DavidMil

Have you tried running the internal diagnostics (hold down Option Key and turn on the 800XL)? DavidMil

Something that I just noticed; all the Vregs are in the correct location for the finial revision of the boards. So they must have know that there were going to be changes in the next rev. level (along with the missing traces). By the way, the Eprom has a rev level of either 30P or 30R. Not sure. David

Please understand that this board was supposedly dug out of dumpster. It does look like it too. I put it up on ebay and said "sold as is". The power light did light up but that was a far as I tested it. After it didn't sell I hooked up a known good transport to the board and after a speed adjustment it worked fine. Anyway thanks everyone for the tip about attachments. I didn't know it was under more options. David Milsop Kingwood, Texas

Well I give up. I've tried every way I can think of over the last two day to paste the pictures to a reply but this site won't let me do it. Anybody know the secret or got any ideas? I even tried doing it from my wife's PC. The copy and paste options on both PC's are grayed out. DavidMil

He's about twice as insane as everybody else selling Utima games for $400 to $600. I like to check on things like that every so often to see how long it takes them to start lowering the prices. And I have to admit that I tried something like that once with a pre-production 1050 board. It was covered with blue wires from missing traces and the v regs were attached to the boards with wires. I was told that there were only about 100 of these made as a test run. I can post a picture of it if anybody is interested I was all excited about what I was going to do with the money. It didn't sell (and my wife laughed at me). So I put it back in the plastic and took it back to the attic. Sigh, DavidMil

Hey, it includes free shipping! Such a deal... David

TMI! TMI! TMI Mclaneinc David

You'd think we'd learn from those teenage experiences, but every now and then we forget (well I do anyway). I was 17 the first time I got really hammered, I woke up on my back looking up at the bottom of a pool table. I knew I needed to find the bathroom quick, but I couldn't get to my feet. I crawled on my hands and knees and hung my head over the edge of the toilet and puked for what seemed three days. I went home and slept all day Saturday and till noon Sunday. My loving mother woke me up and asked me if I'd like a beer? I almost threw up again! I remember her laughing as she left my bedroom. My dad was what they called a working alcoholic. He'd come home, eat dinner, then sit in his chair and chain smoke a pack of cigs and drink half a bottle of cheap booze. When the bottle was half empty he'd put his cigarette out and go to bed. Then he'd get up a 5AM and go to work again. He always said he got his work ethic from his Irish mother, but his drinking ability came from his Scottish dad. Lung cancer killed him two years after he retired. DavidMil

Minted lamp burgers? Would you care to elaborate on that to a yank? I understand the x2... David

Thanks for that post Gunstar. I just ordered one for myself. DavidMil

I used to help out part time at a place call, 'The Floppy Wizard' in one of the malls here in Houston. I remember staring at the piles of Atari 800's and 810's. Full time employees would sometimes give me a towel to wipe the drool off my chin. I used to collect junk from him and take it home to repair it. I still have my 40MHz Kikusui scope and my JDR function generator sitting quietly here beside me (It's nice to walk down memory lane once in awhile). Back on subject... I don't remember ever seeing any shrink wrap back then, but like Tillek, I don't remember what I had for dinner last night either! David Milsop Kingwood, Texas

I used to drink a lot of Harvey Wall Bangers. They were a VERY good way to get your vitamin C... My version went something like this... 32 oz frozen orange juice one cup of Vodka one (or more) cup(s) of Galliano Then sleepy-bye! DavidMil

I was on Ebay earlier today when I noticed something that got my curiosity up. The posting said that the Atari item was in it's original box and still in factory sealed shrink wrap. It also noted that the box many show some signs of ware. I thought it odd that a factory sealed box could show signs of ware, but what really struck me was the bit about shrink wrap. So, up to the attic I went and I opened up the 800xl box, both 1050 boxes, a couple of 1010 boxes, and a 410 box. None had any shrink wrap. All had plastic bags with twist ties in them. (Please don't ask me why I save that crap, I don't know, I just do). So my question is, does anyone remember buying any 8 bit Atari hardware in Shrink Wrap? DavidMil

Once again the vast and unpaid research group has answered an unanswerable question. This is one of the reasons I really like this site! It's not a bunch of kids typing expletives and running everybody down. On this site most everyone is willing to make suggestions, or like me, throw their two bits out there any time I think of something. I'll forward this on to the arcade repair companies. Thanks again to everyone for your continuing support. I think, after Christmas, I'll go open a couple more boxes from the attic and see what else I can find. I kinda' know how Brad at Best feels; I never know what I'll find. David Milsop Kingwood, Texas

I know there are a lot of 'old timers' on this site so I thought I'd throw this out there to see if anyone recognized which Sega arcade machine this came off of. It is from the early to mid 80's. The people at two video arcade game repair companies in the USA say it looks familiar but don't know for sure which machine it came from. Again, this is something I dug out of my attic. Thanks for any help, DavidMil

Can you open it up to see if the stepper motor is moving the head forward and backward? DavidMil

If they ever do, I would certainly like to get a copy! David Milsop Kingwood, Texas

Thank you very much Allan. David Milsop Kingwood, Texas

If that is a picture of an elf you posted Mario130XL... I now understand why Santa is so JOLLY! Merry Christmas Ya'll! From Texas, DavidMil

My apologies to thorfdbg. I scrolled back up, and there it was. Sorry, but thanks! David

That is correct. The 1k Rom is on the P8048H chip. David

That would be really cool! Thank you, David Milsop Kingwood, Texas

Well, I thought it was the Pokey chip too, but after I replaced it the problem still remained the same. So I tried replacing the CD4051's and sure enough it worked! My thanks to shoestring! DavidMil

A friend brought his 800XL to me a couple of days ago saying that except for the Break key, the keyboard was no longer working. The computer boots to a ready prompt, loads DOS if a drive is attached, passes both self test and Super Salt tests, and plays cartridge games without any problem (so long as no keyboard input is required). The five function keys on the right work (well, I'm not sure about the Help key) and the power LED lights up). Sounds like a keyboard to me; but here is the strange part... if you hold down any key for a while, the cursor will suddenly drop down to the next line like its reached the end of line. It never moves to the right, you never hear the keyboard 'click', and nothing else appears on the screen. If you move the cursor down enough times the READY message will scroll up off the screen. I'm thinking either Pokey, GTIA, or possibly Basic. Let me hear any suggestions you all might have for further testing before I order a replacement chip(s). Thanks, DavidMil Kingwood, Texas

I actually found the documentation for the game and GlowingGhoul is correct. Minimum 386 with 2Megs of RAM, a HD with 2megs of space available, and a CDROM. DavidMil