Super-Genius! Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 I posted a Magicard 2600 cartridge on eBay. Very rare and manufactured by Computer Magic Inc. Click here for more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 Doesn't Marco already have one? Let the rest of us have a chance! Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 Maybe his version has a lable? No chance or me. It goes to high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 I need the manual, but trust me - I'll be outbid Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 IMHO, the auction description has some info that could be in the AtariAge game notes. Kind of strange that Magic Card was voted rarer than Video Life. Well nobody said polls are always accurate. markdil - Nice first post . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 7, 2002 Share Posted April 7, 2002 Voting carts to be "the rarest" seems like a strange thing indeed. All the facts appear to support that Video Life is even rarer than Magicard. What the poll has confirmed is that rare and most desireable do not always go together (same with Chase the Chuckwagon, much more desireable than rare - call it hyped, if you will) Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 Why must all overbid me. Can I not win a Rare game for only 1 US$. I was the first who bid on it. So please cancel all other buyer the bids and let me win it. OK, only joking. But why was it not for buy it know for only 1 US$ on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by MattyXB: OK, only joking. But why was it not for buy it know for only 1 US$ on ebay. If you read the auction description, yoú'll see that the seller knows what he is talking about - that is why Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajkiii Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 WOW How high will it go? It's at $900.00 already with 8 days left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 Yeah, that very high. I have only see one time an Atari 2600 game that goes higher. This was the Telepathy Prototype. It has end at over 1400 US$ if I not wrong. I hope I get it for 1 US$ on a fleamarket. The only probleme, it never release outside USA. So I will never get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Genius! Posted April 8, 2002 Author Share Posted April 8, 2002 Here are a few answers to the questions I have been getting on the Magicard. 1. Am I the original owner? Yes I am, and in fact, I bought two of them. I have the first release, which needs repair. The first release was just a circuit board that plugged into the Atari 2600 slot. I think static electricity got it! 2. Does it just have a ROM like the other cartridges? No, it does not. It has five "chips". Two of them are memory chips, which are of the same type. These are not being made anymore. It has an EPROM, which is a little different than the ROM chips you will find in the regular Atari cartridges. This chip is also no longer being made. The remaining two chips are 7400 series TTL components. But, the discontinued chips are available in the Timex Sinclair computer! I probably shouldn't say that, because the price of those may go up because I have to buy one to repair my other unit! 3. Was I able to write any programs with it? Yes, I wrote quite a few and putting all modesty aside, a few of them were quite good! I have often thought about publishing them for everyone to enjoy. 4. How did I buy it? If I remember correctly, it was only available through mail order. I purchased the first one, then about three months later I purchased the second one. I talked to the people at Computer Magic a few times. It seems to me, there were just two (people) of them. Sales of the MagiCard was not going well, so that is why they switched to the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted April 8, 2002 Share Posted April 8, 2002 Publish! It would be a nice touch for anyone who owns a magicard, and who knows? Maybe they can add a feature to some emus to run magicard written games without having to type in the data everytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 quote: Originally posted by markdil: If I remember correctly, it was only available through mail order. A store in Van Nuys California called G.A.M.E.S. offered it for $59.95. I still have the flyer where they have it listed (along with Cosmic Swarm & Room of Doom for $31.95 each). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 Does anyone know who drkelly99@aol.com is? He or she has the current high bid of $1,001, almost making me spit out my Dr. Pepper. I would love to have a Magicard in my collection, especially with the manual, but wow. I can see that I'm going to have to work a little harder at my scheme to make millions with AtariAge so I can pony up the cash to win these rare gems on eBay. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 albert, you mention dr. peppers quite often. i bet from all that money spent on dr. pepper you drank since the opening of the board, you could have bought a mgicard from it ... specially if you count on top all those cans you've just spitted out in the last months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 quote: Originally posted by markdil: Here are a few answers to the questions I have been getting on the Magicard. Thanks for the info. One other question: does it include the overlays for the keyboard controllers as well? Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Genius! Posted April 9, 2002 Author Share Posted April 9, 2002 Hi Marco, To answer your question on the overlays, I do not have them. I really do not think they came with this release of the Magicard. Because if they did, I would have them because I never throw anything away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 quote: Originally posted by ubersaurus: Publish! It would be a nice touch for anyone who owns a magicard, and who knows? Maybe they can add a feature to some emus to run magicard written games without having to type in the data everytime. Actually z26 already does that. If you create a 4KB binary with the Magicard system ROM in the upper 2KB, then the first KB of this 4KB binary represents the Magicard RAM. So whatever you put in there will be in the RAM at startup. You only need to type in the address for the program start command. Of course you have to start z26 with the right command line switches to have the binary start up in Magicart mode. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 I feel proud enough to possess copies of the manual and overlay ... isn't magicard on sean's new multicart? i'll have to try that, but it sounds like a big step to take before something playable will appear on my screen ... i'd rather keep on working on my newest atari project. there will be news in a week or so .... greetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkellyjr Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 Hello, I am drkelly99@aol.com or David Kelly. I am a collector of various games atari being one of the formats I collect. I am new to the atariage board (well as a user). I usually read the boards, but figured I might as well jion in on some of the conversations. Regarding the Magicard on ebay. I hopefully will be the winning bidder. My budget is alittle tight now,but hey its a MAGICARD and how often do they come up. Anyhow, If anyone would like to know anymore please let me know. You have my eamil address .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 z26 rules. I would LOVE to play one of those Magicard games on my cuttle cart. If in fact they are even supported (probably with the commavid bankswitch technique). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 quote: Originally posted by jahfish: I feel proud enough to possess copies of the manual and overlay ... isn't magicard on sean's new multicart? i'll have to try that, but it sounds like a big step to take before something playable will appear on my screen ... i'd rather keep on working on my newest atari project. there will be news in a week or so .... greetings That sounds promising, I await to see if you get anything good to come out of it. Atariage doesn't ahve scans of the Overlays, I jsut noticed. Maybe you could scan them for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschell Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 quote: Originally posted by ubersaurus: z26 rules. I would LOVE to play one of those Magicard games on my cuttle cart. If in fact they are even supported (probably with the commavid bankswitch technique). Yes, the Cuttle Cart will emulate the Magicard in Commavid mode. You could download a .bin file containing the program already loaded into the appropriate RAM locations, just like z26. Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted April 10, 2002 Share Posted April 10, 2002 here the rather unspectacular template that was probably included with the manual ..... magicard template for the keyboard controllers enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajkiii Posted April 11, 2002 Share Posted April 11, 2002 Can you believe it. $2,100.00!!!!!!! With 5 days left. Maybe I should sell mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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