Rockin' Kat

Hi, I just now got around to installing the video mod I bought for my INTV from 8bitdomain.com click here to download the installation manual. So I'm to the part where I reasemble things... I've put the regulator board back in the case and now I have to reconnect a blue wire from the logic board back into the regulator board. Should be easy, it's just one wire... but it's a two prong plug and both pins on the regulator board appear to go to something and only one pin is going to connect to the wire. But still... I have the instructions with lots of very detailed pictures.... ...My regulator board uses a layout different from the one in the intellivision used to make the instalation manual photos! the plug physicall fits either way, so now I do not know what to do. Anyone here wanna open their INTV and see if they have the same regulator board as mine and if so, which way the cable plugs in? And I thought I'd finish this tonight. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Attatched photos are ones I took of my INTV regulator board.

I always liked the music in the genesis Sonic games... but I also liked to play them. I'm sure I've had games where I only loaded them because I liked the music... but I don't recall which ones. I do like to watch and liston to demos on my Apple IIgs, and have been meaning to get a hold of some for Amiga... Ooh.. some times the crack/pirate intros end up being my favorite part of games I've downloaded for my C64....

[...after watching with the audio off because my stereo system is all discontected at the moment..] That's not Pac-Man. That's spot. He must have broken in, beat up Pac-Man and messed with his shit.

Anyone know of any other good sources for these batteries? I need like, 4 of them (two Macs and two IIGS's) and Reactive Micro apparently doesn't have that many in stock Well, if you have a ROM 01 IIgs, you'll need to order the battery caddy that Reactive Micro sells to replace the soldered on battery first.... if it's a ROM 03, it'll already use the same as most Macs... Anyway, as far as getting new 1/2AA batteries is take a dead 1/2AA battery with you to your local RatShack... erm... RadioShack and ask them where their lithium batteries are. They still carry them but most of their employees will not know what you're talking about if you refer to to them as Mac batteries. Oh, and they don't carry the purple ones anymore... they changed brands a while back... so don't get fixated on the color or you won't find what you're looking for. They're just 1/2AA lithium batteries. If they don't have enough, buy what they have, let them know they are out, and ask them one, when they will get more, and two, if they can make sure to get enough so you only have to come back once more when they get them in. Also... it wouldn't hurt to ask Reactive Micro when they intend to restock on things. Does this ship with the RAM as well, or just the card? I actually have a bunch of 32-pin SIMMS sitting around (a few dozen chips at least), but I'm not sure what size most of them are or if they even work... You should ask the people behind the store if it comes with the RAM. If it doesn't, it's pretty easy to find that kind of RAM for real cheap. I think I have a huge bag of them I picked up for $5 at my local used computer store around here somewhere. I'd go with the 4MB card, but it wouldn't hurt to check out the RAM section at that Reactive Micro place that sells the batteries. They sell individual chips sorted by the brand of RAM card they work in. If you got it working and got the 4MB card, you could use it as added incentive to get someone to buy that extra IIGS, or just keep it around as a spare.

Zing! ....Actually, I've been meaning to try out one I picked up at NWCGE a year or so ago... And hey.... it may not be functional, but it still looks cool.

I'd need about four or five of those to store all my controllers. If I had more room to spread out I would totally store my controllers like that. Untill then, I'll just continue to use a dresser full of small lidless boxes of varying sizes to keep my controllers stored and sorted.

Seeing as she already has a IIgs, she should look into getting it set up nice and all... Would be nice to know what she's got already in it first though. Never know, she could have scored with some real sweet stuff... of cource, if it's anything like my luck, it might not even have a RAM card in it. Odds are the BatRAM battery will be dead... which means that the clock and other settings will return to default every f-ing time... If it's a ROM 01, it'll have the battery soldered on... here is a place where oen can buy a caddy that can be soldered on in place of the battery that takes regular 1/2AA batteries like those used in most Macintosh computers. http://www.reactivemicro.com/index.php?cPath=1_36_25 ....could also concevably buy a few other things there... they sell brand new cards for using CompactFlash memory cards as Hard drives. This place sells new 4MB RAM cards for the IIgs: http://www.brielcomputers.com/ http://www.brielcomputers.com/store.html Clearly. What I want to know, is where are all the old Macs are? I mean.. the real old ones... made before 1998... I don't see any in those pictures! Also, those pictures are teeny-weeny.

Maybe if she's in the same general area as you, you should try going with her to Vintage Computer Festival East 5.0 in September. .... It's about a 5 hour drive from Boston.... or so google maps says it is anyway. ...part of their event is a fleamarket....Could maybe get a good deal on something... or at least see what's there. I'm sure it'd be interesting and admision isn't all that high... $10 for one day, $15 for both days. Never been to one of their events as their West coast ones are still to far for me. [begin rambling mode] As far as what to get that really depends on just what she's interested in... Personally My favorite Apple II model is the IIgs, the last one... It's 16bit, has analog RGB output(which hooks up to a matching over scaning Apple 12" RGB monitor, though you can also use Commodore Amiga monitors, as well as early NEC multisync monitors that can sync down to 15hertz). It's backwards compatible with pretty much anything she's likely to want to run that was made for the earlier 8-bit models(it's pretty seamless backwords compatibility, no confusing codes.... changing the speed of the computer to keep older 8-bit games from running to fast... or to make GS specific games easier... is pretty easy to do in the contorl panel), and has the most options for getting downloaded software onto it provided the right peripherals. While the library of GS specific software is fairly small when compared to other platforms... it still has some good stuff that I think makes it worth having around. I would apsolutly recomend checking out "What is the Apple IIgs?", a website which is dedicated to pretty much all the GS specific stuff. http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/ A base IIgs will be able to interface with both 3.5" DD(800k) floppy drives and 5.25" floppy drives, two of each with the one built in floppy drive port on back... It will also only have either 256k(or maybe that was 512k. it's late and I don't feel like looking it up) or 1MB built in on board depending on whether it's ROM 01 or 03(I'd go for a 01 as their are a few things that will not run on the 03)... both can accept up to 8MB of RAM through the RAM expantion slot... generally though she probably wouldn't need anything more than 4MB.. 2MB is generally a minimum for using GS OS off hard disk... more is nice. The IIgs has a control panel for changing system settings that is accessable most of the time by pressing [apple]+[control]+[esc] Various cards can be added, the main ones to think about would probably be RAM cards and some sort of mass storage card.. like either SCSI or a compact flash/IDE card. Also, the IIgs did have support for stereo audio through a special ad-on card, though only a few games and applications actually took advantage of it... so it's not a major esential thing. Mass storage cards generally for for at least $100(if anyone's looking that is, they can also for for dirt cheap, the Apple II market often has dips where nothing goes for very much).... I think if I were do to it again, I'd go with the compact flash card instead of SCSI since it'd be cheaper to do, but I've got SCSI now with a hard drive and a CD ROM drive which is pretty nice and their are compact flash to SCSI adaptors.. however expensive they may be. ..Also there are two Accelerator cards... Transwarp GS Zip GS both geneally get over $200 ....though they do sometimes go for less... it's been a while since I've really paid much attention to prices.. She won't really need an acclerator for most things she's likely to do but if she really gets into it I wouldn't rule out watching out for one... I know I really love having my TranswarpGS and I certainly didn't *need* it... it does make GS feel faster and some games do benefit with less slowdown. That said.. prices I've seen: IIgs computer : Free - $25. Generally they often will have a 1MB card at least already in them if they havn't been completely stripped of cards. RAM cards, Free - $100 ..... maybe more... really depends on how big they are. I would not pay more than $5 for the 1MB card.... especially if it isn't fully poplulated with chips. Floppy drives: $5 each. SCSI cards $60 to $150. Stereo cards $20 12" Apple analog RGB monitor $15 to $20... if shipped in, expect shipping to easily cost more than the monitor if it's going to be packed right. keyboard and mouse, any old Mac ADB keyboard and mouse should work with the IIgs... though I prefer to use the original ones that shipped with the IIgs since they match the asthetics of the case... I wouldn't pay more than $5 for a mouse and no more than $10 for a keyboard. oh.... also... the IIgs has composite video output... you can use it to test it to make sure it works... and it will work ok for 8-bit software, but it's pretty hidouse for GS specific games and applications. [end rambling mode] I leave you with pictures: http://www.thecowsaysmoo.org/rockinkat/pic...computers/iigs/

You people are such perverts... And kind of creepy.

I always just tell people to start here. http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html

...There's always the private message feature.. youtube has one which works similar to this one. Also... researching things online isn't always as intuitive as it may seem. There's a lot of bullcrap to dig through.... like ads for crap for sell... especially the ads... ugh. I hate when I try to do something like look up auto info and all I can find is ads for retailers and crap pages. You have to know how to get good results. Know which words to search for, which phrases, which words to exclude.. and hell... even sometimes when I put words in for exclude, I still get crap that have the "excluded" words... at least searching for video game info isn't as bad as car info.

You don't want to be a pirate? Captain Cranky Chris? Chris the Cranky Captain? Cranky ol' Cap'n Chris? This bitching and booing about this girl is pretty silly though. Maybe you people should have commented to the video on youtube *politely* pointing out links to such places as the digital press online rarity guide, or perhaps a place where she could pick up a copy of Video Game Colector like J2games... a magazine that features a rarity guide in every issue.

Too bad it isn't linked to the actual image on the AtariAge server, then Al could change it to a pile of dog shit.

I bought a game doctor sf7 from him. He got it out in the mail right away so I had it in very short time. He was very quick to reply to my emails too. It works great.

I've been using a program called GamePedia on my Mac for cataloging my game collection. The software company behind it recently released Pocket Pedia for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It can be used on it's own or it can be synced with GamePedia. If I had either said portable devices I would get it for sure.

Tac-2's don't die, their contacts get oxidized. Get some deoxit, open them up and clean the contact points. Worked wonders on my Tac-2 and it didn't take much of it.

Beware on upgrading exclusively to the 6-button controllers, though. Some Genesis titles don't play well with those and require a 3-button original to work. Clue and Ms. Pac-Man come to mind, for example. You know, when you have a game like that and a 6 button controller, you're supposed to hold the "mode" button down on the 6-button controller to put the controller in three buton mode when you turn the system on.

I looked up his name on google and found this. http://stars.ign.com/objects/919/919348.html and also this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario Says he barged in on a meeting demanding an overdue rent payment. Nice.

I got a copy of the game yesterday.. played it for over 6 hours. about 4 hours with my girlfriend... then after she had to head home I tried out the online function.... I sucked a lot but I did come in 1st maybe twice and 2nd a few times.... but it was still pretty fun... kinda bummer there couldn't be more than one player on a single wii in wifi mode.... otherwise it ran pretty smoothely... only the opening intro to each battle had any slowdown.. actual play was very smooth for me. I think tomorrow I need to investgate how to unlock Sonic...and other things. I'll probably play a lot after work. It'd be difficult for me to arange to play against anyone in particular, but my code is 2621-2416-6668

I drove up to everett(1 hour 30minutes minimum each way) to pick up a broken Apple Multiple Scan 17 monitor(I'm going to be taking it in to get it serviced as it's cheaper than shipping one in....not to mention the others I found for sale online were crazy high prices before shipping even got factored in.). I ended up also taking two Macs, a bag full of SCSI drives... An unused portable CD/Mp3 CD player(which I gave to my girlfriend), an original Mac keyboard(1984, no keypad), and an Apple quicktake 100 camera in it too....and a working Apple 14" multiple Scan monitor. I also took a bunch of floppies full of Mac software. On the way back I stopped into a local used computer store and ended up picking up a NEC versa 486DX/50Mhz laptop. I found myself playing tankwars for several hours today..that and staring at the plaswarp.exe application that was on the harddrive... funky.

I received my Genesis, GameBoy, GameGear, GBA:SP, N64, GameCube, and NintendoDS as gifts. I actually found a photo of me unwrapping my Genesis on Christmas morning a few days ago.

Aw man, it looks as though the auctions have been deleted.

Pepsi tastes like piss anyway. If I'm going to drink a cola I'll take Coca-cola over Pepsi, I don't care if the Pepsi is on sale this week and not Coca cola. But really... I chose Dr. Pepper over that. And no Diet. I hate diet soda.

How would that be impossible? I don't recall either games requiring buttons on each paddle.

I havn't really posted any of my finds here lately, but I had a rather unusually located one recently. Right where I work. A while ago the vendor that supplied movies, music, and video games to the retail chain I work for, Rite Aid, went bankrupt. When we got a new vendor the stuff left over from the previous one was put on clearance. Well, eventually a recall was done on what was left and it was sent to our DC's. Recently they sent it back to some stores(including the one I work in) all retaged with new barcode and price stickers. There were a bunch of playstation games in this stuff and I found some that I didn't have which looked interesting, so I bought a few for myself. $1.49 each for old-stock playstation games can't be too bad. I also found a few CH products Mach(and CH Mach-like) joysticks for IBM-compatbiles recently while out thrifting. I love these little analog joysticks on my Apple II and I'm very happy to have finally found some for IBM compatible. Finally a good joystick to use with my WYSE 286.