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Vyper68

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About Vyper68

  • Birthday 08/20/1968

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    I escaped Targ... Twice.
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    Male
  • Location
    Hurworth-On-Tees, U.K.
  • Interests
    Atari in all it's Forms from VCS2600 - Atari Jaguar & Atari 400 - Atari Falcon030

    Mainly VCS2600, Atari Lynxes & Atari 8-Bits

    8-Bit chip music SID/POKEY/AY-YM in all it's forms.
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    Resident Evil 2 (2019)
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    Resident Evil 2 (2019)

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  1. Ello, I’ve sent you a PM @electrotrains re the A8 version.
  2. I will add that onto my todo list 🙂
  3. I have since replaced U2 on the board with a 75478 and it’s working fine now so all in I ended up with a decent 1050.
  4. Well, I’ve got it back to its original configuration and repaired the tracks and recapped the board. The stepper motor is still not working properly, it’s just a really weak judder and then stops. I’m only getting 2.5v on pin 1 of jumper 15 all the others are 12v so I think IC U2 might be faulty. I’ve checked the RIOT and 6507 previously so I think that might be the cause. I have ordered some 75478’s to test this.
  5. Yeah, whoever decided to replace the diodes and the capacitors really did a number on it, but I’ll get it back to stock, even if there is a lot of rebuilding traces.
  6. So here are some photos of the board, also the Diodes have been replaced with 1N5406 for CR17-20 and 1N4001 for CR15/16. I desoldered the wire but I have placed it as it was. I cannot decide if it was a damaged track that has been cut after some hamfisted attempt at recapping the board or it was deliberate either way the wire ( old BT solid copper phone wire ) seems to be a bypass.
  7. I’ll stick some pictures up tomorrow TGB
  8. I picked up a non working 1050 off feeBay recently and have been trying to repair it. The drive mechanism is good and the main IC’s are good and have been tested in my other 1050. There has been some attempt at “something” previously and some of the traces are damaged which have been how we say in the U.K. “bodged” the main Diodes have been replaced with some which do not tally with the service manual but may be equivalent I haven’t checked properly yet. There has been an attempt at a partial recap and it looks like the Voltage Regulators have been replaced. There was 12 and 5 volts on the board so I didn’t go too far down that rabbit hole until I really started to check the logic board. Are there any service or community mods that involve cutting the trace from CR15/16 to the positive terminal of C67 and have a wire go from CR17/18 direct to C71??
  9. I only have the one SD card and it performs without any problems. Brand: Sandisk Model: Ultra Size (GB): 16GB Type (SD, SDHC, SDXC, SDUC): SDHC Speed (Standard, High-speed, UHS-I , UHS-II, UHS-III, Express): C10 UHS-I Phyiscal size (Standard, Mini, Micro): Standard Used adapter for Mini or Micro: N/A Used on what computer (400,800, 600XL, 800XL, 1200XL, 65XE, 130XE, 800XE, XEGS): 65XE Any hardware mods (Antonia, U1MB, Sophia 1, Sophia 2, Stereo Pokey, Pokeymac, etc. etc.): 512KB RAM, Stereo POKEY Original Atari or new (switching Power Supply): New Switching 4A PSU 74F08 installed ? No standard LS logic
  10. I like your enthusiasm for the Jag, I bought mine mail order from SS as I live ooop norf. Games were the problem sadly, there were some real duffers. I used to be on SS’s mailing list so used to get the catalog.
  11. Hi Mate, I’m pleased we were able to find a solution to enable you to keep the car for longer as I know how important it was and what isolation can do to mental health. It was also great to see the Atari community rally round to help you. I didn’t know Mr Vendel sadly, but from what I have read he seems the kind of person who would be proud of everyone for coming together like this, so hopefully he is looking down and nodding with approval.
  12. I’ve just ordered one but no idea when it will get here in the U.K. Gotta be better than the basic composite video cable I have at the moment. I have a S-Video socket on my telly so should be interesting to se how my XE looks with this.
  13. I would like to put my name down for 1 please.
  14. Sounds like the keyboard Mylar is starting to fail. Either source a new replacement one or try and repair the damaged tracks with some conductive paint. You will need to determine if it is a single or double layer Mylar in your keyboard. If you have springs under your keys it should be a single layer Mylar. You can buy brand new reproduction parts for that one, not sure about the double layer.
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