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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Is the Color Maximite 2 Dead?
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Rickard5 Guru  Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 328 |
NOT TRUE, While I'm not Prone to watching the X Bit Guy, That Episode with the CMM2 came across my Screen, and I wanted one, but I missed the boat, and found the Picomite And some Very Supportive and Helpful people and I got my CMM2 and Love it, but there are really Helpful members 2 Stand outs Lisby and Mixtel90 that have turned my little Picomite vice in to a Habit, and a Special shout out to hitsware2 and Volhout for getting me and she who must be Obeyed our CMM2s, Being the worst Programmer in the world I wish there was more software for the Cmm2. Truth told I spend more time with the Picomites because they are so cheep to build and so far I've killed a few Picos so I don't do much GPIO Stuff with the CMM2 :) Anyway I still haven't wondered out I turned the volume on the monitor to max and could hear sound. Thanks Stanleyella |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9059 |
Ha-ha! I like that.  Yes, I still have it listed on my website, but in a SOLD OUT status. Once the chips become available again, I will resume selling it. Unfortunately, latest check says none of those chips available till July next year, and then they only list 100 chips, with another 100 available in September next year, so still essentially another full year before more chips can be had.  The price of the chips have also skyrocketed over what they used to sell for before all this mess. Double the price in per-unit prices - $50 per chip assuming you order them now, a full year ahead!  So, we'll have to look at the economics of it when the chips are available again, but despite the price increase, I plan to still offer it once I can again, to just gauge interest. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Tinine Guru Joined: 30/03/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1646 |
Definitely the H7. Speed, I/O and unadulterated  Craig |
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| Tinine Guru Joined: 30/03/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1646 |
Lead times: Not buying it. Sooo many devices are quoting ~one year. So we're suddenly gonna go from nothing to everything in a year...how the hell can that work! I suspect it's a case of; they really have no clue so just stick a year in there. Craig |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9059 |
I suspect you are probably correct there. Sadly.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3838 |
No need to shout  , I only said "most" and you are a Tail End Charlie with respect to adoption of the CMM2 - but nevetheless glad to have you aboard. I consider "wondering [sic] out" occasionally, usually when I haven't had enough sleep  .Best wishes, Tom Edited 2022-09-20 19:24 by thwill Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| William Leue Guru Joined: 03/07/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 382 |
Well, thanks for all the opinions! I think Nimue said it best: This is a great group! -Bill |
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| Rickard5 Guru Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 328 |
I might be a Tail end Charlie, but remember I'm a Texan, and we may be Slow but we get there Biggles, but in the words of Joe Walsh, " you can check out any time you like, but you can Never leave" :) :) :) Rick I turned the volume on the monitor to max and could hear sound. Thanks Stanleyella |
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| bar1010 Senior Member  Joined: 10/08/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 197 |
It has been a long time since I have uploaded a program. However there is a Chess Puzzles program that is in development, nearly half-way complete. Currently there are over 800 “Find the best series of moves” puzzles completed. Would like to reach 2000 total. Before that I had began development on a series of three multiple choice quiz programs. One of these might be 20% complete. At some point, would like to create a Scrabble program that utilizes the multiple “dictionary” text files that have used in Hangman and Word Search. Other programs that have have been started, but not completed include Highway (like Freeway), Chess (with non-random moves), Draw Poker, Hearts, Atari Adventure, and Tetris. |
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| Rickard5 Guru Joined: 31/03/2022 Location: United StatesPosts: 328 |
Man bar1010, you would be a ledger if you finished the Chess stuff, a working Chess program on the CMM2 would be Great! the chess program I found for the CMM get real childish and errors out everytime I'm beating it I turned the volume on the monitor to max and could hear sound. Thanks Stanleyella |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8572 |
Here is a working version of the TSCP chess program converted for the CMM2 by Martin Round chess.zip Here is my attempt at a nice display for chess it takes standard chess notation and makes the moves accordingly. I believe it was complete apart from en-passant. ChessD.zip If someone combined the two...... Edited 2022-09-21 23:51 by matherp |
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andreas Senior Member Joined: 07/12/2020 Location: GermanyPosts: 187 |
first one has to comment out the RANDOMIZE function when using a newer CMM2 firmware.  then it runs. Will try to combine chess & ChessD  -andreas |
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Plasmamac Guru Joined: 31/01/2019 Location: GermanyPosts: 501 |
I like my Cmm2 and think its not dead only overpriced at the moment. The Picomite vga is a cheaper alternative and it is available. I developed some cmm2 games but i become healthy problems last months , so i can’t come to an end with development . Plasma |
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stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1641 |
Why not just get a rpi. N64 starfox, much better than the snes version. We had a snes and starfox. Not on a picomite. https://youtu.be/nkeL2H4WFAs Horses for courses. If you want Very old games to play or try rewriting them to learn not play. End of the day is rpi more suited for games than rpipico? I have not used picomite vga because I do not see the point. The lcd version I do see the point. I realise the effort that has gone into mite vga but from a users view why emulate a TRS80 which at the time cost as much as a bbc micro when the "normal peasants" used a zx spectrum. 16K if they were lucky? I just use a rpi400 as a tv box mostly but it still is a nice "linux pc" I use TwisterOS. It is a pity that freebasic is the only basic. Edited 2022-09-23 06:41 by stanleyella |
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PeteCotton Guru Joined: 13/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 314 |
I can't speak for anyone else, but as a CMM2 guy, I'm still here... lurking. To be honest, Covid did an absolute number on my business. For the last two years I've been trying to refocus it on to a sustainable course, and what little spare time I have left over is spent with my family and friends. But my CMM2 hasn't left my desk, and it sits staring at me accusingly every day.  I can't wait for the time to boot it up again - but I need to concentrate on programming that will actually pay my mortgage  Incidentally I have an Arduino Portenta H7 (for another project). I don't know if it would be a viable alternative platform for the CMM2? STM32H747@480Mhz with Chrom-ART Accelerator. HDMI out is via the USB-C port. Obviously this would probably be a significant amount of work to convert over to, but my local supplier regularly has 1000+ in stock at any time. https://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/portenta-h7?selectedStore=us Edited 2022-09-24 04:22 by PeteCotton |
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| scruss Regular Member  Joined: 20/09/2021 Location: CanadaPosts: 83 |
There are *many* BASICs for Raspberry Pi, including: 1. BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0 2. Matrix Brandy BASIC 3. Gambas - Gambas Almost Means Basic 4. X11-Basic - GFA BASIC clone 5. SpecBAS ... and I suspect several more. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9059 |
I hear that 100%, and it represents me also - exactly. I am self-employed and if it weren't for my two anchor clients in the form of retirement villages that always require some form of technical assistance both at management and resident level, my business would not have survived through the lockdowns and the bashing the economy is taking now. Inflation is now hitting record highs in pretty much EVERY country, as a direct result of the vast sums of money governments spent during the virus. I won't play the blame-game on that one(everyone has their own opinions on WHY that is), suffice it to say that most countries are in the same boat financially for the same reasons now - global inflation. It's not good for anyone, and I think things(costs) will get way worse before they get any better. .....but I digress from the topic of the thread, sorry. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| stanleyella Guru Joined: 25/06/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1641 |
Thanks, new to me. I think freebasic is fine but is new. On win there is fbedit, on rpi I guess use geany. new to me but got command line fb to build and compile gcbasic for linux but that was just an exercise as I use the win pre-built version. |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2870 |
Hi All, The ONLY place I have found that lists the ARM chip for the CMM2 is LCSC the proverbial Hens Tooth They are listed as the 480MHz unit. But at $56.37 each plus postage and GST in AUS would put the chip alone at over $100AU. For that price they can rot on their shelves.. For anyone interested in building their own I have all (well at least most) PCB components except the ARM chip plus I have a few bare PCBs for the Standard CMM2. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| andreas Senior Member Joined: 07/12/2020 Location: GermanyPosts: 187 |
https://www.waveshare.com/coreh743i.htm - $69.99 -andreas |
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