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Nice! Not too keen to show you guys my progress now that I see there's use of the correctly spaced capacitors (not a dig at you Mike ) I soldered my resistor network DIPs, not in sockets like yours, wondering why you would? Do they fail? I'm building a PAL version (for NZ) Thanks to your photo I now notice I should have added 952-2538-ND to my Digi-Key order for position X2 so the CO16112 could be easily pulled and replaced with the NTSC crystal. It wasn't in the part number column in the BOM Heres to seeing it fire up!

Fantastic news thanks!

Bummer wished I had seen this in time, mine are already on and wonky, apart from aesthetics I assume this wont cause a problem?

This is interesting, how best to approach this? Would I pass the ribbon underneath the board and solder the connections to the plugs pins on the underside of the board?

Thanks so much! Pleased to see I do have a handle on this project. yes I'm thoroughly enjoying it and thankyou for producing it, fingers cross I get a booting Machine at the end of it lol

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Hi, I'm building a 1088XEL at the moment, and really enjoying it ​ wife now thinks I'm a super nerd just need some clarification on my understanding of things... - The 1088XEL as built uses the ST RGB connector So I can use my ST's RGB /SCART cable? - The UAV board is used only for composite and SVIDEO output. - Sofia can be an option if you wanted to add a RGB out as a DB9 (I have one in my A8 at the moment) - CF is optional for internal storage device, you can still boot via SIO (I have the SIO2SD, 1050 etc) - Ultimate 1MB is required for the 1088XEL to work. - I need to source or crimp my own Joystick cables ( length depending on the case I choose to use)

Thanks, ill definitely heed this advice. I know some are socketed, like the Antic, but some chips had been poached by the prior owner including the Sally and I think the Pokey from memory, I already used the GITA to repair my current XL , on a side note these missing IC's weren't detailed on the eBay sale Ill go with Mikes kit I think.

Sorry I meant SIO specifically. Would it not be advisable to use the cartridge connector? Or extract the PIA IC? Or the Pokeys?

Thanks for the advice, I'll revisit in the new year, I have ordered the JOY2PIC and will start on this. I also need to take stock of the custom Atari chips and sockets I can use from a donor which should save me some money. Cheers!

On reflection I wont go for the bundle and I will buy the PCB and just buy the parts as I can afford for them, I also need to build the JOY2PIC first.

Hi, I would be keen on a 2A but I would need to confirm this would be for a PAL build, and the PSU listed in the BOM states 90v-264v which I have not seen before, this would be OK on our 250v 50Hz in NZ?. Cheers.

Wow, will certainly check this out. Can I open Atari or Turbo Basic in it?

Thanks guys that confirms what I deduced. On a side quest I was looking at compilers for Atari BASIC or Turbo Basic XL, I came across a forum stating there was a compiler (TurboBasicXL.arc) that forms a stand alone .EXE for Turbo Basic, as supposed to using the .OBJ runtime.

I had a question from a work colleague that I couldn't answer, he wanted to know how the BASIC interpreter compiles and executes the code, ie is it just in time or compiles it then executes. As theres no perceivable delay on RUN, I wasnt sure, i thought it tokenized it as you entered each line. Given memory and CPU limitations compiling separate code on RUN seemed wrong, but i have no idea.

Hi, Did you manage to get round to this for me?

Thanks that would be well received, I did find Parrot software that also shipped with a basic player, it states it will blank the screen while playing the sound which is not ideal.

That TurboCharger has some amazing routines in there , wish I had seen this 30 years ago. Also solved my image loading query. Fantastic.Thanks again! BTW do you know of any digi sound play back ones for basic?

Thanks I will check those out!

Hi, has anyone come across BASIC code to load .FNT files in BASIC on the A8? Cheers.

Fantastic thanks!

Whats the current status of this project?

Fantastic, cheers!

Hi, has anyone got BASIC code to load or can supply the specs of the image format for the Atari Artist Tablet software? Cheers.

Excitement