One thing I just found which is a bit strange with the one GB Boy I kept to test, in Pokemon Yellow the all music is completely wrong, the lower notes seem to be right, but the mid and high notes are way off in timing and pitch.

This isn't the cart as I tested it in a GBC and it was fine, I also tested Pokemon Red and Blue both of which the music was correct in both GBC and GB Boy, I tested the same Yellow cart in an old built in games GB Boy I had and it doesn't do this.

I don't have any others in stock atm and it'll be a few weeks before my next lot comes through, can anyone else perhaps test Pokemon Yellow on their GB Boy (not a built in games model) also and post the results?

The biggest giveaway is when you are on your Bicycle, but all the other music is wrong also.

I'm just wanting to know if this is an isolated problem with this particular GB Boy or if they might all be this way.

EDIT: Never mind, for some reason when this cart is used in the GB Boy it sets the sound option to earphone 1 every time on boot, thus cutting out the left channel.

Ahk, you should give an IR heater a go (if you haven't already), only about $250 or so for a reasonable one. They give very consistent heat and make using a Air or IR station far better.

kitsch wrote:

i'm wondering the same thing!  i had less than satisfactory results from my similarly designed chinese hot air device.  (Aoyue brand, not that it matters, i think they just change the stickers and the guts are the same)

has the heating element burned out yet?  (this was my problem with them...  i have to keep basically near half or above on the airflow dial or they burn out, which is just too strong in a lot of situations unless i heaped on the solder paste like mortar which is a problem in itself)

Was this an Aoyue 852A+ out of curiosity?

I personally use a Aoyue Int 738 and it has been great, however I suffered the same experience as you when I had both 852A+ and 868.
Both units required taking apart to fix uneven airflow/heating also as the elements are way off center.

Which type pre-heater are you guys using? IR, Air or direct (eg griddle)?

If your interested, I'd be more than happy to have my manufacturer whip up some boards up for testing purposes. Funded by me.

Though I will have to rebuild your schematic in eagle.

Nom nom.

Ever closer.

The games were horrible anyway, but if you really wanted them (or pretty similar) you can easily grab a 24 in 1/60 in 1 GBC cart from taobao or equivalent, though your Chinese will need to be good for taobao tongue

Received my first shipment today (received the first 2 I ordered last week), all seem good, have already sold the first shipment and have pre-orders for more.

I actually much prefer these to the built in games version I first had.

Hayao Miyazaki heart

That looks like it'll turn out beast!

katsumbhong wrote:

Reiner Ziegler's site is back online!

Wooo! heart

Such awesome news, would've been a real shame if it stayed down.

Jazzmarazz wrote:

You're safe, but only because I set aside enough money for a second board myself. tongue
in any case, one board with international shipping will be 42.85 USD. Steep, but worth it if you can justify the shipping cost.
I will PM you for payment address.

http://web.archive.org/web/201306221703 … iegler.de/

WayBack Machine. Someone back up the HTML from that link I supplied.


Yesss! big_smile Paid.

And that link! heart heart heart Full 16 Bits of love to you!

I'll save as much as I can and re-host it. The PDF's are gone however so if anyone has them saved, send them to me and I'll host those too.

Oh almost forgot to add, I may be getting a ton of brand new GB Boy cart connectors soon, I'm yet to see if the have the same pin arrangement, but if I can get a steady supply, I'll gladly supply these at cost so you can include them smile

Just ordered two myself, been looking for these after seeing them on a trip to HK.

Can't wait til they arrive so I can start having some fun with them. big_smile

Will most likely buy a few lots to sell on my site if these turn out good,  as I know of quite a few people who want them or have been looking for something similar.

Long, long time lurker here, just registered to see if I could still get in on this for the first batch.

I'll be cutting it close if I do, but that's how I live these days.

Need one of these desperately as Reinerziegler.de has been down for a few days now (much to my horror) and there seem to be nil other plans on the net which I can find.

I can solder the SMT IC's easy with my reflow station, so if you can, put me down for 1x blank board.

I'll send payment through asap if I make it in on this batch.

I'm in Australia also so International shipping for me.

Thanks for your work, and props to this awesome community!