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  • 314159
    Registered User
    • Nov 2001
    • 555
    #1

    the perfect paintball controller....

    well, i was at a funco land, or whatever the new name of the store is now. i saw a used dreamcast vmu....

    i looked at it, saw the directional pad, the buttons, the screen, and thought of the programable controller inside.... then i saw the price tag.... $7 bucks.

    well my mind drifts from video games to paintball, i have this programible controller, with good i/o, that is about the size you could shove into a grip frame if you took off the case. (if you haven't seen what i am getting at by this point, you are pretty blunt.)

    i guess tomorrow at work, i will see what techinical info i can find on the dreamcast vmu. right now my thoughts are to run this as an open project, and watch where it goes.
    As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide

    sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)

    turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)
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    • 314159
      Registered User
      • Nov 2001
      • 555
      #2
      mmm POTATO

      Specs (i will edit this post whenever i need to add technical info/links to keep things neat).

      A Sanyo LC86K87 8-bit cpu
      128 KB of Flash memory
      512 bytes RAM
      48 by 32 pixel LCD display
      Sound generator

      Manufacturer SEGA JAPAN
      Product Code POTATO
      Product ID 315-6124-03
      5J49 8LGJ


      links:
      cpu http://mc.pp.se/dc/vms/cpu.html

      VMS firmware http://mc.pp.se/dc/vms/fw.html

      VMS flash ROM http://mc.pp.se/dc/vms/flashmem.html

      VMS file header http://mc.pp.se/dc/vms/fileheader.html

      VMI files http://mc.pp.se/dc/vms/vmi.html

      custom icons http://mc.pp.se/dc/vms/icondata.html

      VMS assembler http://mc.pp.se/dc/files/aslc86k.tar.gz

      VMS hardware include file http://mc.pp.se/dc/files/sfr.i

      vmu i/o http://www.maushammer.com/vmu2vmu.html

      vmu rs-232 interface http://soeren.infoserv.de/vm/serialtovm.html

      general site w/ good info http://soeren.infoserv.de/vm/
      As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide

      sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)

      turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)

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        • AGD
          The man from AGD

          • Oct 2000
          • 5916
          #3
          WHAT is it?

          AGD
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            • luke
              lukescustoms.com

              • Jan 2001
              • 8215
              #4
              :) Lets start with, what in the world is a dreamcast vmu?

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                • Thordic
                  AFTICA
                  • May 2001
                  • 5986
                  #5
                  This is actually an interesting idea :)

                  For those who aren't familiar with Dreamcast (Which I'm sure is lots of people, I think I'm the only person in NJ who has one ), VMU stands for something like Visual Memory Unit or something like that.

                  Its basically a memory card, it is used to save your games on a Dreamcast.

                  HOWEVER, it also has a little screen, and buttons like a TEENY little gameboy. Some games, when you save a normal game to the VMU, have little mini-games you have play on the VMU.

                  The problem I see, however, is that the board will probably get fried if you try to run any actual voltage through it. It uses like watch batteries or something.

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                    • synreal
                      code monkey
                      • Oct 2001
                      • 1051
                      #6


                      AO Drops for sale

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                        • 314159
                          Registered User
                          • Nov 2001
                          • 555
                          #7
                          it looks like i might be able to get it to comunicate through the external interface on it with a microcontroller..... i think that i am going to pick one up on the way home from work from the local funcoland so i can pop it open. ^_^

                          the current thought is to use the dreamcast vmu to handle the frontend user enterface, and have a microcontroller handle the operational capablilites. this might change depending on how many free i/o ports i see on the thing.
                          As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide

                          sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)

                          turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)

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                            • 314159
                              Registered User
                              • Nov 2001
                              • 555
                              #8
                              vmu striptease







                              mmm potato
                              As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide

                              sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)

                              turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)

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                                • Remington
                                  AGD E-mag Faithful
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 1671
                                  #9
                                  I think I know what general direction your heading in? Are you gonna try to make your mag electronic?

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                                  TheMagSmith

                                  Mint Paintball

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                                    • 314159
                                      Registered User
                                      • Nov 2001
                                      • 555
                                      #10
                                      i don't currently have a mag =/ (long story about buying one used from challange games before i knew that they were supposed to have serial numbers on the air valve)

                                      i currently have functional circutry for an autococker and a m3 blowback based on the picmicro. i am just looking for a new toy ^_^.
                                      As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide

                                      sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)

                                      turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)

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                                        • Gambit22
                                          Registered User
                                          • Mar 2002
                                          • 55
                                          #11
                                          Seems to be a bit too big to be used with a PB gun.

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                                            • 314159
                                              Registered User
                                              • Nov 2001
                                              • 555
                                              #12
                                              Case Dimensions: 47 mm (W) x 80 mm (H) x 16 mm (D)

                                              the pcb is even smaller... dimensions to soon follow
                                              As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide

                                              sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)

                                              turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)

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                                                • subbeh
                                                  I'm Not Cool
                                                  • Jan 2002
                                                  • 821
                                                  #13
                                                  What about making software for the VMU that could assist you in changing settings for some of today's supermarkers? I.E. IR3, adjust dwell or BPS on impulse, etc.? Kind of like the new palm tool that's coming out for the IR3?
                                                  Subbeh

                                                  "My wife might find my stashed Marker Money before then, and then boom-new patio furniture or some other garbage."
                                                  -1stDeadEye

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                                                    • ShooterJM
                                                      Shooter Wang - Ice Ninja
                                                      • Feb 2002
                                                      • 3651
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by subbeh
                                                      What about making software for the VMU that could assist you in changing settings for some of today's supermarkers? I.E. IR3, adjust dwell or BPS on impulse, etc.? Kind of like the new palm tool that's coming out for the IR3?

                                                      Yeah. Or maybe just have it be like a field programmer. Not actually be able to specifically change settings. But be able to upload one of several software programs saved onto the VMU. Guess it depends on how much you can cram into 128k. Although you could probably add a flash device.
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                                                        • magnj
                                                          Registered User
                                                          • Jul 2002
                                                          • 1004
                                                          #15
                                                          wow i never thought of that i have like 3 dc vmu's( 3 PEOPLE IN NJ HAVE DREAMCASTS LOL ) BEfore i crack one open, how much money are we looking at to get this functional and what prgraming languages do i need?
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