Me, developing SMS plug-in
PCB Layout
There are times in life when you can only sit and wait. Not here, not now. In the time that the plastic cases are taking to arrive, I figured I might as well do something useful, and started to look into plug-ins some more.
Thanks to our old friend [JonY] (who [...]
Good news! I just received a set of case samples that were made on the actual injection tool that will also stamp out the production Retrode cases in a short while. They’re looking really good. Contrary to what I was told beforehand, natural ABS cannot be obtained in transparent, so it’s going to have to [...]
Everything is coming along nicely for the Retrode 2! The mainboards should be finished by now (I have not checked back with the manufacturer yet, but so far they’ve been VERY reliable and the deadline was last week). The firmware also received some polishing to make sure the Retrode will ship with the latest features [...]
Good news — the mould layout is finished. The tool will weigh more than 500kg! Pretty impressive, thinks Dr. Retrode, while he waves his go-ahead.
A somewhat awkward thing about the Retrode has always been how huge its case is — particularly when compared to the little amount of electronics contained in it. Well, I guess this just comes naturally, given the size of the vintage cartridges the Retrode has to accommodate. On the other hand, I always wondered what [...]
Final Funding Status:129.3%(EUR 7757)128 units preordered. Last updated:2011-07-1 0:22 UTC
Preordering has closed. Wow, what a success! My sincere thanks go out to everyone who contributed either by ordering, or by spreading the word. I am looking forward to sending out these units as soon as they are finished.
Want to know when and [...]
Dear all,
After quite a while (like, half a year or so), here’s another update for your Retrode. The latest “stable” version remains the old v0.15u for now, but the beta is what should become the new v0.16a soon. The changes are mostly hidden under the surface (upward compatibility to future hardware*), so the update will [...]