sorry i meant i can make the track ball from a blackberry work on a gameboy, but its not remotely, its by actually taking the trackball out of a blackberry and fitting it into the gameboy. i wish i had more time to work on my idea, its going to be a while before it happens tho
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Fargo
kitsch wrote:
or put two swivle points on the sides of the screen so you could tilt it, like a mirror. you'd need to reinforce your solder joint but it should be very manageable. put two stopper in there so you can only tilt it so much. that might be a workaround...
That's what I meant to say by tilt up or down, but not so well as you said it. I don't understand as much about how to put it together. It's great to hear that would be a feasible option. A swivel screen would certainly be a nice feature. 
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Krubbz wrote:
Yet if you think how low racks can be at a studio, it wouldn't be good if the screen was at a permanent tilt downward. Maybe there could be a tilt option to tilt up or down. Or even a video out for a breakout screen?
Actually this was more of what I meant since most travelling racks are in a rolling unit but the option to tilt both up and down would be a great idea. Not to mention I think NeX already figured out a way to get a video out for Gameboys as it is, so that option could be totally feasible.
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Wireless is excessive. I liked the SNES controller idea, but really, any sort of breakout control would be fine.
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Vile wrote:
Krubbz wrote:Yet if you think how low racks can be at a studio, it wouldn't be good if the screen was at a permanent tilt downward. Maybe there could be a tilt option to tilt up or down. Or even a video out for a breakout screen?
Actually this was more of what I meant since most travelling racks are in a rolling unit but the option to tilt both up and down would be a great idea. Not to mention I think NeX already figured out a way to get a video out for Gameboys as it is, so that option could be totally feasible.
I missed this, NeX, did you really figure out a video out?
That would be a must feature, if it's not to crazy.
Tilting the screen might be cool, but I just measured and the best you would get is 10 degrees either way. Would require considerable more expense too. Is 10 degrees worth the extra cost?
Maybe video out is a better option?
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DSC wrote:
Tilting the screen might be cool, but I just measured and the best you would get is 10 degrees either way. Would require considerable more expense too. Is 10 degrees worth the extra cost?
Maybe video out is a better option?
I think I'd like video out better cuz you could have as big a screen as you want and you could put it anywhere.
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DSC wrote:
Vile wrote:Actually this was more of what I meant since most travelling racks are in a rolling unit but the option to tilt both up and down would be a great idea. Not to mention I think NeX already figured out a way to get a video out for Gameboys as it is, so that option could be totally feasible.
I missed this, NeX, did you really figure out a video out?
That would be a must feature, if it's not to crazy.Tilting the screen might be cool, but I just measured and the best you would get is 10 degrees either way. Would require considerable more expense too. Is 10 degrees worth the extra cost?
Maybe video out is a better option?
i worked out a cheap and quick way of doing it using existing parts, but i don't know how to do it from scratch. there are a few that have done video out from scratch, but getting hold of their ideas and parts etc is very difficult
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You have made the front page of Matrixsynth. Well done DSC!
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D D D Detroit, not the burbs
I would love to see a demo with chip maestro, in fact, chipmaestro.com never went live what did they end up calling it instead?
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Sorry if you've already thought of this, but have you considered using the guts of a SNES and Super Game Boy?
That would give video out and joypad interface.
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Thanks InactiveX, I haven't had this much fun with these old sounds since the Mssiah Ctrl!
http://www.prophet64-forum.com/viewtopic.php?id=1665
Snes is a great idea as well as a Super Game Boy. We are working on a screen-less 1U rack with removable carts right now too!
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it seems like everyone on other sites are assuming this is something you "invented" which I think makes it weird that you don't link to or reference trash80 anywhere on your site or in the video. I mean, right now it's just an arduinoboy in a rack, so I think he deserves a little credit, no?
It's a cool packaging and I dig a lot of the more recent ideas in this thread ( ext. controller + video out ) but the fact that trash80 isn't referenced anywhere is kind of weird to me, to be honest.
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nickmaynard wrote:
it seems like everyone on other sites are assuming this is something you "invented" which I think makes it weird that you don't link to or reference trash80 anywhere on your site or in the video. I mean, right now it's just an arduinoboy in a rack, so I think he deserves a little credit, no?
It's a cool packaging and I dig a lot of the more recent ideas in this thread ( ext. controller + video out ) but the fact that trash80 isn't referenced anywhere is kind of weird to me, to be honest.
If he is insulted by it, why would I attach his name to it.
I think he is being generous even to allow me to post it here.
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DSC wrote:
nickmaynard wrote:it seems like everyone on other sites are assuming this is something you "invented" which I think makes it weird that you don't link to or reference trash80 anywhere on your site or in the video. I mean, right now it's just an arduinoboy in a rack, so I think he deserves a little credit, no?
It's a cool packaging and I dig a lot of the more recent ideas in this thread ( ext. controller + video out ) but the fact that trash80 isn't referenced anywhere is kind of weird to me, to be honest.
If he is insulted by it, why would I attach his name to it.
I think he is being generous even to allow me to post it here.
I guess just because someone is insulted means they deserve 0 credit for the effort they put in.
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AdamGetsAwesome wrote:
DSC wrote:If he is insulted by it, why would I attach his name to it.
I think he is being generous even to allow me to post it here.I guess just because someone is insulted means they deserve 0 credit for the effort they put in.
Before this gets carried away, I emailed Trash80 two weeks before launching this thread. I asked him then about credit, compensation and the works. I received no response. Then I released it and of course now we know how it was received. If he wants credit, trash80, please let me know, since we have never had any direct communication. I assumed since you were insulted by it, you would not want to be associated with it.
Again this is for trash80 to respond to.