Shift838 Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 All, I have opened up the pre-order and a separate item for the 3 prototype boards I have. both are on my store SHIFT838 Store The prototype board works the same as the production board, no trace corrections or hand wired connections, there was just a bad value printed on the silkscreen for one of the capacitors. The value said 1000uF instead of 1uF. The preorder if you do not want a prototype or do not get in fast enough to get one will be open until 11/24/2024 and close at Noon CST on that day. Components and PCBs will not be ordered until after the preorder closes. 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 Got my preorder in! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5562605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.G. Kaal Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 (edited) I'd like to buy one but UPS shipping to the Netherlands seems to be $256,- Why? Oh ... I see now I have more choices, but the cost of shipping is more then the price of this nice device 😞 Edited November 9 by F.G. Kaal 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5562796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2600PAL Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 6 hours ago, F.G. Kaal said: I'd like to buy one but UPS shipping to the Netherlands seems to be $256,- Why? Oh ... I see now I have more choices, but the cost of shipping is more then the price of this nice device 😞 I was hoping to get one too until I saw shipping cost to UK Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5562946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 11 Author Share Posted November 11 On 11/9/2024 at 7:21 AM, F.G. Kaal said: I'd like to buy one but UPS shipping to the Netherlands seems to be $256,- Why? Oh ... I see now I have more choices, but the cost of shipping is more then the price of this nice device 😞 I think there is a shipping glitch in the system, and I have a ticket opened with the ecommerce developer of the software I use. I'll run it on my side and let you know what it is, because what you saw is not right! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5563617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 11 Author Share Posted November 11 There seems to be a shipping glitch with the software I am using for some reason, at least for everyone outside the US anyway. I have a ticket opened with the developer of the ecommerce platform software. for everyone outside the US, if my site is showing an expensive rate, please send me a private message with your full name and shipping address and I will get a quote on my side. Don't want you to miss out. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5563620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadoboy Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Think it could be adapted to debug 99/22 boards? That would make life a lot easier for people building them. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5564357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Tornadoboy said: Think it could be adapted to debug 99/22 boards? That would make life a lot easier for people building them. @Shift838 can answer this better, so don't quote me on it, but from what I seen on how this works it only uses RAM/ROM in the >E000 and up space, So disabling one of the dip switches on the 99/22 to disable that section of onboard 16bit ram which the "console tester" sidecar is using, then his console tester should run just fine, by flipping switch RAM3 to off to disable the >E000 space. The following is from the 99/22 github readme: Quote The DIP switch on the main board allows one to configure which bank areas are populated with RAM. RAM0 enables RAM to addresses >2000-3FFF (Lo Memory Expansion) RAM1 enables RAM to addresses >A000-BFFF (Hi Memory Expansion) RAM2 enables RAM to addresses >C000-DFFF (Hi Memory Expansion) RAM3 enables RAM to addresses >E000-FFFF (Hi Memory Expansion) RAM4 enables RAM to addresses >8000-83FF (Normal TI Scratch Pad RAM) Note that I have never actually tested off-board 8 bit RAM, so this is new territory and might need some debugging 😊 also on-board RAM is 16 bit – so all of those external RAM sources will be slower. Edited November 12 by Gary from OPA 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5564383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 13 Author Share Posted November 13 22 hours ago, Gary from OPA said: @Shift838 can answer this better, so don't quote me on it, but from what I seen on how this works it only uses RAM/ROM in the >E000 and up space, So disabling one of the dip switches on the 99/22 to disable that section of onboard 16bit ram which the "console tester" sidecar is using, then his console tester should run just fine, by flipping switch RAM3 to off to disable the >E000 space. The following is from the 99/22 github readme: Gary is correct. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5564775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 18 Author Share Posted November 18 I received PCBs today from the fabricator. Still waiting on EPROMs but I built one of the production boards to make sure there were no errors during manufacturing to ensure it works and it does. I also utilized the PCB house new serial number feature on the silk screen for this run. As you can see, I have quite a few boards to build. 6 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5567822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 Pre-order is closing in 5 days. Get your order in if you want one. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5568382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 23 Author Share Posted November 23 Pre-order closes tomorrow at 12:00 pm CST. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5570905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted November 26 Author Share Posted November 26 All parts are in, filling orders will start today.. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5572883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted December 2 Author Share Posted December 2 I have filled quite a few orders over this past weekend, and they are heading to the post office now. Hoping to have the remainder orders done by end of the coming weekend. 1 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5577162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 I'm looking forward to hearing peoples debugging experiences using this tester. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5577212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted Thursday at 09:57 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:57 PM Received today, tested my daily working TI...3 green lights 🟢🟢🟢. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5579302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted Thursday at 10:30 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 10:30 PM All current console tester orders have been filled. last ones will be dropped off at the post office shortly. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5579322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted Sunday at 07:55 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:55 PM @Shift838, @JasonACT I got a minute to play with my console tester. I started with a console that I have used a good bit with no negatives. It had been off for about two week. I installed the console tester and turned the console on, I left an EA cart plugged in. The console test kicked in immediately. In the end I ended with the following LED pattern: The display just kept incrementing the checksum values - which were corrupt: I powered down the console waited a minute, removed the E/A cart and powered back up. This time, I came to the TI title bar. I hit the load interrupt switch on the tester. Testing started, I got the same LED pattern and pretty much the same screen. This time after a while, the system rebooted and went back to the TI title bar. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5581141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteTape Posted Sunday at 10:16 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:16 PM 2 hours ago, dhe said: @Shift838, @JasonACT I got a minute to play with my console tester. I started with a console that I have used a good bit with no negatives. It had been off for about two week. I installed the console tester and turned the console on, I left an EA cart plugged in. The console test kicked in immediately. In the end I ended with the following LED pattern: The display just kept incrementing the checksum values - which were corrupt: I powered down the console waited a minute, removed the E/A cart and powered back up. This time, I came to the TI title bar. I hit the load interrupt switch on the tester. Testing started, I got the same LED pattern and pretty much the same screen. This time after a while, the system rebooted and went back to the TI title bar. Which one do you think is corrupt? It's harder to read without the color coding that distinguishes >00 - >7F from >80 - >FF. @Shift838, I think the manual has a typo for the System GROM 1 checksum: ">0911399" is too many digits. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/375031-ti-994a-console-tester-preorder-and-prototype-stock-online/#findComment-5581243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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