Pitrex (Raspberry Pi adapter cartridge for Vectrex) thread

Are you downloading the pitrexbaremetal_26_Feb_2021.img.zip file and burning to a SD card or using the SD_DRIVE_24th_Mar_2021.zip file?
The new 24 March one. Drag and drop onto the SD card, but make sure you back up your roms folder before updating.
 
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Does this let you play the Atari Star Wars arcade on the Vectrex monitor like this?


I'm suddenly dreaming up the best mini Star Wars novelty arcade ever....
 
Reminder: drop of new Pitrex cards for orders hits a the top of the next hour (6PM Eastern):


.... and gone, in 11 minutes. Although I think it'd be worth the effort to refresh a bit if you're still trying.

EDIT: Yep, small numbers still showing up. I think people are losing stuff in checkout due to the (essentially) DDOS of attempted orders...
 
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Damn, as an early adopter, I missed out getting a case. :(

pitrexV1case_front2.jpg
 
Site was slammed starting a few minutes before the drop. When it finally updated, it showed 26 or 27 in stock (PCB w/ cartridge shell). Over the next 15 minutes, it insisted there was insufficient stock - "Sorry, insufficient stock for item pitrexV1GTcase" - for any order I tried to add to my cart, while that number eventually dwindled down to zero. I'm assuming the site just can't handle the volume of requests, and it wasn't updating the availability perhaps? Very odd...

I expect they could easily sell a couple hundred of these in a day or two, so surprised the number available was so low? Not sure how often stock is replenished, but will keep trying!

I didn't otherwise see any obvious link on the PiTrex page for getting an email notification?
 
I guess you know you have a hit when new orders DDOS your site.

There's a 3D Printer file out there for Pitrex cartridges, when I locate it again I'll post the link.
 
PiTrex case ->



Yet another reason, it seems, I should own a 3D printer. Grrrr.
 
PiTrex case ->



Yet another reason, it seems, I should own a 3D printer. Grrrr.
You can order the PiTrex with 3D printed case...when they are available again.
 
PiTrex case ->



Yet another reason, it seems, I should own a 3D printer. Grrrr.
Check your local libraries. Mine has a couple of 3D printers and charges very inexpensive fees to use them.
 
Reminder: drop of new Pitrex cards for orders hits a the top of the next hour (6PM Eastern):


.... and gone, in 11 minutes. Although I think it'd be worth the effort to refresh a bit if you're still trying.

EDIT: Yep, small numbers still showing up. I think people are losing stuff in checkout due to the (essentially) DDOS of attempted orders...
Yeah, I went there after about 15 minutes and the site was not working.

So is this the Pi I need for when I do get one of these?

Raspberry Pi Zero WH with 40PIN Pre-Soldered GPIO Headers,Built-in WiFi and Bluetooth

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