Kester Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Just wondering if there is a rough estimate of when these will be available for purchase again ? Looking forward to getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Hopefully around 4 weeks, I’m waiting on PCB’s to arrive. Has been a bit longer than initially expected as I wanted to double check some fixes on the next PCB revision on the production boards, which was all good. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick3092 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 What fixes/changes are being made with the 2nd run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 The composite sync voltage was marginally high and the TTL sync voltage quite low for the external AV port. These have been rectified. I have also changed the audio driver for the internal audio feed to the 7800 to an open drain driver which will have better compatibility with badly connected video (composite / s-video) mods. Some audio mods recommend shorting together the POKEY and TIA audio which is a very bad idea with a push-pull driver, so I've opted for an open drain driver to allow these types of mods to function unmodified. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 10/7/2023 at 2:03 PM, SainT said: Hopefully around 4 weeks, I’m waiting on PCB’s to arrive. Has been a bit longer than initially expected as I wanted to double check some fixes on the next PCB revision on the production boards, which was all good. I won't miss the next round. Thx! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith13 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Are any of this second batch expected to go to Stone Age Gamer? I was one of the people caught up in their first batch ordering fiasco who's successful purchase of "stock in hand" turned into a "pre-order oopsie". Obviously that is their issue and not yours, but I am curious what the chances are that this second [November-ish?] batch me help resolve the issue for myself and others in the same situation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Restocking worldwide should be next week. Again, it's somewhat limited, just 300 total across all retailers. Once I'm happy there are no further minor issues to resolve I will produce larger numbers. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Descent Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 5:15 AM, SainT said: Restocking worldwide should be next week. Again, it's somewhat limited, just 300 total across all retailers. Once I'm happy there are no further minor issues to resolve I will produce larger numbers. Awesome! Thank you. I've been anxiously waiting. Hope I can snag one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Did these ever hit retail as expected? I have one friend who was bitten by Stone Age Gamer's system over-selling the available first-round stock, and another friend who got a defective unit from AtariAge waiting for a replacement whenever Al gets more for the Store. And personally I'd like one of the newer-rev Mega7800 adapters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, DrVenkman said: Did these ever hit retail as expected? I have one friend who was bitten by Stone Age Gamer's system over-selling the available first-round stock, and another friend who got a defective unit from AtariAge waiting for a replacement whenever Al gets more for the Store. And personally I'd like one of the newer-rev Mega7800 adapters. I saw a post through Twitter...sorry... X where one of the UK distros has gotten in a new supply of the newest revision in? Perhaps @SainT can give more details on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) Everyone should have them at this point. I’m not aware of any defective carts, though. Certainly defective consoles. Edited November 3, 2023 by SainT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, SainT said: Everyone should have them at this point. I’m not aware of any defective carts, though. Certainly defective consoles. That was from a friend of mine IRL who is both an electrical engineer and an avid retrogamer with decades' experience working on vintage consoles, arcade cabs and pinballs. The cart would not read contents of any SD card at all, apparently confirmed by Al when he returned it for an eventual exchange. My other friend who had tried to order from Stone Age Gamer has still never heard about more stock from them. I note their site shows Out of Stock every time I've checked in the last couple weeks to try to order another Mega7800 adapter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, SainT said: Everyone should have them at this point. I’m not aware of any defective carts, though. Certainly defective consoles. Are they confirmed working with framemeister rgb input yet? Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, DrVenkman said: That was from a friend of mine IRL who is both an electrical engineer and an avid retrogamer with decades' experience working on vintage consoles, arcade cabs and pinballs. The cart would not read contents of any SD card at all, apparently confirmed by Al when he returned it for an eventual exchange. My other friend who had tried to order from Stone Age Gamer has still never heard about more stock from them. I note their site shows Out of Stock every time I've checked in the last couple weeks to try to order another Mega7800 adapter. Just to let you know that more 7800GDs and mega78s are in stock in the AA store as I type this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scitari Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 I ordered one in July from Stone Age Gamer Ryan Cross and have not received it yet. $255. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Available right now: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 10 hours ago, DrVenkman said: That was from a friend of mine IRL who is both an electrical engineer and an avid retrogamer with decades' experience working on vintage consoles, arcade cabs and pinballs. The cart would not read contents of any SD card at all, apparently confirmed by Al when he returned it for an eventual exchange. Oh, interesting, I’d not heard this, I’ll get it back from Al eventually to post-mortem! Unless this was the issue where the game list would display garbage, I vaguely remember there may have been a report of this. It was an issue with a batch of defective SRAM chips, I caught the majority of these issues during testing, but I have a feeling one may have either slipped past or failed during transit. In this last batch there were zero issues like this, so it just looks like it was a bad batch from the supplier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 10 hours ago, doug0909 said: Are they confirmed working with framemeister rgb input yet? Thanks... No, I don’t have one to test, so this information will have to come from the community. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 8 hours ago, scitari said: I ordered one in July from Stone Age Gamer Ryan Cross and have not received it yet. $255. They had some technical issues with their store software and oversold by quite a few units, they have stock now so I would expect you should get yours next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kester Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 Mine arrived today from retro towers UK. It's working flawlessly except for some minor flickering for about 2 minutes when booting up a cold console. If it's still warm there are no such issues. I have an unmodifed PAL unit connected via rgb out to scart on a CRT. The initial glitching looks sync related and I think it's either the TV or the console. I have some replacement caps for the 7800 and could replace the voltage regulator but I'm not entirely sure that would fix the issue? The Mega 7800 adapter is also working flawlessy after I dissassembled my 'used' competition pro controller and cleaned pcb etc with isopropyl alcohol. Happy days. The rgb out picture quality is completely next level, I love it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Kester said: Mine arrived today from retro towers UK. It's working flawlessly except for some minor flickering for about 2 minutes when booting up a cold console. If it's still warm there are no such issues. I have an unmodifed PAL unit connected via rgb out to scart on a CRT. The initial glitching looks sync related and I think it's either the TV or the console. I have some replacement caps for the 7800 and could replace the voltage regulator but I'm not entirely sure that would fix the issue? The Mega 7800 adapter is also working flawlessy after I dissassembled my 'used' competition pro controller and cleaned pcb etc with isopropyl alcohol. Happy days. The rgb out picture quality is completely next level, I love it! The flickering sounds interesting, is this via the AV out on the cart or via the console video? I've only had flickering on a really bad Maria chip and the output on the console was also bad, although not flickering. A new PSU may help (there have been reports of the old 7800 PSU failing), as might re-capping. I'd be very interested to hear how you get on with that. And I do like the Mega7800 and 7800GD combo, the START button to break is amazingly good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kester Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 11/5/2023 at 12:39 AM, SainT said: The flickering sounds interesting, is this via the AV out on the cart or via the console video? I've only had flickering on a really bad Maria chip and the output on the console was also bad, although not flickering. A new PSU may help (there have been reports of the old 7800 PSU failing), as might re-capping. I'd be very interested to hear how you get on with that. And I do like the Mega7800 and 7800GD combo, the START button to break is amazingly good. Yes it's the rgb out from the cart. I recapped the three electrolytics tonight and it's still happening for a few minutes. I will install a barrel conector for power and try a 9v 1a switching power adaptor next (as I am using OG psu). Yeah the start button is a nice touch I can save my game in Dark chambers and save to preserve high scores etc 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug0909 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/4/2023 at 3:34 AM, SainT said: No, I don’t have one to test, so this information will have to come from the community. If I were to order this and try with a framemeister, what cable would I even use? Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/JUXINICE-Mini-DIN-Suitable-Subwoofer-Replacement/dp/B0BB1QTF1Y/ref=asc_df_B0BB1QTF1Y/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=637053515015&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16827027509971351520&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004324&hvtargid=pla-1881306161495&psc=1&mcid=4215dedacaad396ea3b7eb9864102c8b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I wouldn't think so, no. I have no idea what the input pinout is on a Framemister if they have a DIN connector like that, but you want a MegaDrive2 component or RGB SCART cable. Definitely NOT composite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 27 minutes ago, doug0909 said: If I were to order this and try with a framemeister, what cable would I even use? Something like this? https://www.amazon.com/JUXINICE-Mini-DIN-Suitable-Subwoofer-Replacement/dp/B0BB1QTF1Y/ref=asc_df_B0BB1QTF1Y/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=637053515015&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16827027509971351520&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004324&hvtargid=pla-1881306161495&psc=1&mcid=4215dedacaad396ea3b7eb9864102c8b I'm not sure on the Framemeister either but if it only provides for an 8-pin din connection from it, then what you would likely need to do is get the JP21 scart adapter for the framemeister and then you want a Genesis model 2 RGB SCART cable to try and plug into that JP21 adapter. I don't own a Framemeister so I could be wrong on this, but the 7800GD AV out port is a 9pin mini din and will not accept an 8pin cable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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