carlsson Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 A white outline would do wonders for the black text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 5 hours ago, aotta said: Very nice! The only suggestion i could give is that the black color for the font is not so readable over the library.. but probably you already tested differents colors! 44 minutes ago, carlsson said: A white outline would do wonders for the black text. The stupid thing is I knew before printing that the contrast wasn't good enough. Right now there's a green outline on the text, but likely white will give much better contrast (and hopefully look good). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Nice looking box and a great looking collection in the pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utri007 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Are these close to release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 hours ago, utri007 said: Are these close to release? Boards should be here within a couple of weeks. In the meantime... All other parts have arrived. Box and manual redesign is complete, with printed samples set for Thursday. Cardboard boxes are being cut with CNC, scored, and folded. I've got CNC programs for the shells, but I've only cut a couple so far. After that, the final assembly of the boards, shells, and boxes. So, sorry, no date yet, but I've convinced myself there's a lot more work to be done. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash7 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 On 8/15/2023 at 9:54 PM, 5-11under said: Are there still questions about the RTO? How many games will it store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotta Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Crash7 said: How many games will it store? RTO is a sdcard based project, so you could store on it all games you want 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utri007 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 11 hours ago, 5-11under said: Boards should be here within a couple of weeks. In the meantime... All other parts have arrived. Box and manual redesign is complete, with printed samples set for Thursday. Cardboard boxes are being cut with CNC, scored, and folded. I've got CNC programs for the shells, but I've only cut a couple so far. After that, the final assembly of the boards, shells, and boxes. So, sorry, no date yet, but I've convinced myself there's a lot more work to be done. What will be price about and was there two projects to produce this hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, utri007 said: What will be price about and was there two projects to produce this hardware? Initial price, for the first few months, approximately, should be $85 US for the cartridge. The box+manual will be extra and optional, with price to be determined. The boxes are labor-intensive, so unfortunately, they won't be cheap. This applies to my version, using shells made by Coleco (for Donkey Kong, Carnival) (for the Intellivision, of course), larger screen, etc. If you see pictures that I've posted, and information that I've posted, that's the product. When the time is closer, I'll collect that information in one place a bit better. There is at least one more RTO being offered for open sale now or soon, and anyone can make their own. As mentioned, posts in this thread by me describe my version, but posts from others could be describing/showing other versions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockLobster Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 3 hours ago, 5-11under said: posts in this thread by me describe my version Is there room in the licensing to brand/label/name your version differently so that "RTO" alone doesn't cause any confusion or unnecessary drama? Like maybe call yours "RTO 5-11 Edition" or "RTO Ultimate", etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 16 minutes ago, RockLobster said: Is there room in the licensing to brand/label/name your version differently so that "RTO" alone doesn't cause any confusion or unnecessary drama? Like maybe call yours "RTO 5-11 Edition" or "RTO Ultimate", etc. The title on the front of the box is "RTO flash cart". I'll have to double-check to make sure all the updated assets (box, label, manual) match that title. All the assets mention aotta is the originator and also that this is my take on it. Beyond that, people just need to know what they would be spending their $85 on. That will all be explained on the sales web site and here (when ready). It's already explained here, but is spread across 10 pages (although the background is explained in the first post). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utri007 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 8 hours ago, 5-11under said: Initial price, for the first few months, approximately, should be $85 US for the cartridge. The box+manual will be extra and optional, with price to be determined. The boxes are labor-intensive, so unfortunately, they won't be cheap. This applies to my version, using shells made by Coleco (for Donkey Kong, Carnival) (for the Intellivision, of course), larger screen, etc. If you see pictures that I've posted, and information that I've posted, that's the product. When the time is closer, I'll collect that information in one place a bit better. There is at least one more RTO being offered for open sale now or soon, and anyone can make their own. As mentioned, posts in this thread by me describe my version, but posts from others could be describing/showing other versions. Thank you. When the time will come, I want one with shell. Box and printed manual are not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash7 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Put me down for one also. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 You can always just sell the box and manual flat...Most of us can assemble the boxes. I bet within two weeks someone will be selling overlays that may or may not be useful. 🙂 This could save on shipping and a lot of box building hours. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Yah I'm definitely in for boxed one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I would love to buy boxed also at whatever extra cost that may be. Please 🙏 and thank you!😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarcoux66 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 I would love a boxed one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted September 7, 2023 Author Share Posted September 7, 2023 A couple of people have asked, so here's the making of the boxes, which is in progress. I got some samples printed today, and notice a font/pdf issue, which I think I've got solved. Hoping to get all the printing done within the next week. CNC: it runs pretty slow, but it's a 0.032" bit, and it still goes as fast as I'm able to do other tasks such as scoring and folding. Also, too much faster, and the bits start to break too easily: InShot_20230907_174614735_665a.mp4 Insert CNC completed. All pieces are made from 0.050" chipboard: Insert scored and folded: More Inserts: Box bottom: Box bottom taped: Box bottom label cut: Placement: Folding started: Folding complete: Insert and old prototype cartridge installed: So, @BBWW, these will not be sold in a flat-pack format. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gunoz Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Definitely would like to get a boxed one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Looks cool. Can't wait to get a boxed one too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockLobster Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) All this chatter about boxed sets, I'm wondering what a sachel of RTO carts would look like. I hope it's utilitarian yet made of hand sewn leather with a slight nod to urban aesthetics. Edited September 8, 2023 by RockLobster 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, RockLobster said: All this chatter about boxed sets, I'm wondering what a sachel of RTO carts would look like. I hope it's utilitarian yet made of hand sewn leather with a slight nod to urban aesthetics. The proper term for the type of sachel you're talking about is "sporran". If the RTO ships in anything less than what is in the photo below and we'll know they cheaped out on us. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gunoz Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Lathe26 said: The proper term for the type of sachel you're talking about is "sporran". If the RTO ships in anything less than what is in the photo below and we'll know they cheaped out on us. And of course it needs to be made from... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashTestMonkey Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, gunoz said: And of course it needs to be made from... I just died... 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockLobster Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, gunoz said: ^^^ Khan before getting involved in the Eugenics Wars 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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