Production update 29.02.2020 - Meeting with TRENZ our mainboard manufacturer

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  • Hi all,

    on wednesday, the 26. of february, the MEGA65 team had the official meeting with Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen., our mainboard manufacturer.

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    f.l.t.r.: TRENZ, Detlef "Deft", Antti (TRENZ & MEGA65team), Anton "adtbm", TRENZ, Dieter "dbF"

    We can summarize, that it was a VERY, VERY successfull meeting !

    We have discussed possible, required and neccessarry changes for the Revision 3 of the final MEGA65 mainboard and the next steps to keep in line with our schedule and once more, Trenz showed us, their professionalism during this meeting in regards of this perfect designed pcb and their plans and ideas for the Rev.3 board !

    Trenz was still totally fascinated by the MEGA65 and we are happy by the support they provided and provide to us and of course, they've used the time to play around with the MEGA65.

    They were impressed by the overall quality of the MEGA65, especially of the keyboard and also the case (even if the case is not the final yet :wink: )

    (Yes we're proud of it. we have 3 perfectly designed components (pcb, keyboard, case)

    The best news now: within the next couple of weeks MEGA65 DevKit preorders will start via the TRENZ online shop !!!

    Those are fantastic news, since we've urgently needed a trustworthy and reliable seller for our MEGA65 and since TRENZ produces our mainboard, this fits perfectly ! We are so thankful for all the support Trenz offers us. (They maybe even have a surprise for us in the final revision of the pcb, but more of that, once it's official...)

    (once Trenz is done with implementing all the changes, we will provide you, the community, with all the updates...believe us, only positive. nothing to reduce costs)

    So, while Trenz, is starting now with implementing the final changes, we (MEGA65 team) are almost done with the design change paper for Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. our case designer, in preparation for the meeting with them. The whole MEGA65 team is amazed, how the final case design will hopefully look like and we have put alot of time and effort in it. (More on that, once Hintsteiner confirms our changes. same as above only increase in quality not reducing costs ! )

    So stay tuned, there are more exciting news upcoming soon !!! regarding our all MEGA65 homecomputer !!!

    :DJ

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    3 Mal editiert, zuletzt von adtbm (2. März 2020 um 23:51)

  • Sounds great! Can‘t wait to have the final product in my fingers.

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  • Good news!

    Could you please give us a little "who is who" for the picture? Not everybody (including me) knows everyone involved (yet). (Or is it just me as I'm pretty new in this forum?)

  • You're absolutely right !

    I've added the picture description.

    As soon as we get some news from Trenz, we'll report it, as usual.

    PS: ... and believe me, i am looking forward to the news !!!

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- here you can find all MEGA65 related files, games, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- MEGA65 main Homepage. links to all important MEGA65 sites (links on top of the page to Files, Forum, GitHub, Manual,etc.)

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <-Pauls Blog - constant updates about current tasks, project status, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen.,Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- All Open-Source information regarding MEGA65. Found Bugs ? create an issue there please!

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- Join for live chat support and more --- The Future is 8-bit !!!

  • Is there any news about the Mega65 DevKit preorder on Trenz?

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  • Hi,

    I hope anybody is well these days.


    Are there any news about the preorder process?

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  • Hi wins4

    thanks for asking ! We are fine.

    We are using every free minute to work on the MEGA65 and currently we are also preparing a huge update post, that i'll post within the next couple of days.

    We can say, that everything is in line and within schedule at the moment.

    The final revisions of keyboard, case(s) and mainboard are almost done.

    As soon as we give the GO for the individual production starts, we will announce this here and then we are able to show pictures

    (and hopefully videos) of the production process.

    That was the short version. The long awaited, detailed case funding post with status update is coming soon.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- here you can find all MEGA65 related files, games, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- MEGA65 main Homepage. links to all important MEGA65 sites (links on top of the page to Files, Forum, GitHub, Manual,etc.)

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <-Pauls Blog - constant updates about current tasks, project status, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen.,Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- All Open-Source information regarding MEGA65. Found Bugs ? create an issue there please!

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- Join for live chat support and more --- The Future is 8-bit !!!

  • We are using every free minute to work on the MEGA65 and currently we are also preparing a huge update post, that i'll post within the next couple of days.

    That was the short version. The long awaited, detailed case funding post with status update is coming soon.

    Ten days later... any news?

  • There are news on Paul‘s blog about the current progress of the case tools.

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  • Yes, the tools are coming along nicely. There are a few pictures on the blog -- but probably not at that page ;) Try this one instead.


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    Sneek peek (more pictures in the blog post):

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    LG

    Paul.

  • In the pictures it seems there are ten names under "Top Case Donations" while it was said only the "Top 8" would be engraved. Why is that?

  • In the pictures it seems there are ten names under "Top Case Donations" while it was said only the "Top 8" would be engraved. Why is that?

    There are 9 donators names engraved:

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  • I did not flip the image yet to see the "and many more!". But "9" still is not "8" as stated by the donation rules. Also: which name stands for "Forum64.de"?

  • Also: which name stands for "Forum64.de"?

    Compared with the highscore table names and the ranking order, it's not too difficult to recognize the name. ;)

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  • "Alexander Petra" seems to be on 8th place but also in the MEGA65 team, so he's already in the team list, but then I'd expect to have "Yan_B" as 9th?

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  • ZeHa: You are almost right, since Alexander is a M.E.G.A. teammember as well as a Top Donator, we have moved him to the Team column and the number 9 from the Highscore list moved onto the 8th position in the Top Donator list, which is Gurce.


    The person that is entered under place 9, Andreas Nestler, is an employe from Hintsteiner, who cooperated in an incredible way with us, to get all our wishes into the case design. That's how we honor him, because without him, the case also wouldn't have been possible in the way we wanted it to be.

    We can proudly state, that we stood true, to our promised goal, to engrave the Top 8 supporters names forever in the MEGA65 case. (even 9 from the Highscore list)

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    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- MEGA65 main Homepage. links to all important MEGA65 sites (links on top of the page to Files, Forum, GitHub, Manual,etc.)

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <-Pauls Blog - constant updates about current tasks, project status, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen.,Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- All Open-Source information regarding MEGA65. Found Bugs ? create an issue there please!

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  • Is the intent that Trenz will handle North American sales for the production MEGA65?

    A North American-based distributor would be nice to see as then if the distributor bulk orders inventory, customers might get much more reasonable shipping prices on their purchased units (otherwise will be a cross-Atlantic shipping cost on an individual purchase to the end-user customer)

    But I understand where product plans of up to 5000 units of production might not be sufficient market size for messing with a North American-based distributor/reseller

    But the C64 was very big in North America - maybe 5000 units expectation could get exceeded...particularly if can be effectively promoted/marketed to its potential market audience (ads on YouTube, etc)

  • Hi @Rogerv and welcome !

    We've chosen Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen., because of the professionalism they have shown us in the past. It's a trusted partner for our project !

    Since Trenz is also the european Distributor for Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. i am quite certain, that if the demand for the

    MEGA65 in the states raises above a certain number of machines, that they will look for possibilities for an amercan distributor.

    But at the beginning, we have to start small. (Even if this means, higher shipping costs for our Commodore/MEGA65 fans in the US.

    We are well aware, that the US has a huge Commodore fanbase, that's one of the reasons, why one of our preseries machines is in the US already and will be presented, hopefully in a town near you soon too. Because if you are able to touch and feel the MEGA65, we KNOW, that this person will fall in love with it immediately. (We know this from our own experience ;))

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- here you can find all MEGA65 related files, games, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- MEGA65 main Homepage. links to all important MEGA65 sites (links on top of the page to Files, Forum, GitHub, Manual,etc.)

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <-Pauls Blog - constant updates about current tasks, project status, etc.

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen.,Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- All Open-Source information regarding MEGA65. Found Bugs ? create an issue there please!

    Bitte melde dich an, um diesen Link zu sehen. <- Join for live chat support and more --- The Future is 8-bit !!!

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von adtbm (21. Juni 2020 um 07:27)

  • I like the project as an european project, because due to corona we have seen the extended workbench can fail easily.

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