FDD+IDE controller and Universal Flash ROM cartridge projects + future Multi-soundcard cartridge

Guardian (3608)

18-02-2017, 12:28

marcoo wrote:

is there a rom present for fm basic, I did not read the entire discussion (to much) so maybe it's answered already
If there is I'am interested

The board has a full FM-PAC BIOS translated into English by Max Iwamoto. FM Basic works of course.

Van Wierzbowsky

Guardian (3608)

18-02-2017, 12:31

mtn wrote:

Great news! Could I reserve two?

No reserves, sorry. When you decide to buy, just send me a PM. We just finished the version 2.2 of the board, it will be ordered soon.

Van bakoulis

Master (166)

18-02-2017, 13:25

The boards are fully assembled, soldered and ready to run games?
How is the price?

Van mtn

Champion (269)

18-02-2017, 13:42

Alexey wrote:

mtn wrote:

Great news! Could I reserve two?

No reserves, sorry. When you decide to buy, just send me a PM. We just finished the version 2.2 of the board, it will be ordered soon.

I meant buy I assume, as earlier stated, it is "bare boards" ?

Van Wierzbowsky

Guardian (3608)

18-02-2017, 18:11

Answering to all. No, we don't sell assembled boards. Only bare boards + we will answer any questions and give hints. Assembled boards would be quite expensive to produce because of the amount of work (at least 4-5 hours per board), besides we don't have resources to make even one batch. Assembling of this board is more or less easy if you have decent soldering skills, with beginner skills I would not recommend to try it before practicing on some dead electronic boards first.

If someone would like to make a commercial batch (10 or more cartridges) - we can negotiate the amount of royalties for the board design and tools. If someone wants to assemble a few boards for himself and his friends - that is fine with us.

So if you want the fully assembled board, you can always ask someone with proper skills to assemble it for you for a reasonable fee.

Van bakoulis

Master (166)

18-02-2017, 22:56

OK. I have a friend here who will soldering one piece for me.
Do you sell the full set (board and all components) or a partial set (board with few components)?
If you sell the full set, how is the cost? I didn't saw anywhere prices.

Van Wierzbowsky

Guardian (3608)

18-02-2017, 23:16

bakoulis wrote:

OK. I have a friend here who will soldering one piece for me.
Do you sell the full set (board and all components) or a partial set (board with few components)?
If you sell the full set, how is the cost? I didn't saw anywhere prices.

I can only sell the bare boards, I don't have the components for sale. All of them can be easily bought from AliExpress. The total price will be around 30 euros. The boards are 5 euro each + 5 euro shipment within EU. If you want a tracking number, the shipment is 7 euros.

Van bakoulis

Master (166)

19-02-2017, 01:00

A last question. At the beginning of topic, I had read for 2 separate boards. Now the 2 boards merged in one?
The first board have FlashROM + RAM + IDE + FMPAC + SCC All in one!
What remains to have the second board?

Van Wierzbowsky

Guardian (3608)

19-02-2017, 03:08

bakoulis wrote:

A last question. At the beginning of topic, I had read for 2 separate boards. Now the 2 boards merged in one?
The first board have FlashROM + RAM + IDE + FMPAC + SCC All in one!
What remains to have the second board?

I am not sure what you mean. We have several projects:

- FDD/IDE controller cartridge with Nextor and Sunrise BIOS
- Carnivore cartridge with 8mb FlashROM and SCC
- FMPAC+F4 port combo board
- Carnivore2 cartridge with RAM+FlashROM+IDE+FMPAC+SCC

The last one is the latest project that I am talking about here. The boards are for Carnivore2 project.

Van bakoulis

Master (166)

19-02-2017, 09:29

Thank you for the clarification.
I want one board.