Does anyone else think it is crazy that this machine has two power supplies adding up to 1050 Watts? It can't be using anywhere near that.

I'm only a lebowski lurker, and can only dream of owning one, but I would highly recommend that someone captures the BIOS settings of that ITX motherboard and create an image of that solid state drive. Years from now it's going to be a challenge replacing that motherboard or SSD if they ever die. Has anyone checked what operating system this machine is booting?

You would boot another Linux pc and clone this ssd to another disk, making sure to do a full clone including all partitions and boot sector.

More importantly if I were a lewbowski owner, I would buy another itx motherboard of the same generation of intel atom SOC (J1900) to put in storage. The problem is going to be 5 to 10 years from now when this board dies or has issues, you’re going to need to replace it with something that is compatible with the Linux kernel used by Dutch pinball for the system OS. It’s possible you could replace the kernel with a version with newer hardware support, but that would certainly be more risky. Right now there is a replacement board on eBay that is an exact match, but it’s basically becoming unobtanium already. Just food for though for those who are thinking long term. Considering you can get one of these boards for less than $100 right now, it seems likely a worthwhile insurance policy. Of course if Dutch pinball sticks around and provides support then this issue might be moot.....

Edit: pretty sure this is only board available anywhere:

ebay.com link: ASRock q1900 itx Intel Celeron Quad Core j1900 Mini ITX Motherboard HDMI usb3

Are you sure? The one I eBay sold already since I posted it, and I can’t find it anywhere, at least not the ITX version.

Yeah this is a board that has already been out of production for two years. Seems like a smart insurance policy to get another one for less than $100.

From the photos posted earlier, they used the vga port for video, two usb outputs, and both ram slots. Nothing in the pcie or m.2 slot.

Why would you need to match the power supply exactly? Isn’t this just a standard PC power supply?

Motherboard support is going to be based on the Linux kernel version used by DP in these builds. Any hardware ( cpu / chipsets etc ) that is a newer generation likely won’t work 100%. It’s possible that updates can be made to the Ubuntu build used, but that is highly dependent on how customized of a build DP used. Has anyone tried to boot this with an external monitor attached? I’m guessing the OS is locked with a root password.

That’s a good sign. If you can access the desktop then it’s possible to upgrade the kernel or ubuntu distro to support newer hardware. Hopefully you can remember that password.

Definitely make sure ubuntu auto-updates are off before connecting it to the internet. I would imagine that some updates might break functionality depending on how DP built this.

When did you place your preorder?

Has anyone created an ISO or disk image of the drive for backup purposes?

Come on? I asked about an iso or disk image, not a spare hard drive. This is something that anyone could send electronically and build their own disk replacement. Completely different things.

Understood. I’m fairly proficient at Linux so I’m hoping to see if I can upgrade the kernel so that we aren’t all bound to these six year old motherboards for repair. I’ll wait until my machine arrives and clone the drive.

Understood. They can preserve the same distro/build and upgrade the kernel. Intel has continue the same embedded Celeron Lineup, as there is a J3, J4, and now a J5 series all in the same form factor.

When my machine arrives I should be able to figure this out relatively quickly.

I'm in the same boat. Paid in full about 7 weeks ago and still no word about shipping.

It seems hard to believe that there are 4 of these going out every week.

That doesn't explain why they are collecting payments in full when claiming that they are taking payments only when games are ready to ship.

So I guess I'm getting mine in 2021.....

Not sure how CT is getting a pass on this. They claim to take payment when the machine is ready to ship ( DP is sending games to CT first, NOT to customers directly ). They should not be taking the money from customers with the promise that they'll have it soon and then ship it.

How many weeks after full payment?

What's most amazing about this whole system is that there are absolutely no updates coming from either Cointaker or DP. You'd think if they had $12,500 of your money held in ransom they would be a bit more forthcoming about updates. If you don't proactively keep reaching out to Cointaker there is no communication whatsoever.

No but it comes with plenty of waiting, grief, and poor communication.

Good to see at least someone is getting a game at this point.

Mod 1; A,B,B for me. Looks great

New TBL owner here. I've done some research on an insurance policy for the ATX Power Supply in the machine. ATX power supplies are pretty commodity and not rocket science, but there are some things here that can make it really difficult to replace years from now ( beyond the fact that the G550M has long been discontinued ). The G550M used 4 x 5 Pin modular SATA power output connectors for peripherals. This is unique to Cooler Master, and furthermore Cooler Master is not using this pin layout on all of their PSU's. In most of their lineup now, they are only using 3 of these 5pin connectors. Only on the 750W and up on the MWE series do they have the correct layout.

In any case, I've found a drop in replacement that is slightly bigger in dimensions ( by 10m in LxW ) but shouldn't matter due to the top down ATX mounting used. It's has 4 of the 5pin peripheral connectors, so it will be an easy drop in and use the existing cables.

Just an FYI if someone wants to snatch one up . ($110 on Amazon )

https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Efficiency-Connectors-Semi-fanless/dp/B08M9LDLXH/ref=sr_1_1

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Looking at the specs of this PSU (G550M), the max draw off the 12V rail is 504W. You should have no issues splitting this all day with 12V mods.

Is anyone else bothered by the vertical tearing on the movie clips? It seems like they are not synced with the screen refresh rate.

Anyone tried the new code update? Looks like tons of fixes and code improvements. Looking forward to hearing everyones feedback.

What file system format are you using? Did you use disk utility to format the usb drives before copying the zip over?

I might be crazy, but after doing the code update on my machine the behavior of multi-ball has changed. With two characters ready, I still only get a 2 ball multi-ball, but in the past it was 3 ball multi-ball ( ball in play +1 ball for each character). Am I crazy?

Does it make sense to remove the subway and polish/sand it a bit to make sure there are no rough edges? Or is mylar preferred?

Does anyone sell a replacement set?

The shipping from pinball life is almost as much as the entire set from amazon. Is okay to use those chinesium made fuses or are they much lower quality than a real manufacturer?

And me

Any reasonable collector would have both already

Did you try adjusting the lower playfield window? A final adjustment on that eliminated 98% of my air balls.

I'm not concerned about this. Your plan A might not be feasible. A bad component on a dense multilayer ITX board with mostly surface mounted parts is going to be risky to fix.

Plan B can be accomplished by anyone with moderate linux skills. Need to figure out the kernel version of the linux distro used in the TBL firmware, and then replace it with supported hardware. Most likely any intel chip from that generation will be supported. Also it might be possible to upgrade the kernel and support newer ITX hardware without much work. Just need to make sure the ports on the on board are all present on the new one. Maybe a config file change or two to get the outputs correct.

I had the same issue and adjusting the lower playfield window fixed this 99% of the time for me.

Any differences or improvements with the new linux version?

Wouldn’t rubber or some similar elastic material actually be better as it will absorb some of the impact compared to PLA?

I agree. Maybe adding a plastic washer in front of the rubber will give a satisfying sound?

Does it light up?

For those at work today.... can someone post some video of the new stuff?

Are there plans to announce the next DP title there?