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  1. After sleeping through the last one, I'm back with two Sophia 2s. (germany)
  2. In my opinion it's quite playable - I'm on level 12. Sometimes you have to have (very) good timing, sometimes you have to jump "pixel perfect" You must not wait too long before jumping off; the jump must be initiated in good time before the abyss. In some places you just can't get any further with your previous tactics and have to try something else. Admittedly, it gets more difficult with higher levels.
  3. The game is really the blast! A very great job! Great attention to detail! 🙂 After the opening credits, I was expecting something Blade Runner-style, but it doesn't rain enough in the game for that - at least in the places I've gotten to so far. I would love to get a physical copy (1 x Standard edition, Germany)!
  4. Allan, TGB1718: >Maybe it's the Buffer mentioned on page 4? Yup, I found these instructions as well. The unpopulated xx-pin ICs could actually be space for optional memory chips or a printer buffer. TZJB: >It needs to be a 14 pin chip so could be an LM3086 transistor array similar to the Atari 1050 drive SIO buffer. > The actual spooler buffer would need the two extra large chips which were not populated at manufacture. A built-in buffer is a good idea. However, I already have an external 256 k buffer... >The 40 pin chip is a PIA probably a 6520. O.K., I think that the big bug is a bit more than a simple I/O device; it still has to fetch the data meant for the printer from the SIO bus, convert them from serial to parallel and prepare them for the printer. In the other interfaces I have, a CPU+EPROM+74??? is installed. cx2k: Thx for pics; it seems that there are different circuit designs in the same housing The interfaces I know in Europe all have such a wide ribbon cable; it is as wide as the Centronics connector fits. Apparently there are variants of the MPP interface where only the necessary cables are wired. Thanks @ all for the tips and hints. If the small IC is really not necessary, the programmed processor should be broken and the interface should be unrepairable - a suitable programmed chip probably can only be obtained from a working interface - it makes no sense to disassemble a working one for a spare part. I have not found a circuit diagram yet. BTW: I have already managed to kill the CPU in a printer interface twice in the long time I have had my little ATARI: Both times I had not switched off both devices (printer & Atari) before unplugging the interface... 😕 In both cases the CPU was damaged. But these were models with external EPROM - it was enough to plug in a new standard CPU.
  5. Hi, I recently got a printer interface.... ...which unfortunately does not run. After opening it, an unpopulated IC socket presented itself: Since the board seems to be designed for different assembly variants (probably CPU + program in external eprom(s) or CPU with internal ROM) and only what is necessary for the current variant is assembled, I assume that an IC is missing. A first search has unfortunately only the manual and a few offers on ebay brought to light. It's not like I don't have enough different Centronics interfaces, but this one has a looped SIO port... All the other ones I have are pure end devices. So it would be worth trying to repair. 🙂 Does anyone know what goes in there or even have a schematic and/or component diagram? Or is it correct that the socket is free? Thx Sleeπ
  6. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer either, but I'd be happy to help with testing. At a convention, I am always ready for a game of MidiMaze. 🙂 Normally we play via MidiMate. We have also tried it some time ago with FujiNet and a local wifi. (As long as I'm home at game time; I'm based in Cologne / Germany.)
  7. Please put down 3 x Sophia2 for me / Country DE (Germany) Thx
  8. After the last ballots were cast live at the AGM, the result is now known: The MIDIcar of pancio was classified by the members in category 2. The ABBUC supports the project with 300 €. Maybe you have heard about another result. The result was corrected from category "4", as announced at the AGM, to "2"! Unfortunately, there was an error on Saturday when entering the ballots cast on site, which caused the contribution to be erroneously classified in category 4. Fortunately, the mistake was noticed during the post-processing of the results. 43 members voted, 27 of them online via the form on the homepage and 16 votes were submitted on site. Congratulations to pancio!
  9. If there was to be a new lot, I would consider myself lucky to get one. 🙂 I like that nothing needs to be modded on the 800.
  10. The first contribution this year comes from pancio: MIDIcar – independent, easy to use MIDI player/recorder
  11. The ABBUC hardware contest 2022 has also started. The deadline for this year is july 31th 2022. Here you can find the rules: 2022 HWC EN.zip
  12. I testet it with a 1Mbit MaxFlash; it doesn´t work. It can't work either, because a 1Mbit cart has 1024 Mbit / 8 = 128 kByte memory. But the game needs at least 256 k (see post #1). So you need a 8 Mbit MaxFlash. Sleepy
  13. Then my PoP-cart looks more real than I thought... I never have seen a brown XE-cart before... :-)
  14. Does one of the PoP files work with the module kit from sikor (XE GS cart schema) ?
  15. Yes, it´s the cart with springs. Unfortunately, the case is not new. BigBen receycled old carts for his 512 k flash cart back then in 2010. I would find the right XEGS design for the sticker fancier than the 400/800 cart.... Does Sikor only have the housings or is this a finished flash cart? Edit: found sikor´s offer.
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