Almost Rice
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I have a all of the released games on my site, though I still ned to add the Pacman and other hacks.Mitch
Is there a link to all the 2600 games like your site? Never mind, I found some, but none as convenient with it all in one zip file.
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Goodwill has it starting at $5.
Good luck. Would rather get the FB2 at the very least the controllers could be used on our legacy systems and you can hack it.
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It seems near complete. They only problem I saw was the maze had copies of the hero on the ladders when the 2nd players turn came up. I think I was playing either normal or hard on a 7800 using a CC2 w/ Pokey. I will try to get a screen shot if that ever occurs again. Also the enemy climbing back into the maze is something I remember was missing in the 8bit version. Was that ever added?
BTW,
This is the closest version of BT next to the Intellivision version. I remember playing that until the controller broke. Great job Ken.
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Actually everything in the sale worked. The PS had a cut that he just taped over. The cut shorted out the PS. Everything works great and I have a CO25233- 002 REV A board with Expansion port but in a Deck #5 case. The Made in China sticker is a Gold oval pasted over the Made in Taiwan part of the sticker. $17 is a great deal. I was buying it for spare parts, but I might as well use it.
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I know 512Meg is too much, but the best deal I could find the past month was about $18 shipped for a 128Meg. If I knew about the $7 BB deal, I would have picked it up. I know I will find some use for my 512Meg besides for the CC2.
Maybe it might get filled eventually with all the Homebrews that are coming out.
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The prolines really suck. I cant use my 500xj witht this game. Well I did, but could not shoot anything.
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So you are one of them hoarding all the 1200xl's I have 1 600xl, 48k 400, 800, 4 800xl (1 removed pokey and bad PIA)(1 256k), 3 130xe, and a dead XEGS.
I went for cheap on the 600xl once I found the link to the mod above and used the XEGS rams. I just love its small footprint on the desk with a toploading cart. What are you planning for the Frankentari?
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The companies on pricewatch tend to be shady. I find that Newegg.com is a better choice. I just look on the Refurb section for something I want. The reason is the prices are good except shipping knocks the prices above those on pricewatch. The refurbs get shipping for $1. I picked up my 2 RSMMC cards there. 512Meg RSMMC for $26 shipped. One was open the other was brand new. I can also use them in a Cell phone or digital camera. I know 512Meg is overkill in a CC2, but it was only$5 more than 256 or $7 more than 128.
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Looks like a XE light gun to me. And it does not look cheap to me. Plus shipping only to UK.
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I just got a new digital camera, and it came with a 16MB MMC card. I replaced it right away with a 512MB SD card, so I would like to offer the MMC for free for a CC2 user, preferrably one who doesn't have one yet. If you are not an established AA member, I may require confirmation that you actually own a CC2.If you had posted this 2 weeks ago, I would not have gotten my RSMMC cards. I have a few of those 8 meg and 16 meg SD cards. Too bad they are useless in the CC2.
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Thats how I do it. I just play a few times a day. If I beat my score, I post it. I have lost my touch. I used to wait for those pterodactyls to come out just so I could practice killing them. You know I played alot when I was a kid. I actually killed 2 by accident during this week.
Artlover, you shouldnt give up. I played Asteroids even though I sucked. I could barely get over 10,000 on that game. I am just lucky my favorite games just came up 3 out of the last 4 weeks. I bought the 7800 just for Galaga. Now I play Joust and Ms. Pacman. I used to play Joust on the 800 all the time. The play is slightly different.
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Good catch. I did not see that. I guess it really will be my test 7800. I have 2 already with good PS. I wanted one that I could mess around on. I just could not pass it up. I could cut the old PS plug and put it on a universal PS.
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With so many posts lately with people looking for a 7800 I figured someone namely me should post the link on where to find one at a reasonable price $15. The source Best Electronics as any long time member can tell you is a very honest firm.sometimes.True, but you can pick up a 7800 + PS + games for near that price
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Just a reminder this sale should end today. I guess the FB2 is doing well at retail. I was trying to pick it up at Target last week and it was sold out. I picked up a Rain Check and will check back with them in a few weeks.
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Yes. I had a dead XEGS. I used its 4464 memory chips. If I just replace the chips on the 600xl with those chip, I only get 16k. If I then do the 3 solder mod. from Craig Lisowski, I get 64k. It works like any of my 800xl. I have enclosed a scan of the mod. They are the 3 red wires.
It just does not have the monitor jack. I have not had any memory problems since doing the upgrade. I may go ahead and look into doing the Super Video upgrade for my 800xl's and 600xl. I notice how much better my 800 and 130xe outputs video.
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Those Pterydactyls(sp) come out fast. I remember when I played just to kill them.
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They have it for $24.88 here in Houston. The price may vary from city to city. It was in today's paper. They always have lots of stock when they advertise things.
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I need to use a different joystick. Its hard on the index finger.
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So close yet so far away....
I guess this post is too late anyway
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XEGS chip compatibility
in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Posted · Edited by Almost Rice
Hi all. I was playing around with my broken XEGS. I bought it this way so I dont know what happened to it. It was the donor for my 64k 600xl. It would only give me a black screen.
I knew it was not the RAM, so I decided to find out why it did not work. First, I socketed the ram. They were empty so it was easy. Then I decided to socket all the 40pin chips.(This was to facilitate in the troubleshooting since desoldering 40pins takes me a little over an hour
) The 6502C and Antic were already socketed 
. I just had to do the Pokey, Freddie, PIA CO14795, and GTIA. I did not socket the ROM since I did not have a 28pin socket handy and no replacement ROM either.
Once done, I cracked open my 600xl(all chips were socketed). I suspected the PIA was bad. I took it from the 600xl and put it in the XEGS. It started right up but it immediately went in ROM/RAM check screen. This was because I had put the 16k chips from the 600xl into the sockets. Once replaced with the 64k chips, Missile command started right up.
I tried to play MC, but there was no sound and no enemy or their missiles. It might have been the ROMs so I put in a MC cart. Result was the same. Pacman was OK but no sound. I could not go into BASIC. I just get a blue screen. Same when keyboard is connected(so it properly detected the keyboard). I could not get into the diagnostic screen.
Next, I replace the POKEY with one from the 600xl. There was no change.
SO, thats where I am at. My questions are: Are the PIA chips fully interchangeable between the XL and XEGS ? Could it be the ROM ? (I dont have another XEGS so will the XL/XE roms work in its place ?) What could it be if the PIA is compatible?
Anybody have a dead XEGS FS?(Nightsprinter 
) I might go back and recheck my solder points.
I did not think anything was wrong with the POKEY since there was no change. I also did not test the SIO.
BTW Happy New Year everyone.