Subject: Re: [stella] Qb Instruciones & gameplay comments From: "Jamie" <bknight@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:17:12 -0500 |
I just returned from a local shop in Charlotte, NC. They have a $100 setup fee for double sided boards. And (I'm guessing here) around $7-12 per piece. Hope that helps... Jamie ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Grand <jgrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [stella] Qb Instruciones & gameplay comments > At 11:50 PM 2/28/2001 +1100, you wrote: > >I plan to officially release a cart at a classic gaming convention ;) The > >code already has a serial number capability - for the first 100 carts only - > >the score in demo mode starts with the cart's serial number. The buyer's > >name won't be there (though i considered that). If I have any spare bytes, > >that is what it will go towards, OK (that is, hidden/embedded in the cart > >binary) :) I'm still looking at options for producing cartridges - I wanted > >to do them myself, but may not have time/skill. > > Andrew- > > I was planning on doing the same (releasing 100 carts at that small expo in > August in Las Vegas ;) but you are way ahead of me as far as game completion. > > Regarding making the carts, Hozer does a great job, but for myself, I was > thinking of churning out some custom PCBs for the inside of cart cases > (probably to fit Combats). This would make things easy, since the assembly > would then be limited to just soldering in the EPROM (2716 2kB or 2732 4kB > depending on your game) and the 7404 hex inverter for whatever line in the > cart was reversed (I forget offhand, but I think it was the chip select). > Making a custom PCB would prevent you from having to hand wire an inverter > onto every cart, which I dread doing. I'd much rather pay a few extra bucks > for the PCB panel than go through manual labor.. :) > > So, I'd have the custom PCB, slap it in a Combat cart case, and do up some > kind of nice looking label.. Shouldn't be too bad for 100 of them.. > > The cost to produce a few more panels of boards shouldn't be too much. If > you want to go in with me on them, that would be great. I haven't produced > boards in the last year, but I am thinking it will be US $200-$300 for some > prototype board sets (e.g. no soldermask or silkscreen). If Kevin Horton is > reading, maybe he can verify the pricing for us. :) The boards will take a > week or so to come back. > > Joe > > > - > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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