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  3. Posted

    My suggestion would be to go on Carb Day which is Friday its your best chance to get back by the pit area where the drivers are a little more receptive on Friday - Saturday is a quiet day at the Track and Sunday they will be too focused on the actual race. Best of luck to you with your quest.

     

    C24

  5. Posted

    - The 8-bit computers have the larger library by a longggggggg shot.

    - There are barely any games at all on the 5200 that aren't available for the 8-bits either -- they've been converted.

     

    "DOS"? Depending on what you want to do, you may hardly have to deal with one at all.

     

    Agreed with you there 100% but I guess what Im saying on the 800XL I know nothing at all about how to operate the disk drive I dont know any of the commands. Newbie sorry.

     

    Here's the topic for Newbies: 8-Bit Topic For Newbies

     

    You can get a few clues in there.

     

    There are plenty of devices, including the SIO2PC, which will allow you to access Atari files and disk images of Atari disks without having to deal with an actual Atari disk drive, and rarely needing to do anything in any DOS, if you like.

    Thanks for the leed I will check that for sure.

  6. Posted

    There's about 1400 threads about 5200 vs. 8-bit that contain all the arguments on both sides. My opinion, the controllers on the 5200, if you get rebuilt Best Gold ones, or otherwise rebuilt, are fantastic and are part of the appeal of the system. A few of the games are better on the 5200. I love both 5200 and A8 and have both. If it came down to only have one, or the other, period, I'd have to take the A8 simply due to the massive amount of titles available for it. In addition, assuming you do it the right way, you can get into an 800XL and either SIO2PC-USB or microSD solution for cheaper than a 5200 with rebuilt Gold controllers and multi- or flash-cart.

    My questions besides the controllers would be what is the difference between the 2 and 4 ports besides the obvious 2 and 4 is the switch box different on the 2 then the 4? I totally agree that whenever I do get a 5200 that Best will be collecting some money from me for the Gold Sticks.

     

    Thanks,

     

    C.

  8. Posted

    - The 8-bit computers have the larger library by a longggggggg shot.

    - There are barely any games at all on the 5200 that aren't available for the 8-bits either -- they've been converted.

     

    "DOS"? Depending on what you want to do, you may hardly have to deal with one at all.

    Do you have a link for it? Thanks.

    That's why the SIO2PC device is so handy. For a new user, it probably isn't worth getting into floppies. With SIO2PC, you can turn any PC into a floppy emulator and then you just boot the disk images you download.

    Do you have a link for it? Thanks. The 800xl Im working on comes with a 1050 Disk drive.

  9. Posted

    - The 8-bit computers have the larger library by a longggggggg shot.

    - There are barely any games at all on the 5200 that aren't available for the 8-bits either -- they've been converted.

     

    "DOS"? Depending on what you want to do, you may hardly have to deal with one at all.

    Agreed with you there 100% but I guess what Im saying on the 800XL I know nothing at all about how to operate the disk drive I dont know any of the commands. Newbie sorry.

  10. Posted

    Well, you could also get an XEGS. It was sold as a game console that converted to a computer but it's basically an 800XL inside.

     

    Anyway, add an SIO2PC device and you can play anything you download (unless it needs more than 64K RAM).

     

    XEGS is a nice system too, but it would either be the 5200 or the actual computer 800xl for me for now, XEGS are pricey and hard to come by regularly.

  11. Posted

    A part of me knows the answer to this is sure just get both systems and I may, But seriously the controller issues on the 5200 have always been a large turn off for me. Love the games on both systems but am still leaning towards the 800XL first since I have a 2600 and a 7800 with a large stable of joysticks in tow. I am very unfamiliar the DOS operating system on 800XL but I'm also quite sure I can find the information online now days. Also have heard a lot of bad things regarding the 5200 four port systems versus the 2 port systems with the automatic tv switch box. Looking for opinions and insight and Thanks for your time today.

     

    C.

  13. Posted

    Sounds like a cracked solder joint.

     

    Mitch

    OK Paddles worked fine.. when I tried another controller in 2600 mode (used Bowling 2600) He goes straight up 2nd player works fine so I was able to use player 2 in 2600 and 7800 worked fine. sorry sort of new to inner workings am I just looking for a loose wire?

     

    C.

  14. Posted

    I have tried other controllers, Fire button works fine it is moving to the left which is not working. all other functions seem to work normal, left up and down just nothing to the right. I will try paddles in the am tomorrow.

     

    C.

  15. Posted · Edited by chuckster24

    I got my 7800 about 3 years ago and at that time everything worked fine but now controller port 1 seems to have some issues are the any schematics of what it is supposed to look like on the interior so i can check it and or any simple fixes to remedy this. I have tried 2600 games in it and also seems to be not working now. Would love to get my 7800 up and running again.

     

    Much Thanks,

     

    C.

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