Joe Stella

have some ideas down on paper now.. mainly re-creations of classics, i.e. space invaders, snake, etc. with eye on bigger things, ports of 8-bit classics mostly. great stuff man, hope you can find time to keep it going.

it warms my heart to see some new blood on the scene. welcome.

i've also been thinking about starting in on the lynx. if you have another dev cart available, please drop me a pm. thank you.

my point is simply, let people run their auctions any way they please, as long as they are being honest and upfront about their terms. advance disclosure cannot be underhanded. as far as new york goes, you've probably not mail-ordered from one of the "camera shops". don't take my word for it, check out epinions some time.

talk about good timing!

i'll post some pics around january. thanks for the info.

doesn't matter how he wants to run /his/ auction, as long as he's up front about it. if he wants to charge 10x the normal shipping rate, and states it up front, fine. if he tries that in an underhanded fashion, he must be from new york. i've had people bid on my auctions and win, then whine about the terms that were clearly stated in the ad. that pisses me off. a) learn to read, and b) if you don't like the terms, you have the option to move along...

To you hardware guys out there, is this possible? I picked up a 2600 in Europe years ago (a clone, actually, with built-in games), and of course it doesn't work in the U.S. Just a matter of changing powersupply, TIA, ?other? chips?

very cool. my order is in. i'll be happy to report back to the board when i have some test results.

at the time (77+), we called the 2600 "the atari". simple as that. everyone and anyone knew what you meant.

i'm certain you're right retro. i don't know anything about painting plastic. i'm hoping someone will enlighten me. p.s. i was thinking povlok as well.

this has to do with atari how?

as long as you're up front about it, charge whatever you want.

I didn't see a reference to this here or on Atari Archive, but does anyone know if they make .pdf's (or other offline/portable) transcripts of the books on their site? Alternatively, what's everyone's favorite offline webpage reader? It's a wonderful resource, btw. Big thanks to those involved. http://www.atariarchives.org/

Does someone have a recommendation on a touch-up paint for restoring worn-off orange console and joystick trim? I noticed someone selling it on ebay, not my favorite source.

Whilst looking around for a good Atari to PC joystick solution, I came across this half-abandoned site for what might be the ideal solution: http://w5.cs.uni-sb.de/~stahl/com/index_uk.html No modifications to originals joysticks needed, no drivers for parallel ports, just a clean plug-n-play design, and for two sticks to boot. Nifty. Does anyone know of a better solution? Does anyone have one of these they want to get rid of? Is anyone else making them (or something like it)? They make the circuit diagram available on their site, if anyone wants to try. What do you guys use?

are you taking names for the first 25? i'd like one please.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to put your son into storage until he learns better.

im also curious where to look in OC/LA. i have to say, several years ago, you could find atari related items readily at most major thrift stores. i've been methodically combing them recently, and have come up with nothing, not even a damn combat cart. that well seems to have run dry. i'm looking for lists of swap meets/flea markets? anything? are there any home computer user groups left?

here's a fairly lengthy list and description of atari bbs software. http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ be sure to check out the top-level domain on that one for a directory of software, check out http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ATARI/EIGHTBIT/ *** regarding express pro software - the only bbs i'm aware of that still runs a copy is dave hunt's official support bbs 'closer to home' telnetable at cth.dtdns.net interestingly, it runs on an emulator, and the current version doesn't support real hardware. not sure if it's my terminal emulator or what, but the screen updates are very jerky, and input seems to be delayed. takes some getting used to. use an atascii capable terminal program or a real atari-8 for that almost-real feeling. express has bbs-networking capability, apparently, but that feature is not being used due to lack of partners. i've posed a number of questions to dave, but haven't heard back. *** carina. yeah, i noticed that it was listed as being written in basic. that could be good? it might lend itself to tinkering and expanding. regarding the problems at higher data rates -- wonder if it could be compiled? it does seem to boast a bunch of interesting features. *** so at the end of the day... sadly, neither of these two packages can interface with the "big" bbs networks. - i wonder if either of these packages have problems with mydos/myide? side note - IDE to compact flash memory adapters are supposed to work with myide ! solid state goodness! - does one have to use steven tuckers ape (which i have a license for), or can one use the announced ethernet interface solution to create a stand-alone system? - some of you sound interested in running your own systems (ah, to be the sysop! i think someone is trying to summon me would you guys be interested in creating an express pro network? i begin to wonder if the st series is maybe a better host, but where is the fun in that?

are you sure? i have an 82/83 800 with expansion slot. difference being, the later model had a screw on expansion slot, and the 16k memory modules (in mine) are not individually shielded.

Sure, there are many practical reasons why a cart vs. a system are preferable. I do believe a system (with switches/cart slot, of course), expands the appeal and evtl. viewing audience. Alternatively, how about using a standard Atari Joystick? I'm thinking, again, of mass recognition. Whatever you guys decide, this should be fun. Count me in for Southern California (Disneyland).

sounds fun, but how about an atari 2600 instead of the combat cart? i know, shipping and all.. maybe a mostly empty case instead?

they will probably have this nailed down in their end-user agreement, but wouldn't buying this be a neat way to own the usage rights to 80 original .bin files (for the non-cart collectors in the audience)?

did the 4050/stereo pcb ever go into production?