More about Atari 1200XL?

[+davidcalgary29]

My 2c: keep the 1200XL, as it's considerably more rare than any INTV console, and you won't find a replacement for it as easily as you would your game console.

[walter_J64bit]

If you dont want it Ill take off your hands I need it for parts for my 1200XL

[Brad2600]

My 2c: keep the 1200XL, as it's considerably more rare than any INTV console, and you won't find a replacement for it as easily as you would your game console.

 

I'm kinda a bit past that point. The trade could still fall through though.

 

Just how rare is a 1200XL anyway? I read somewhere that 800s were more desirable and easier to find on EBay.

[Gunstar]

My Intellivision that I'm trading him is COMPLETE, excellent condition, with all hookups and 11 games, 10 of which are boxed, in mint or near mint condition with all overlays/manuals etc. the 1200XL I'm getting, from what I understand, comes with nothing, except a basoc cart, not even a power pack or tv cord! He can't even say if it WORKS and the 1200 is NOT rare, just about every dealer listed on AA has them for sale, new, used, reconditioned. plus others! here a perfect example of MY system being worth much more! both are sold at 4jays, the Intellivision for $70, the 1200Xl for $49!

 

 

look here: http://www.4jays.com/intellivision.html

 

same dealer: http://www.4jays.com/atari8bit.html

 

he's getting a MUCH better deal than me, as far as monitary value goes! I may get stuck with a 1200xl that down't even work for all I know, and I'm still willing to take a chance and trade him for my top quality INTV stuff! do you guys REALLY know the values and rarity of ANYTHING?

[+davidcalgary29]

My Intellivision that I'm trading him is COMPLETE, excellent condition, with all hookups and 11 games, 10 of which are boxed, in mint or near mint condition with all overlays/manuals etc. the 1200XL I'm getting, from what I understand, comes with nothing, except a basoc cart, not even a power pack or tv cord! He can't even say if it WORKS and the 1200 is NOT rare, just about every dealer listed on AA has them for sale, new, used, reconditioned. plus others! here a perfect example of MY system being worth much more! both are sold at 4jays, the Intellivision for $70, the 1200Xl for $49!

 

 

look here: http://www.4jays.com/intellivision.html

 

same dealer: http://www.4jays.com/atari8bit.html

 

he's getting a MUCH better deal than me, as far as monitary value goes! I may get stuck with a 1200xl that down't even work for all I know, and I'm still willing to take a chance and trade him for my top quality INTV stuff! do you guys REALLY know the values and rarity of ANYTHING?

 

C'mon now. I don't think anyone's trying to flame your trade, or suggest that Kepone's getting a bad deal. You guys have obviously made a trade that you both agree with, and that's great. My apologies if I stepped out of line; I was just articulating my own position.

[Brad2600]

I thought about it and I do agree regarding getting a good deal.

 

When I first got the 1200XL, I only intended for it to be trade bait.

 

However, I am starting to get interested in older computers..having picked up a perfectly working C64 monitor at a thrift...no disk drive or main CPU though.

 

I think it's a trade I'm willing to make.

 

It's worth a shot.

 

I appreciate your opinion, DavidCalgary and I'm not insulted in any way. I only asked for advice on whether or not I should trade...and I got some advice.

 

I do plan to explore Atari computers again in the near future. The INTV is the last classic system I plan to get for a long time..focusing mostly on games.

[A2600]

Nice choice Kepone I would have not hesitatied for a INTV!!

[Nukey Shay]

Bah...I would have picked the 1200. Then you could play timeless classics like this one:

 

0 KILLS=0:DES=0

5 GRAPHICS 0:POKE 710,0

10 POSITION 15,0:? "BIG BERTHA"

15 POSITION 4,4:? "THE MOST POWERFUL GUN EVER MADE."

20 POSITION 12,6:? "<*> <*>  <*> <*>"

25 POSITION 12,7:? "MOSCOW DESTROYED"

30 POSITION 12,8:? "<*> <*>  <*> <*>"

35 POSITION 3,10:? "YOU ARE IN COMMAND OF ONE AND HAVE"

40 POSITION 3,11:? "BEEN ORDERED TO DESTROY LONDON!"

45 J=INT(RND(3)*25+50)

50 POSITION 1,14:? "YOUR GUN IS STATIONED ";J;" MILES AWAY."

55 POKE 764,255

60 POSITION 8,16:? "PRESENT RANK OF ";

65 ON (KILLS+1) GOTO 75,80,85,90,95

70 ? "ADMIRAL":GOTO 100

75 ? "FIRST LT.":GOTO 100

80 ? "CAPTIAN":GOTO 100

85 ? "MAJOR":GOTO 100

90 ? "COLONEL":GOTO 100

95 ? "GENERAL"

100 POSITION 6,18:? "LONDON HAS BEEN HIT ";DES;" TIMES."

105 POSITION 3,22:? "<>< HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE... ><>"

110 IF PEEK(764)=255 THEN 110

115 GRAPHICS 8:POKE710,0:COLOR=1

120 PLOT 0,155:DRAWTO 60,155

125 DRAWTO 60,159:DRAWTO 170,159

130 DRAWTO 170,155:DRAWTO 255,155

135 PLOT 15,155:DRAWTO 15,149

140 DRAWTO 25,149:DRAWTO 25,155

145 DRAWTO 27,155:DRAWTO 27,140

150 DRAWTO 37,140:DRAWTO 37,155

155 PLOT 20,149:DRAWTO 20,142

160 DRAWTO 27,142: PLOT 30.145

165 PLOT 34,145:PLOT 30,150

170 PLOT 34,150

175 POKE 764,255

180 TR=3*J+34:FOR TY=155 TO 152 STEP-1

185 PLOT TR-5,TY:DRAWTO TR+5,TY:NEXT TY

190 POSITION 1,21:? "TRAJECTORY?";:INPUT A

195 IF A<1 OR A>89 THEN 190

200 DEG:PI=3.1415926:CO=COS(A*PI/180):SI=SIN(A*PI/180)

205 C2O=INT(20*CO)

210 S2I=INT(20*SI)

215 PLOT 3*J+34,155:DRAWTO 3*J+34-C2O,155-S2I

220 ? "CHARGE (LBS)?";:INPUT S

225 IF S<RND(3)*200+400 THEN 235

230 ?:? "<**** BOOM ****>":? "YOU DIED WHEN THE GUN EXPLODED!":END

235 A=A*0.01745

240 S=(S*0.5)+((RND(3)-0.5)*14)

245 T=0.035

250 H=S2I:D7=3*J+34-C2O

255 D=0:R2=0:S2=0

260 S=S-S2

265 F=S*T

270 D2=F*COS(A)

275 R=F*SIN(A)

280 R2=R2+(32*T)

285 R3=R2*T

290 H=H+R-R3

295 D=D+D2

300 IF 155-H<=5 THEN 310

305 PLOT D7-D,155-H:PLOT D7-D+1,155-H

310 S2=(S/120)*32*T

315 IF H<0 THEN 330

320 IF D7-D<=5 THEN 350

325 ? CHR$(125):? "HEIGHT:";INT(H);" DISTANCE TO LONDON:";INT(J-(D/PI)):GOTO 260

330 IF D7-D<15 THEN 350

335 IF D7-D>39 THEN 365

340 ? "YOU DESTROYED THE CITY!!!"

345 DES=DES+1:GOTO 375

350 ? "OVERSHOT!!!"

355 IF D7-D<=5 THEN 390

360 GOTO 370

365 ? "UNDERSHOT!!!!"

370 PLOT D7-D,155:DRAWTO D7-D-5,150

375 PLOT D7-D,155:DRAWTO D7-D+5,150

380 PLOT D7-D,155:DRAWTO D7-D,149

385 KILLS=DES

390 FOR YU=1 TO 5000:NEXT YU:GOTO 5

[A2600]

Whoo-wee! thats a long program!! I'll get started today in the afternoon!!

 

What is it suppossed to be?

[Curt Vendel]

nukey? do i write the number in front of the line??

 

I plant to do it now!

 

Yes...line numbers are required for all 8-bit Basic programs.

 

Don't "Basic XE" and "Basic XL" automatically number lines for you?

*sighs* It's been so long that I can't even remember!

 

Basic XL was originally going to be an Atari product, OSS (Paul Laughton - not spelling that right) wrote it as a new version of Basic. I don't recall at this moment the exact reason Paul said that Atari didn't pick it up, but thankfully it got released through OSS and came out, Basic XL and the Basic XE languages are great...

 

If you really want to try a great version of Basic, D/L a copy (or I think you can purchase a PD disk from B&C) of TurboBasic, well worth it!

 

 

Curt

[Brad2600]

Bah...I would have picked the 1200.  Then you could play timeless classics like this one:

 

0 KILLS=0:DES=0

5 GRAPHICS 0:POKE 710,0

10 POSITION 15,0:? "BIG BERTHA"

15 POSITION 4,4:? "THE MOST POWERFUL GUN EVER MADE."

20 POSITION 12,6:? "<*> <*>  <*> <*>"

25 POSITION 12,7:? "MOSCOW DESTROYED"

30 POSITION 12,8:? "<*> <*>  <*> <*>"

35 POSITION 3,10:? "YOU ARE IN COMMAND OF ONE AND HAVE"

40 POSITION 3,11:? "BEEN ORDERED TO DESTROY LONDON!"

45 J=INT(RND(3)*25+50)

50 POSITION 1,14:? "YOUR GUN IS STATIONED ";J;" MILES AWAY."

55 POKE 764,255

60 POSITION 8,16:? "PRESENT RANK OF ";

65 ON (KILLS+1) GOTO 75,80,85,90,95

70 ? "ADMIRAL":GOTO 100

75 ? "FIRST LT.":GOTO 100

80 ? "CAPTIAN":GOTO 100

85 ? "MAJOR":GOTO 100

90 ? "COLONEL":GOTO 100

95 ? "GENERAL"

100 POSITION 6,18:? "LONDON HAS BEEN HIT ";DES;" TIMES."

105 POSITION 3,22:? "<>< HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE... ><>"

110 IF PEEK(764)=255 THEN 110

115 GRAPHICS 8:POKE710,0:COLOR=1

120 PLOT 0,155:DRAWTO 60,155

125 DRAWTO 60,159:DRAWTO 170,159

130 DRAWTO 170,155:DRAWTO 255,155

135 PLOT 15,155:DRAWTO 15,149

140 DRAWTO 25,149:DRAWTO 25,155

145 DRAWTO 27,155:DRAWTO 27,140

150 DRAWTO 37,140:DRAWTO 37,155

155 PLOT 20,149:DRAWTO 20,142

160 DRAWTO 27,142: PLOT 30.145

165 PLOT 34,145:PLOT 30,150

170 PLOT 34,150

175 POKE 764,255

180 TR=3*J+34:FOR TY=155 TO 152 STEP-1

185 PLOT TR-5,TY:DRAWTO TR+5,TY:NEXT TY

190 POSITION 1,21:? "TRAJECTORY?";:INPUT A

195 IF A<1 OR A>89 THEN 190

200 DEG:PI=3.1415926:CO=COS(A*PI/180):SI=SIN(A*PI/180)

205 C2O=INT(20*CO)

210 S2I=INT(20*SI)

215 PLOT 3*J+34,155:DRAWTO 3*J+34-C2O,155-S2I

220 ? "CHARGE (LBS)?";:INPUT S

225 IF S<RND(3)*200+400 THEN 235

230 ?:? "<**** BOOM ****>":? "YOU DIED WHEN THE GUN EXPLODED!":END

235 A=A*0.01745

240 S=(S*0.5)+((RND(3)-0.5)*14)

245 T=0.035

250 H=S2I:D7=3*J+34-C2O

255 D=0:R2=0:S2=0

260 S=S-S2

265 F=S*T

270 D2=F*COS(A)

275 R=F*SIN(A)

280 R2=R2+(32*T)

285 R3=R2*T

290 H=H+R-R3

295 D=D+D2

300 IF 155-H<=5 THEN 310

305 PLOT D7-D,155-H:PLOT D7-D+1,155-H

310 S2=(S/120)*32*T

315 IF H<0 THEN 330

320 IF D7-D<=5 THEN 350

325 ? CHR$(125):? "HEIGHT:";INT(H);" DISTANCE TO LONDON:";INT(J-(D/PI)):GOTO 260

330 IF D7-D<15 THEN 350

335 IF D7-D>39 THEN 365

340 ? "YOU DESTROYED THE CITY!!!"

345 DES=DES+1:GOTO 375

350 ? "OVERSHOT!!!"

355 IF D7-D<=5 THEN 390

360 GOTO 370

365 ? "UNDERSHOT!!!!"

370 PLOT D7-D,155:DRAWTO D7-D-5,150

375 PLOT D7-D,155:DRAWTO D7-D+5,150

380 PLOT D7-D,155:DRAWTO D7-D,149

385 KILLS=DES

390 FOR YU=1 TO 5000:NEXT YU:GOTO 5

 

No need to worry Nukey. I've always been interested in computer programming so it's eventual that I will get another Atari computer.

 

Besides, life is full of tough choices.

 

I'm thinking of doing more research into Atari computers for later on when I decide to pick up another one.

[Nukey Shay]

Looks like I messed up a bit...

 

Corrected lines:

115 GRAPHICS 8:POKE 710,0:COLOR 1

160 DRAWTO 27,142: PLOT 30,145

190 RAD:PI=3.1415926:CO=COS(A*PI/180):SI=SIN(A*PI/180)

 

...removed the = in 115, changed the decimal to a comma in 160, and switched from using degrees to radians in 190.

 

To import this program using Atari800Win's hard drive, you need to change all PC carriage returns in the text into the character › (not ‹ as I previously posted). If you leave the PC returns in, it will generate errors when you try to ENTER"H:GUN.TXT"