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    Former Jersey Atari Computer Society (JACS) President, Treasurer, Newsletter editor, Disk Librarian

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  1. Arrived today - only took a week to get here.
  2. For those living in the US, how long did it take to receive your SideCart?
  3. I’ve ordered 2 without the PicoW header/socket installed for $24 each plus $11 shipping. The PicoW is available locally at MicroCenter for $5.99 I checked the SidecarT documentation page and noticed “It seems that SidecarT cannot talk with computers with CPUs faster than 8Mhz. Future versions will eventually support higher CPU speed after appropiate testing period.” There is a workaround for some machines “Change the CPU speed to 8Mhz without cache for compatibility. Note: starting in beta-v0.0.14 Sidecart supports MegaSTE in 16Mhz and cache enabled.”
  4. FYI 48K RAM card for the Atari 400 for $34.95+shipping. 4 wires need to be soldered https://www.tindie.com/products/5cfab/48k-memory-upgrade-board-for-the-atari-400/?pt=ac_prod_search
  5. How compatible is it with most programs? How long does it take to load games? Any other comments?
  6. Just wondering if anyone has used the SidecarT - a new device that plugs into the ST cartridge port and uses a Raspberry Pi PicoW to emulate ST cartridges, floppies and download these files over the internet https://sidecartridge.com/ Apparently 400 of these have shipped as of February, 2024 though these are currently sold out. The author is still calling this device early access.
  7. I like the 400 Mini because of the increased visibility of the 8 bit Atari software to those who never owned the original. Picking the 400 case was a good choice, because many who owned the original mostly used it for game playing. The membrane keyboard was terrible to type on, and you had to expand the internal memory if you wanted to use disk drives. If the 400 Mini sells well, we might get a full size 800XL or 130XE in the future.
  8. TheC64 mini has an onscreen keyboard that pops up on the right side of the screen when one of the special buttons on the joystick is pressed. Curt Vendell sold a USB Atari Joystick many years ago, and Hyperkin has been selling their Trooper II USB Atari Joystick for the past few years. If you search the web, you’ll find it easy to interface an Arduino to an original Atari Joystick to connect thru USB.
  9. The CMM2 is being sold again in low volumes for $165.50 at https://www.rictech.nz/micromite-products The PicoMite VGA was released about 3 years ago and the firmware has been continuously update, so many functions of the CMM2 are available on the much lower cost ($35). For more info, check out https://geoffg.net/picomitevga.html The board designs are open source, so you can either order your own PCB and parts and build it yourself, or order a bare PCB from Tindie for $12 https://www.tindie.com/products/land_boards/raspberry-pi-pico-card-with-vga-sound-kbd-v3/
  10. I bought a Dell SE2722H 27" last month at Microcenter, and hooked it up today to my wife’s 1040STE - works perfect in color. My monitor has a manufacture date of 1/23. I’m using the Exxos ST2VGA adapter. Have to try out sound now. Thanks for the buying advice - saved about $200 by not buying an OSSC.
  11. Atari User Groups were a big source of info in the 80’s. Many groups exchanged newsletters with each other to share the knowledge.
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