JohnBuell

Wow. The message dumps are just...wow. More fuel for the what might have been fires. Ah well. Very cool though. Thanks Curt!

That's part of the Talk and Teach system. I just noticed I missed a batch of 16 of them on eBay. Dang it. And they were all tapes I didn't have. If anyone wants to loan or sell theirs to me, I'll see about getting started with recordings.

The Sears cassettes I have just have audio descriptions of the games as they load, no music. I have Kingdom, it's actually halfway cool music. One of these days I'll get around to making preservation attempts on the...what am I up to now...12 sets of tapes for the Education system.

Yes, but the real question is who will get post #2600 ??? Post 2600 only counts if it's 2600-related.

So something like any of the micro Bluetooth/USB adapters you can get online for about $10? How would you do file to file transfer though, or did you basically set it up as Bluetooth for Atari with keyboard and mouse?

Someone posted to a Facebook group I'm a member of for "classic computers" very early this morning, putting forward the idea of somehow using the EyeFi cards (SD compatible memory with small wireless transmitters) to create a wireless network adapter for classic computers. I've been thinking about his post, and I wonder if there's possibly a way to do just that, only instead of reading/writing to virtual disks (as SDrive and similar do right now), wouldn't it have to go through a virtual serial device? The base model card seems to be selling for US$50, and includes 4 GB for an SDHC interface. Now granted, it looks like the way you set it up is to give it your wireless network key, which it stores in its flash memory just for the wi-fi portion, and then it can send/receive to a linked computer. But I'd think, especially since it comes with a USB reader, that there must be a way to change that into full 2-way communication to your wireless router, thus bypassing the "linked computer"? Thoughts?

I hadn't seen anyone post about this yet, but I WILL be there again this year, with as many Atari 8 bits as I can fit into my car! The main site is www.vcfmw.org

Any chance anyone will be bringing these to any US shows? Or selling them to us Yanks so we can display them?

Nice! Now I wish I had an original myself!

Mine came today too! Thanks for everything you've done for this, Eric!

Also, how does the card fit? Snug? Tight? Does it feel fragile to try to get it out again? Any preference of Lynx 1 vs 2? I'm seeing 2 chips on the back, which is why I'm asking all these questions.

I've appreciated everyone who has taken the time and given some advice to me on the 800XL I attempted to do video mods on. It still doesn't produce a video signal, though audio is clearly working in self-test mode and with BASIC. So, is there anybody out there who would be willing to take a look at it in person? In other words, that I could ship the thing to, get a diagnosis, see if it can be mended, then pay you for your time and return postage?

WHOA, wait? I thought I was on a later list. Where did THAT memo go? Payment forthcoming!

I've just read through this whole thread, and I've come to similar conclusions - I'm not paying $60 if it's not from Legacy, and I think I'll stick to portable Atari gaming through the Chrome browser (or my Lynx, but that's different).

I always find it funny when the Germans ask for something to be marked as 'Gift' (it means poison for those of you who don't know). Eric, I'd like to be put on the 2nd run list for a boxed copy, if still possible.

Frankly I prefer the Last Starfighter version. I think it has better gameplay. You have the destroyers, fighters, and the motherships to defend from, you can ONLY recharge in close proximity to a star (SR2 gives starbases - you CAN recharge around a star, but it's VERY fast, and hard to get away in time!). I just wish they'd found a way to do the Death Blossom.

Thanks everyone for your input. I was thinking about doing it just for the novelty (I don't even HAVE an XF551, yet...) But you've pretty much talked me out of modding it when I get one...

I've seen the kits, I even saw a modded XF551 on eBay recently... But does anyone actually still SELL the kits, or do the modifications? Just curious.

1 Touch Me 1 FB1 1 FB2+ 1 Lynx Ia (8 direction, round D-pad) 1 Lynx II 1 Jaguar 1 400 2 800s 3 800XLs 1 600XL 1 1200XL 1 65XE 1 130XE 1 800XE 17 total.

GEEZE, doesn't anyone use flatbed scanners anymore?

I'd be afraid of losing a drive that small, and the microSD card with it! Still freaking cool though

Going back to the mods on the first page of this topic, can anyone shed some light on what tools I could use to figure out where I went wrong? Like I said, the 800XL will start up and play sound, but there's NO VIDEO at all. I have a handheld multimeter, but I'm sure I could get my hands on some other testing tools. What numbers should I be looking for at which spots on the board?

Actually, what's the point? You KNOW it would never be comfortable.... The decor I can see some features of - I have a pair of Apple Key cufflinks pulled from laptop keyboards.

I take it yours is a different version of the ROM that isn't generally available to the public? I'll be interested to see how this plays out (yes, pun intended).