You won't see any changes by GPH. Maybe the joystick cap, is that change still on?!Denus posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:12 AM said:As we all know, there are a few little problems with the device (joystick etc).
I wonder if we will see a revision of the GP2X soon, with the existing issues fixed.
In other words: is it wise to wait a little longer?
why? It's not used for anything else than the firmware anyways, and it would not be wise to use it also.Purist posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:22 AM said:damn. I would get mad if new users get 128 mb nands.
Julius posted on Feb 26 2006 at 12:43 PM said:why? It's not used for anything else than the firmware anyways, and it would not be wise to use it also.Purist posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:22 AM said:damn. I would get mad if new users get 128 mb nands.
It thus really doesn't matter if you have 64 or 128mb.
Purist posted on Feb 26 2006 at 03:22 AM said:damn. I would get mad if new users get 128 mb nands.
craigix posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:05 AM said:Yep joystick cap for sure, maybe in March. Also the current screen cannot be sourced anymore, so it is likely a new screen will be used (ala BLU+). Although users might not noticed any change.
Due to the small scale production things like this will happen about twice a year.
I'd expect the 64M Nand to be hard to source towards the end of the year, and it will likely increase to 128M etc. etc.
DaveC posted on Feb 26 2006 at 06:08 AM said:craigix posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:05 AM said:Yep joystick cap for sure, maybe in March. Also the current screen cannot be sourced anymore, so it is likely a new screen will be used (ala BLU+). Although users might not noticed any change.
Due to the small scale production things like this will happen about twice a year.
I'd expect the 64M Nand to be hard to source towards the end of the year, and it will likely increase to 128M etc. etc.
Will the new screen be better or worse as far as brightness and contrast? Does this mean we will have the whole BLU+ mess again where all software has to be re-written again so that the graphics aren't all screwed up? God I hope not, not againNow we will have to re-write everything twice a year? Talk about a moving target. That really sucks.
Radek posted on Feb 26 2006 at 04:23 AM said:DaveC posted on Feb 26 2006 at 06:08 AM said:craigix posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:05 AM said:Yep joystick cap for sure, maybe in March. Also the current screen cannot be sourced anymore, so it is likely a new screen will be used (ala BLU+). Although users might not noticed any change.
Due to the small scale production things like this will happen about twice a year.
I'd expect the 64M Nand to be hard to source towards the end of the year, and it will likely increase to 128M etc. etc.
Will the new screen be better or worse as far as brightness and contrast? Does this mean we will have the whole BLU+ mess again where all software has to be re-written again so that the graphics aren't all screwed up? God I hope not, not againNow we will have to re-write everything twice a year? Talk about a moving target. That really sucks.
No even if the screen would be rotated by 90 degress. Thankfully the gp2x's chipset has hardware capability of rotating display surfaces exactly by the same amount.
DaveC posted on Feb 26 2006 at 07:04 AM said:Radek posted on Feb 26 2006 at 04:23 AM said:DaveC posted on Feb 26 2006 at 06:08 AM said:craigix posted on Feb 26 2006 at 01:05 AM said:Yep joystick cap for sure, maybe in March. Also the current screen cannot be sourced anymore, so it is likely a new screen will be used (ala BLU+). Although users might not noticed any change.
Due to the small scale production things like this will happen about twice a year.
I'd expect the 64M Nand to be hard to source towards the end of the year, and it will likely increase to 128M etc. etc.
Will the new screen be better or worse as far as brightness and contrast? Does this mean we will have the whole BLU+ mess again where all software has to be re-written again so that the graphics aren't all screwed up? God I hope not, not againNow we will have to re-write everything twice a year? Talk about a moving target. That really sucks.
No even if the screen would be rotated by 90 degress. Thankfully the gp2x's chipset has hardware capability of rotating display surfaces exactly by the same amount.
I fear the new screen could possibly be a dim display with poor black level and contrast. Also will the old software all have a big white bar going across like the BLU+ or be flickery or something? will there have to be two versions of everything for old and new GP2Xs? Why this again GPH, why? *bangs head against the wall* I though we left this fucking mess behind with the GP32 BLU :angry:
Radek posted on Feb 26 2006 at 05:33 AM said:Read what I wrote, damn!
The MMSP2 is certainly capable of driving of many types of displays. There should not be any problems with software compatibility unless something will be screwed in the firmware. And why such changes well... why some company would sustain manufacturing of something just for the GPH? After how many units the GPH will be making per year - 10K, 20K, 30K? Still not enough to have guaranteed supply from one source. Except of course the GPH could buy let's say 500K units in an advance. Rather not possible nor practical.
DaveC posted on Feb 26 2006 at 09:51 AM said:Radek posted on Feb 26 2006 at 05:33 AM said:Read what I wrote, damn!
The MMSP2 is certainly capable of driving of many types of displays. There should not be any problems with software compatibility unless something will be screwed in the firmware. And why such changes well... why some company would sustain manufacturing of something just for the GPH? After how many units the GPH will be making per year - 10K, 20K, 30K? Still not enough to have guaranteed supply from one source. Except of course the GPH could buy let's say 500K units in an advance. Rather not possible nor practical.
Well maybe they should source their displays from a company that supplies their screens to other large companies that order large quantities. For example a PMP manufacturer that uses lots of similar screens. If GPH used the same ones their order would combine with the other to make it worthwhile.
Vimacs posted on Feb 26 2006 at 08:21 AM said:DaveC we will not have the same issues as with blu+ again, software dosnt acces the screen direcktly anymore as we are useing linux, so the timeings are defined in linux itself not the software.
DaveC posted on Feb 26 2006 at 07:28 PM said:Vimacs posted on Feb 26 2006 at 08:21 AM said:DaveC we will not have the same issues as with blu+ again, software dosnt acces the screen direcktly anymore as we are useing linux, so the timeings are defined in linux itself not the software.
That is when using linux.
What happens when/if HH is out? Trouble. That uses the hardware directly. HH mode emus like DrMD will use screen timing and raster interrupts for things like water palette scanline switches. Reesy has said that is not doable in linux but will be for HH mode.
Radek posted on Feb 26 2006 at 08:13 AM said:Only the military grade components have full repeatability but at cost. For consumer level products it isn't economically feasible.
I hope you don't have to kill us all nowTrashman posted on Feb 26 2006 at 10:00 AM said:I work for the military and we get stiffed worse than you think. Basically because the muppets that agree contracts on our behalf seem to have no buiseness background.![]()