_The Doctor__

messy?... no hot glue or anything and mines still looking clean even with switch mod

as guess as the work progressed something got borked...

that's an issue no matter what respeqt is used

did you jump your diodes and try maybe the combination is up to no good? it shouldn't be however anything is possible. in any event some progress is made and hopefully giving moving cmd a whirl might help... wonders what for or why that choice was made

still can't reach the BBS, I am sure you are aware these serial to lan boxes are pretty much a type in th actual IP address affair or you can't have dashes or certain other characters on this one or that. It makes for a problem to reach you, I will resolve you dns using a ping and plop the address into the dialer and see if it helps... it didn't last time I tried... it resolved to 73.152.67.90 and you have said it's port 8888 still a no go...

there are two reasons why it's hard to get to that bbs... dynamic IP adress and a dash in the dns name... just two hurdles in getting to them....

I will switch to rs232 based sio2pc and it'll prolly work then... of course mine is also steve's handi work with the programmed gal on it as well

I didn't get a chance to edit the post but steve's device... it has a micro controller on it to switch speed faster and the usb has a faster polling rate.. and a gal handles a couple things as well for swapping wires etc.. you would need to set the polling rate faster for respeqt to have a chance at this. high speed high dpi mice are often polled much faster for competitive gaming.

so respeqt should be set in options at double speed... it can that revert to 19200 as needed... This is also why steves sio2pc-usb and APE from atarimax also works with xf551 where as the the other software and hardware offering do not.

where is dis boot factory you speak of? no seriously what's the ip?

speed divisor maybe? try picking close to happy divisor in your settings r cade

command line not in proper state is what could mess with all connected devices... drives or 850's it's tells everything hey wake up and listen!

Huh, XF551 Double sided double density 360K two disk two sides, 90+90+90+90=360k hard drives and all sorts of storage.. also.. ducks hides, but keeps and eye out, Doc

I love it! A game to actually learn something with and the ability to make our own questions. It can be used to teach kids or adults just about any thing. It keeps it interesting and fun! Nicely Done! -Doc-

Dear Thomas Johnson, We are sorry we did not heed your words and keep all files intact.... we probably used single sided single density disk.... it's likely you had more than one side and/or used 1050 or better density for the tutorial to be on.... Please forgive us. Have mercy and pretty please dig around to find all the parts of Action! and BBS Express PRO! tutorials you made oh so long ago. Thank you, The Express Pro Community!

no, It is not possible as I can not see an attached file to download *edit* Yes, as you have now edited the post to include an attached file for us to download. We can now test it.

it was a compliment.... although it won't run on XP, I have an old laptop I normally use respeqt to serve my Atari from... should be a simple toggle in you kit to fix this up

if you have an extra ram you could try tension of chip legs and stack on ram chip one at a time.. if ram is not shorted but open.. it might identify bad chip... but the hot cpu says something might be shorted.. can't hurt to try... I would think sockets are always a good thing just use double swipe sockets... but yes I always try to socket a broken machine... Make sure no chips have folded under or shorted broken pins before during and after all work...

what is command line doing? is it holding the wrong state while idle.

color pot could need to be re compressed or replaced... right monitor cord? right plug.... some monitor have a switch for color and b/w or luma chroma modes.. correct chips for monitor?

cpu to hot to touch is either a bad cpu or something pulling current through the cpu..... check that ram! swap C060472 and its support chips visual inspect solder joint no bridges or cold joints (magnifying glass helps) you've got patterns so something lives... no bulged or leaky caps? then move on to through hole stuff

It was and no one knows where it all is.

all that atari stuff could be dried out cleaned up and will still work... you might have to replace a mylar but de oxit is a miracle worker

Well Bill and Steve would NEVER steal and litigate later... never... sarcasm alarm melts down.. I am not in the habit of excusing bad behavior by citing other bad behavior... well bobby did it ! so did jeffrey dalmzer! so it's o'tay! Nope, It's one thing to stand on the shoulders of giants and understand what they have done, examine it and improve it or come up with a new and better way to get it done. It's quite another to out right steal... I've seen byte for byte, bit for bit same code, and die for die duplication from china. the quality control in the toilet. Over and over again. Funny names or sometime even the name and logo on the outside look legit, lets not talk cd's or dvd's either... You won't catch me quoting the exception to the rule as the rule, nor will you catch me quoting the rule as the exception to the rule. I leave that to the politicians.

CPU is getting hot? How hot is hot? compared to other Ataris? check around it. no video from rf as well as luma chroma or composite? power is clean and no dead capacitors? power supply works with other Atari's? Without distortion, humm, or hum bars. if all moveable chips have been cleaned and reseated you only have a couple soldered items to check... Memory is all good? you've swapped or moved them? does a disk drive connected to this try to boot? any audio of any kind, pops or clicks during what should be boot time? did you try a star raiders or other cart that takes over the computer early (so called diagnostic carts)