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My two favorites are: Miner 2049er and Choplifter!! Mark http://www.hollex.net

Any image is fine, but you REALLY have to know what you are doing if you want to make an image from disk or tape. You have to disassemble it and reassemble it in the cartridge area ($8000 to $BFFF) in order for it to work properly! Good luck!

It does make a great gift!! To help build up our "collection" of Hollex images, here is what I will do. There are hundreds of cartridges I don't have to make images with. So, take a look at the images that are available, and if you have something that is not there, make an image, send it to me and you will get a $2.00 credit for anything you buy from Sunmark!! So, if you send me 25 Hollex images, you get a $50.00 credit!! But first email me and let me know what cartridge images you are going to send me so I don't have six people working on the same files!! Please wait for me to respond to you before you make any files! You DO NOT need the Hollex cartridge to make an image. Just read the instructions on the main page and it will take you through each step! Thanks!! Mark

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I actually took the binary and split it into its two respective ROM images. Then, burned them to EPROM's and put them on a cart! It did not work on 400/800/XL, just XE.... http://www.sio2pc.com/software/cc_1.bin http://www.sio2pc.com/software/cc_2.bin

Happy New Year everyone!! Thanks for the binaries Curt!! My web site is at http://www.sunmark.com Also, in mid January I will be releasing my Hollex cartridge! It is like the Cuttle Cart but for Atari computers. You can load almost ANY binaries to the Hollex cart and it will act EXACLTY like the original cartridge! The Hollex cartridge will retain the binaries until you erase them. So, you can power down your Atari computer and turn it on a year later and the game image will still be in the cart!! I am slowly starting to build a library of binaries so everyone can play any games they want!! Just download them and load them to the Hollex cart! Hopefully, by the end of this year, I hope to have 500+ games! You can take a look at what I have available now by going to: http://www.hollex.net Happy New Year!! Mark

From what you are saying, I am assuming that you are just trying to plug your board into the Atari slot without a case. If that is true, that may be your problem. That circuit board you have will fit exactly in an Activision cartridge. Put it in an Activision case, plug it in your Atari and you will be good to go!! There is a lot of "slop" in some of the Atari 2600 sockets. You probably are not centering it exactly.

From what you are saying, I am assuming that you are just trying to plug your board into the Atari slot without a case. If that is true, that may be your problem. That circuit board you have will fit exactly in an Activision cartridge. Put it in an Activision case, plug it in your Atari and you will be good to go!! There is a lot of "slop" in some of the Atari 2600 sockets. You probably are not centering it exactly.

First, I am assuming you have either a 810 or 1050 drive. Set that drive on drive 1. Second, start up Atari810. Highlight D2, then "tools" and "create disk image", "Atari 810 Single Density". It will then ask you to name the file. After you name it, with D2 still highlighted, click on "File" then "Mount Disk Image". Pick the file you just named and it should appear on "D2". You can't write anything to the disk until you FORMAT it!! Boot up DOS on your Atari 810 or 1050 drive. Use the "I" command to format the drive. When it asks what drive to format, enter D2. That is it!! You are ready to go!! Just use the "copy" command "C" to copy any files from D1 to D2. Merry Christmas!!

I am looking for Bounty Bob Strikes Back. If anyone has the cartridge and wants to sell it, let me know! Thanks!

The instructions for wiring direct to the computer are not included. If you plan to hook it up that way, let me know and I will provide detailed instructions!!

It is VERY easy to hook it up!! The circuit board fits neatly under the "shroud" of the Atari 800XL. You simply just hook up the wires that correspond with the edge connector on the circuit board to the cartridge socket on the Atari 800XL. I soldered the wires to the back of the board, where the cartridge socket is soldered to the Atari circuit board. Just use a dab of silicon to hold the board in place...that is it!! Here is a picture: http://www.sunmark.com/pictures/rtime-800xl.jpg

Let me explain my reasoning. First, in any "chain" of cartridges, there is always a LAST cartridge. The R-Time can be the last cartridge, can't it? Second, let's talk about the different computers the R-Time will be used on, starting with the Atari 800. It can plug into the right slot!! And unless you are using Monkey Wrench with the R-Time, you will NEVER need a pass-through. Can someone give me a reason why you would need a pass-through on an Atari 800? Now for the Atari 400 and XL line. Most people will be using a Sparta X cartridge with the R-Time. Again, it plugs right into the Sparta X cartridge. Let's say there is a situation where you need R-Time and the cartridges you are using do not have a pass-through, or you are using Atari DOS. You simply pop the cartridge apart, and hard wire the circuit board inside your Atari 800XL!! There are only a few connections!! My Atari 800XL has it hardwired in, so I never have to worry about cartridges stacked too high, R-Time getting unplugged...etc. The last reason I did not use a pass-through is cost. It would have increased the cost $25.00 and I figured it was just not worth the added expense.

The board you have is designed for a 2732!!! Something else is causing your problem. Erase the EPROM you received with the board and use that one and see if it works. Also, make sure you are using 21 volts when programming the M2732A. Here is the pcb layout: http://www.sunmark.com/images/2600_front.jpg http://www.sunmark.com/images/2600_back.jpg

You do not use the adapter at all. You CUT the adapter end off, and use the wire. You then hook the two leads from the wire to the positive and negative of the battery. Make sure you have them hooked up correctly! If I remember correctly, the center pin of the plug is positive. Jameco has a lot of batteries. Here is a 12 volt battery: http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/E...W&search=159661 This battery will power your Atari for two hours without having to recharge it.

Try to find a battery about 9 volts. Then you don't have to make any modifications. Attach a cable that you cut from an adapter to the battery. Make sure you have positive and negative correct. Then, you are good to go!!

Let me explain how those power supplies work. The output voltage with no load hooked to it does not mean anything! If you checked the voltage of the adapter when it is hooked up to an Atari AND the Atari is on, the voltage will be around 9 volts. Atari adapters will output the stated voltage AT the stated load. With no load, the voltage output is a lot higher!! So, if you hook up 12 volts to an Atari, you will fry the 7805 regulator. It may not happen immediately, but it will get hot and "blow". Adding a heat sink will help dissapate the heat.

The 2600 uses 9 volts DC and then reduces it to 5 volts DC with a regulator. So, any voltages between 6-12 volts will work fine. If you go up to 12 volts, I would suggest adding a larger heat sink to the 5 volt regulator. Or, another solution is to put a small, high watt resistor in series with the 12 volts. Also, make sure your battery is good for at least 500mA. You can cut the wire from any Atari adapter and hook that directly to your battery. Make sure you have positive going to positive and negative going to negative!!

Here is the front and back of the circuit board.... I use a surface mount hex inverter, it takes up less room. This design will work with both 2K and 4K games. http://www.sunmark.com/images/2600_front.jpg http://www.sunmark.com/images/2600_back.jpg If you need anything else, let me know!! Or, if you like, you can buy one at http://www.sunmark.com and copy it. Mark

Yes, I have as many brand new ones as you like!! They are $2.50 each plus shipping.

Yes, I can load any version of DOS, as long as it is no longer than 16K! Verify is easy to set in any default mode needed. I just picked 2.0S because it seemed everyone is familiar with it!

1) No, since the cart occupies the cartridge slot, you can not insert a basic cart. It you use the DOS option "B", on the XL series, it will just reboot the InstaDOS. You can load a "disk" versions of Basic. 2) The InstaDOS does take up 16K of RAM. So this should be taken into consideration.

How is this handled with the cart version? mem.sav works exactly the same way. Of course you have to have a disk drive or a sio2pc hooked up!

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I like Choplifter. The cartridge is different than the "disk" version. I thing the cartridge version is much better!