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  1. Are we allowed to say “holy shit” around here?
  2. Need to grab conductive paint to repair the keyboard on my new Atari 1200XL. Can anybody link to stuff that will work well on Amazon?

  3. I’ve officially joined the family. 72R DA 06713 183
  4. Only microsd card I had was 64GB. Windows 11 only allowed formatting it as ExFAT and my new harmony encore couldn’t read it. Used the disk management tool to create a 16GB partition on the card, which Windows then defaulted to FAT32 and everything is now working fine. Now if you’ll excuse me, Demons are Attacking.
  5. Very neat. I think I know the two you're talking about - not too interested in the racer, but the Elevator Action remake looks very neat. Would this be a firmware update or one of the expansion pieces you posted about earlier?
  6. So I did my own digging to try and figure out what determines if a game is/isn't compatible with Harmony. Looks like it's the 32KB of flash ram on the microcontroller - I'm guessing that's where the entire ROM needs to be loaded in order to have fast enough access.
  7. If I snag some 2600 paddles of the vintage variety, how hard is it to refurb them? Deoxit and maybe a new pot?

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    2. bent_pin

      bent_pin

      I've refurbed nearly a hundred sets so far. Three liberal cleanings with contact cleaner is the magic number, letting them dry completely between cleanings. After that they either work perfectly or they are scrap for parts recycling. If they test well, I spray some Tectran 500-55 Penetrating Dielectric Lubricant in there and they will not need to be serviced again for a minimum of 20 years.

    3. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Sounds like a trip to the local electronics shop for contact cleaner is in order.

    4. bent_pin

      bent_pin

      Be sure to get dielectric lubricant spray only, any other lubricant spray including white lithium grease will gum up the works and cause damage. I do have white lithium grease spray that I use for bearings and hinges in trackballs and cases and such.

  8. Is there a maintained list of games that are incompatible with the Harmony Encore? Best I can find is a few off hand mentions of titles and a general “newer homebrews.” I’ve got one coming in this week and was curious.
  9. I live in Indiana and got shipping confirmation for mine that I ordered last week a few days ago so if you still haven’t heard anything I’d definitely check in directly with the seller.
  10. Star Raiders and Starmaster. Makes me wish I had an 8-bit to be honest. yes I could use my MiSTer but that feels like cheating.
  11. Not sure why but been on an Atari buying spree lately. Unfortunately, the Epyx 500XJ I picked up turned out to be for the NES? I didn't even know they made them for NES.

    1. Reaperman

      Reaperman

      NES 500xj's are especially great paired with the NT Mini's 7800 core (7800 never got an xj), I did a vid on those once. There is also a Competition Pro for NES--Those are completely useless, the nes 500xj is only 'mostly useless'

    2. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Hmm I do have a MiSTer. Hadn’t thought of using with 7800. 

  12. Picked up a light sixer this weekend that came with two Kraft Mazemasters. On both of them, the 4/8 adjustment at the bottom is extremely hard to turn. Videos I see online people seem to be adjusting it with no difficulty. Is this normal? Any idea what to look at in order to fix it? I did a cursory glance at the innards and didn’t notice anything obvious.
  13. I've not had a chance yet (been too busy with housework to tinker with the A2E) but I was able to transfer several files off Captain's Quarters with both Y-Modem and X-Modem. I'm using a WiModem232 and I think he uses TCPser on a Raspberry Pi.
  14. Curbside pentium 4 is officially a lost cause. On the plus side, I’m sure the 600W power supply and cf/ide adapter I bought will be useful in whatever my next project is. 

    1. Keatah

      Keatah

      Why lost cause? Surely there are parts to salvage, that in and of itself is a win!

       

  15. No. It moves a full 360 but only registers the 8 primary directions.
  16. This old Dell Dimension 8250 is so proprietary, it’s probably not worth any more effort in restoring it for fun.  

    1. Austin

      Austin

      Yeah, those Dells are tricky with their custom case designs. Still perfectly usable though. Plenty of slots for upgraded GPUs, sound cards or network cards.

    2. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      Well, the power supply died the first time I tried it. So I bought a new one but I had to cut up the case to mount it and now the weird clamshell case won’t close all the way with the power supply in it because it doesn’t fit.

       

      I would see if I can move the motherboard to a different case but it has a proprietary ribbon cable and PCB for the front USB and the power button. That’s assuming the motherboards screw holes will even line up with an ATX case.

       

      The real reason I grabbed it off the side of the road was for the CRT, and that works fine so I’m happy with that.

  17. Nice work. I seriously need to clean my IIe someday...
  18. Pop! Goes the power supply.

    1. Tickled_Pink

      Tickled_Pink

      Hulk: "Puny power supply. Power supply should go BANG! Like Hulk!"

    2. TwentySixHundred

      TwentySixHundred

      Snap, crackle, pop and the blue smoke is never good :(

    3. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      ‘‘Twas a roadside Pentium 4. The CRT works, which I am more interested in. And it gives me a chance to teach my nephew how to replace power supplies and test/reinstall ram and cpu. 

  19. I need to log into the bbs and download it purely via my Apple IIe just to see if I can manage it.
  20. Snatched an (untested) Pentium 4 PC off the side of the road with CRT monitor. How well would this run DOS games? Are there even SB16 compatible cards available in PCI that'd work with DOS?

  21. I'd never heard of this guy before all this, but he's causing all this drama over ... what appears to be 8 and 16-bit computer game reviews? WTF man?
  22. Doing reading, it sounds like Seimitsu LS40 or LS38 is a common pick for shooters and the like...
  23. Recently converted a Fight stick with Sanwa parts to work on my Sega Genesis. I know these parts are geared towards fighter with respect to the gate, throw, etc. Is there a particular stick I could drop in that’s be better suited to shooters like Thunderforce and action games like Shinobi and Golden Axe?
  24. Taught my nephew some basic soldering by having him help me convert my Xbox 360 fight stick into a Sega Genesis one. He only burned himself once and now he respects the iron. 

    1. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      Making memories and teaching the lad skills -- awesome.  

  25. Of those loose cards, only the disk drive controller in box is for Apple II. And they're actually fairly valuable on eBay, IIRC. Rest of the boards look like assorted PC components (one's definitely a modem.) *edit* Looks like you have a Trident video card and two internal modems. Assuming they're all ISA going by their age, but I can no longer recognize those by sight. Trident card is the only one I'd imagine might have value. That one might be VESA local bus. The official Apple manuals can fetch around $10-20 on eBay, so they're worth selling. Heck, I'd offer to buy them if I hadn't already spent way more than I should have so far this year getting my Apple II kitted out. None of the software looks remarkable, but I'm not a good judge of that.
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