Pandora; open source handheld console

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Rev4 production samples
I finally got some production samples that passed testing. These are the best looking boards of all the revisions ever made. The guy in charge of assembly for the Pandora project does such an amazing job!

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Op maandag 11 september 2009 23:19 schreef __Saviour__ het volgende:
Wat is de status van de diverse emulators ondertussen? (en dan bedoel ik vooral vloeiend en zonder skips de spellen kunnen draaien)
Systemen waar ik vooral interesse zou hebben zijn Gameboy (ook color en advance), SNES, Sega MegaDrive.
N64 zou ook tof zijn. En zou dit ding bijv. ook DosBox en ScummVM kunnen draaien?

nulldc 0001

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Op dinsdag 29 september 2009 14:22 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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SNES emulators Enig idee of deze ook overweg kan met vertaalpatches?

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Hello everyone, Craig here,

This is the last OpenPandora newsletter before we start shipping Pandora consoles to customers.

Yes, we have finally, after a lot of serious tweaking, decided the Pandora is ready to roll.

You will have already seen all the videos, the emulators, the various game ports, firefox, they are on the website if you have not.

Just before we get going, how about one more? The Pandora running a Dreamcast emulator:

nulldc 0001

Right, now, this email is about what happens next.

Well the Pandora is being made in Dallas, Texas, USA. We decided not to go down the usual 'Made in China' route.
It might cost a little more but we believe the level of service you will get from us will be far greater due to this.

For those of you who still want a Pandora from the first batch there is a small number (about 100) still available to
preorder, on a first come first served basis, at $330 each, if you want one email: openpandorasales@gmail.com.
These are limited to one per customer.

We are also able to offer a very limited number of consoles to web stores (less than 150), again on a first come basis.

There won't be another batch until 2010.

So, between now and then, what's going to happen?

Currently we have 105 test mass production Pandoras, as well as numerous full pre-production Pandora consoles.
A lot of these are with developers who are working on software, you will have seen a lot of it in the videos we have posted on youtube.

In October the factory will start to populate 4000 Pandora PCBs, this will be a slow process at first
which will become substantially faster after the initial 800.
As the PCBs are completed, they are tested then put in to cases, boxed up and shipped out to you.

After we ship the first 4000 units , and before the second batch, we will then be concentrating on software
development, looking after the current customers and, well, trying to make the Pandora the best open hand held ever made.

Also consider that there is still nothing like the Pandora on the market; digital dpad, dual analogue nubs, qwerty keyboard,
800*480 touch screen, over 10 hours of battery life and lots more, we think you will really like it.

So, you can finally sit back, be happy and join the fun on the forums at http://gp32x.com/board or our fancy new
website http://openpandora.org

Thanks,

Craig and the OpenPandora team.

PS if you got this email more than once I'm really sorry, new website teething problems!

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Op maandag 1 oktober 2009 09:43 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Ik ga niet zo'n ding halen met de eerste paar batches. Ik wil eerst gebruikservaringen afwachten uiteraard. Heb jij zo'n ding al wel besteld BB?
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Snes 9x Wow. I'm impressed.

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Op maandag 1 oktober 2009 09:52 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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Nice. Je wil dan vast wel voor mij wat dingen testen ook toch?

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Op maandag 1 oktober 2009 09:57 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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Tof! Tegen die tijd stuur ik je wel wat zooi

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Heb zelf ook even getest, maar SNES 9X op de PC krijgt mijn ene rom al niet werkend terwijl Zsnes 'm zonder problemen draait en die is er (nog) niet voor de Pandora. Argh

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Op maandag 1 oktober 2009 11:04 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Ik heb me jaren terug al verdiept in die onzin en toen dus op Zsnes uitgekomen en die speelt eigenlijk alles wat ik wil. Probleem is alleen dat het een PC applicatie is en er nog geen handheld met game-besturing is die het draait

Ze zouden eigenlijk een Windows PC in een SNES controller moeten stoppen en er een 5" schermpje op moeten hangen.

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Almost there
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 07:13 EvilDragon

Well, just some nice things you guys would like to know.

1. ALL parts (including the nubs) have arrived at the factory! For ALL 4000 Pandoras!

2. Chinese holidays are almost over, so the case should also be finished soon.

3. The Rev4 prototype Pandora is currently on the way to me so I can do the CE testing (gonna call the company today, I'll let you know when testing will take place)

4. Softwarewise, we're pulling all the patches we have together. The OS needs some more tweaking during the next months, but all the basic stuff does work and the image is pretty stable. I'll do more videos when I get the prototype model.

That's it for now. Short but good news, eh?

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Op maandag 8 oktober 2009 11:28 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
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