Great group of people. I was stoked that I won a home brew cart(3 in 1) and I cannot wait to play it. Today, I got to sit down and play my Atarisoft collection cart that I bought and brought it to a local gaming club. I look forward to what the group decides on a next meetup and very happy to have been able to make it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 I've had lots of requests, so I figured, "What the heck"... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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