Atari

[Atari]

they are not very common, easy to find if you have a good bit of cash ($40-$60, from the vulture capitalists on ebay), you can find them for $20 and under if you look tho...

 

decent game for sure, either way...

 

sloopy.

 

Yep, I found one on eBay last month for $19 loose...

 

Jay

[FAT32 XEX loader]

Nice

[FAT32 XEX loader]

Can you design the board so that it will fit your current cart shells and be transferable to an original Brown cart shell by the user?

I would love to be able to use this in all my Atari home computers

 

When I get mine, I think I'll use an XE Cart case and shave down the sides just enough for PCB to fit and cut out an opening on the top for the CF Card. This will make fitting into the 800 rather nicely

The 2nd SIDE cart will stay original for the XL's and XE's...

 

Jay

[I want to see and meet/know Atari Girl]

did i even mention, when i married my wife, she owned an Atari 800XL, with monitor, printer, and Atariwriter? gave it to me as a marriage 'dowry' :'D

 

sloopy.

 

That's cool, a match made in Atari Heaven

At least she didn't end up a Computer Widow, like my EX

 

Jay

[Any Interest in a new SDrive NUXX Run?]

I may have to get one of these too, very nice looking

 

Jay

[atari 8-bit programming?]

I just started learning programming on the XL about a week ago. I suck pretty bad right now but just wait... I'll get good soon! Learning little by little every day. Lots of interesting books out there. Soon enough I will advance from rank "n00b poseur programmer" to "rookie programmer".

 

That's exactly how you do it, day-by-day

Get the compute books, Compute, Antic & Analog Mags on ebay and start typing those programs in. You'll learn to debug your typo's and learn a bunch by reading and typing those in...

 

Jay

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

this one http://orph.atarinet.com/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=4013

 

Do you still have the software? and if so is it tape or disk based?

 

Yep, that's the one

I have two floppies with stuff, one may have the program from the cassette since I'm sure I have that still...

 

Jay

VoiceBox.zip

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

You have the Voicebox? or Voicebox II?

 

I think it's the first release, don't remember seeing a "2" or "II" on it. IIRC, it's the one that came with software that only worked on the 800...

[Why is there an unusable edge connector on 800 motherboard?]

Back in '83, I made a cable with two female edge card connectors and fitted/glued the one connector to the back of my original 800. I was thinking that it might be a S100-Bus and would be cool to make some kind of interface for it, but didn't get too far...

Later on I figured that it might just have been connected to a testbed at the factory for a function test of the motherboard...

 

Jay

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

Very cool - I had one of those Covox Voice Masters back in '85 - all I used to do was play poker with it. Voice recognition back then sucked, but I was still cool for having it as none of my other friends did...

 

 

Yep, this is my first one of these, he even had the original floppy, so it will be fun playing with .

I have a VoiceBox by Alien Group too, just need to find it...

 

Jay

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

Just got back from picking This eBay Lot eBay Auction -- Item Number: 180693710668 up...

Even got another free box full of goodies

 

I'll see if I can post pics of all this cool stuff soon...

 

Jay

[Uh-Oh... Distraction!]

Hello Jay

 

But it would be a lot easier to show your coworkers what you found on the net.

 

sincerely

 

Mathy

 

Yep, depending on the content

 

Jay

[Uh-Oh... Distraction!]

I wonder if the transparency is a two-way thing?

Wouldn't be good if your boss saw you playing solitaire or surfing the web

 

Jay

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

go to your local used video game store (Game Stop is one thats good), and get a nice PS2 Eyetoy, they are dirt cheap ( $3 here), and drivers are available for widows XP...

(i would suggest the logitech version, for some reason i always get a better pic out of them, then the namtai version... says on the bottom which it is)

 

work pretty good...

 

sloopy.

 

Thanks Sloopy, will check it out...

 

Jay

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

 

I was lucky to get Jawbreaker II (Rarity of 9) for under $30...

 

Jay

 

nice Jay! Can you post a pick of Jawbreaker II ??

 

Sure, when I can borrow a camera

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

Looks like fibrewire is getting ready to go in for the kill on MR. TNT, I wonder if it will go over $300?

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260815587334

 

I was lucky to get Jawbreaker II (Rarity of 9) for under $30...

 

Jay

[ComputerEyes]

Hello Jay

 

You can find a schematic that someone drew for me a couple of years ago on my Wish list page. Point 23. I've never tested it, but the guy who drew it up reconstructed it from the hardware he owned.

 

sincerely

 

Mathy

 

Thanks Mathy, that's a good start

 

I have one so I could take some PCB shots if you like.

 

The pics would also be cool to compare with

 

Jay

[ComputerEyes]

Hi all, Back in the 80's I borrowed a friends' ComputerEyes and made a schematic from it and built my own interface, but I can't find either of these in my old boxes...

If someone has the schematics or good pictures of both sides of the circuit board they can send me, I'd really appreciate it so I can make another

 

Thanks,

Jay

[New GUI for the Atari 8-bit]

Get back ON TOPIC. Please

[The Bit 3 Full-View 80]

I tried a number of SDCOPY.COM files - none of them run from DOS. They just drop you back on the menu. Did you try this program? How does it work?

 

Bob

 

I just tried SDCopy.com and found that it will not run from the Menu, but if you [Q]uit to DOS XL and type sdcopy, it does indeed work

 

Edit: Also, you can enter the [X]tended Command and type sdcopy for it to work...

 

Jay

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

Rhod: C'etait une blague. C'est drole parce que eBay avait aucune image et aucun texte. Je voulais continuer a la blague, j'ai donc encherir sur un objet inconnu.

 

 

Really, I figured it was just a test, seeing he was a first time seller

[The Bit 3 Full-View 80]

 

Thanks for posting this!

 

I presume that "SDCopy.com" can be copied from one of the other .ATRs that are around, to make a good, usable disk image of this version of DOS XL.

 

Yep, but I just beat ya to it

Here is the Fixed ATR...

 

Jay

DOSXLSD.atr

[What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?]

Complete

Item condition: --

Ended: Jul 13, 201120:00:48 PDT

Bid history: 15 bids

Winning bid: US $12.50

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 110711868900

 

!!!VINTIGAGE!!!

 

and the third auction i lost with an hour :'(

 

you will be showing pic's of your new Complete Vintagage, correct?

 

sloopy.

 

Don't feel too bad. fibrewire outbid me again too

[The Bit 3 Full-View 80]

I found this OSS disk in my stuff. It is DD on one side and SD on the back, files on each side. Bit3 code is on one, DOC on the other. (I didn't actually open the files...)

 

Bob

 

DOSXLSD.atr

 

 

The DOSXLSD.atr has bad data on sector #517 (SDCopy.com), but otherwise both check out okay

 

Jay

[VBXE, showing of interest]

How difficult would it be to make this XL Compatible?

 

it already is XL compatible... i have installed it in a AA members 600XL...

 

 

sloopy.

 

Cool, thanks

 

Maybe I'll get two if I can get my credit card ballance down in time