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Hey, What is a good monitor that i should look for for my atari 800xl? Do i need any special adaptors?? -Matt

I recently took apart my 800xl's keyboard to clean it. It was really easy. It consists of the keys with a bunch of little springs inside them (be careful not to lose these), and the membrane with the contacts. They keys snap right off, and back on for easy cleaning. The whole job took probably about an hour and a half.

Does anyone know what the programming is for joystick input, or a link to a site on this topic? Any info would help. -Matt

Hi, does anyone know what you have to type into Atari Basic to save your current program onto a disk on a 1050 disk drive?? Any info would help!! -Matt

Does anyone know where i can buy a semi-cheap 1040 ST?? I've checked ebay, and they have good prices, but does anyone know any online businesses that sell them cheaply as well? Any info will help -Matt

I don't know if this is the right forum, but does anyone here own an atari portfolio?? How are they? Would you recommend getting one? Any answers would help!! -Matt

Maybe they'll surprise us all...

Thanks!! My e-mail is [email protected] -Matt

Does anyone know any info on Animal Crossing 2, or have any links to some info?? I can't wait until the next one comes out!! -Matt

Does anyone know where i can download, or at least look at an eastern front manual for atari 400/800? this would help alot. Or, could someone explain the game i can't seem to get it -matt

Hey Nate, whats up?? Anyways, for all you other people... i picked up an atari 800xl, atari 1010, and an atari 1050... i also got around 10 cartridges, including donkey kong, qix, popeye, basic, and pilot... i want to get an assembler cartridge 2.... (i have more 800 cartridges than Nate!!! ) -Matt

cool, thanks ill try cleaning it, but i think ill stick with disks... lol i guess im kinda cheap

Id really like to call in!! What kind of modem and software would i need??

i think u can get an assembler cart off ebay, with instructions, for a few dollars.. check this out- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=21180

Hi, I am having trouble with my atari 1010 program recorder. When i save a program in basic (using 'csave'), it successfully (or so it says) saves the program. When i go to load it, the tape keeps going longer than the program was saved, and then the atari 800xl returns the message error 138. Does anyone know what is wrong with it?? My vic-20 datasete doesn't do this. thanks -Matt

800xl ----->more memory, smaller size... (the only negative is only 2 joystick ports..... )

Does anyone know of any BBS's still running today I think that there are still people running them...it'd be cool to log onto these sometime(of course, id have to get a modem for my atari 800xl ). this info would help a lot. Wouldn't it be neat to get a group of people, and host a BBS?? lol... i guess i have too much free time -Matt

i just bought an atari 800xl computer from the Philly Classic with a dead keyboard. After some continuity tests with a volt meter, i saw a very small scratch in the bus cable going from the keyboard to the computer. I simply taped a wire onto that line of the bus cable, and now it works fine!! Oh yeah, PHILLY CLASSIC 4 WAS AWESOME!!!!

Im using an atari 1050 disk drive.. on an atari 800xl... my computer won't read the ds,dd disks... but you can download programs i think

Hey, Does anyone know of any programs which allow me to write on DS,DD disks on my PC drive?? This would be great, because i know some sites with programming, and stuff. Ive heard of some programs, but im not sure where to get them. -Matt