_The Doctor__ Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Folks, If you are still looking for an Ultimate Cart and/or an UNO cart, eBay is doing a 20% off coupon! PSPRING20 It is valid until 8 pm 09 March Friday-Today. Save up to $19 on the Ultimate and $11.20 on the UNO Here is a link to all of my auctions https://preview.tinyurl.com/yctetvoc -M too bad your post came at 8:31pm and the coupon expired at 8pm..... oh well... late to the party again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 too bad your post came at 8:31pm and the coupon expired at 8pm..... oh well... late to the party again... Too bad indeed because the coupon expired at 8:00pm *PST*. You could have squeezed it in just under the wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) If I was glued to AA at the time I might have... but we also need time for cat, wife, food, and other such silly stuff travel nighbors etc. Too old am I, too slow, and my timing to miss is impeccable as ever... Edited March 10, 2018 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Folks, If you are still looking for an Ultimate Cart and/or an UNO cart, eBay is doing a 20% off coupon! PSPRING20 It is valid until 8 pm 09 March Friday-Today. Save up to $19 on the Ultimate and $11.20 on the UNO Here is a link to all of my auctions https://preview.tinyurl.com/yctetvoc -M It seems many of us missed it. Any other coupons coming up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 It seems many of us missed it. Any other coupons coming up? If I find out about them, I will let people know ASAP. It's nice because eBay foots the bill. I get the full amount, people get a discount, and there are more Atari cartridges in the world! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap! Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 If I find out about them, I will let people know ASAP. It's nice because eBay foots the bill. I get the full amount, people get a discount, and there are more Atari cartridges in the world! Awesome thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tane Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Ultimate Cart: Can the Shrouded box header be used to connect an external SD card? It has 10 pin vs 8 pins used with a SD card. Edited April 26, 2018 by tane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Just got an Atari 400. With this system, my Ultimate Cartridge boots up, but no menu. The cart works great with my XEGS. Is my early run cart not compatible with 400/800? Print on my PCB seems to indicate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 two things to do with your 400, make sure you have enough memory, and make sure cartridge port is standard and not using cas signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 two things to do with your 400, make sure you have enough memory, and make sure cartridge port is standard and not using cas signal. When I do a PRINT FRE(0) in BASIC ... I get something over 13000. I have no idea what the difference is between standard and CAS. This 400 hasn't been modded in anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Just got an Atari 400. With this system, my Ultimate Cartridge boots up, but no menu. The cart works great with my XEGS. Is my early run cart not compatible with 400/800? Print on my PCB seems to indicate that. Wow, that is a very different PCB. It should be the same as a regular model. I will have to pull my unmodded 400 out and do some tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 One thing I am going to try is install the latest firmware. I have to wait a bit for the USB Blaster to ship to me, though. Apparently the menu is in the firmware, and not handled by boot.rom. Hoping that changes things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+tf_hh Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 When I do a PRINT FRE(0) in BASIC ... I get something over 13000. I have no idea what the difference is between standard and CAS. This 400 hasn't been modded in anyway. You must have a 48 KB memory expansion to it work. Even when the menu software would work, the loader needs more space and/or the program to be loaded needs more then 16 KB RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 You must have a 48 KB memory expansion to it work. Even when the menu software would work, the loader needs more space and/or the program to be loaded needs more then 16 KB RAM. Ultimate cart supports the Atari 400. Doesn't give a memory requirement. Now it might be true in my case... I have an early run version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 technically correct in that you need enough memory to run the selection menu, so long as you run only 400 compatible ROMS/BINS, it will emulate the cart and will run just fine. For xex loading or anything else not so much unless you have expanded the memory... There still may be an issue with the cart port needing modification on your 400, basically the same fix as on the 800, a simple, simple fix if needed. I no longer have a 400 for direct testing... sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Installing the new firmware didn't do it. Same as before. The ultimate cart works fine on my XEGS. Boots, but no menu on my 400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Can someone please confirm for me if the Ultimate Cart being discussed in this thread is the same as the "TBA's Ultimate-A8 SD Cartridge" as seen here: https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/atari-800-xl-xe-ultimate-sd-cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Can someone please confirm for me if the Ultimate Cart being discussed in this thread is the same as the "TBA's Ultimate-A8 SD Cartridge" as seen here: https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/atari-800-xl-xe-ultimate-sd-cart Different production run,but yes, otherwise functionally the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Can someone please confirm for me if the Ultimate Cart being discussed in this thread is the same as the "TBA's Ultimate-A8 SD Cartridge" as seen here: https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/atari-800-xl-xe-ultimate-sd-cart That is me. I am it. It is the same cartridge. The Brewing Academy is me. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor6153 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Can I order an Ultimate Cart still for my Atari800XL? I hope we are still able to do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Did you click the link above your post... if you read and click, you will have your answers Daniel Jackson! Edited April 29, 2020 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: Did you click the link above your post... if you read and click, you will have your answers Danielle Jackson! I prefer the sneezy, wussy James Spader Daniel Jackson over the buff guy with glasses Michael Shanks version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Professor6153 said: Can I order an Ultimate Cart still for my Atari800XL? I hope we are still able to do so Yes. https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/atari-800-xl-xe-ultimate-sd-cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor6153 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 So I have an Atari 800 XL and I ordered the Ultimate Cart from the link you provided but this cartridge appears to be too small to fit the cartridge slot in the back of my Atari800XL. Could this be an XE cartridge and they sent me the wrong size? The slot on my Atari800XL is much bigger. Oh man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Professor6153 said: So I have an Atari 800 XL and I ordered the Ultimate Cart from the link you provided but this cartridge appears to be too small to fit the cartridge slot in the back of my Atari800XL. Could this be an XE cartridge and they sent me the wrong size? The slot on my Atari800XL is much bigger. Oh man If you have an 800XL, the cartridge slot is on top (silver doors). The back of the 800XL is a Parallel Bus Interface (PBI) and does not accept any normal cartridges. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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