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| paceman Guru  Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
Hi Nick, Congrats from me too on a great job. I loaded it tonight on my Altronics Maximite with V3.1 and everything worked first go. Managed to get a score of 2300  using the keyboard. I've got one of the $1 Nunchucks though so I'll hook that up tomorrow!
BTW will it run OK if the files are put in a separate folder rather than the root? Greg |
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Nick Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
Let me know how you go with the nunchuk, tell me if it works at the i2c 400Khz setting. My original Nintendo Nunchuk doesn't, only at 100Khz. Yes, it works in any folder you put it into. Nick |
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| Nick Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
Thanks darthmite. You know it was you who suggested I try loading the screen into a font file. 
I'm eagerly looking forward to your new game. |
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Geoffg Guru Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3194 |
This is just absolutely fantastic Nick. Sophisticated, professional programs like this was something that I could have only dreamt of in the early days. MaxMan illustrates the fact that you need good programming to turn an interesting computer idea into something useful and an addictive hit. You and darthmite are my heroes! Congratulations. Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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| Nick Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
While I humbly accept all the kudos and bathe in my new found fame and fortune... ...er..ok, maybe just fame...
The goal of creating MaxMan was to showcase the capabilities of this little "Aussie" homebrew computer that Geoff has created. I hope that MaxMan highlights the potential and possibilities of programming for this computer and encourages others to develop software for it. You won't get rich from it but it's a lot of fun. Nick |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
And that's what it is all about... great work Nick.. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| VK5EX Newbie  Joined: 23/11/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5 |
78680 !! Regards .. Andrew |
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djuqa Guru Joined: 23/11/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 447 |
Congrats the Top Score Leaderboard on Maximite.com.au has been updated VK4MU MicroController Units |
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| Nick Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
Very good Andrew. Was that using version 1.1? Did you use a joystick (if so which one)? Should the game be made harder? |
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elchucko Regular Member  Joined: 09/11/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 86 |
Hi folks, I just lost control of Maxman. That is I can't use the keyboard while in VGA mode. I can't get to my files on my MM SM1 unless I'm using the USB port. Then my keyboard input works. Ideas? My MM is connected to my PC via usb.Thank you |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Hi elchucko By keyaboard, do you mean the keyboard plugged into your PC, or a keyboard plugged into the Maximite? Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| elchucko Regular Member Joined: 09/11/2011 Location: United StatesPosts: 86 |
Took a 3rd keyboard but it's going now! Thanks |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member  Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Runs fine on my Altronics Maximite with VGA and keyboard control. Congratulations, Nick, on a very professional job. I will add it to MMLib.javascript:AddSmileyIcon('  ')
Cheers, Hugh |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
Hi Nick, OK got it all happening. Using my Altronics Maximite with MM v3.1 & VGA it works at 100Khz with 10K pullups but not 400KHz. With 2K pullups it's a little ripper at 400KHz. My $1 Nunchuck has different colour wires again - they're marked on the PCB inside the Nunchuck too. ..............MM Pin....IDC Skt Posn Vdd...Red.....+3.3V.....24 Gnd...White...GND.......26 SCL...Green...13........8 SDA...Blue....12........6 I cut the connector off and wired mine to pins. They're inserted into an IDC socket on the end of a 200mm length of 26 conductor flat cable - and the other end is connected to the Maximite's I/O connector using another IDC socket. There's another IDC socket halfway along the flat cable and I've connected the pullup resistors to +3.3V from that via a solderless board. I'm surprised it's going so well at 400 KHz considering the rather messy wiring - I'll tidy it up shortly. Greg |
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| VK5EX Newbie Joined: 23/11/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5 |
G'day Nick Yes, using 1.1 using the arrow keys on the key board .. have yet to get myself one of these cheapo Ebay nun-chucks to fiddle with. I reckon the game "hardness" is about right. Up to level 8 to get to 78k+ and probably way too much time spent playing the game anyway. I've got it set up here on its own monitor and keyboard and because I'm powering from USB from my main PC it "comes to life " each time I use the PC. So I have to play a game of course !!!! I'm not a gamer at all, so Id reckon there'd be others out there that'll crack the 100k before too long. Regards .. Andrew |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
Nick, Further to my post just above. I've just realised I hadn't moved the pullups to the correct pins after I moved the SCL & SDA leads to the correct pins (got them wrong at first go). Consequently the 10K Vs 2K pullups were not even operational! I've now found that MaxMan V1.1 runs fine using the $1 Nunchuck at both 100 & 400KHz on my Altronics MaxiMite (with V3.1 and VGA) without added pullups! I opened the Nunchuck up again and can see two 1.8K resistors in a location that suggests they may be doing the job, but unfortunately I can't trace them properly to be sure since the traces go under a black blob of epoxy covering the main chip. There's no other pullups on my system so guess that must be the case. I'm not sure what happened when I was testing it previously. I think I must have gotten the sequence of changing pins/resistors and running the program up the creek somewhere and assumed the previous conclusion - which seemed logical!
Oh well, that's embarrassing but the outcome is good. Greg |
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| Nick Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
Oh dear... http://www.performanceinsiders.com/maxman.html |
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| camfab Newbie Joined: 10/09/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 13 |
thats a classic nick! but, um, how did you stumble onto it???? researching code examples?  Fre Sprky ///.../// |
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trippyben Regular Member Joined: 26/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 91 |
Bahahahaha Maybe it's made from pixellated ghosts??? Chomp Chomp! |
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| Nick Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 512 |
Just did a Google seach for "MaxMan" to see how far my new found fame has gone and it was the first thing that "came up"! 
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