Dubis7

I'm looking to part ways with my restored Interact Model 1 machine. I've gone through this over the past few years and replaced the belts in the tape recorder, rebuilt the keyboard with new foam and new plastic pins to connect it to the main unit and replaced the cover on the power adapter box (these always seem to be broken) with an exact duplicate including all the text to make it indistinguishable from an original. The computer is working - I don't have any tapes to include with it but am happy to link you to an archive of tape WAV files so you can access any software you may want. I'll also say upfront that the keyboard is fiddly to use, but in researching it I believe that's just how they were from the factory. I've checked and all the keys do work - they just don't always like to. This also comes with three controllers, one of which seems to have some oddness with the shaft. The other two are perfectly fine, though. If anyone wants just the controller I'm happy to take offers on that. I'm in the US near Washington DC, so local pickup or delivery would be great. I'm also happy to ship anywhere within the US. If anyone is interested feel free to make an offer! Oh, and as far as the photos go goes the picture quality is much better in person. That TV isn't the friendliest with some of these old systems.

A few items have sold. 5150, Plus 4 and Atari printer still available.

Added a few new items.

TI-99 is spoken for but the rest is still available!

Continuing to clear out some spares I have lying around. Is anyone interested in any of these? I have the box and manual for the Atari 825 around somewhere, I bought it from Best Electronics awhile back and just put it on display, it was NIB then and is effectively still NIB. Here's the deal with the 5150 - it works, and it's got a few cards in it (MDA, CGA, Joystick and Floppy). I was going to sell this as just the computer with the Floppy and MDA cards and keep the rest with plans to buy a Rev A later on, and I may still do that. HOWEVER - I also have the original 5151 monitor, 5152 printer and stand and 5153 CGA monitor. All should work except the CGA monitor, which has a vertical collapse line and needs to be recapped. It also has a broken screw holding the case together that will need to be worked out and replaced. I'm leaning towards keeping everything but the CPU and the two cards I mentioned, but I think if someone made a compelling offer I could let the whole thing go as a single lot. I'd throw in the two manuals I have for it as well if that ends up happening. Willing to ship to the continental USA, or I can deliver in the DC Metro area. Make me an offer if you want any of this!

Also this is now spoken for!

USA, unfortunately, so shipping would be a nightmare.

These are now spoken for.

These are now spoken for.

Can anyone make use of this? I'd like to get a little money but I recognize there's not an enormous amount of value. I've got the top and bottom cabinet parts and the main board, which booted to a blue screen, but the sides, video cable and power supply were given over to a factory new unit with a working board that was never fully assembled. Send me an offer and I'll be happy to work out shipping!

Pulled from a working unit with a smashed case. Everything was working on this when last checked. Is anyone interested? Send me an offer and I'll be happy to ship!

Clearing out a few items in my collection. I've got two spare Apple IIs, one with the original ROMS and the early style keyboard and the other set up as a II plus. Neither completely boot if memory serves. I'm also including a Mountain Computer sound/light pen card which appears to be complete, some paddles and a Franklin branded disk drive. Is anyone interested? I'll package and ship to anywhere in the continental US. PM me for offers!

Okay so I know it looks like I've forgotten about this - I promise I haven't. The machinist I was working with has totally stopped responding. I gave him due time, but I'm moving on. Starting the hunt for a new machinist today. Hopefully this one will turn out better. I'm gonna scrap the custom design and just aim to have it built around the original photos and measurements. With any luck (and some plastic and aluminum) I'll have more info soon. Sorry for the delay on this guys.

Okay so quick update just so everyone is in the know: I tested the 800 and was unfortunately wrong about it working. It's been in pieces for awhile and as I was putting it back together I recalled that one of the parts I had pulled was the 6502 CPU to fix another computer. I believe that's the source of the problem. That being said, right now I've got a tentative claim on it regardless. I'll let you all know if it ends up being available. Monitor is still for sale as well.

800 was a parts unit that had a destroyed case, but as far as I remember it booted and worked without issue. I can pull a power supply from my stash and test if it you all would like to confirm.

Northern Virginia, near Washington DC. I'm hoping shipping-wise to let FedEx handle the packing, so I'd plan to grab a quote for that once I had an address to build off of.

Hey all! I'm paring down my collection a bit, and have come across some components I believe could be passed on to other collectors. Here's what I'm looking at: - A 1979 style TI-99 monitor. Unfortunately this has experienced some damage prior to my purchase, looks like someone tried to smooth out the top of the cabinet and it's missing one of the cord wraps in the back, but it does work, or at least it did when I used it earlier this year. However considering the rarity I hate to delegate it to parts, and as a matter of fact if anyone is interested in it I can put you in touch with someone that has repaired similar damage on something else I have - might be fixable and could be restored to a much better condition! - A bunch of Atari 800 parts - in-cabinet speaker, RF shield, motherboard and power supply. I've also got a power supply for the acoustic coupler and a modified ROM plug in called "Omnimon!" I'm willing to see these all together or in pieces if someone only wants certain parts. I'm hoping to make a little money off of this, but nothing over the top. If you're interested and willing to cover shipping, make me an offer!

Okay, I jumped the gun here. Apparently it IS the television. I'm not sure why I was able to get color from my Channel F on there previously, but I've confirmed that the 2600 is showing colors on other sets and other known good consoles aren't on this. So the good news is I can reassembly my light sixer as well and both should work just fine. Now I just have to get the tv working.

Hey! So it's been a few months - just wanted to let you all know I'm still on top of this. So far my contact that's been working on the CAD has been a bit slow to communicate. I'm going to be reaching out to him in the next couple of days to get a status update. Assuming he's still on top of things, I know that he also has the machine setup to build a prototype from the designs we've been talking about. Fingers crossed that happens and we don't have to start over. As for production run, I'm thinking of maybe having 10 made. I haven't heard a whole lot of interest, but I also know that the keyboard component owners club is rather small. Might try and grab some extras and throw them up on eBay just to give some other folks a chance to grab one later on.

Hi all, Hoping to get some help repairing a Sunnyvale Heavy Sixer I've been working on. It had a few problems when I first picked it up - The TIA chip was faulty and was failing collision detection and the voltage regulator had broken off the board and damaged the traces. Since it had some cosmetic issues with the cabinet as well, I picked up a parts 2600 with another bad TIA chip for the board with the voltage regulator, switches and RF modulator and a new TIA from Best Electronics. The new TIA fixed the collision detection, and I successfully swapped the switch board. Everything should be fine, but when I installed the new TIA I lost color. I figured mine had prematurely failed and installed a known good TIA from my light sixer, but there's no change. The television itself is working with other consoles, so that shouldn't be an issue, and since the color switch and RF modulator were replaced when I installed the new board, I don't believe those would be the issue either. Adjusting the color pot does nothing. So now that I'm here, does anyone have any recommendations on what to check next? I have at least one good board with all working components from my light sixer, although if I can identify the problem and pull them from my heavy sixer board I'd prefer to do that. I'm hoping my other TIA chip turns out to be good and I can keep both 2600s working without having to order any more parts.

Early days, but we have CAD. Feel free to throw suggestions at me if you notice anything obviously wrong. We're working on some engineering drawings, too. That will show dimensions if you want to see them.

Okay, so four total so far! You've still got time! Also I believe he's going to keep the information on file to maintain the ability to manufacture these if needed in the future.

Well, that took longer than "not too long" Wanted to keep you all updated on where this is. I just got off the phone with the machinist I'm speaking with. I'll be sending him some documentation tomorrow, and then we're going to get this moved from back of a napkin sketches to back and forth designing. Plan of attack is for me to knock out a few prototypes until I've got one that works reliably with my unit. Once we have something reproduceable, I'll be able to come to you all with a per unit cost so we know how much we'll need to pay to get enough manufactured for everyone that wants one. Which means that if you'd like one, please feel free to chime in and let me know so I can make sure I'm having enough made once we start producing!

Just wanted to update everyone on the status of this: I'm working with a CAD designer to get the hand drawings turned into something that can be produced physically. From there it looks like I've got someone with a lathe lined up to cut the metal parts. I'm going to speak with him about the two plastic bits, but with the CAD designs it shouldn't be any issue to either have him do all four parts or have someone resin print the plastic bits and ship them to him to cut the screws into. Should have more news in the next week or so, hopefully a prototype lined up not too long after that.

So a quick update, and sort of a call for assistance if anyone is familiar with CAD. In hunting for lathing services I came across this website. I'm going to do a little more research on the subject, but it looks like we could design the pieces in CAD, then have them manufactured by this service. Might save money over getting someone to turn the metal by hand. Barring that, I'm waiting to hear back from a few emails to machinists. I'll let you all know as soon as I have anything to report.