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AtariArchives has some useful A8 books online. http://www.atariarchives.org/

Some of those missing titles are very familiar, but the best strategy for me might be to make up a list of what I have and compare it to your list. But I just moved, and it will be a while before I have enough leisure time for that. I'm assuming these are all disk based games? I have a Star Trek cartridge game for example, but I don't think I have a disk version.

Are you talking about a printed-circuit-trace? If so, I'd probably solder a jumper across the "break."

I came across my old Pong game while packing for a move several weeks ago. The move is accomplished, but unfortunately, I have lost track of Pong again. (Lots of boxes will remain in storage.) If I ever find it, I'm going to dust it off and see if it works.

You got a good deal for $10. Does the 400 work? Pretty much I kept my Atari 800 to play Star Raiders more than any other game. It's a common cartridge, but a lot of fun in its day.

I agree. A card punch like that is heavy. So the shipping cost would be prohibitive. Maybe a computer museum would want it, although I don't know of any brick-and-mortar computer museums in NJ. If it has a stepper motor and some solenoids, maybe someone would want those for a hobby project. Trying to sell big heavy things like that on eBay is generally silly. The big lure of eBay is its nationwide (even international) exposure. Nobody who isn't within driving distance of you is going to be interested, so what's accomplished by having people in California see your listing? The only way something like that could turn out to be useful is if someone was still using that same model of keypunch for some reason but XJ3 connecting rod broke, in which case they might offer you $25 for the connecting rod (plus $10 to ship it) and nothing for the rest of the machine. A better bet would be to ask around locally to find out who near you collects that sort of stuff. Such people do exist, and if one happens to live near you he might take it off your hands. I wouldn't expect to get much money for it, but even if you give it away free that's much more satisfying than junking it.

It's the wrong phase of the moon? The stock market is down? Everyone is on vacation? My left shoe is untied? Or is there some other reason you say that?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5476462&id= This one is almost sad. He made back his fee, but is it worth the hassle of packing and shipping it?

Someone suggested selling the magazines grouped by year, but I don't have any complete years. But I hadn't thought about selling in lots of 3 or 6. I suppose that would appeal to someone looking for a particular issue to round out their collection. That is a good question about which Atari computers I'm selling. I have 4 and plan to keep maybe two, and I haven't decided which ones to sell. I have a 400, a 800, a 800XL, and a 130XE. The 800 was the one I used the most, so I'm leaning toward keeping that one. All are in excellent condition and recently tested with disk drives and joysticks and cartridges and disk based programs. Which would you keep? I had hoped to sell some of my collection before the move, but it took me a while to check out ebay and marketplace. So, unfortunately, I simply do not have enough time left to deal with the logistics of selling any of this stuff until after the move. I'll unpack it again in a couple of weeks. Unless someone is desperate for particular magazine issues or a power supply or something. What computers are you selling? Will you sell any of the Antic mags in lots of 3, 6 or 12? -thanks Rick

Thanks for the pointer to craigslist. Is there a charge for the want ads? I couldn't tell from a quick look. I've owned other game systems too. But mostly waybackwhen I was less into gaming and more into programming 6502 based machines including the Atari and Commodore computers and before that some machines that were much more primitive.

There once was a large Atari community around here, but that was back in the days when dialup BBSs reigned. I don't know any local Atarians anymore. You're probably right... Selling locally seems to be the way to go.

Thanks. I remember Best Electronics now you mention it. I've been out of the Atari loop too long Heh, and a pokey chip cost $5.00 for a computer that's probably only worth $5.00. Oh well, I'll open it up just the same and have a look when I have time. I have another 400 that works fine, so I've been keeping the broken one for spare parts. (Actually, I've had them both in a closet for over 10 years.) Best Electronics is a good source. Very responsive to questions and quick shipping... -Brian

Are there copyright issues with any of these MIA disks? If so, how is that handled?

Good for you. What did you pay for shipping? Unfortunately, I'm coming to the conclusion that it's not worth the effort of trying to sell some of my hardware, especially when the shipping costs exceed the value of the hardware.

Do you have a source for these chips? I have a 400 on which I wrote "bad Pokey" years ago. Symptom is that it powers up to the blue screen but without notepad and won't run cartridges or anything else. I've got lots of experience troubleshooting computer hardware, so when I get some time, I was going to open it up and take a look. Having access to spare parts would be good. It could, but replace the ch1 4052 chip first. It's an easier job anyway (especially if socketed).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ADME:B:EF:US:11 That is not my ebay auction, but I thought someone here might be interested. And I'm trying to get a feel for pricing and selling some of my Atari equipment, so I'm just wondering if the price of this 800XL without floppy drive is in the right ballpark. Shipping costs seem a bit high for what is included.

I also got several emails to an address that is not the one I use on ebay. It demands that I ship an item that the sender won in "my" ebay auction. Besides this being the wrong address, I have not auctioned anything, so I assumed this was a scam of some sort and ignored it. I suppose I should send it to ebay's scam email site, but I get so much scam mail that I put it off, and they stopped coming as of yesterday.

Wow, that's a long list. I was getting the impression (mostly from this forum) that almost all Atari software was out there already. I have a lot of disks besides those associated with the issues of Antic and ANALOG that I have. I'll sort through them when I get some free time. Off hand, I think I might have some of the missing APX games. Unfortunately, at the moment I don't have any way to upload them except maybe through an old sx212 modem. But I'm handy with a soldering iron, and I was toying with the idea of building a SIO2PC.

I'm holding off listing my Antic and ANALOG magazines for sale because I'm moving in about 10 days. Preparing for that is taking all my free time. I have a couple of Atari computers and disk drives and peripherals that I'm going to offer too, either here in Marketplace or on Ebay. I'm keeping a couple of other Atari computers and drives. Pulling all my Atari stuff out and finding this forum has rekindled my interest.

All the ACTION! manual says is that the cartridge is needed to run programs that use runtime library routines (similar to the way BASIC works), but a license for a standalone runtime version is available from OSS.

Yeah, that's my memory of it too, though I haven't programmed in Action in 10 years. There is probably a statement to that effect in the Action docs. I have all my Atari stuff pulled out of the closet in preparation for an impending move, so I'll check it when I get home.

Thanks

Is there a circuit diagram available for building the SIO2PC interface? That is for using APE software with real Atari computer and PC as the drive/drive images. Alternatively, if you use the Pro system, it allows you to mount atari drives on your PC. So, you should be able to use an emulator with real drives. I have not done this so I do not know if its true. If you get Steve's SIO2PC interface and the APE/Prosystem software, it would give you both types of connections. Or you can build the SIO2PC interface yourself. I believe the demo version of APE/Prosystem is included with Steve's interface.

Yes, I have the September 1986 ANALOG disk, but, oddly, I do not have the printed issue. Also I do not have any complete years. So offering to sell issues grouped by year is making less sense, I'm afraid. Not sure what I'm going to do with them now.

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