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I'm in the Concord/Huntersville area. I'm up for this. I hope some more come on board.

Thanks for thinking of us VBXE users. I think this is a great idea. Update the graphics of existing games to make them near arcade perfect. Great job on this one!

I am suspicious. I think Toyota got their idea for a moon rover from this redux. I'd like to see how this handles going over a crater though. https://www.tweaktown.com/news/84266/toyota-unveils-insane-lunar-rover-designs-with-robotic-arms/index.html

If you have a VBXE, Ultimage 1mb and Rapidus, you will be able to emulate a 48k ZX Spectrum and CP/M. The ZX emulation was a big sell for me.

Element 14 did a pretty cool project making a 3D graphics card using a Raspberry Pi attached through the Atari expansion port.

I have an 800xl with VBXE, Rapidus, Simple Stereo, SIDE3 installed. Drac030 has released a really cool Speccy emulator. It requires VBXE, Rapidus, Simple Stereo to be installed in order to be fully functional. That was reason enough for me to install all three upgrades. We didn't have Speccy in the states. So, I missed out on that scene until now. Now my 800xl runs most the the ZX 48k library. http://drac030.krap.pl/en-zx-pliki.php He also wrote a CPM emulator that will require at least the Rapidus and VBXE installed. http://drac030.krap.pl/en-cpm-pliki.php

I came across this recently. ICEIRG These modes are pretty impressive displaying 256/192 with 20 colors using NTSC artifacting. http://atarionline.pl/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1099&page=1

I was watching a video published just last month about analog TV stations that are still on the air and noticed what looks like an Atari Video Music still in use. Check out starting 7:37. Someone is still using this 44 years later. Really cool!

I just got to Level 15. Level 8 is so hard though. Glad to read your tips. I lost some lives looking for missing jewels.

I had to. He is everywhere else. ? Weekend at Bernies.xex

Sure. Here ya go. I have it set up on a table. All power from the LCD. (Plato term, Last Squadron game, Google search, Pharcyde.org BBS)

I recently bought a Trexonic 12" portable tv. It has a USB port on the side. With my Atari 130XE plugged in to the USB port and a Fujinet attached, I am able to go portable for about 45 minutes on battery. I took it on a trip recently and I paired the Fujinet to my phone. I spent hours playing games, testing platoterm, bbs's, etc. I have a TNFS server set up. So, I was able to access all of my Atari software at home, while in the passenger seat going down I95. Lots of fun!

It turns out that it is the old Atari psu. I made a psu with an old Linksys psu. My Atari boots right away with the new psu. Thanks everyone for your input and advice. I'm back in business.

Thanks everyone all of the helpful tips. I also want to replace the power adapter. Does anyone have a recommendation for a clean 5v 2+amp that I should purchase?

Great idea. I just tried this. My multi-meter is only showing 1.5v when powering up. After a few sec. I will retest and notice that the voltage is gradually rising.

Yes. Pins 6,4,1 are currently pulling 5.17v.

Yes. When I turn it on, the power indicator is very dim. Almost unnoticeable. It gradually brightens. Pressing the reset does nothing until the power light is fully illuminated. The process takes sever minutes.

I grabbed this from a previous post. I have the one on the right. I think the left one is the notorious ingot.

Thanks for the quick reply. I just bought replacement caps.

So, I have a fully loaded Atari 800xl. Ult 1MB, VBXL, Stereo, SIDE3, Fujinet. For the past few months it has started to take longer and longer to turn on. When I flip the switch, the power is dim and slowly brightens over several minutes. When the screen engages, I know that I can now press the reset button and start using it. I will pull out the SIDE3 and Fujinet, and then plug them back in once I have power. I noticed it takes longer to warm up with these other devices connected. Does this mean that I need to replace the capacitors, or is something else failing? Thanks...

I wasn't sure if I messed something up. I have an Ult1MB installed. Before I did the update, I noticed tools in the D1 volume when booting in to Spartados. After I did the update, now I get a 148 Unknown file system error. Can they be restored?

Is the latest firmware build 0.5.32f7ef07 2020-10-07? I noticed the same UART error that NISMOPC posted. I was originally thinking the firmware wasn't loading.

I did the same thing some time ago. I bought a TL866 EPROM programmer and reflashed the chip. If you send me the EPROM chip, I can flash it and test on my U1MB and return to you. PM me if you need any help.

In frame #1 I see what looks like an Atari 810 disk drive on the top shelf.

Well, I finally received my BT Mouse/Joystick adapter. It works great! Very responsive. I recently installed a TK-II-Stereo board, which I love. (very well designed) The PS2 keyboard that I am using is wireless keyboard. With a combination of of the TK-II and BT Mouse/Joystick adapter installed on my Atari, I can just about do anything from across the room. Now my son can play Fortnite without me in his gaming space. Happy home! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-Bluetooth-Mouse-Joystick-Adapter-for-Amiga-Atari-Commodore-Amstrad-MSX/272811116348?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649