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Thanks for the post on this. I just purchased a copy myself!

1050, I purchased a programmer from MCUmall in Canada specifically for this project (Newell OSN/Fastchip EPROM creation) and it was my first time burning an EPROM. It was a GQ-4X and supposedly with the external power adapter, it could do the 25V chips, although I'm having trouble finding where it said that now, since there is a new version of GQ-4X out. Maybe it was the programmer software that told me to connect the external adapter when I selected the type of chip I was trying to burn, I don't recall exactly. As far as the 2716 EPROMs I purchased, I have to locate them now I kind of put all this away after my less than successul results with the intention of purchasing an OSN XL from B&C.

Yes, Vimeo accepts PayPal.

Hi 1050, I took another look at my EPROM purchase from 2015 for this. It says Intel D2716-1 EPROM 350ns 2K x 8 VPP 25V. So what the description reads is what I need I believe. I haven't tried burning another one since our first go though.

Well, that's good, I've never actually spoken to him on the phone, I always just send an email. I'm not sure what kind of testing he does, but all the Atari parts he sells on eBay always says it has been tested.

Yes, that would be a good first start in my opinion. Do you have any blanks? Have you tried formatting a disk and then reading it again? The 1571 is usually a pretty hardy drive, you don't see them fail like the 1541 did.

Right, I searched for it on the US Amazon website and that's where I purchased a copy from and got some other video.

Well, I can vouch for the Vimeo version being correct. Fortunately Amazon is good about refunds, you have to figure out how to actually contact them to ask for the refund The video was good, for what it was, but with nothing about the 400, 800 etc... I was looking for a refund button on Vimeo as well.

It seems odd that 11 drives, especially a 1571 are out of alignment. Are you sure it's not the disk you are trying to read in them that is bad? One thing to keep in mind, and I apologize if I'm stating the obvious, an out of alignment drive is only an issue if you are trying to read disks produced either commercially or from another drive. So even if you have one that is out of aligment, any disk it creates can still be read by that drive. Of course that doesn't help if you have a disk you're trying to load that wasn't created by that drive. You can always buy an SD card device and download D64s from your PC to use them or get an EZ flash. As far as alignment goes, there are plenty of books on the DLH website, bombjack.org that might assist you. Of course I would not say it's super easy, especially if you don't have any experience doing this kind of stuff. http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/books.htm http://store.go4retro.com/

Well, it's been almost 2 years. In that time I haven't noticed any Newell boards with OSN or the Fastchip until last week (I think it was). I believe one was being sold by someone from atariage along with an 800 and then there was a separate Fastchip by itself. I missed out on both of those. My offer still stands of course, I will pay cash or cash + trade (I have 3 unused Incognito) for an original OSN and a Fastchip or any combination. I was going to just cut my losses and buy an OSNXL and Omnview for my XL from B&C but haven't yet. 1050, I was a little confused about the instructions in your other thread and didn't want to derail that one with talk about the Fastchip. Last time we talked about the Fastchip you mentioned a hardware modification to make a standard EPROM work. That was not something I wanted to try of course. Sounds like you have come up with a different way now?

Hi 1050, thanks. I think I'll post to my original fastchip thread, I don't want to derail this one any further.

You may not be interested, but B&C still has them for sale: ACA040 OMNIVIEW 80 FOR 400/800 14.95 I've been meaning to get an OSNXL (with fastchip) myself for my XL along with an Omniview. I still look for the elusive fastchip for the 800. I missed out on 2 on eBay recently

Well, after watching it, I'm kind of disappointed. It was all about the arcade machines and the 2600, nothing about the 400, 800 or any of the other computer models.

I'd hold off on buying it, I just bought it from Amazon US and it appears to be another video, not related to Atari...be warned! Sorry! Must be some Amazon mixup. Update: I got a refund from Amazon and purchased a copy from Vimeo. I have verified this is the correct video showing http://www.8bitgeneration.com/shopintro/

Not sure if anyone else has been waiting for this, but the folks from 8bitgeneration have released Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari I removed my Amazon links since they had the wrong video. Please see my next post.

I use an Amiga 500 power supply on my 1200 so don't limit yourself to looking just for an exact Amiga 1200 PS in the US. The US Amiga 500 PSU provides more current than the original 1200 supply, if I'm not mistaken. There is always the Ray Carlsen version as well, but it's about $80 + shipping: http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/custom%20ps.html

I suppose if you are just a casual 64 user, it's probably not worth the investment. I look at it as the last 64 PCB I would need to buy since from then on (hopefully) the only thing I would need to replace are the custom ICs. I've got quite a few 64/128 PCBs to use for parts though.

Not the point of my posting this thread, but yes, when it was released, it was the only TRS-80. When I used them in 1981, it was no longer the only TRS-80 model since the Model III and II were out by then, so when I mention the first TRS-80, it's always Model I to differentiate.

Oh nice! I've been wanting to spend a little more time exploring my Color Computer 3.

Yeah, interesting, from their PDF: "The Vampire V4 standalone system will be a complete new Amiga system powered by the 68080 CPU core and the complete SAGA chipset (AGA compatible)"

A few additional things to mention: If you want a new SID or 2 (since the MK2 has slots for stereo SID support), he still has them in stock for sale with the Reloaded board but does not sell them separately of course. If you purchased a power supply for the first version of the board, that will still work with the MK2, however, he has a new PSU in development for the MK2 and it will come with adapters for each country. I had to purchase a travel adapter separately for my original supply since I live in the US. The power supply is an additional cost of course to the Reloaded MK2.

It looks good, I'm a backer!

I often swap out my vintage systems as well having more of them than space to set them up I have never used an Apple IIgs but I do get tempted now and then to pick one up.

Yeah, the good thing about these Reloaded boards is that you can mix and match chips from the original 64, the 64C or the 128. I don't recommend taking chips from a good working 64 or 128 of course

While I don't use JiffyDos myself from within WinVICE, I do believe you can change the drive and kernal ROMs within VICE by hitting the F12 key, and making some selections. I'm basing this off the SDL version of WinVICE which I use with Windows 10. When you press F12, you get a text window that appears and allows you to make changes. Of course JiffyDos isn't included, so you'll have to obtain the ROMs elsewhere.