TwoShedsWilson Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) I'm not sure how to insert the twitter post, but basically he posted today that it is too much to do by himself and he's put it on hold to "re-think" his approach. Edited October 29, 2019 by TwoShedsWilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, TwoShedsWilson said: I'm not sure how to insert the twitter post, but basically he posted today that it is too much to do by himself and he's put it on hold to "re-think" his approach. That's a real shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, TwoShedsWilson said: I'm not sure how to insert the twitter post, but basically he posted today that it is too much to do by himself and he's put it on hold to "re-think" his approach. I'm curious as to why the 7800 is so hard to develop a flash cart for. Is it the 2600 portion that makes it so hard? Not being a hardware person at all, I'm curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tempest said: I'm curious as to why the 7800 is so hard to develop a flash cart for. Is it the 2600 portion that makes it so hard? Not being a hardware person at all, I'm curious. From my very limited understanding, it has a lot to do with the cartridge bus, chip timing and voltage regulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, Tempest said: I'm curious as to why the 7800 is so hard to develop a flash cart for. Is it the 2600 portion that makes it so hard? Not being a hardware person at all, I'm curious. I wouldn't say it's any more difficult than its contemporaries, particularly the NES - but it's certainly less popular, which means less products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoShedsWilson Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 He didn't say he was giving up, just pulling back to find ways to make it easier on himself. I think it was the combination of designing the cart and trying to sell it himself that overwhelmed him. He was also working on a Jaguar cart that is now on hold and all pre-orders cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, TwoShedsWilson said: He didn't say he was giving up, just pulling back to find ways to make it easier on himself. I think it was the combination of designing the cart and trying to sell it himself that overwhelmed him. He was also working on a Jaguar cart that is now on hold and all pre-orders cancelled. Wow! The Jag cart had all it's pre-orders canceled too? I hope something else isn't troubling him outside of electronics causing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 26 minutes ago, TwoShedsWilson said: I'm not sure how to insert the twitter post, but basically he posted today that it is too much to do by himself and he's put it on hold to "re-think" his approach. His post was not in reference to the 7800 SD cart specifically, but in trying to create and sell these devices as a side project/business. He's putting sales on hold until he can re-think how to handle the onslaught of customer requests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Ah ok, he just got overwhelmed by too much stuff going on at the same time. I can sympathize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 From the Jag thread: 4 hours ago, SainT said: I'd just like to clarify this is NOT the end of anything I've done, it's just time to regroup and reconsider how to actually handle this. I'm basically trying to juggle design, development, sales, support, manufacture, packaging, shipping, and much more besides. It's just not possible by myself, and regardless of what people seem to think, it's not some amazing money making scheme. Relatively I get FAR more money from the little contracting work I also do, and that is FAR less work and stress. The bit I am good at is design and development of new devices. I want to be able to concentrate my time in that area and not physically making and shipping. I will sort something out, but I need a break... ! So everything is groovy, he just doesn't have the time to build all the hardware on his own and got seriously overwhelmed with the demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Looks like he's gotten offers from competent help to aid in production, packaging, etc. Hopefully between them and SainT, things will get sorted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 SainT remains committed to design, which is obviously his strong suit, so this project should continue on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjchamp3 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 I hope so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleridge Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Any more news on this? I'm dying for a 7800 multicart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Gonna be some time. He's sorting out production/3rd party sales of his Jag and Lynx carts at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 In case anyone was looking for an update... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swapd0 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I would like to know witch features will have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 5 hours ago, swapd0 said: I would like to know witch features will have. Before SainT deleted his tweets, he had posted pics of the prototype boards. He said the cart would implement POKEY in an FPGA, have SRAM for game code and cart menu, flash cards to hold all the games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Well...i heard rumours.....why he stops activities ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 hour ago, gambler172 said: Well...i heard rumours.....why he stops activities ? It's all good friend. He's working past that bullshit from what I've read and been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Having just purchased a harmony encore, I can say I'm really enjoying the ability to play my entire library as well as the ability to try demos on real hardware via one simple cart. The idea of doing the same on the 7800 is very exciting and i hope and encourage the creator of this to continue. You will have a big fan base and customers here if you succeed 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/19/2020 at 8:48 AM, AtariLeaf said: Having just purchased a harmony encore, I can say I'm really enjoying the ability to play my entire library as well as the ability to try demos on real hardware via one simple cart. The idea of doing the same on the 7800 is very exciting and i hope and encourage the creator of this to continue. You will have a big fan base and customers here if you succeed Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Is it safe to say this project is dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Rey said: Is it safe to say this project is dead? Absolutely not. Several have asked him, once the Jag and Lynx carts get back to market, he'll be working on this again. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolmoecraig Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 11:53 AM, Greg2600 said: Absolutely not. Several have asked him, once the Jag and Lynx carts get back to market, he'll be working on this again. Great to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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