Gunstar
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One of my 1050 power supplies recently stopped working and I was about to throw it out and get a replacement. however, being the curious person that I am, I plugged it in one last time and held it up to my ear. It was still humming! So through deduction, I figured that there must be a short someplace between the transformer and the plug to the 1050. I opened it up and low and behold, there is a 120v 5amp fuse soldered in place between the transformer and the line out. It was blown out. So I de-soldered it and replaced it with one (of the same resistance)I bought at RadioShack for less than a buck. My powerpack, of course, now works perfectly again! So if you have any powerpacks laying around that don't work or if one ever goes out on you, open it up and see if the fuse is blown before replacing it or throwing it out. It can save you a bit of money and shipping time (assuming you are proficient with a soldering iron, or even own one...).
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Do to my impatience, curiosity and constant pondering over this problem, I took apart my XE again to look it over. After disconnecting th motherboard from the case and shielding, I plug it in to examine the situation with it on, it didn't appear to have any problems with power loss in that state and I carefully studied everything and prodded around a bit. Nothing seemed to be amiss. Although I noticed that several screws and the the metal sheilding were not as secure as they should be when opening it up, so I made sure everything was ship shape and well fastened. After once again re-assembling everything and testing the computer out once again, everything seemed to be alright. I have been using it for the las hour or so with no problems what so ever, so I can only guess that the motherboard had been jarred and was not properly grounded. So I guess this could be used as a lessen to anyone opening up their computer for any reason; make sure that you properly tighten everything down as securely as you found it before closing it up.
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Ok, I was moving my 130xe the other night and I dropped it. When I plugged it in, the power light came on, but no power to the rest of the system. I took it apart to look for visible signs of breakage and could not find any. After assembling it again, it worked. But, everytime there is a slight vibration (sometimes it only takes a key press), I lose power (the power led is still on though). I de-soldered and re-soldered in the power (female din) because it seemed to be loose. It is now firmly re-attached, but it did not correct the problem. If I tap on my XE, the power will go off and on (again the power led always stays on and the power switch is also fine). I do not have any schematics or circuit testing equipment, only a solder gun&supplies (I am effecient with these). I imagine there is a diode or capaciter that has come loose, but I can't detect it by eye. Any suggestions as to what it might be (I'll need a description of where to look)? It is merely a short some place because the computer can and does operate normally as long as I am VERY careful not to jar it (which means little to no typing though). PLEASE HELP!!!
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Thanks! I'll give that a shot, I just couldn't think of any other words to use instead of load/recall/retreive. I knew there had to be some I wasn't thinking of...
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Oops! exchange that last "know" for "no."
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As far as I know, none of those old dedicated machines had processors as we know them today...they were hard-wired machines with no programmable "chips." The "processors" were basically the entire board, including all the transisters and diodes and capaciters, etc. Any chips in there are really know more than just the very basic of design, a few transisters. If I'm correct, it really woudn't have any general or standard type of "processor" to speak of...
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I have been recovering my lost software lately for my 8-bit, but it's been a bit harder to recover the instructions. I've found solutions for these Infocom games, which is the last thing I want...anyway, I started a game of 'Enchanter,' and saved it to disk by typing "save." How do you load/recover saved games though? I've tried typing "load" and "load game" and "retrieve/retrieve game" and some others, but none work. The game states that it does not know the word "load." So what's up with that? Anyone here still play these games or remember how to recover saved games?
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I've never even heard of the demo cart. What kind of demos are on it? Is there an .ATR image of it (obviously that would be a rom image turned into a disk image).
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I just found one site that seems to have quite a lot of instructions for 8-bit games...it has Infiltrator, but if you guys know any, let me know anyway because while the site I found has a LOT of game instructions it is by no means complete. Thanks!
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There are a lot of ftp sites out there with 8-bit disk images, I've been using my SIO2PC cable to regain a lot of my lost software. Does anyone know of a site that has instruction manuals for 8-bit games though? For example; I downloaded the old Mindscape game 'Infiltrator' but I don't remember any of the controls/commands for this game. Most games are easy enough to figure out, but adventure games like this one have lots of keyboard commands that one needs to know to even get started (you have to go through a checklist in Infiltrator to ready and start the helicopter, I believe in a specific order). Please help if you can...
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NUON
in Atari 2600
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Originally posted by foxglove9:I actually work for a company that makes DVD's and we work with NUON quite a bit. We have 2 players. The players themselves are nice, but as far as the technology goes...it's really weak and already outdated.I have a bunch of Nuon only dvd games(no movies). The best example Tempest 3000 is the same as 2000 but the graphics aren't as smooth and doesn't flow as nice as the PSX version. The other games are nothing better than say Super NES or early PSX stuff. And then there are some games that make you cringe they are so bad.The people at NUON are pretty nice, I hope it works out, but I don't see it happening.
While I agree that the Nuon Technology is outdated (compared to the 128-bit systems), I've seen IronSoldier3, Merlin kart racing, Tempest 3000 and Freefall 2120 in action and they look slightly better than N64, maybe as good as early Dreamcast stuff to me. SNES and PSX quality? Just because you say that, I'm finding it hard to believe that you know anything about it at all...the stuff is a LOT better than PSX stuff, Tempest 3k is a LOT better than TempestX on the PSX! Plus, you buy the player as a DVD machine anyway, the game side is just a bonus...if you want a console, buy a console. Some other games look lame, but that's not the NUON's shortcoming, just the games!
p.s.-if your going by the demo disk version of Tempest 3k, it's not as good as the real thing...buy a long shot!
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NUON
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Originally posted by foxglove9:I actually work for a company that makes DVD's and we work with NUON quite a bit. We have 2 players. The players themselves are nice, but as far as the technology goes...it's really weak and already outdated.I have a bunch of Nuon only dvd games(no movies). The best example Tempest 3000 is the same as 2000 but the graphics aren't as smooth and doesn't flow as nice as the PSX version. The other games are nothing better than say Super NES or early PSX stuff. And then there are some games that make you cringe they are so bad.The people at NUON are pretty nice, I hope it works out, but I don't see it happening.
While I agree that the Nuon Technology is outdated (compared to the 128-bit systems), I've seen IronSoldier3, Merlin kart racing, Tempest 3000 and Freefall 2120 in action and they look slightly better than N64, maybe as good as early Dreamcast stuff to me. SNES and PSX quality? Just because you say that, I'm finding it hard to believe that you know anything about it at all...the stuff is a LOT better than PSX stuff, Tempest 3k is a LOT better than TempestX on the PSX! Plus, you buy the player as a DVD machine anyway, the game side is just a bonus...if you want a console, buy a console. Some other games look lame, but that's not the NUON's shortcoming, just the games!
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I have the larger Lynx carry-all. It has twelve "pockets" in the lid, which I have started doubling up my games in, but I'm getting pretty close to 24 games for the Lynx, so I may have to find another way of storing them too...although the game boy case idea sounds pretty good, now that I think about it (haven't thought about it before). I suppose I would have room in my Lynx case to fit quite a few of those too.
By the way, Songbird's got a special going right now of buying 3 games and getting the forth free (for games priced at 9.95), they are all new in the box. Maybe you guys have another source that is cheaper(?), but are they new in the box?
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Originally posted by Ze_ro:100 years from now, when all known Jaguars in existent are broken or lost, we'll all still be able to play our Jaguar games because of emulators like this--Zero
100 years from now we'll all be dead unless we are half cyborg or have cloned bodies and brain transplants...I still hate emulators, if I want to play a game on my pc, I'll play a pc game! I bought my Jaguar to play Jaguar games on it...
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Yeah the panic button and the placement of the reset button had me laughing so hard when I first saw it that my jaw started hurting (and the back of my head).
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yeah, I kinda gave up on the idea after seeing that web page with the mod too...I can't seem to locate the address, I haven't tried a general search though...but if you goto Jaguar Interactive 2 board (through Atarihq.com) and ask there, I'm sure someone will have the address (if you want to check it out anyway). I'm sure there are other ways of doing it though, this guy did it the way he did because he's a professional dj or something and I think he already had the equipment or he thought it was a good investment for his work...But I've never heard of anyone else trying to modify the jagcd or anything...maybe some type of cart could be made with RCA jacks...I'm quickly learning as I learn more and more about electronics that just about anything is possible if you have the "know how"...
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Originally posted by liquid_sky:We have a craft store around here, I called them, i figured alot of plexiglass is in crafts and stuff, they sell it for like 8 dollars a tube. It is apply buff and let dry.. along the lines of cd scratch remover. I have used turtle wax to fix cd scratches and it works great you cant see any of them, I wonder if it would also work on a screen?
I use Turtle wax too. Once I bought this cd repair kit that came with some lint-free cloths and this itsy-bitsy tube of white goop, I thought to myself, gee, this sure smells and looks like Turtle wax...I'm paying 12 bucks a kit for this? Well, needless to say I use Turtle wax now too...the bottle will last me the rest of my life if I only use it for discs, and there are plenty of soft cloths laying around, like, say, an old sock...
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There was one guy who did a mod for it, he drill a hole in the back of the Jagcd and used some type of sound board or something...it's on the net somewhere, I don't know If I have the address anymore, maybe I have it under my "favorites," I'll check. What I do remember is that the board he used cost hundreds of dollars. he was a professional DJ or something and used it for a club he worked at...
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Originally posted by Raccoon Lad:Hey Gunstar, what did you use to repair the side art, I'm assuming paint, but what kind? I'm asking because my Up'n Down arcade machine has side art that was obviously picked at by some jerk kid, and I want to fix it up, but I'm sure I'll never find replacement sideart.
It was acrylic paint that I used, I bought tubes of it from a local art store...I left what was left of the original decals on the cabinet and just painted in the parts that were missing. I don't even remember where I got the picture of the Zaxxon machine from that I used to copy, I think a brother located another Zaxxon machine somewhere and photographed it. They were Polaroids...
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Bah! Humbug!!! Forget the damn emulators, use the REAL thing! YOu can get a Jaguar for about 25-30 bucks, usually with everything you need and even some games. It's so cheap and most games are so cheap, I really don't see any reason to want to play them on some crappy emulator that will NEVER run them as well as the real thing, no emulator ever does...some come real close, but they ALL fall short at least slightly, in some way or another. Besides...if your going to be LEGAL about it, and not a PIRATE, you still have to buy all the game carts and cd's anyway! Plus this emulator doesn't emulate the Jagcd!
Why the hell does anyone WANT to play the Jag on an emulator if they have the real thing anyway? this is completely ill-logical to me! What goes through people's minds that makes them want to play their beloved game carts on a shitty PC? I just don't understand...what makes a man hate another man, help me understand...People are people so why should it be, that you and I should get along so awfully...uhh, ok, I just had an eighties flashback, I'm going to go smoke a "j" and listen to the St. Elmos Fire soundtrack until I puke...
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The picture looks like the old 8-bit version I used to have as a file on disk(was probably transfered from a cassette), But now that I know a 32k version exists...I'll be hunting the .atr ftp sites for it!
On a side note, my fraternity in college (Sigma Chi), had the actual arcade version in our lounge, I had the job of restoring it at the time, it was in sad shape until I repaired it, (I actually restored the art work on the cabinet by using a picture of what it looked like new (the cabinet artwork was half gone-ripped off), plus I replaced the switches in the joystick (it was busted so it always went left-I fixed that contact), I only repaired the old parts, as we didn't know where to obtain new ones...I, of course, was the reigning champ, with one brother hot on my heels! An old favorite of mine as well...I'll have to plan a trip to my old Frat house to see if they still have it (it's been 7 years).
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Sooner or later, most of my games get some play time. Yes,there are a few games on each of my systems that just suck and never get played and I have only held onto them for collector's purposes. Also, I never play any of the old sports games on a system, Superfootball on my 2600 (7800 actually), will never get played again, because I have games like NFL2K1 on the Dreamcast. Sports games just don't hold up well over time like other classic games. I can put up with the simple graphics of Starmaster after owning WingCommander or Battlesphere, but the sports titles just aren't any fun anymore, even for nostalgic purposes...
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Assuming you had a cartridge plugged in when you did this, it's probably a case of dirty connectors on the cartridge and/or where it plugs in on the 5200. When these systems sit around for awhile, especially with the controllers, the metal contacts get tarnished, just like silverware or anything else. A good cleaning with a pencil eraser and then a good cleaning with some rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip should do the trick (if corrosion/tarnish is the problem). Personally, I would give the whole system a thorough cleaning, getting all the dust and stuff cleaned out of the unit with a vaccum or one of those cans of pressurized keyboard cleaner, I just saw this stuff at Walmart next to cdr's and other disks and cables in the electronics department. I bet it works fine after these steps are taken...
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Jagulator runs Flashback!
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Just because there isn't anything different about the Jag version doesn't mean you should look for one of the other versions necessarily, the Jag version IS just as good. So why not get it if you have a Jaguar? Actually, I only ever played it on the Genesis and Jaguar, and the Jaguar's cut scenes are smoother and so is the in-game animation (just slightly). I think it has Just slightly more color to it to (although I'd definately have to see them side by side to be sure of this...).