Author Topic: GCW Flashing Party! (Read 45770 times)

Bulldog64 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 18, 2013, 10:34:53 pm »

Quote from: RupeeClock on May 18, 2013, 09:20:44 pm

I bet Articus has been plenty busy helping with the flashing party.

This is all starting to sound like "Silence of the Lambs" now!

Articus...are you safe, are you sound?

RupeeClock · « **Reply #61 on:** May 18, 2013, 10:35:49 pm »

Quote from: Bulldog64 on May 18, 2013, 10:34:53 pm

This is all starting to sound like "Silence of the Lambs" now!

Articus...are you safe, are you sound?

Unless he's posting YouTube videos from heaven, I don't think he crashed whilst driving his car and recording that video.

Bulldog64 · « **Reply #62 on:** May 18, 2013, 10:41:37 pm »

Haha, right - but I'm more worried about what fate has befallen him at the mysterious "GCW Central".

Juan · « **Reply #63 on:** May 18, 2013, 11:29:41 pm »

I'd be more worried about the fact that he was last seen driving while playing with the zero

Atlantis_Risen · « **Reply #64 on:** May 19, 2013, 02:36:46 am »

Quote from: Bulldog64 on May 18, 2013, 10:34:53 pm

Articus...are you safe, are you sound?

Incidentally Articus, did you make that arcade stick with the Kade?

Articus · « **Reply #65 on:** May 19, 2013, 05:00:14 pm »

Yes, Im safe and sound. Thank you for your patience and for wishing me safe travels. I took your advice and stayed away from "multi tasking" on the return trip. im almost back home and so tired!! Unfortunately, i only had this weekend to help, but i will post a brief of my experience possibly Monday evening after I get out of work. I plan to sleep, sleep, and sleep, as soon as I get home!

I want to thank GCW and team for letting me be part of History!!

madhatter432 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 19, 2013, 05:45:39 pm »

Quote from: Articus on May 19, 2013, 05:00:14 pm

Yes, Im safe and sound. Thank you for your patience and for wishing me safe travels. I took your advice and stayed away from "multi tasking" on the return trip. im almost back home and so tired!! Unfortunately, i only had this weekend to help, but i will post a brief of my experience possibly Monday evening after I get out of work. I plan to sleep, sleep, and sleep, as soon as I get home!

I want to thank GCW and team for letting me be part of History!!

Hey articus did you guys manage to flash at least all the SE units so they can ship this week? Also any pics of those babies?

Bulldog64 · « **Reply #67 on:** May 19, 2013, 07:18:11 pm »

Quote from: Articus on May 19, 2013, 05:00:14 pm

Yes, Im safe and sound. Thank you for your patience and for wishing me safe travels. I took your advice and stayed away from "multi tasking" on the return trip. im almost back home and so tired!! Unfortunately, i only had this weekend to help, but i will post a brief of my experience possibly Monday evening after I get out of work. I plan to sleep, sleep, and sleep, as soon as I get home!

I want to thank GCW and team for letting me be part of History!!

Kudos Articus, thanks for all the effort - you definitely went way above and beyond! =)

"C"

alyinsanfran · « **Reply #68 on:** May 19, 2013, 07:31:27 pm »

Thanks for your work and commitment Articus!

Sensei · « **Reply #69 on:** May 20, 2013, 12:55:14 am »

Quote from: Articus on May 19, 2013, 05:00:14 pm

Yes, Im safe and sound. Thank you for your patience and for wishing me safe travels. I took your advice and stayed away from "multi tasking" on the return trip. im almost back home and so tired!! Unfortunately, i only had this weekend to help, but i will post a brief of my experience possibly Monday evening after I get out of work. I plan to sleep, sleep, and sleep, as soon as I get home!

I want to thank GCW and team for letting me be part of History!!

You are awesome for doing that. I hope it wasn't all just work though. Did you get the chance to roll around in them?

Articus · « **Reply #70 on:** May 21, 2013, 04:13:07 am »

I apologize for making you all wait this long. I had to work early this morning, so had to leave Saturday/early Sunday to make the 13hr trip back to Texas. I was hoping to get out of work on time but I work retail and nothing ever goes according to plan. With all that aside:

Here we go, a brief summary:

Friday:

-left Texas at 2am arrived in Missouri about 3:30pm.

-Had to wait for Justin to get out of work so I decided to go kill time at a movie theater. IronMan 3 (snoozefest)!

-After the nap, I was starving, it was about 6:30pm, called Justin and asked if we could meet at a restaurant.

-we discussed current and future GCW plans during dinner. Exciting stuff!!

Dont ask, I wont share! lol

-Friday evening, the developers began wrapping up the final flash image, aka firmware

Saturday

-Morning, woke up at 9ish, and eager to get started.

-Devs want to get paid, so I join Justin as he goes through his payroll process. Payroll is long and painful to watch!! lol The whole process took about 1.5hrs!!

-we started to set up a few linux machines with proper packages, to have them ready for the flash process

-Saturday afternoon, waited for completion of final image . . .

EDIT1:

-We went to lunch

-After lunch, Justin showed me the “proposed” home for GCW Central. He had keys and he let me in to check it out. Cozy and convenient as it is two doors down from his post office/ delivery place.

-Got back and Final Image is ready!! Woohoo!

-Dev team has made the flash process very easy for us to work with!

Great Job Guys!!

-Thad, flash volunteer, arrives and helps us start the process

-We started with the 256mb prototypes to see if they accepted the flash. Fail!

After several attempts we consulted with Devs. Turns out we had the wrong command line! Once the correction made, all is good! Yay!!

On to the 512’s . . .

EDIT2

Let me point out that quality-wise, I love the way the 512's feel. Like Qbert mentioned in his video, there is a noticeable difference between the 256mb protos and the 512mb production units. 512’s feel/look better!

-after each flash, we hardware tested the devices, a few issues came up and probably caused by shipping.

Issues like: faulty/corrupt sd card, stuck analog stick, and missed button presses.

-Justin called Kyong, his American engineer, to take a look at these issues

- Kyong arrives and we hand him a few units so he can fix them. Good news, most issues seem fixable, except the one with the stuck analog, that one will be Yertle’s!! Hahaha! J/K Yertle!

-Thad’s wife calls him and needs him back home. He will be back on Wednesday to continue flashing. Kyong takes the faulty units and will repair them, says he should have them Sunday or Monday at the latest. At this point, I need to start cutting my day short and take a small nap so I could rest for my return journey back home.

-Needless to say, the process is put on pause, but its ready for them to continue.

-after I rest, Justin offers to help me with gas money and gifts me several GCW accessories, including t-shirts, cases, and stickers, and hands me one of my freshly flashed SE’s!

alyinsanfran · « **Reply #71 on:** May 21, 2013, 04:35:45 am »

Awesome post.

Skyline969 · « **Reply #72 on:** May 21, 2013, 04:36:41 am »

Dude knows how to keep us in suspense.

Sensei · « **Reply #73 on:** May 21, 2013, 05:34:23 pm »

Weird. Came expecting photos or a video or a story or well anything rely. I guess got a review of Ironman 3. Maybe he's under a NDA because there is some surprise on the way?

Edge of my seat...

madhatter432 · « **Reply #74 on:** May 21, 2013, 06:12:24 pm »

Thanks for the update Articus. Patiently awaiting pics from the project.

Luig · « **Reply #75 on:** May 22, 2013, 02:45:14 am »

Articus, these are the kind of updates I've been wanting to hear for a while. I can't understand how it's so difficult to just let us know whats going on. We don't care if it's the same boring stuff, we just want to know something is going on to be at ease.

NoeL · « **Reply #76 on:** May 22, 2013, 03:16:21 am »

Articus, stop being a dick and just tell us about the flashing already.

vonzippenstein · « **Reply #77 on:** May 22, 2013, 06:31:21 am »

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Didn't see the new edit update and was worried for no reason.
Thanks for the pictures. This is what I was waiting for.

[edit(again)]
I like the suspense of the 4 pic bootup. Thanks Articus, you made my week.

fukes · « **Reply #78 on:** May 22, 2013, 06:38:21 am »

Edit - doh! found update...

Articus · « **Reply #79 on:** May 22, 2013, 06:38:56 am »

Thank you to everyone that kept me company throughtout the long drive to GCWland!
Ive updated Reply #70 with pictures, check it out!

@Juan- i made it there and back safe and sound, no need to worry anymore!

@Atlantis_Risen- yes, i modded the iCade with a KADE! Works great!
@Bulldog64- thanks for the props! I appreciate it!
@Alyinsanfran- glad you liked the post
@Skyline- that was my intention!

@Sensei- "edge of your seat," better buckle up, ride aint over yet!! Lol
@Madhatter432- thanks for your patience
@Luig- glad i helped ease your mind.
@Noel- my name is not Richard and i will NEVER try to be! Lol
@vonsippinstein & Fukes- go back a page, you will see the pictures you seek
@Yertle- i apologize if i offended you, i just wanted to inject a bit of humor into that long post

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