+grips03 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 would like to order one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Please add me to list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I will buy one as soon as it's ready. Will you send the LED with the cart. I will solder it in. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomSon Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 Well, I've got excellent news and a slightly less good one. First the less good one: it's vacation time and everyone is off to sunny and warm locations, including myself, for a while. The good one is that yesterday the cases were made - or rather the usb openings were drilled with a cnc machine. And they turned out beautifully; so the dimensions of the pcb and case, the precision of the cut - I'm a really picky guy but there's nothing I can faul there - they are just perfect. The plastic was borderline useable for cnc-cutting, even with coolant fluid over it all the time (and a knowledgable person fiddling with the process parameters) quite a few cases were destroyed. Still, I decided to get this over with and made probably all I'm likely to make for a while. Friends also sent me a few (semi-)transparent ones to try out - they are really rare in the moment but I wanted to try out the plastics, if some ever get available. Surprisingly those seemed to work better so I'm a bit more open to actually make another batch, if these ever get available. I've tried them out with the LED on the pcb but apart from the one transparent one I've got the results weren't really useable in Vectrex mode - you can hardly see the color of the LED under an orange or blue case. The blue one is more useable for USB-mode, the orange one almost once you know what 'blue' looks like there but my personal favorite is still just the black case. The ones I've made for myself before have a LED on the outside corner of the case, so it's still easy to see when in a Vectrex, I've put them in the photo with the colored ones so you know what I'm talking about. So, when I'm back from vacation (August or .maybe. early September, I'm a European so plenty of vacation time..) I intend to make them available - either just the pcb if you are a lucky owner of a transparent case already or want to use it as is. Or including a case- in that case I'll still add a LED, in case you want to add one yourself eventually. If you know you want to right away I probably can also drill the necessary 5mm hole for you - I just don't want to add the LED myself because so far it took me quite some time to get the LEDs in - adjusting the cabling and hot-glueing the LED in - and I'm not certain whether the cable solder points on the Led side would survive a really rough postal handling.. Thomas p.s. (the black ones in the photo below are just a few of the ones I've got now..) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genfuyung Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Well, I've got excellent news and a slightly less good one. First the less good one: it's vacation time and everyone is off to sunny and warm locations, including myself, for a while. The good one is that yesterday the cases were made - or rather the usb openings were drilled with a cnc machine. And they turned out beautifully; so the dimensions of the pcb and case, the precision of the cut - I'm a really picky guy but there's nothing I can faul there - they are just perfect. The plastic was borderline useable for cnc-cutting, even with coolant fluid over it all the time (and a knowledgable person fiddling with the process parameters) quite a few cases were destroyed. Still, I decided to get this over with and made probably all I'm likely to make for a while. Friends also sent me a few (semi-)transparent ones to try out - they are really rare in the moment but I wanted to try out the plastics, if some ever get available. Surprisingly those seemed to work better so I'm a bit more open to actually make another batch, if these ever get available. I've tried them out with the LED on the pcb but apart from the one transparent one I've got the results weren't really useable in Vectrex mode - you can hardly see the color of the LED under an orange or blue case. The blue one is more useable for USB-mode, the orange one almost once you know what 'blue' looks like there but my personal favorite is still just the black case. The ones I've made for myself before have a LED on the outside corner of the case, so it's still easy to see when in a Vectrex, I've put them in the photo with the colored ones so you know what I'm talking about. So, when I'm back from vacation (August or .maybe. early September, I'm a European so plenty of vacation time..) I intend to make them available - either just the pcb if you are a lucky owner of a transparent case already or want to use it as is. Or including a case- in that case I'll still add a LED, in case you want to add one yourself eventually. If you know you want to right away I probably can also drill the necessary 5mm hole for you - I just don't want to add the LED myself because so far it took me quite some time to get the LEDs in - adjusting the cabling and hot-glueing the LED in - and I'm not certain whether the cable solder points on the Led side would survive a really rough postal handling.. Thomas p.s. (the black ones in the photo below are just a few of the ones I've got now..) I WANT A CLEAR ONE SO BAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectrexroli Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 That CNC hole for the USB connector looks great, much nicer compared to what I did on my cart shell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 So ready to toss money for this. Exciting post and do keep on keeping us updated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurrayBanana Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Translucent cases look amazing, great it's moving forward. Enjoy your holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I would love to be put on a list to get one. Thank you and enjoy your vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I have the adapter to use PS2 Dualshock Controller to play Robot Arena, so please keep us informed when they become available. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 What's the standard USB connector for, in addition to the micro USB that I presume is the usual way to connect it to your PC? And yes, put me down for an LED version with a transparent case please. I do have one transparent here anyhow, but may prefer to keep that intact for now heh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrumh2o Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Interested in LED clear as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomSon Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 What's the standard USB connector for, in addition to the micro USB that I presume is the usual way to connect it to your PC? The VecFever also has a serial port - this standard usb is of a serial<->usb chip which fits neatly into the case, too, although it does get really tight in there. I've also added a (low-6809-cycle) way to access the serial connection via Vectrex cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowman Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Can't tell if this is a pre-order thread or not, but I'm definitely interested in one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazquezrick Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Put me down for an LED version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Awesome stuff. I just got my hands on a Vectrex myself this past weekend, and this looks like the perfect little item to go along with it. Put me down for one, please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I can't believe I'm just now seeing this- I'm definitely down for a transparent cased LED copy. So looking forward to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Type Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Thomas, you seem to have wasted a lot of time developing your device, all people want is a flashy see-thru case! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 How much do these cost again? I'd like to know more about that development environment. How easy is it to use? (I never really got over it when the other guy failed to deliver on his promise of a Vectrex BASIC...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryStar Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 There is a version of Basic for Vectrex - on the Vectrex32 (http://vectrex32.com/) Vecfever is a multicart, not a development environment. Most Vectrex homebrew is developed using 6809 assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Type Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) It's not a dev environment, but as well as being a multicart that you can write to like a memory stick, it can also operate like an EPROM emulator, e.g. like a Dataman S4, where you can send down a binary quickly and run it. The VIDE dev environment can be used to assemble and send the binary, but you'll still need to write the program code. The VecFever has the ability (with an add-on?) to communicate via a serial com port (typically via USB these days) and this could be used to interact with the Vectrex if you ported the BASIC from Grant Searle's 6809 single board computer. It probably wouldn't be useful for making a game as it would be to slow and big, but it would be fun to actually do it. Lots of interesting projects there! Edited July 20, 2017 by D-Type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazquezrick Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 When can we purchase a copy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgardianGamer Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 So stoked about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takevin Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Take a black one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takevin Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Try reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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