TDIRunner Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Hello, Please add me to the list for one unit in a case. I haven't read through everything yet, so I may have missed it. But if you order with a case, is it possible to remove it from the case? I actually have one of each of the Lynx models, and it would be nice if I could use it for either Lynx model. I'll be reading through this a little more to see if my question has already been answered. Thank you and great work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Hello, Please add me to the list for one unit in a case. I haven't read through everything yet, so I may have missed it. But if you order with a case, is it possible to remove it from the case? I actually have one of each of the Lynx models, and it would be nice if I could use it for either Lynx model. I'll be reading through this a little more to see if my question has already been answered. Thank you and great work. The top case is glued on -- an uncased version will work in Lynx 1 and 2, the cased just in Lynx 2. I wouldn't recommend trying to remove the case after its glued on, its surprising how effective super glue is between the PLA case and the PCB. I've had to reduce the amount of glue I use massively. For the odd issue where I needed to take the case off to investigate problems I found out if you use what I thought was a "reasonable" amount of glue you CANNOT remove the case without literally ripping it to shreds! A little superglue goes a LONG way. But I will include the case if you chose uncased. You can glue it on later if you want... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 The top case is glued on -- an uncased version will work in Lynx 1 and 2, the cased just in Lynx 2. I wouldn't recommend trying to remove the case after its glued on, its surprising how effective super glue is between the PLA case and the PCB. I've had to reduce the amount of glue I use massively. For the odd issue where I needed to take the case off to investigate problems I found out if you use what I thought was a "reasonable" amount of glue you CANNOT remove the case without literally ripping it to shreds! A little superglue goes a LONG way. But I will include the case if you chose uncased. You can glue it on later if you want... Thanks, that answers my question. I was hoping that I could have it cased for my model 2, but with the option to remove the case for use in model 1. However, I understand why it can't be done. I would like to revise my pre-order to one uncased unit so that I can add it later if I want. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Crap. I apologize. It looks like my name is already on the pre-order list. I'm seeing it on there twice now. Sorry for the trouble. I know you are super busy with this. The last thing you probably need is to deal with forgetful people like me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Many thanks, this cart is awesome!!!!! Everything works fine - just had one minor glitch related to a dodgy ROM I think. Probably due to the header and the fact the file wasn't padded out. Yet another master piece of hardware available for the Lynx! =D Edited May 19, 2016 by GadgetUK 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Many thanks, this cart is awesome!!!!! Everything works fine - just had one minor glitch related to a dodgy ROM I think. Probably due to the header and the fact the file wasn't padded out. Yet another master piece of hardware available for the Lynx! =D Cheers Gadget, I'm glad you approve! I've tried really hard to make it "feel" as nice as possible -- it's even got a nice weight to it... lol. The only ROM's I've had issues with as well have had dodgy headers (mostly no headers at all), so experience with home brew will be a bit hit and miss until headers are sorted out. However the actual code to deal with file formats is part of the menu code on the Lynx -- it just instructs the cartridge to write certain parts of the file to certain bits of the cartridge memory, so there's scope to create new formats or do some more intelligent guess work at what the format should be if headers are missing. Edit: GadgetUK's Video added to the fist post as well as it's a great overview of the cart, and I don't think I've actually posted proper final cased shots. So this shows everything really nicely! Edited May 19, 2016 by SainT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebular Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Would love to have one, what kind of price are we looking at total with shell and shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 All details are in the first post of this thread and are updated regularly to keep people up to date with what's happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannesmutlu Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVifakcnc0w Many thanks, this cart is awesome!!!!! Everything works fine - just had one minor glitch related to a dodgy ROM I think. Probably due to the header and the fact the file wasn't padded out. Yet another master piece of hardware available for the Lynx! =D The review was amezing and mind bling,especialy the lynx taxi movie rom,proving that watching a movie along with digital sound becomes possible on this amezing monstres beast,and if you can take full advantage off the sd cart space,you can unlock the incredible amezing power off the atari lynx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokimura Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Hi SainT, nice work Please put me on the list for one Cased version. And best of luck on the Jaguar project! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoreAddict Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 What an awesome project! Please sign me up for an uncased version - but with the case included! Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchatten Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Please add me to the list for one cased unit! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 How about using hot glue? Easy to remove if needed without ripping anything. And generally stays on well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vovfisken Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Hi. Please add me to the list for one cased version. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebular Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Cheers Gadget, I'm glad you approve! I've tried really hard to make it "feel" as nice as possible -- it's even got a nice weight to it... lol. The only ROM's I've had issues with as well have had dodgy headers (mostly no headers at all), so experience with home brew will be a bit hit and miss until headers are sorted out. However the actual code to deal with file formats is part of the menu code on the Lynx -- it just instructs the cartridge to write certain parts of the file to certain bits of the cartridge memory, so there's scope to create new formats or do some more intelligent guess work at what the format should be if headers are missing. Edit: GadgetUK's Video added to the fist post as well as it's a great overview of the cart, and I don't think I've actually posted proper final cased shots. So this shows everything really nicely! Just saw it, add me to the list as well good sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Please add me to the list of one of these. Looks fantastic!!! Thanks for all the hard work to produce such a great addon to the Lynx. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaFists Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Please add me to your list for a cased card. Very nice work! I've always browsed these forums, but this made me sign up! Thanks again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollodesigns Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Stumbled over GadgetUK's review for this and I absolutely have to have one. Please add me to the list for a cased card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) On 5/20/2016 at 7:23 AM, 7800fan said: How about using hot glue? Easy to remove if needed without ripping anything. And generally stays on well. I'm not a big fan of hot glue, although I should probably give it a go. While superglue is bloody good, the cyanoacrylate fumes can mark the PLA and can actually settle on memory card connectors and act as an insulator! This confused the hell out of me for a little while and is why I now use it much more sparingly. Edited October 23, 2019 by SainT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Finally! I think everything is setup and in-place to start taking payments and shipping out orders. I'm starting to work through the list now and we'll see how we get on. I've reduced UK postage costs to £3 as I've realised I can post as large letter instead of small parcel. Unfortunately this doesn't make much difference in costs for international postage, though -- £9 is still as cheap as I can do it for a signed for delivery, and I really would like to know it gets there safely. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Finally! I think everything is setup and in-place to start taking payments and shipping out orders. I'm starting to work through the list now and we'll see how we get on. I've reduced UK postage costs to £3 as I've realised I can post as large letter instead of small parcel. Unfortunately this doesn't make much difference in costs for international postage, though -- £9 is still as cheap as I can do it for a signed for delivery, and I really would like to know it gets there safely. I'll pay extra for shipping as needed. Are you contacting people via PM here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Yes, the process will be I'll drop everyone on the list a PM working down from the top and just confirm they still want a cart. If so I'll sort out what the postage charge will be and ask for an email address for you. I'll send a PayPal invoice to that email address, when it's paid I'll ship out asap (will be next working day). The PayPal invoice just lets me keep track of everything more easily as I'm making sure everything is above board in terms of being a business (I like to stay on the right side of the Inland Revenue!! ) I'm just working through the first few now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) If anyone is interested, I've updated the menu code (thanks SainT for providing the source! =D ). I will do some more mods later, but for now all I've done is change some of the text colouring, put a version number on there, allow use of right and left on d-pad to go page up or page down, and the B button will just go back a folder regardless of where you are in the list of files. This is a great device and the open source nature of the menu is great! I am thinking it might be possible to display a tiny image of the selected game next - but I do mean tiny lol. Although with some works I guess it could be totally changed to allow more space for an image and less room for filename listings etc. Just rename your old menu.bin file to menu.old, then copy the new menu.bin on there in the root (just incase you want to revert for any reason). https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxdmmfa84npean9/menu.bin?dl=0 EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mentioned that I added the standard flip option in there as well, so lefties can use the menu. You need to flip the game again once its loaded though. Edited May 21, 2016 by GadgetUK 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Ah, good job GadgetUK well done and very many thanks. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbarnes1011 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I sent you a pm but if I could be added to the list that would be great, thank you. Man you stop reading a thread for a couple months... Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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