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  1. Atari Systems

    1. Atari General

      A general discussion for Atari-related topics that aren't covered by a specific Atari console or computer forum.

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    2. Atari 2600

      The Atari 2600 is the system that started it all for Atari, and is by far the most popular classic gaming console. This forum covers all 2600 systems produced by Atari, as well as 2600-compatible consoles produced by third-parties.

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    3. Atari 5200

      The Atari 5200 was Atari's second cartridge-based game console. Based on the Atari 8-bit computer line and labeled the "SuperSystem", the 5200 was Atari's answer to growing competition in a market they were losing control over.

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    4. Atari 7800

      The Atari 7800 ProSystem is a contemporary of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System. Based on extensive feedback from Atari customers, the 7800 features a streamlined design, backward compatibility with the 2600, a powerful graphics processor, and simplified controllers.

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    5. Atari Lynx

      Lynx was Atari's first portable game system, and world's first color handheld. It was designed by Epyx and the engineers who created the Amiga. Ahead of its time, the Lynx sported a backlit color screen, stereo sound (in model 2) and an impressive range of games. Check out our rarity guide or explore many games listed on Atari Gamer.

       

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    6. Atari Jaguar

      Atari's last game console, the Atari Jaguar represented a huge leap in technology from previous offerings. Featuring a 64-bit architecture, the Jaguar had great potential, but its power was difficult to tap. Even then, many great games were released and the Jaguar has an avid fan base today.

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    7. Atari VCS

      Discussion forum for the new Atari VCS console.

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    8. Dedicated Systems

      Before Atari produced the famous 2600, they created many standalone consoles such as Pong, Speedway, and Stunt Cycle. Recently, Atari has been creating new dedicated consoles, such as the Atari Flashback.

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    9. Atari 8-Bit Computers

      Atari's original 8-bit computer line, featuring the Atari 400, 800, XL, and XE series of computers. Powerful and well-engineered, the Atari 8-bit computers are still popular with fans today!

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    10. Atari ST/TT/Falcon Computers

      Atari's next generation computer line, the Atari ST computers were based on the Motorola 68000 series chips, the same as the Macintosh at the time. The ST would also be followed by the TT and Falcon.

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    11. Atari Portfolio

      The Atari Portfolio is a palmtop, IBM PC-compatible portable computer released by Atari in 1989, the world's first palmtop computer!

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  2. Classic Consoles

    1. Classic Console Discussion

      Discussion of classic gaming consoles outside the Atari realm.

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    2. ColecoVision / Adam

      Coleco launched the ColecoVision in 1982, with the console quickly becoming popular due to its library of arcade ports. The ColecoVision has a large homebrew following today.

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    3. Intellivision / Aquarius

      This forum is for discussion of the Mattel Intellivision, Atari's primary competitor against the 2600, as well as the Mattel Aquarius computer. Intellivision systems include the original Intellivision, Intellivision II, INTV III, and the Sears Super Video Arcade.

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    4. Bally Arcade/Astrocade

      Discussion forum for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade console.

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    5. Odyssey 2 / Videopac

      Discussion revolving around the Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000/G7400

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    6. Vectrex

      Discuss the world's only vector-based video game console here!

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    7. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom

      Discuss Nintendo's first cartridge-based system, the NES, here!

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    8. Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom

      Discuss Nintendo's second cartridge based system here!

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    9. Sega Genesis

      Sega's popular fourth-generation 16-bit system, would ultimately compete head-to-head with the Super Nintendo.

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    10. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

      Discussion forum for the 3DO console and the unreleased Panasonic M2

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    11. Dreamcast

      Discussion for the SEGA Dreamcast console.

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    12. SMS High Score Club

      Join the Sega Master System High Score Club today!

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    13. TG-16/PC Engine High Score Club

      Compete for high scores on the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine!

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  3. Classic Computing

    1. Classic Computing Discussion

      Use this forum to discuss the plethora of classic computers outside of Atari 8-bit offerings. These include the Apple II, Commodore 64/128, Amiga, TI 99/4a, MSX, TRS-80 and others.

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    2. Apple II Computers

      Discussion for Apple's 8-bit computer line.

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    3. TI-99/4A Computers

      Discussion for TI-99/4A Computers

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    4. Commodore 8-bit Computers

      Discussion for Commodore PET, Vic-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, and other 8-bit Commodore systems.

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    5. Commodore Amiga

      Discussion for Amiga Computers, CDTV, and CD32

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    6. Tandy Computers

      Discussion for Tandy computers, including the TRS-80 Models I, II, III, and 4, Color Computers, and Model 100.

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  4. Modern Consoles

    1. Modern Gaming Discussion

      This forum is for discussion of all modern game systems, including gaming on consoles and computers.

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    2. Sony Playstation 5

      Discuss Sony's Playstation 5 console here!

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    3. Xbox Series S/X

      Discuss Microsoft's latest Xbox Series S and X consoles here!

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    4. Atari VCS (Redirect)   (8,620 visits to this link)

      Discussion forum for the new Atari VCS console.

    5. Nintendo Switch

      Discussion about Nintendo's latest game console and games.

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    6. Microsoft Xbox One

      Discussion forum for the Xbox One.

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    7. Sony PlayStation 4

      Talk about the Sony Playstation 4 here.

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    8. Microsoft Xbox 360

      Discussion about the Microsoft Xbox 360 (not including the original Xbox).

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    9. Sony Playstation 3

      Please discuss the Sony Playstation 3 and games here.

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    10. Nintendo Wii / Wii U

      Discussion forum for the Nintendo Wii and Wii U consoles and games.

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  5. Gaming General

    1. Gaming General Discussion

      Gaming discussion not covered by other specific gaming forums.

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    2. Arcade and Pinball

      Many of us grew up pumping quarters into arcade games, and here's where you can discuss all your favorites. From Pong to Pinball to the latest arcade games, if it has a coin slot, then you're at the right place!

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    3. Emulation

      Emulators allow you to experience classic games on modern PCs (and other devices!) Discuss the latest emulator developments and ask questions about emulation here!

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    4. Hardware

      This forum is for discussion of hardware at a more technical level than you'll find in the other forums. If you have a hardware question you'd like to ask or have some interesting knowledge you'd like to share with others, post it here!

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    5. Prototypes

      Ever wondered about all those games that were announced but never released? Or games that have been discovered over the years that no one even knew existed? Or have you discovered a new prototype that no one's seen yet? Here's the place to talk about prototype games, led by Tempest of AtariProtos.com.

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    6. Gaming Publications and Websites

      This forum is for discussion of gaming related magazines, books, websites, and other publications.

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    7. International

      Internacional - Internazionale - Internationaal - Internasjonal - This forum is for discussion of classic and modern gaming in languages other than English.

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  6. Marketplace

    1. Buy, Sell, and Trade

      Please use this forum as a tool to buy, sell, and trade games and hardware.

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    2. Auction Central

      Use this forum to discuss auctions on eBay. Have something up for auction you'd like to share? Post it here! You can also highlight amusing, off-the-wall, or interesting auctions that others may want to hear about!

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    3. Wanted

      Use this forum to post a list of the gaming hardware and software you're looking for!

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    4. Free Games and More

      Spreading the Love with Free Games and other items.

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    5. User Feedback Forum

      Please use this forum to leave feedback about other users on AtariAge that you've had good and/or bad experiences with. Please read the sticky at the top of this forum before posting!

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  7. Community

    1. Events

      Use this forum to discuss gaming events of all types, including expos revolving around classic gaming, events catering to modern systems, arcade expos, and local gatherings of collectors getting together or a day of gaming.

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    2. Show Us Your Collection!

      If you're a repeat visitor to AtariAge, it's likely you also collect classic games and systems. Here's your chance to show off to the rest of the community your collection!

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    3. Member Blogs

      As members update their Blogs, messages will be posted in this forum so you can more easily keep tabs on who's writing what!

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    4. High Score Clubs

      Participate in high score contests for your favorite systems!

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    5. Poll Forum

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    6. Contests

      These forums are for discussing and participating in contests started by AtariAge, contests run by forum members, and of course, the weekly High Score Contests!

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    7. User Groups

      This forum and its subforums are for classic gaming and computing user groups. Find people in your area who share your love of this hobby!

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    8. AtariAge News Discussion

      Discuss news posted on the front page of AtariAge!

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    9. User Submitted News

      Please submit classic gaming news here!

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  8. Game Programming

    1. Homebrew Discussion

      Here you can talk about homebrew games that don't have their own forums allocated (which will be most of them). Have an idea for a game that you'd like to see someone program? Are you programming a game and want some feedback? Discuss it here!

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    2. Programming

      The programming forums are technical discussions of programming various classic gaming consoles. The more popular consoles have their own dedicated programing forums, so please only use this forum for topics that fall outside of those forums.

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    3. Hacks

      A hack is an existing game that has somehow been modifed in terms of graphics, colors, sounds, and/or gameplay. If you've modified a game and would like to share it with others, or have an idea for a modification you'd like to see done to an existing game, you can discuss it here.

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  9. Site

    1. Announcements

      Important site or forum-related announcements will be posted here. If you see a new announcement, please stop by to read it!

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    2. Forum Questions and Answers

      Have a question about how to use the forum?  Ask here and others can answer (including admins and mods!)  

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    3. AtariAge Store Discussion

      We'll post announcements about the AtariAge Store here, and you can also post your questions and comments about the store in this forum as well.

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    4. Site and Forum Feedback

      Do you have suggestions for how AtariAge can be improved? Please post them here, as well as criticisms, and kudos about the web site!

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    5. Rarity Guide

      The AtariAge Rarity Guide is a living, breathing document! If you have feedback regarding rarity guide values and the database in general, please discuss it here!

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    6. Archived Forums

      Resting place for forums that have have run their course and are archived here for reference.

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  • Recent Status Updates

    • GameGirl420

      GameGirl420

      In the process of getting down my newest interview with HSW,I'm reading his recently published book about Atari. Also getting ready for a rebroadcast of my show tonight! Been collecting alot of cool autographs too lately. If you notice my cover photo in my profile,it's actually one of my  Kurt Cobain signed cards 💥❤️
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    • SlidellMan

      SlidellMan

      One man restomods a Forklift:
      Pretty cool, isn't it?
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    • Atarian7

      Atarian7

      Happy Arbor Day.  I like trees. Trees are good, except when they fall on your house.
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    • Charlie Cat

      Charlie Cat

      That flea has potential Garfield. 
       

       
       
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    • masschamber

      masschamber

      fallout 4 update seems to have drastically reduced the draw distance on xbox series x, 
      1. moycon

        moycon

        Oh wow it's out!? Very cool, but at the same time... that sucks. I'll check it out. 
      2. masschamber

        masschamber

        could be because I don't have a 4k tv and maybeit doesn't actually leave performance mode,
        annoying as I turned off fps boost for the better draw distance, and personally I'd rather have draw distance than 60 fps or 4k

  • Recent Posts

    • kheller2
      IF the 1400/1450 had of come out?

      By kheller2 · Posted

      Neither the Dynasty short boards or the TONG long board were designed with CGIA.  The later 800XLD concepts might have. 
    • Alex_813
      Collecting for the 2600+

      By Alex_813 · Posted

      I will have to look for the overlays (images) for the 4 and 6 switches.
    • Ricky Spanish
      Confused about Atari 8 bit (XL/XE) graphics modes

      By Ricky Spanish · Posted

      Think of me as a dummy. Translation ?
    • dhe
      Assembly on the 99/4A

      By dhe · Posted

      Mildly interesting to me, as I've never played with the TITL or IDT Assembler Directives.   * * Example program to make a crash sound * TITL 'MY_TITLE' IDT 'MY_IDT' REF VMBW DEF CRASH * BUFFER EQU >1000 VDP RAM buffer used by * Sound generator * H01 BYTE >01 EVEN * CRASH LI R0,BUFFER Load VDP RAM buffer address. LI R1,CDATA Pointer to the sound data. LI R2,32 32 bytes to move to the VDP RAM buf BLWP @VMBW Move to VDP RAM buffer. * LOOP LIMI 0 Disable VDP interrupt. LI R10,BUFFER Load sound table address. MOV R10,@>83CC Load pointer to the table. SOCB @H01,@>83FD Set VDP RAM flag. MOVB @H01,@>83CE Start sound processing. LIMI 2 Enable VDP interrupt. * LOOP2 MOVB @>83CE,@>83CE Check if time is up JEQ LOOP Finished with the sound table. JMP LOOP2 Wait until finished. * CDATA BYTE >03,>9F,>E4,>F2,5 BYTE >02,>E4,>F0,12 BYTE >02,>E4,>F2,10 BYTE >02,>E4,>F4,8 BYTE >02,>E4,>F6,6 BYTE >02,>E4,>F8,4 BYTE >02,>E4,>FA,2 BYTE >01,>FF,0 END   Results In: 00058MY_IDT A0000B0100B0200B1000B0201C0038B0202B0020B0420B00007F274F 0001 A0012B0300B0000B020AB1000BC80AB83CCBF820C0000B83FDBD820C00007F2C6F 0002 A0028B83CEB0300B0002BD820B83CEB83CEB13EEB10FBB039FBE4F2B05027F23BF 0003 A003EBE4F0B0C02BE4F2B0A02BE4F4B0802BE4F6B0602BE4F8B0402BE4FA7F21BF 0004 A0054B0201BFF007FC8CF 0005 30010VMBW 50002CRASH 7FAD1F 0006 : 99/4 AS     . 99/4 ASSEMBLER MY_TITLE PAGE 0001 0001 * 0002 * Example program to make a crash sound 0003 * 0005 IDT 'MY_IDT' 0006 0007 REF VMBW 0008 DEF CRASH 0009 * 0010 1000 BUFFER EQU >1000 VDP RAM buffer used by 0011 * Sound generator 0012 * 0013 0000 01 H01 BYTE >01 0014 EVEN 0015 * 0016 CRASH 0017 0002 0200 LI R0,BUFFER Load VDP RAM buffer address. 0004 1000 0018 0006 0201 LI R1,CDATA Pointer to the sound data. 0008 0038' 0019 000A 0202 LI R2,32 32 bytes to move to the VDP RAM buf 000C 0020 0020 000E 0420 BLWP @VMBW Move to VDP RAM buffer. 0010 0000 0021 * 0022 LOOP 0023 0012 0300 LIMI 0 Disable VDP interrupt. 0014 0000 0024 0016 020A LI R10,BUFFER Load sound table address. 0018 1000 0025 001A C80A MOV R10,@>83CC Load pointer to the table. 001C 83CC 0026 001E F820 SOCB @H01,@>83FD Set VDP RAM flag. 0020 0000' 0022 83FD 0027 0024 D820 MOVB @H01,@>83CE Start sound processing. 0026 0000' 0028 83CE 0028 002A 0300 LIMI 2 Enable VDP interrupt. 002C 0002 0029 * 0030 LOOP2 0031 002E D820 MOVB @>83CE,@>83CE Check if time is up 0030 83CE 0032 83CE 0032 0034 13EE JEQ LOOP Finished with the sound table. 0033 0036 10FB JMP LOOP2 Wait until finished. 0034 * 0035 0038 03 CDATA BYTE >03,>9F,>E4,>F2,5 0039 9F 003A E4 003B F2 003C 05 0036 003D 02 BYTE >02,>E4,>F0,12 003E E4 003F F0 0040 0C 0037 0041 02 BYTE >02,>E4,>F2,10 0042 E4 0043 F2 . 99/4 ASSEMBLER MY_TITLE PAGE 0002 0044 0A 0038 0045 02 BYTE >02,>E4,>F4,8 0046 E4 0047 F4 0048 08 0039 0049 02 BYTE >02,>E4,>F6,6 004A E4 004B F6 004C 06 0040 004D 02 BYTE >02,>E4,>F8,4 004E E4 004F F8 0050 04 0041 0051 02 BYTE >02,>E4,>FA,2 0052 E4 0053 FA 0054 02 0042 0055 01 BYTE >01,>FF,0 0056 FF 0057 00 0043 0044 END 0000 ERRORS   If you look closely and read between the lines, you can always see DX-10/TM990 influences.   Also, as you can see, TI just made the default TITL = 'VERSION 1.2', because if YOU use TITLE, the TITLE you give is substituted for 'VERSION 1.2'.    
    • Peripheral
      IntyBASIC Tiny Contest 2024: Entries thread!!!

      By Peripheral · Posted

      The Blob! As the blob, you have 25 turns to engulf "the city".   Your blob starts out as the color in the upper left corner.   At each turn, select an adjacent color to expand your blob. Your blob then becomes that new color.   Use the highlighted keypad numbers to select the expansion color:  #1 for blue, #2 for red, etc.   Pressing #8 will put the game into auto-play mode, where the computer randomly selects the next color.  (This just provides a quicker way to get to the end of the game, to test end game features.  Such random color choices typically result in a loss, as there is no computer intelligence involved.)   At the end of the game, press keypad #7 to replay the same game, or keypad #9 to start a new game.   Or, if you won the game, press #0 for a ***bonus game*** before beginning a new game.       blob.rom
    • slx
      Wii u undeservibly failed because it was a great innovative systemsystem

      By slx · Posted

      I love the WiiU’s ability to run “asymmetric” games where players see different things (like Nintendoland). Unfortunately there are’nt too many games supporting that.   Having an extra screen for inventory or such is nice, too (as is hacking to install all games on a hard drive).
    • nanochess
      The mystery of Monkey Moon ;)

      By nanochess · Posted

      Maybe the mystery is inside a dungeon      
    • Madwindoman
      Sega Cd Battery Save Question

      By Madwindoman · Posted

      Very true but that’s above my skill set. I’m happy doin lil repairs. Anything major I have to send out. If I can find someone willing to help
    • jeremiahjt
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      By jeremiahjt · Posted

      Bump
    • Mr SQL
      Strategies if the PlusStore is down in the future

      By Mr SQL · Posted

      That is very cool! PlusCart can never be orphaned then even without the Server.   Where is the usb port on PlusCart?

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