C64 Dtv

Parsec · 25 January 2006, 00:22

Has anyone bought one of these:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...7a9737cc65bdc2

It looks the biz, but I am just wondering if the joystick itself is actually a proper microswitched job. After buying a so called Competition Pro off a certain other Amiga hardware dealers that was a naff leaf switch job, I'm a bit wary

RetroMan · 25 January 2006, 00:33

Yes, I bought tweo of those

But no, no microswitches inside since its all on one PCB .... but the controls are very precise and the games can be controlled very well with that stick

ant512 · 25 January 2006, 00:46

Maybe it varies from stick to stick, but mine's hopeless. I hardly ever manage to hit the horizontal or vertical, I keep hitting the damn diagonals.

I think Ironstone might have given me a free one when I went to see them, but I wasn't sure if they'd dug it out to show me or to give me, so I left it on the desk.

alexh · 25 January 2006, 11:18

Definately Leaf.

Jope · 25 January 2006, 13:51

Not leaf, conductive rubber. :-)

Leaf switches have two slips of metal that touch when you press the button..

I still haven't gotten around to modifying mine, but I've read up on all the info that's being posted on the forums.

keropi · 25 January 2006, 13:52

there are 2 points: keyboard data + clock ??? why?
can it be hacked?

MrZammler · 25 January 2006, 14:06

@keropi

Damn sure it can be hacked. You can add a keyboard, an external drive, effectively turning it into a full C64.

Parsec · 25 January 2006, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrZammler

Damn sure it can be hacked. You can add a keyboard, an external drive, effectivly turning it into a full C64.

Quality!

RetroMan · 25 January 2006, 15:02

There's also a way to flash the Amtel Chip to add new programs to the Chip

But it's not very advanced yet and you may risk loosing all the data on the Flash Chip resulting in a non working unit

Hope they someday get around this issue ...

_ThEcRoW · 25 January 2006, 16:19

You can update the flash, but only on V2, that is, the PAL version.
Effectively, it's really a c64 and i got mine when it got available in my city!!!!
Gonna hack it!!!!!

alexh · 25 January 2006, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Not leaf, conductive rubber. :-) Leaf switches have two slips of metal that touch when you press the button..

I've "repaired" lots of joysticks, these are an extension to leaf. Inside the rubbery bit is a conductive surface (carbon) which deforms to complete the circuit under pressure and goes back to it's old state when not under pressure breaking the circuit.

It's the same technology as in most modern remote controls.

Adderly · 26 January 2006, 01:26

You can update the Flash??? YEAH! Can't wait to put some of my favorite games on my pal DTV

Any links/source to this available?

MrZammler · 26 January 2006, 10:16

Have they fixed the colour bug (I had read something about this a while ago)?

RetroMan · 26 January 2006, 20:55

Color Bug can be fixed by changing six parts on the board, no big deal but I heard they change it in second production run

I have the link to the flash soft somewhere, have a look at weekend ...

Methanoid · 27 January 2006, 09:01

I picked up an NTSC one from Maplins for £9.99... it was priced at £14.99 but for some reason they rang it up as £9.99... they seem ti undercharge me by £5 every visit there for some reason

If PAL can be flashed easily enough I'll grab one of those too. My son enjoys Paradroid... quality games can win over the GBA generation!

thinlega · 27 January 2006, 20:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methanoid

I picked up an NTSC one from Maplins for £9.99... it was priced at £14.99 but for some reason they rang it up as £9.99... they seem ti undercharge me by £5 every visit there for some reason

If PAL can be flashed easily enough I'll grab one of those too. My son enjoys Paradroid... quality games can win over the GBA generation!

I know this sounds odd my mate bought a PAL version from Topshop or Topman (what ever it is called) I think? It is in a little boys toys section

*sorry* it was NEXT!

T_hairy_bootson · 28 January 2006, 09:10

They had the PAL ones at Target in Australia for about 30AU... I went back to buy a second one for hacking and they were all gone.

ant512 · 28 January 2006, 12:27

TJ Hughes in the UK were selling them for £20, then reduced them to £10, then reduced them to £5. Dunno if they've got any left, though.

kriz · 28 January 2006, 15:32

ant512: is it the pal version ? It was sold out btw.

ant512 · 28 January 2006, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriz

ant512: is it the pal version ? It was sold out btw.

Doesn't say, but I have a suspicion that it's the NTSC version. My TV switches too quickly for me to tell.

25 January 2006, 00:22	#1
Parsec Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lancashire Age: 49 Posts: 434	C64 Dtv Has anyone bought one of these: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...7a9737cc65bdc2 It looks the biz, but I am just wondering if the joystick itself is actually a proper microswitched job. After buying a so called Competition Pro off a certain other Amiga hardware dealers that was a naff leaf switch job, I'm a bit wary

25 January 2006, 11:18	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	Definately Leaf. Last edited by woody57; 25 January 2006 at 11:27.

25 January 2006, 14:06	#7
MrZammler Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Crete Age: 46 Posts: 191	@keropi Damn sure it can be hacked. You can add a keyboard, an external drive, effectively turning it into a full C64. Last edited by MrZammler; 25 January 2006 at 15:18.

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25 January 2006, 00:33	#2
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Yes, I bought tweo of those But no, no microswitches inside since its all on one PCB .... but the controls are very precise and the games can be controlled very well with that stick

25 January 2006, 00:46	#3
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 965	Maybe it varies from stick to stick, but mine's hopeless. I hardly ever manage to hit the horizontal or vertical, I keep hitting the damn diagonals. I think Ironstone might have given me a free one when I went to see them, but I wasn't sure if they'd dug it out to show me or to give me, so I left it on the desk.

25 January 2006, 13:51	#5
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,863	Not leaf, conductive rubber. :-) Leaf switches have two slips of metal that touch when you press the button.. I still haven't gotten around to modifying mine, but I've read up on all the info that's being posted on the forums.

25 January 2006, 13:52	#6
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	there are 2 points: keyboard data + clock ??? why? can it be hacked?

25 January 2006, 15:02	#9
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	There's also a way to flash the Amtel Chip to add new programs to the Chip But it's not very advanced yet and you may risk loosing all the data on the Flash Chip resulting in a non working unit Hope they someday get around this issue ...

25 January 2006, 16:19	#10
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 941	You can update the flash, but only on V2, that is, the PAL version. Effectively, it's really a c64 and i got mine when it got available in my city!!!! Gonna hack it!!!!!

26 January 2006, 01:26	#12
Adderly [Satan^God] Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 701	You can update the Flash??? YEAH! Can't wait to put some of my favorite games on my pal DTV Any links/source to this available?

26 January 2006, 10:16	#13
MrZammler Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Crete Age: 46 Posts: 191	Have they fixed the colour bug (I had read something about this a while ago)?

26 January 2006, 20:55	#14
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Color Bug can be fixed by changing six parts on the board, no big deal but I heard they change it in second production run I have the link to the flash soft somewhere, have a look at weekend ...

27 January 2006, 09:01	#15
Methanoid Retired Quartex Sysop Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Roman Verulamium Age: 58 Posts: 1,873	I picked up an NTSC one from Maplins for £9.99... it was priced at £14.99 but for some reason they rang it up as £9.99... they seem ti undercharge me by £5 every visit there for some reason If PAL can be flashed easily enough I'll grab one of those too. My son enjoys Paradroid... quality games can win over the GBA generation!

28 January 2006, 09:10	#17
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	They had the PAL ones at Target in Australia for about 30AU... I went back to buy a second one for hacking and they were all gone.

28 January 2006, 12:27	#18
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 965	TJ Hughes in the UK were selling them for £20, then reduced them to £10, then reduced them to £5. Dunno if they've got any left, though.

28 January 2006, 15:32	#19
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,200	ant512: is it the pal version ? It was sold out btw.

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