+Al_Nafuur Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 16 hours ago, KaeruYojimbo said: I love the PlusCart for development. Personally, I think uploading a ROM to the server then loading it into the PlusCart over wifi is far more convenient than removing an SD card from a cart, inserting the SD card into my computer, adding the ROM to the SD card, removing the SD card from the computer and re-inserting it into the cartridge. If you are using a WebDAV client like the nextcloud client you can copy your ROM to your local "/MyROMs/" folder (maybe automatically via your build script) and it will be uploaded by the WebDAV client instantaneously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbug Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Ok, thanks for the answers. I'm asking because I've been gifted a 2600+ for my birthday (obviously preordered, not received it yet), and I was looking for a way to try things like demoscene productions and homebrew games, and even try to do a small something on the machine myself. I guess the multi-cart type not working is because of the "rom grabber" system, which only supports simple rom cartridges without any advanced features? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 17 minutes ago, Dbug said: I guess the multi-cart type not working is because of the "rom grabber" system, which only supports simple rom cartridges without any advanced features? Yup. Maybe a SD-Cart reader via USB will work, but that's speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbug Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I guess we will know for sure what can be done in a week or so, when people receive theirs and start tinkering with the system. I've heard contradictory information regarding the cartridge support, some people said it was just doing a checksum and using some internal stored version of the game in some ROM, while some other are saying that it does use the checksum to detect some known setups and apply patches or something but actually download the actual content and uses it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+littaum Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, Dbug said: I guess we will know for sure what can be done in a week or so, when people receive theirs and start tinkering with the system. I've heard contradictory information regarding the cartridge support, some people said it was just doing a checksum and using some internal stored version of the game in some ROM, while some other are saying that it does use the checksum to detect some known setups and apply patches or something but actually download the actual content and uses it. Don't get your hopes up about PlusCart support on the 2600+ at the moment -- I tested my own PlusCart (and Concerto, and Harmony Encore) on the 2600+ at PRGE and they did not work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 31 minutes ago, Dbug said: I've heard contradictory information regarding the cartridge support, some people said it was just doing a checksum and using some internal stored version of the game in some ROM, while some other are saying that it does use the checksum to detect some known setups and apply patches or something but actually download the actual content and uses it. That's definitely fake news. It would be an option, but would lead to all kinds of legal implications. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbug Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 44 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: That's definitely fake news. It would be an option, but would lead to all kinds of legal implications. By download I meant "copies the cartridge content down to the memory in the console", sorry for the wording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, Dbug said: By download I meant "copies the cartridge content down to the memory in the console", sorry for the wording. If that would be possible, then the problem would not exist. But the dumper cannot see cart internal only data. So it cannot dump (or "download") it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amis Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Plus Cart does not work on the 2600+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Of course it does not work with the 2600+. It's not a cart with an eprom to dump. It has an OS/Menu and the 2600+ has no clue how to deal with that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 New devices arrived today from my soldering service: I have to test them this weekend and add them to the store 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrZarniwoop Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 The 3D-printed carts you used to have were amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomberman94 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 @Al_Nafuur no more nice blue shells? 😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 6 hours ago, MrZarniwoop said: The 3D-printed carts you used to have were amazing. 2 minutes ago, Bomberman94 said: @Al_Nafuur no more nice blue shells? 😢 They were made by @Andrew Davie. I don't know if he is still making them, but you can ask him at his new forum https://woodgrain.taswegian.com/index.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capellão Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I use this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Capellão said: I use this Can be bought at PowerOnGames: https://www.facebook.com/PowerOnGames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 PlusCarts are now back in stock and available to order. PlusCart in "sikors" cartridge. PlusCart No USB in "sikor's" cartridge. PlusCart assembled PCB. PlusCart assembled PCB No USB. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 PlusStore's nextcloud version has been updated from v26 to v27. I have not updated to v28 yet, because our music player app for the SuperCharger is not compatible with nextcloud v28. If anyone notices any difficulties with v27, please report them here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 On 1/26/2024 at 2:09 PM, Al_Nafuur said: PlusStore's nextcloud version has been updated from v26 to v27. I have not updated to v28 yet, because our music player app for the SuperCharger is not compatible with nextcloud v28. The music player app has been updated yesterday, so I just updated to nextcloud v28. On 1/26/2024 at 2:09 PM, Al_Nafuur said: If anyone notices any difficulties with v27, please report them here. If anyone notices any difficulties with v28, please report them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jeff Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Hey does anyone know how to exit the setup screen? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Just Jeff said: Hey does anyone know how to exit the setup screen? Setup screen of the PlusCart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alena Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Is the PlusCart compatible with the Colecovision? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Not the ColecoVision, just the Atari 2600, 7800, and ColecoVision Gemini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 @Al_Nafuur It seems that you can only control the menu with a joystick in the left port. Or am I wrong here? If not, it would be nice to also enable control via right port too, which is particularly usefull when playing e.g. paddle games. Support for using the menu with other controllers (e.g. paddles) would also be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 47 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @Al_Nafuur It seems that you can only control the menu with a joystick in the left port. Or am I wrong here? You are wrong here @electrotrains already added controlling the menu with the select and reset switches 47 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: If not, it would be nice to also enable control via right port too, which is particularly usefull when playing e.g. paddle games. Support for using the menu with other controllers (e.g. paddles) would also be nice. 👍 Second joystick would be much better than the console switches. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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