PiJamma : Raspberry Pi Arcade Interface Project

[anunaki]

there seems to be Etienne

http://www.daphne-emu.com/site3/index_hi.php

[bencao74]

for mpeg-2 video encoding rpi uses hardware. An extra licence is needed then (http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/).

[Blanka]

Is daphne running on MPEG2? Maybe they should make a high quality LD->H264 conversion for it. That codec is supported. Will also make it much easier to fit on SD cards.

[level42]

C64 joystick ??

harumpfff !!

First of all, the one you picture is a Suzo joystick, but I assume you want to indicate the standard plug used, but by all means, this was conceived by ATARI for the 2600 and Commodore simply stole it. Like so many others did.

So please do not credit Commodore for setting this standard but Atari !


Grrmmblbkmmmmlllbllmm...

This is a Commodore joystick and for those who ever tried to "use" it, it was a memory they never forgot. the stick itself was almost impossible to move in any direction, and the button was even worse.



 


Nice project though

[Amiga]

Is the success of Commodore frustrating Atari users?   

Atari  stole ideas from Commodore on a regular basis ....

[Tyrem]

Is the success of Commodore frustrating Atari users?   

Atari  stole ideas from Commodore on a regular basis ....

wut? atari made so many things so much better starting with the atari 400/800. and as far as i can remember the Amiga was pretty much a product of Atari aw well. I still prefer the ST though.

[Amiga]

ATARI made many nice thing like the build in MIDI on the ST. now for the atari 400 or 800? Commodore 64  is the highest selling computer of all time and for the ST himself well, for me there is no compare between ST and AMIGA the answer is clear.... Amiga at the time touched every area.
If this is NASA, hospitals, Hollywood, movie producers, seamen, art, GAMES like arcade,
you name it ,the ST was good in the industry music becuse the MIDI builtin.

I  know I'm in the minority here ... when it comes to the  amiga, but I prefer it this way.

[Blanka]

PGBOT! We're talking Raspberries here, not Apple's, Atari's or other fruits.

[level42]

Yes please stick on topic.

I MERELY wanted to get the historical facts CORRECT, not another Atari vs. Commodore fight....

In fact I wouldn't mind a fight like that, but let's open another topic then. I truly wonder what ideas Atari stole from Commodore, because AFAIK it was only the other way around.


One note: The best systems are not always the best selling systems.

Betamax is better than VHS, VHS sold better
OSX is better than Windows, Windows sells (sold ?) better
Atari 8 bit machines were better than C64, C64 sold better......

We can go on for ages....

[Tyrem]

One note: The best systems are not always the best selling systems.

so very true.

[Blanka]

I just got a new Rasp, a 2nd 512MB model with a nice plastic case. I only had one Retro Space cab working in my office, but now I found out these Raspberries do it on the cheap, I decided to have both running.
http://nl.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/7644389/

[liquidx]

One note: The best systems are not always the best selling systems.

Or as Douglas Addams put it: "There are are more cockroaches than human beings on the planet, that doesn't mean they're the superior race".

Colin

[level42]

One note: The best systems are not always the best selling systems.

Or as Douglas Addams put it: "There are are more cockroaches than human beings on the planet, that doesn't mean they're the superior race".

Colin

Ooooh, forgot about that one, I like it

[level42]

I just got a new Rasp, a 2nd 512MB model with a nice plastic case. I only had one Retro Space cab working in my office, but now I found out these Raspberries do it on the cheap, I decided to have both running.
http://nl.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/7644389/

That link points to the box. Here's a link that points to the Pi's:
http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/default.aspx

[Blanka]

I wanted to point to the box. I just encountered it as new option and I liked it. Unfortunately the translucent one is no longer in stock. I have a black one.