Guitarman

Hello my long lost Ataris!! After 8 years, 3 moves and 2400 miles, my Atari collection is seeing its first light of day in a long time. I can finally get it all organized, recorded and start thinning the herd after many years of flux. This is only part of what I need to unbox and shelf, but it is a great start!!! I even found my 1400XL project box!!! I see a new build in my near future!!

From what I understand, the only difference is the hardware BIOS. The code in the cartridge (800 or 5200) is the same.

After looking at some images online, I see the difference. I wonder what the story is there? I see quite a few pictures of both. The one you speak of has the flashier 'Video Music' with both © and TM shown. Mine doesn't have those marks.

Merry Christmas to me!!! My brother sent this to me for Christmas. He found and won it in an auction in Reno NV. This fills a hole in my collection that I had been trying to find for a long time. And it is in excellent condition!!

This thread is a great read. When I purchase my board, I also ordered all the needed parts that were on the BOM from Mouser and Digikey. I think the only part I still don't have is one of the GAL chips. Two of the three were still available from Best, so I was able to get those. I have moved twice since that time, so the board and all the parts to build it out are still boxed in a storage garage!! I have finally, recently, started re-organizing my entire collection to get a handle on everything. I still have the plan to build out my board, so this thread is getting tagged!!

Yeah. I remember seeing a couple of pallets of these at a Smith's store in Carson City NV, well after they were supposed to be available. I bought one and started comparing it to the FB2's that I had and noticed slight differences in the Atari logo on the counterfeit one. I brought it up to Curt (Vendel) at the time and he knew nothing about them. After his research, he found that they were illegally made and distributed. There is an old post in this group about it when it happened with images pointing out what to look for.

Karl, I noticed in the spreadsheet, one of mine is in red. What does that mean? Just curious. Also, I am listed at 12. I think I have 13. I will verify my numbers.

Tell me about it!! LOL

LOL!!! I can't believe it has been almost 13 years since I posted the last update on this!! On my last move I mentioned (2010), a lot of my Atari collection never made it out of their boxes. What did make it out of boxes got reboxed when I moved back down to San Diego in 2017. None of my collection got unboxed there as there was no room to. In March of 2020, I moved to Austin TX area. Now that I'm fully settled in a new house, I can start unboxing and organizing the collection properly. The Falcon will be one of the first things on my bench....when I find it!! LOL. I am having a workshop built on the property that will be fully shelved with a workbench on one end. Let the (Atari) games begin!!!

LOL!! Yes. Some of those will be part of the fire sale coming soon. I think I have 10 unopened. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

LOL!!! If I'm not mistaken, that box is my Portfolio box or my Lynx box.....maybe LOL

...This is 10 years later. And yes, 80% of the U-Haul boxes are Atari.

Impossible for me to choose just one I have too many of!!! These pics were 2010!!

OK. Here's a "one off" before my more "organized" sales.

OK. One more "one off" before my more "organized" sales. Also listing in the ST forum.

Atari SLM804 laser printer for the ST line of computers. For the person that buys it, I will include the SLMC804 interface once I find it, but it will, most likely, not be sent with the printer. There have been 2 of these sold on eBay in the past 4 months. One for $400 and the other for $850. I am going to price this at the lower of the two. Since it is very heavy, it would be better if it went to someone that could pick it up somewhere near the Austin area. I will consider shipping but it will not be cheap. I will make sure to power it up and make sure it sounds healthy. Since I currently have nothing set up to test, it will have to be 'as-is'. Luckily, most of my sales moving forward will all be tested as working since I am in the process of setting up a testing desk for all my hardware. $400

Sale pending...

Yes. It is a fabric cover.

Ok. First to go

ATR 8000 Interface for the Atari 8 bit line of computers. I also have one or two Percom drives to go with this, but I haven’t found them yet. Whoever buys this will get first shot at the Percom drives when I find them. I have never fully used this device, but the last time I hooked it up, it worked fine. So it will have to go as is. $100 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To get a better look at some of the stuff that will be coming, here are a few pictures when I actually had a portion of the collection shelved and somewhat organized, about 6-7 years ago. There is a lot more now but this gives a better look at what we're talking about.

I did just the other night!!!! LOL LOL. I have at least one of every Flashback that has come out. BUT... I will be selling some Flashback 2 consoles, boxed and new, that I bought a bunch of when they were available, about 10 of them! We can talk when I get to them. I do have 2 boxed XEGS and probably 2 or 3 loose. My 1200XL count currently stands at 13. (ouch) Actually have 2 working JagCD's!! How rare is that?? I will probably be selling the boxed set in the picture at some point during all of this. I have 2 bins full of power supplies. So......yes. LOL Lots of parts and pieces throughout all the boxes and bins. I ended up buying out all the hardware from an old Atari Service Center a few years ago, so I also have all the testing hardware to test and repair most 8-bit and ST hardware. Plus tons of extra parts. I have 1 or 2 bins full of various joystick. I know I have 2 or 3 boxed trackballs and a few loose. Probably sticking to US but may consider others if it's not much trouble Moved to Lago Vista, hill country. Love it!!! There are a few 850's interfaces throughout this mess!! LOL I know I have a couple of SALT carts. Matter of finding them. I can let you know when I do.

Read the following post. Many ST items will be included.

Hello everyone. It has been a while since I've been on the board so I have some catching up to do. In the past 3 years I have moved from Reno NV area back to San Diego, and now just planted myself near Austin TX. After 2 moves relocating my Atari collection (more like a mini warehouse), it is time to start thinning the herd a bit. Most of you that have been around for a while that have followed the many lucky Atari collections I have been able to find, save, acquire, etc, know exactly what I mean by 'mini warehouse' when it comes to the amount. I need to figure out how to stage and post what is available. It will be small quantities at a time. My plan is to do it in a way that makes sure it goes into the Atari community. I'm not about trying to drain every dollar out of this stuff so I am trying to keep it off of eBay and make sure it gets into the hands of real Atari lovers. One of the collections I acquired came with a promise that it be dealt with in that way, and that's how I feel about all of what I will be making available. If anyone has any suggestions as to a good way to post the items for sale (here, 3rd party marketplace, etc), Let me know. I'm open to suggestions. Just to give you an example of what I am talking about, for those that don't know, see the pics below. FYI, over 70% of the boxes that don't say "Atari" on them, are filled with "Atari". Let the fun begin!!!