decle Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 RonTheCat and I are back with a demo of our latest project, the PlayCable Phoenix: With the help of dave1dmarx, carlsson, hoalst, Splurge and intvnut, we have put together a way of breathing new life into a PlayCable and providing a flavour of what it was like to use in 1983. If you're interested we will be posting more about how the PlayCable and the Phoenix work over in the Programming Forum.And if you fancy getting that March '83 feeling for yourself, here is a ROM that can be used with JzIntv. It won't try to load or play games (that would be a programming miracle in 3K), but it should provide a sense of what the PlayCable menu was like to use: pcMenu.romAnyway, got to get back to sorting out Ron's KC tape drive...Cheersdecle 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Awesome to see , thanks for sharing this video !!! I had the awe like it was 1983 watching this... Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Great job! This is fascinating! -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Wow, great work! Nice mug in the background. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Nice mug in the background. I noticed the same thing lmao , but looking at which way the handle is facing it could be a chore taking a sip of that coffee and Baileys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 That's really fascinating! Thanks for doing this and for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Neat. I tried the ROM, watched Sharp Shot "load" and was then mildly disappointed when the PlayCable title screen reappeared. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I noticed the same thing lmao , but looking at which way the handle is facing it could be a chore taking a sip of that coffee and Baileys... Well, I'm left handed so no issues there. If there is enough interest, perhaps the mug should be put up for sale. PlayCable Phoenix is a great name for this project. However, this ad has ruined the word phoenix for me... https://youtu.be/Y2kIPN1SQe4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 This is a great project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Well done! Interesting stuff here, guys. Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egrulps Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Very cool really well executed, interested to see what's next on the project list :] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvinetom Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Wow—this is awesome! Braxton and I want to write about PlayCable for sure in our book, and this will be super helpful... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I just put your playcable demo menu on my LTO. I love it How hard would it be to have the playcable menu launch those games from the LTO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 That would be ... hard. It would at least require a new firmware version and a rewrite of the current menu program that's on the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I love the LTO. Ever since getting it I find that I use my Intv a lot more. I just think that it would look great if you selected the roms using a period correct menu like the one from the playcable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Yeah, it would be pretty cool. intvnut is the SuperBrainTM behind the hardware and firmware. The software for loading it up with games from a more modern computer is the part I worked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 The GUI is great. Very easy to load ROM. Great job I am also into radio Shack computers. I wrote a menu program for the flash cart on that system. I just don't know enough about INTY programming to tackle a menu for the Intellivision Here is the menu I made for the radioshack color computer flash cart https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nez-56dgR30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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