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  1. Reducing the price of this to just £15 plus shipping if anybody is interested.
  2. Atari SLMC804 Laser Printer controller I believe this is new in the box. Box shows some storage signs, but generally pretty good. I'm in the UK. £50, plus buyer pays shipping fees.
  3. Made by Zaxon, this is the 512KB RAM expansion for the 800XL. It may work with an unexpanded 600XL but I do not have one to test, so I'm not sure of that. It gets power from the joystick port via the included cable. Zaxon's own description: "512 ram expansion( externial) for 800 XL. Based on Jürgen van Radecke Sys Check project in memory expansion and with his consent. Only RAM. Direct plug in to expansion slot. 3D printed ABS Ivory case. Joystick cable for connect power to interface. Rambo type. Plug and play" Works perfectly - selling to slim down the collection (I have the XE version of this expansion!). I'm in the UK. Asking £30 - buyer to pay relevant shipping fees.
  4. Actually, does anybody have a source for longer ECI cables? I'm in the UK and retrolemon tells me he only has the shorter ones that are not suitable for the older, diagonal position.
  5. I have an older cart with no case cutouts or headers. Thinking I might butcher it to add headers for both SIO and ECI. It really would be an all-in-one, then.
  6. I recently set up a TNFS server to use with FujiNet on my Atari 8-bits. Most people run the server on a Raspberry Pi, but with the current energy crisis(!) I wanted to do it from my always-on Windows 10 machine. After using files on FujiNet, even if I eject them from slots, I frequently can’t modify or delete them as they’re reported as in-use by the client I’m using, even when the FujiNet device is turned off. I haven’t tried this yet to see if it fixes the problem, but in any case, I wanted to find an easy way of restarting the server without needing to physically be on the Windows machine. I chose to do this via SSH using Powershell. Here are the instructions for doing so in case it helps you out. Obviously this can be used to stop/start any service you like, and from any OS that gives you the ability to SSH into another machine. There may be more elegant solutions, this is just the one I went for! Install SSH server on Windows 10 via Powershell: Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0 Start and configure server: Start the sshd service Start-Service sshd OPTIONAL but recommended: Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic' Confirm the Firewall rule is configured. It should be created automatically by setup. Run the following to verify: if (!(Get-NetFirewallRule -Name "OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Name, Enabled)) { Write-Output "Firewall Rule 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' does not exist, creating it…" New-NetFirewallRule -Name 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' -DisplayName 'OpenSSH Server (sshd)' -Enabled True -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -Action Allow -LocalPort 22 } else { Write-Output "Firewall rule 'OpenSSH-Server-In-TCP' has been created and exists." } Set Powershell to be default shell over OpenSSH: New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH" -Name DefaultShell -Value "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -PropertyType String -Force To stop the TNFS server: taskkill /F /IM tnfsd.exe To start the TNFS server: start-process C:\tnfsd\tnfsd.exe C:\tnfsroot
  7. Hey @darryl1970 - thanks so much for these amazing hacks. You (and others who had input) did great things! In the other, older 'collected' thread @playsoft posted a fixed version of Donkey Kong RMT to run correctly from the Ultimate Cart. I think the same fix needs to be applied to DKA8_RMT_Encore.xex - not because it won't boot on the Ultimate Cart (it does) but because it won't run properly from a FujiNet, or at least it doesn't from mine! The fixed version of the previous release does, but this one will show the 'How High Can You Get?' screen, and then show the main screen for less than a second before showing the How High screen again, and it just gets stuck in that loop! I'm no expert at all, but I think the attached should be all that was required. Thanks to playsoft in the original thread for the information that BOOT=1 needed to be added before the run, and to @vitoco for their excellent perl script and instructions which made it relatively easy for this total novice to make the changes required. Somebody with more knowledge should check the file to make sure I've not made a mistake, though! I can confirm I tested this and it worked on my FujiNet, Ultimate Cart, and AVG Cart. DKA8_RMT_Encore_BootFix.xex
  8. Ah, sorry, I didn't realise that was there. My apologies.
  9. Hi Karl. Someone messaged me a bit before you from the UK - if he doesn't take it though, you're next in line for sure.
  10. Will do this for £100 including postage to the UK if anyone is interested.
  11. I'm selling my Dragonfly if anyone is interested. Burgundy (red), Pokey Max, YM2151 module, and 5.5/2.1 plug cable. I'm in the UK but will post to Europe or the US on the understanding that all shipping fees will be paid by the buyer, and I won't be responsible for any customs fees / taxes that may be levied. PM me if interested.
  12. I'm selling my Dragonfly if anyone is interested. Burgundy (red), Pokey Max, YM2151 module, and 5.5/2.1 plug cable. I'm in the UK but will post to Europe or the US on the understanding that all shipping fees will be paid by the buyer, and I won't be responsible for any customs fees / taxes that may be levied. PM me if interested.
  13. I'm selling my Dragonfly if anyone is interested. Burgundy (red), Pokey Max, YM2151 module, and 5.5/2.1 plug cable. I'm in the UK but will post to Europe or the US on the understanding that all shipping fees will be paid by the buyer, and I won't be responsible for any customs fees / taxes that may be levied. PM me if interested.
  14. PAL Serial # 79356 Mfg Location: Sunnyvale Owner: ultrasteve, Ware, Hertfordshire, UK A/B Channel Slot: Yes A/B Channel Switch: No Functional: Yes Parts fixed: TIA replaced Refurbished: No SPECIAL: Red screen PCB reverse on motherboard Shielding sticker #: 99 13900001 Switchboard: C012173 Rev 1 ©77 Motherboard: C012283 Rev 1 ©1978
  15. Here's something interesting. I was trying to diagnose another of my PAL 7800s that has absolutely screwed TIA sound. It's had a composite mod, same board as my other one. Now, as part of testing that, I swapped over the MARIAs (just to confirm that was working in the second machine), and early tests (it could change with warm-up etc.) show that Pole Position II plays with no crashes, and no graphics artefacts. Originally, the one that was in place when crashes occurred was this one: 8922BV V8861 VF2085A And the one that I replaced it with, which seems to work, is this one: 9221BV 228841 VF2085B Strangely, though, in the second machine, Pole Position II also seems to run OK, so there's definitely combinations that do or don't work with Dragonfly.
  16. Do you mean the Atari logo on the case? It's embossed (all of my 7800s are IIRC). Audio: would you mind sending me a private message with an image so that I can see what you describe? Just conscious of not wanting to muddy the waters of this thread unless you think other people will find it useful? I have a couple of other PAL machines with different mods in, so I'll check the DF with them when I get the chance, too.
  17. Of course, I understand about the resistors and the pots on the Dragonfly board - I was just observing that on my PAL 7800, if I DON'T have the 47k resistor, TIA/POKEY balance is no good. My NTSC one doesn't need a resistor added though, the sound is OK. With the 47K in my PAL, TIA/POKEY sound balance is good with the regular cart of Commando, but not with Dragonfly. Board is C300633-001 REV C. Pictures attached. Ignore the temporary resistor work So for me, the Ballblazer ROM works fine on my DF (at least for about 10 minutes - didn't test longer! Pole Position II ROM on DF will fail every time, usually after less than a minute of playing. Graphic glitches start to appear, then the screen will either go mostly green, or some other garbled GFX, then crash completely. With this exact 7800 I used to have problems with Ms Pac Man, exhibiting similar graphic issues as you mention with your homebrew Pac Man cart, and like you, they would go away once warmed up. I also powered the 7800 and DF both from the same PSU, and each from different (good quality) ones to rule a power issue out. And by the way, I'm NOT blaming Dragonfly, or saying there's a problem with it - I think there are enough of us now with various issues that suggest PAL 7800s are problematic, for some reason.
  18. Received my Dragonfly, and just gave it a quick test. On my PAL 7800 (I'm in the UK), some games will crash after a short while, but not always at the same time. I use Pole Position II and Ninja Golf as tests. Also, sound balance between TIA and POKEY isn't great, with POKEY being louder than TIA. I have a composite mod board in this machine, and have a 47K resistor joining R32 and R33 - that addresses sound balance with actual carts. Turning the POKEY down doesn't alter this behaviour. I notice the comments from @-^CrossBow^- about mod boards, but rather than this just being a sound issue, the games crash completely. On my NTSC 7800 which uses the same mod board, I have no crashing problems, and all sound balances are fine!
  19. Just read through this whole thread with interest as my Dragonfly should be here any day now. I'm in the UK, and will be using a centre negative PSU (because of space and efficiency reasons!) so my plan is to split that, then reverse the cables (thus polarity) for the one to the Dragonfly. I've also got multiple PAL machines, all with composite mods, but of different kinds. And one NTSC with a composite mod. It'll be interesting to see how it works with both.
  20. Some interesting opinions in this thread, but an awful lot of arguing, too! I think an aspect that has been missed except for only a couple of people mentioning it, is geography. AA is a very US-centric site and store (and that's not a criticism, just an observation). I'm in the UK, and import costs are high from the US. They're high enough that a physical cart for a game that you're interested in (as opposed to dead-set on getting) becomes a difficult prospect to sell to yourself. Itch.io (along with other indie publishers' own sites) provides an excellent platform for those of us that are into multiple systems, particularly the 8-bit home micros we grew up with. I regularly pay £5-£10 ($7-$14) for brand-new C64 digital downloads, for example. I've bought some physical tapes and discs of new games, too, but generally, I prefer digital as I have mass-storage solutions for most of my systems, and limited space in my house that I share with the rest of my family! I don't pirate like I did back in the teenage Amiga days, and I can't justify spending fortunes on new physical releases. That's not to say there's not value in them, or they're not worth it, just when there's so much competition on disposable income choices have to be made. For example, I'd like to buy BeefDrop for 7800 (the TIA version). With shipping, import fees and handling, you're looking at almost $80 for an unboxed version. That's just not going to be viable for many people. As someone who has a Dragonfly on the way for 7800 I'd love to be able to buy some of the HB releases I like the look of. None of us are entitled to be able to buy them digitally, it would just be nice if I could, and as a result there are many that I'll probably never get to play, but that's OK, and no different to any other entertainment medium. If developers want to sell their games digitally (and that's the key, again, we're not entitled to have them do so), the markets are out there. Like any side-hustle, work also needs to be put into marketing those games. If you're not efficiently getting the word out there, then your game won't sell many copies, digital or physical, so comparisons to physical sales on AA are tricky to maintain, it's a site with a long history, and huge user base.
  21. Please could I reserve one: Burgundy With Pokeymax With additional 5.5/2.1 cable Thanks!
  22. Hi @Jetboot Jack - sending you a PM to buy the boxed 800XL, boxed 1050 and 2x 1010s - and maybe the bag of software if you still have it (to be preserved on a8preservation.com)?
  23. @Mr Robot: I hope you're joking, but I'm taking the inference that you're not from your tone and use of emoji. Feel free to correct me if you were. I think you know that's not the same thing. I have respect for a lot of the work you produce, so a little respect for those of us who point out genuine cases wouldn't go amiss. Perhaps the author/publisher/artist of the Atari Color Graphics book got permission from Atari to create a design that was similar, perhaps they didn't. The difference here is that we know Darren didn't get permission, but was still going to go with it anyway. The cover discussion was the cornerstone of many of the further questions because it demonstrated a wholly unprofessional approach to what he was going to be doing with £30,000 of money that was not coming from his own pocket, and highlighted other errors and obfuscations. I don't understand why you're trying to undermine the evidence now.
  24. Kickstarter campaigns allow you to add voluntary amounts of money to your pledge. Often, creators encourage extra funding with 'perks' as was the case here. So those campaign page amounts only show the baseline pledge, not what an individual may have pledged over and above that.
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