St(r)yker Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) http://sic.mam.gratis Edited November 19, 2022 by St(r)yker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) Alignment issues when using firefox, fully updated. The grey on light blue is hard to read. links to spiflash etc. need correction or link to wayback archives etc. Edited November 19, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: Alignment issues when using firefox, fully updated. The grey on light blue is hard to read. links to spiflash etc. need correction or link to wayback archives etc. Sounds like something is wrong on your end - displaying fine for me (Firefox 107.0) - perfectly centered and text is white on black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 firefox 107.0 here as well... and it does the same on my neighbors computer... odd for sure, have to check with my kids machine when get around to it... in the mean time I'll flush the cache and try again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) spiflash link will still be broken no matter the display/browser for whatever reason... this is what we get... Edited November 19, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) looks like a script issue... download no script and try looking at the elements.. allow the script to run and it clears up and displays correctly but the link (spiflash) still needs a fix or to be directed to an archive Edited November 19, 2022 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I have been a fan from the SIC! Carts from the beginning. I have really a lot of these coole carts. The later versions did have gold plated contacts, which are highly appreciated by me. I am under the impression that the newest Sic! Carts on the website are no longer with gold plated contacts. Is that right? I might be interested. Very cool project, still! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) In case you haven't noticed yet, you can download SIC!'s Gerbers in the "Download" tab in versions 1.0, 1.2 and SIC+. It is worth reading the information placed in the frame and at the bottom of the page.http://sic.pigwa.net/english.html In a few days the website will be rebuilt and it should look better also on mobile phones. There will also be a new version of SICMenu GUI supporting SIC+ for Windows and for a web-browser. A few more notes: The PCBs can be ordered e.g. here:https://jlcpcb.com Unfortunately, the gold-plated version will be expensive for small orders. Although in my experience with ordinary ones I have no problems - from time to time you just need to clean the contacts with isopropanol when you use it often. SIC+ fits well in a box manufactured by Sikor Soft, with precision sockets you have to watch out for some PLCCs (they are higher). When assembling the microswitch, you must remember that it should not go beyond the outline of the board, preferably 0.5-1mm? before (it's a matter of testing, because there are different manufacturers and in this place it the box is slightly curved. Of course, you need to do some cut-outs in the box. When installing SIC! 1.2 to fit in the KM-20 box (unless someone makes a proper box in 3D printer) - integrated circuits are mounted directly to the board, as for the flash memory - we use a low-profile precision socket or solder single pins from e.g. socket directly to the PCB (holes are wider thus they go deeper) Comments are welcome. Edited November 21, 2022 by St(r)yker 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Is it still possible to purchase complete cartridges? If so, where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 @St(r)yker does the contact email from the website works? Is there any manual for the SIC! carts? What the switches and buttons are doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Noid Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 From my experience: - The button ia a cartridge reset. - The switch is an on/off switch. - The + version has one more switch. This version contains 2 ROM chips, which by default constitute a continuous 8Mbit space. But if you want, you can treat them as 2 separate 4Mbit blocks and then this switch allows for switching between these blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Password to be able to unzip/open schematics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I'm dumb, found it in the fine print on bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Are there instructions somewhere as to how to get the cart setup and use? There is Sic_Dump, Sic_Flasher, and Sic_Menu with no intructions on how to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 @St(r)yker do you have any SIC+ for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I have plans to order the pcbs and right now I'm in the process of sourcing parts. Those chips are not easily available anymore in US in places like Digi-Key or are expensive ($4 for a memory chip https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/macronix/MX29F040CQI-70G/2744808). I already have cartridge cases and I got permission from @St(r)yker te sell a few. If everything goes well, I should have them (8 pcs, I will keep 2) ready early next year, shipped from Illinois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/25/2022 at 12:00 PM, ZuluGula said: I have plans to order the pcbs and right now I'm in the process of sourcing parts. Those chips are not easily available anymore in US in places like Digi-Key or are expensive ($4 for a memory chip https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/macronix/MX29F040CQI-70G/2744808). I already have cartridge cases and I got permission from @St(r)yker te sell a few. If everything goes well, I should have them (8 pcs, I will keep 2) ready early next year, shipped from Illinois. If you could let me know when you have a SIC+ ready I would be grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I placed an order for gold plated pcbs in China. I will post here when I have the carts ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 The website should now looks fine, if you notice any problems, let me know (thanks Dely) When it comes to news: under the link http://sic.mam.gratis/english.html in the "Download" tab you can download stickers for carts and a program for generating images of compilations by Trub - "SIC! Generator". You can also download the Altirra emulator which supports SIC! and SIC!+ (up from version 4.10 - test 27)https://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-4.10-test27.zip It emulates flashing the cart and can also be connected to the generator and have a quick preview of the created "compilation". At this point I would like to thank Trub and Candle - without whom the SIC!+ cart would probably never existed. If you have a problem with the installation, uninstall the previous version of SICMenu from the Control Panel and try again. Any comments regarding the updates and fixes can be submitted here, but there is no guarantee that they will be implemented. Flashing SIC!+ works only when we have two of the same Flash chips in sockets! ps. When installed SIC! Generator, in the "Help" tab there is the website address for the online version - "SIC! Manager Online" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 The pcbs has arrived. I'm still waiting for the parts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I would like to dump a SIC! cart. If I am not wrong AtariMax MaxFlash Studio doesn't support it and SIC! dumper isn't compatible with W64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 what are the chips in the SIC! ? e.g. if am29f010/040 then could be placed in the 1Mbit/8Mbit AtariMax carts and read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 10 minutes ago, Wrathchild said: what are the chips in the SIC! ? e.g. if am29f010/040 then could be placed in the 1Mbit/8Mbit AtariMax carts and read? http://sic.pigwa.net/english.html I can dump the cart with AtariMax MaxFlash Studio but resulting .bin file doesn't work with Altirra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 I found that Sic!Menu Front End supports Rastaconverter images as intro image, cool! @St(r)yker @pr0be could you please increase the lenght of titles? I think maximum lenght is now 25 characters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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