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    I remember this show from the mid to late 80s, and early 90s. I thought it had gone off the air LONG ago, but I am sure that I just heard that they finally cancelled this show on PBS last year! Amazing that this show had been on the air for over 20 years. I remember there were two guys that hosted the show, Stewart Cheifet and another...what happened to the other guy?

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    I'm looking for a 600XL, no power supply, just the unit itself. Really all I want is the keyboard component inside (which includes the function keys) so I can fix an existing unit I have. Does anyone have any spares they are willing to sell for cheap, or trade?

     

    I have 8 bit carts to trade , or I can pay via Paypal.com

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    I'm getting 8V output, 5V input on the voltage regulator. Is there anything else I can check to see what is wrong with this Telegames II unit (Atari 2800 clone)

     

    I'm getting no output on Channel 2/3, the Telegames II is receiving power OK (LED's light up)

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    Hi guys, I finally got around to testing a Sears Telegames II unit I have. The output voltage coming from the Voltage Regulator is approximately 5Volts, but the input is at around 7.5Volts. Is this OK? I checked my 9Volt 500ma Adapter for it, and it puts out 14Volts on the Voltmeter ? why is that?

     

    Also,are 7805 voltage regulators created equal? I have a spare one that says T12 on it, and i'm wondering if that is a 12V output ? The one on the Atari I believe says "5" somewhere

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    Is there something wrong with the rarity guide on this title? I see many Telegames versions around (CIB too) and its a rarity 5, and I hardly ever see the Black M-Network (rated 4) or the white label (also rated a 5).

     

    Are the Telegames versions really a 5? I've seen about 10 of these in sealed boxes in the past few months on eBay.

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    If the pins are still connected (not broken) then you can simply just re-heat the 9 solder points to make sure it makes good contact with the board. That usually fixes the problem and is very simple to do if you have basic soldering skills.

     

    Removing and replacing the 9 pin port requires a bit more skill, and the use of a solder-sucker (desoldering tool). Sometimes you may have to do this if any of the pins are broken.

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    This product looks awesome! I tried to find some more details on that site but could not. Could you answer a few questions:

     

    1. Does this mod fit properly in a 2600 Jr? or is it specific to the 6 and 4 switch models only? and if it does fit in a 2600 Jr, I guess you would have to drill a hole to have the wires come out , or remove the RF output?

     

    2. Does it work in a Sears Telegames II / Atari 2800 Unit?

     

    3. Does this mod disable the RF output? Could I switch between the two if I wanted to? For example, I move the system to a TV set without any S-Video or Composite RCA jacks? This is not a big deal, but might something worth mentioning.

     

    4. Have you tried a S-Video->RCA adapter to see if it will function on TVs without S-Video? Although newer TVs all have the S-Video jack, some older models only have the three RCA jacks.

     

    5. Are you shipping starting Dec 19, or BY the 19th if we order now? In other words, will be able to have one for the holidays?

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    Computer Virus Hits, Delivering PayPal 'Phishing' Scam

     

    By Riva Richmond

     

    Dow Jones Newswires

    NEW YORK -- An e-mail virus designed to facilitate a PayPal "phisher" identity-theft scam is circulating among computer users globally.

     

    Though the virus, which first surfaced late Thursday, hasn't become a large outbreak as of yet, computer-security companies warned that it poses a considerable danger to consumers who may fall victim to a phony request for credit-card information from PayPal, eBay Inc.(NASDAQ-NMS:EBAY) 's (EBAY) online payment unit.

     

    The virus, the ninth variation of the "Mimail" virus that first appeared in August, arrives as an attachment to an e-mail with a "from" address that is forged to appear to be from PayPal. It has the subject line "YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES," and its message asks PayPal users to update their account settings with a host of personal information.

     

    The Mimail viruses have been at the leading edge of an evolving online scam known as "phishing," in which thieves send consumers e-mails that appear to come from major corporations and direct them to divulge personal data, such as credit-card information and social-security numbers. Most phishing scams have been delivered by massive spam blasts, but viruses have become the latest mechanisms because of their ability to spread far and wide.

     

    The latest version, which is known as "Mimail.I," is the most convincing Mimail ploy yet, said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer at e-mail filtering firm MessageLabs. "The perpetrator is obviously trying very hard to make this thing look authentic," he said. "Because we're seeing more of them, obviously this is proving very successful."

     

    MessageLabs has blocked more than 2,100 copies of the latest Mimail virus coming from 34 countries. Its forerunner, "Mimail.A," is the sixth most active virus of all time, according to the firm, which has stopped 1.2 million copies of that virus coming from 164 countries.

     

    Ironically, the Mimail.I's creator plays on computer users' security fears to gain their compliance, writing in the e-mail message: "We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy."

     

    The recipient is asked to run an attached program that is supposedly safer than sending an e-mail. Clicking on the attachment, which reads either " www.paypal.asp.scr" or "www.paypal.com.scr.", activates a program that generates a dialog box displaying a PayPal logo that requests information such as credit- card number, PIN number, card expiration date and the three-digit security code printed on the back of cards. The resulting file of information is then sent off to the fraudster, while a viral mechanism resends the e-mail out to addresses it finds in the victim's hard disk.

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