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  1. Posted

    At the rate of price-decrease/capcity-increase, I just keep buying a new USB Flash Drive (or whatever) every 2 years or so, copy my frequently-used stuff to the new one, and retire the old one LONG before I hit the millions of read/write cycles necessary to tank it. As a result, I have a sandwich bag full of 512k, 1mb, 2mb, 4mb, 8mb, 16mb, and even 32mb USB "thumb" (why do they use that name?) drives that work perfectly, and were simply obsoleted by higher-capacity, long before they exceeded their service lives. As such, I don't really see a problem. I see no end to this.

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  2. Posted

    The 822 was my first printer!

     

    I bought it out of a bargain bin in the toy section of JC Penny, in the early 1980s. At that time, it was several hundred dollars for something like an Atari 825 or Epson MX-80, plus the expense of an Atari 850 Interface (remember how expensive those were). It was the only way I could print anything out of my Atari for a while.

     

    I remember other Atari BBS SYSOPS used the 820 on their BBS, and used to tell me about hearing the noisy 820 from bed across the house, as people would leave a "Message To SYSOP" at some ungodly hour. I missed out on the 820. I tried for a while to look for 'em, but they're just too rare, expensive, and not so usable to me now. I stocked up on Epson FX-80s (well, 2 is a stock now) so I can do a vintage Print Shop printout, now and then. That's about all they are good for.

     

    About a year ago, I heard an old-school dot matrix impact printer going at the Bone and Joint clinic. I hadn't heard one in years. I was waiting for it to print across the perforation and make that really loud sound, and it did! I couldn't believe it. Isn't it cheaper to have a laser printer print two pages than tear apart those archaic tractor feed multi-part forms?

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    I ordered MyIDE2 on November 2.

     

    I received an acknowledgement on November 4, via Email, and tracking number.

     

    I received the product on Saturday, November 11.

     

    So it takes a few days, but the stuff is always top-grade, and Steve ALWAYS comes through. This isn't Walmart or Amazon, with enormous shipping department and staff. But it's really special Atari stuff that you can't get elsewhere. I think people need to stop worrying, or settle for what they can get at Walmart or Amazon. Good luck with anything other than Atari Flashbacks, however. :)

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  8. Posted

    Forgot about the Encore, and just ordered one! YAHOO!!!!

     

     

     

     

    The only 5200 cartridge that I know of is from Atarimax.

     

    The older one has internal memory and holds 128 games......

     

    https://www.atarimax.com/usb5200/documentation/

     

    ....and the newer one uses an SD card, and appears to be the better option.....

     

    https://www.atarimax.com/5200sd/documentation/index.html

     

    I don't have a 5200, but my friend who does loves the SD edition. They seem to be the same price ($129).

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    I know I'm getting old. I'm still enjoying the graphics of the 360 and PS3 if they even hit 1080, which I don't think they always do.

     

    Meanwhile, I've "missed out" on the entire Xbox One generation. I thought the "S" was a nice and tempting innovation. Looks like it's great that I waited. Perhaps by the time I am ready for an "Xbox One X," perhaps there will be a price drop and/or "Xbox One X S." Meanwhile, the pawnshops are full of "regular" Xbox One games for only a few bucks, each, and it's grand that they'll play on the newest Xbox.

     

    Good things come to those who wait.

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    Couldn't help myself, and ordered each. With the new controller adapters (finally DECENT 7800 control),a POKEY in the cart, and an S-video mod, the 7800 is really an impressive machine that I completely missed out on, "back in the day." What's more, while some of the newer stuff "doesn't feel really 'Atari'," the 7800 really has the same "Atari Allure" that the 2600 and 400/800/XL/XE give me.

     

    This is really great. I'm certainly new to the "homebrew" scene, but I think that the 7800 is perhaps the best platform for homebrew, because the potential of the machine (all those sprites and colors, man!) seems formidable for the time period, and as such that the game library was so small, went largely untapped. Three cheers for Bob DeCrescenzo for taking the opportunity, and three more for Albert, for offering this stuff in the AtariAge store which is as easy as ordering from Amazon.com.

     

    One question, however: Can there possibly be a small run of Beef Drop with the POKEY, as well? That would be swell!

  11. Posted

    I placed an order with Atarimax, about a day ago. I got a reply within 24 hours. I want to try the MyIDE 2 cart.

     

    I received this, in less than 24 hours.....

     

     

     

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    Steve always comes through. No worries. He's probably a busy man. I love his stuff.

     

    I also have to give props to Lotharek for shipping so quickly from halfway around the Earth from where I live.

     

    Do not worry. There could be a delay, but there is no lack of honor or integrity on the part of both of these sellers. They always come through!

     

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    OR... you can read the various posts and opinions in this thread and use that information to determine if you should go out and find something you want. Picking up a CRT is more of an investment in time and energy at this point. If this debate can make it easier for the next guy to decide on which TV to use, I'm all for it.

     

    It just seems like a we're beating a dead horse, over and over again. Obviously, a system designed for an old CRT will look better on a CRT. Obviously, a system designed for HD will look better on a modern display. What's the mystery?

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    This looks great, and I may be interested shortly, as soon as I can figure which way is up. Keep up the good work, however!!!

     

    Also, if you could please consider finding some of the brown vinyl that will match the "classic" brown vinyl, used in some of the other old systems. I have many systems (Atari, Commodore, etc) that used this. Although I do prefer the black, it'd be great to have some in the brown to match and look "vintage." I understand, however, that this may not be practical. Here is an example of the vintage stuff:

     

     

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    But that is just a minor suggestion. Your stuff rocks, and is not available anywhere else! :)

     

     

  14. Posted

    I guess I don't understand the debate. Use what the hell you have.

     

    Sometimes, I hook a "classic" console to an LCD and there is a lag. Sometimes, I can put it into "gaming mode" (or whatever) and reduce the lag. The LCD in the next room won't have that option. The LCD in the next room won't have that option, and there WILL be a lag. It's all a turkey-shoot at this point. However, it is becoming evident that in a relatively short period of time, future LCD televisions will delete composite (and other analog inputs), so this shall shortly be a moot point.

     

    Use what you have. Use what works. Who cares what other people think.,

     

    I have a fair staple of extra CRTs and they work quite well for me. But the old systems still work with my LCDs that (as of now) have a composite input. I am thinking of buying a couple of nice 32" LCDs to throw in the storage room, that DO still have composite (and RF, while we're at it), while they are still available. I don't mind rat-packing retro-technology, or I wouldn't be on this site, in the first place.

     

    Short answer: Use what you have if it works. In the future, it will not.

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  17. Posted

    I know from my personal hunting earlier this year that the screen quality of the knockoffs don't come close to the Sony screen. It may cost a little more, but it has the best panel for brightness, visual quality, least blur, color/lighting discoloration too, and refresh. I'd almost argue just pay the extra so you don't get garbage if you care how it looks.

     

    This has been my experience, as well. If I recall, the aftermarket was first to the market, and I had an "Intec" (or some other brand) and then when the actual Sony screen came out, I upgraded, and I was duly impressed. The little speakers on all of the screens leave something to be desired, but the Sony had markedly better quality sound, too.

  18. Posted

    Here is a picture of the disks I am pushing.

     

     

     

    I remember buying those at Costco when they built their first store in Anchorage - mid-80's I think. It's hard to imagine how expensive floppy disks seemed at the time (especially if you're a kid throwing newspapers and flipping burgers after school). They were still not cheap, but it was the first time I could buy semi-affordable disks!

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  21. Posted

    Can't help, but just wanted to mention that this was my first modem of all-time, and I really loved it! I forgot if it didn't have tone dialing! I have a couple of them somewhere in the storage bins, for old-time sake. It sure was a nice, cheaper alternative to other modems at the time (either an Atari 830 acoustic, plus cable, plus EXPENSIVE Atari 850 Interface Module, or an Atari 835 (which I've never seen), or even the Atari 1030.)

     

    I remember it had a "variable" baud rate. It could go up to 450 baud. It made a lot of errors at maximum, though. However, I remember a friend sending me an EXE (or XEX in the modern parlance) of "Bruce Lee" at a fairly-reliable 400 baud. The Xmodem blocks only had to retry about every 10th-or-so!!!!

  23. Posted

    If they would have called it "Wii 2" instead of "Wii U," much confusion would have been avoided. I don't know what they are thinking. They are both fine machines, but I have hardly played mine, although it's difficult for me to find the time to play anything, lately. I remember thinking that the name "Wii" was stupid. But it didn't matter what I thought; the thing was a complete success. Then, when I got to like it and the "Wii U" came out, I thought that was even dumber, because the "U" did nothing other than to confuse people.

     

    However,. "Xbox 2" would be easier to understand than "Xbox 360," and "Xbox 3" would be MUCH easier to understand than "Xbox One," which can easily be confused with "Xbox 1," which usually means the original Xbox. I think there are a lot of Madison Avenue advertising firms full of incompetent people who are worth less than their salt. But what do I know? Very little. :)

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  24. Posted

    Good grief, I'd be interested in 2 of these, in as fully-assembled and complete and closely-functioning as possible. The Realan case or the 3D printed case, although I'm not sure what the 3D printed case looks like. I just wanted to register some interest, to be added to the total.

     

    Thank you very much. More tragedy has kept me from logging in as often as I like, and I'm the last person on the Earth to not have an actual "smart" phone, so I can't check email (nor log into AtariAge) until I return to my physical PC. Very backward!!!

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