Paul Westphal

Much safer than what you are CURRENTly using.

Missile Command : Try holding the select button on boot, if I remember correctly.

Here are some alternatives : https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/atari-xl-xe-replacement-power-supply With this one you need a 1.5amp USB power block : https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/atari-xl-xe-replacement-power-via-usb

This might help..

My bad idea has been working without flaws since 1980. Lithium grease is better. Dirt is not picky.

Cotton swab and - a little - vaseline.( or any clean petroleum jelly)

Best Electronics : http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/8-bit_.htm Indus Atari 8 bit GT Disk Drive Upgrade ROM. This plug in Unreleased Indus OS Rom will give you a Faster Sector Mode 50 - 75 faster, Increased Stepper Rate of 50% faster and Shortened Motor Timeout from 9 seconds to 2.5 seconds. Requires you dissemble your Indus Disk Drive, unplug the old OS chip and insert the upgrade OS chip. Includes the New Indus OS chip and 1 page written instructions. CB103141 $15.95

Besides OEM power supplies, I have found that the modern 400/800 power supplies from 8 bit classics are excellent.

My expert disk drive repair guy, Paul Alhart : [email protected]

Bummer. Sorry, maybe they will send you a replacement?

When you get it an UNO running, put this on the card Commando XE RX8094.rom

The SD card should be a small one and make sure its formatted. You just drag and drop the files to the SD card ( no folder needed ). It CAN do some .ATR's( disk images ) but stick to .XEX files. You can get them at Atarionline.pl.

The Uno Cart will not work on a 16k machine, which the stock 600XL is. It WILL work on a 48k 400, but NOT a 800. Get one from The Brewing Academy.

SOLD!!!

Hercules workshop up in Canada had good quality cables. His cables split the audio out to two speakers.

FYI you can get brand new motherboards from Best Electronics, but they are like a box of chocolates... 😀

Millipede, Centipede, Crystal Castles. Millipede is awesome with it! I also tried Galaxian with mixed results. I didn’t know about Slime, thanks.

Every Hong Kong labeled 800xl I have opened was fully socketed. Every Hong Kong labeled 600xl I have opened was socketed. Paul Eightbitfix.com

If its made in Hong Kong the chips are socketed, which means easy repairs. If it’s made in Taiwan, the chips are probably partially or fully soldered to the motherboard, which is more work to repair.

Keep in mind some later games and homebrews require 64k or more, so if they don't work...

This is my disk drive guy in California. [email protected]