New products for C64 and Amiga from Individual Computers

[amigoun]

Is ACA500 for A2000 still considered or cancelled?

[Schoenfeld]

In the works - I have a prototype of the ACA2000 here, but work on that was interrupted in favour of the USB module.

Jens

[meckert]

And ACA 1000 ?

[wXR]

The PAL/NTSC switch of C64 Reloaded is super cool. Is it possible to make that also switch between PAL/NTSC VICs? Since there is extra room on the motherboard it would be great to have sockets for each.

[Schoenfeld]

Originally Posted by meckert

And ACA 1000 ?

...ist a very much extended version of the ACA500, and therefore requires more development. I want that to also include a 2M Chipram expansion, so it'll be a mixed internal/external unit (small board that goes into Agnus socket, cable to the outside world and the accelerator plugged to the side). No idea when I can start working on that - sorry.

Originally Posted by wXR

The PAL/NTSC switch of C64 Reloaded is super cool. Is it possible to make that also switch between PAL/NTSC VICs? Since there is extra room on the motherboard it would be great to have sockets for each.

Two VIC chips in the same computer would mean more logic than having two mainboards. The VIC is "the" bus master in the C64, and it cannot be configured to be a slave. If I'd want to design a mainboard with two VIC chips, a whole bunch of additional logic would be required to completely remove the unused VIC chip from the bus. That's not worth it - if you want something that can be switched from PAL to NTSC and back, the Chameleon will be the cheaper solution.

Some good news: I started to take pre-orders for Competition PRO Retro joysticks today. Go to icomp.de and click on "shop". Shipping starts on september 1st, and I haven't yet decided if they will be available from resellers (no financial support at all, only empty promises).

Jens

[Jope]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

Some good news: I started to take pre-orders for Competition PRO Retro joysticks today.

On that subject, might you consider making the molded D9 cables available separately for fixing old sticks, please?

[BarryB]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

Some good news: I started to take pre-orders for Competition PRO Retro joysticks today. Go to icomp.de and click on "shop". Shipping starts on september 1st, and I haven't yet decided if they will be available from resellers (no financial support at all, only empty promises).

Jens

If only they were cheaper Shame really, I'm sure they'll sell but for me it's more than I want to pay!

[Hewitson]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

If I'd want to design a mainboard with two VIC chips, a whole bunch of additional logic would be required to completely remove the unused VIC chip from the bus.

Why couldn't you connect them in parallel and turn one of them off?

[ascp]

Originally Posted by BarryB

If only they were cheaper Shame really, I'm sure they'll sell but for me it's more than I want to pay!

Try to find an brand new unused original pro for that price. You won't. If you do they'll be sold for much more than the asking price of this. So, it's not expensive at all.

[klx300r]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

...ist a very much extended version of the ACA500, and therefore requires more development. I want that to also include a 2M Chipram expansion, so it'll be a mixed internal/external unit (small board that goes into Agnus socket, cable to the outside world and the accelerator plugged to the side). No idea when I can start working on that - sorry.

Jens

extra chip ram for the A1000 is amazing any chance of this board also having a built in RTC ?

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by jonathan

Try to find an brand new unused original pro for that price. You won't. If you do they'll be sold for much more than the asking price of this. So, it's not expensive at all.

He clearly realizes this, but it's still outside of what he's willing to pay, and he regrets this. I cant say that i blame him, after buying both a ACA 1230@56MHz with MMU, and a Indivision MKII for my A1200. They both cost an arm and a leg, i'm done spending on it for now. Everyone has their own limits. If you think it's cheap, buy two. Nobody deserves to make sales more then Jens, who keeps bringing hardware for a very tiny amount of legacy & retro freaks.

[BarryB]

Luckily I still have some Comp Pros that are still going strong 25 years on (I think), so in no hurry to replace them. If they had been cheaper I would have considered a couple, but only Jens knows why they are the price they are.

[Photon]

Don't think 15 Euros is excessive though!? I think they cost more in 1989, and that was 1989 money...

There's KeyRah v2 at twice the price with two 9-pin joyports if you want...

[ptyerman]

15 euro's? I'm looking at the page now and it's reading 30.50 euro's plus p+p. Still worth it though.

[dJOS]

I bought 2 Comp Pro's from the last run, worth every cent although a switch to make them 1/2 button would have been nice.

[Photon]

Well I just clicked the Price/Availability link from its product page on icomp.de and it says:

"Competition PRO Retro Joystick 14,90€"

The red color seems to indicate "out of stock" which is not the case, so I don't know if it's updated.

[Snyfls]

Originally Posted by ptyerman

15 euro's? I'm looking at the page now and it's reading 30.50 euro's plus p+p. Still worth it though.

Yes, price list 14,90, eshop 30,50. I am confused.

[BarryB]

Now €14.90 sounds more like it, but it's probably wrong

[ptyerman]

Some good news: I started to take pre-orders for Competition PRO Retro joysticks today. Go to icomp.de and click on "shop". Shipping starts on september 1st, and I haven't yet decided if they will be available from resellers (no financial support at all, only empty promises).

I was going on what Jens said there. If you click on the shop link and look, it is 30.50 euros pre-order.

[BarryB]

The €14.90 price is on the EOL (End Of Life) list so probably the 'old' price before a new run was made!