Fabf Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hi to all I'm proud to present my 1st working Coleco proto. Here the currents specs : -1 FPGA -1KB RAM internal -BIOS internal -VDP with VGA output, scanlines can be disabled -VRAM internal -1 slot -1 keyboard matrix -1 arcade stick Please enjoy this short video. Wish you a merry Xmas 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Very nice. Any option for 2 player? Would you be selling these in the future? What about SGM compatibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Wow! That is fantastic! I love all this new hardware in development. Now we just need to get some of it shipping! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Great! It is already awesome! To make it perfect you should add 32kb of ram, ay8910 support (sgm/adam emulation) and a port for a second joystick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Many thanks for your interest ! Any option for 2 player? Yes for shure. Would you be selling these in the future? Yes certainly. What about SGM compatibility? I can't speak now about next prototype capabilities. Next prototype is under processing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Some new prototype photos. No change with capabilities for now except Coleco joystick compatibility. Enjoy Donkey Kong running on HBVISION with a diy 16in1 cartridge. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Some new prototype photos. No change with capabilities for now except Coleco joystick compatibility. Enjoy Donkey Kong running on HBVISION with a diy 16in1 cartridge. I imagine it is wishful thinking to add a 7800 port with true +5 VCC that can supply 100mA on pin 7 and true ground on pin 8, so you can play games with other controllers using powered adapters. Can a 7800 type controller be used with both buttons (not simultaneously, I suppose) on a Colecovision controller socket without the signal pulses that normally come from pin 8 and 5? The easiest part would be replacing the quadrature dection on pin 7 with the +5V VCC. The 7800 controllers can still use pin 8 as a ground on a CV, but I don't know how it would handle voltage/current on it if pin 8 is swinging between 4V and -0.7V. May just having to stick to emulation to use the myriad of playstation, nintendo and usb PC controllers and racing wheels, like you can for atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Joystick compatibility is a big problem with Coleco cause it's keypad.. For now I keep original joystick connectors and later I'll make an arcade stick with keypad. Yesterday I add SGM to my proto as you can see in this photo : or this vidéo : Prototype is nearly finished 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 take my money please! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Wow your project is starting to look pretty amazing! I have been so tired of my old Colecovision hardware, and what do you know, a few options appear on the screen. I am liking all 3 of the new colecovision hardware replacements, and plan to support all 3 of them. I am looking forward to seeing what they all offer, and to tupperware my Coleco console for the longterm! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mianrtcv Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Looks incredible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Many thanks @ artrag : aren't you a MRC user ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artrag Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Incredible work. Please, take my money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Very cool to see this. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Any chance of an SG-1000 adapter or is this gonna be CV only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Sorry no SG1000 adapter, this would increase complexity and price. Maybe I could build a FPGA SG1000 after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Any chance of an SG-1000 adapter or is this gonna be CV only?Most SG-1000 games have been ported to the CV and there's another group of games that have been ported by Mystery Man that will soon be sold thru the AtariAge store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Hi Projet is not abandoned ! I'm currently working on the new (I hope the last) PCB. You can look at some preview. Top Bottom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmack36 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Are you releasing this as an open source project, or is the firmware closed source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 I don't think about that yet. For now I have issue with quadrature. I have to implement it in cv_ctrl.vhdl. Any idéa ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabf Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 HBVision have been presented during a french retrogaming fair. This is not the final housing but now we are very close. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Great stuff! Thanks for the update! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 And it has SGM support! I’m getting one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Awesome work. If you keep the beige housing, there will be a huge run on the ADAM beige hand controller which should make modders who add ball knobs and straighten the cord very happy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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