All Jakks Pacific Plug&Play's $10

[All Jakks Pacific Plug&Play's $10]

$9.86 at Walmart. I don't know how long the sale is for. It was in my Sunday Paper.

[DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!]

Other stupid stuff I've done, as a teenager:

 

Fried my Atari 1010 tape deck's motherboard by poking around blindly with the power lead (which was a female connector) which connected with the SIO (male) port. Oops!

 

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I did the same thing to my 800xl and 1050 setup. Luckily those were the only 2 things in the chain. I have learned never to just poke plugs in blindly on the back of the atari. Recently I removed the POKEY from the 800xl and used it. I just noticed that 800xl now works. I guess only the I/O was damaged since the sound worked when installed in another system.

[Previous 7800 HSC Rounds]

319,120

my webcam sucks, next time by emulator...

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Thats great. I did not take mine from an emulator. I played on a TV then hooked it up to my tv tuner card on the PC and captured the score. I still like to play on real equipment.

[Atari 800 - CTIA or GTIA?]

Ok, maybe a reach here - is there any way what's the "easiest" way to tell...

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10 GRAPHICS 9

20 GOTO 20

 

If you get a black screen, you have the newer GTIA chip. If you get a blue screen, you have the older CTIA chip. Of course you would need a BASIC cart.

 

The original source of this info

[Atari file names with spaces.]

Wildcard it.  Use a * where the space appears and don't enter any of the filename after it.  (eg. "D1:ALIEN*.*")

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I tried that in the screenshot. I might try a different dos.

[Previous 7800 HSC Rounds]

72770 here. I was using my Epyx 500xj. That was my first try at expert. I usually start with novice. What are the rules? Can we post a score later in the week?

 

Remember, I bought 7800 just to get Galaga when I have all the 8bit stuff sitting around.

[Best Buy has the FB2's on sale]

same here in Houston

[How do I convert .com to .xex?]

Just change its name. That's all

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What is .xex? I have noticed a few files with that extension? If its like .com extension, then why use the .xex extension?

[What classic games do you want on the A8]

Galaga

 

I got a 7800 just to play galaga. Now have a CC2 so I will be playing it with some other games

[Question for Curt]

Then the hidden paddle games to allow gamers to enjoy some of the best paddle games while not requiring the console cost to rise due to the inclusion of paddle controllers, but instead to allow those with paddles or willing to purchase them on their own to find the games and play them.

 

Lastly, to minimize overlap with the FB1 games listing.

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Hmm, wouldnt it have been an opportunity to sell new paddles? I know the people here will have no problems fiinding an old one, but it might have gotten people to buy new paddle that could automaticly activate those hidden roms.

 

BTW, Great product. I am waiting for FB3.......

[Sweet A8 score!]

He was giving him the link for the manual, not for the cart. He already the cart (read the initial post).

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Sorry, I read the original post and forgot the original question when I clicked on the link.

[Sweet A8 score!]

Here Mac 65. Hope it helps.

 

Javier.

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Actually you can get it direct from Atarimax for cheaper.

 

link to the flash image

 

Just buy a 1Mbit cart from Atarimax and put this on the cart. Its the same. I think Steven will even do it for you at no additional cost. You just have to contact him about that.

[ICD Multi I/O]

The price reflected rarity rather than functionality.

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You dont have to tell me. I was saving for one in the late 80s and they stopped making it. I did not want to settle for the 256k model. So, I have not bought one. I was hoping to bid on it but there was already 3 motivated bidders. It probably got a few bucks more for spartados X

[All Jakks Pacific Plug&Play's $10]

Are the Star Wars one any good. I see a R2D2 version and a Darth version. The R2D2 has a cart port on top.

 

Why are there 2 versions?

[Repair damaged trace on 130xe keyboard mylar.]

This is my repair. I used a stripe of aluminum foil cut into long thin strips. I then put it on a piece of tape. There is barely enough contact, but it works.

 

Thanks everyone for the ideas.

[Repair damaged trace on 130xe keyboard mylar.]

Hi all,

 

I got this 130xe in a lot that I bought last month. The system works fine except for not being able to press RESET, OPTION, SELECT, START, and SPACEBAR. Also the Power LED was weak. It got weaker when I pressed Reset, Option, Select , or Start.

 

The LED has since gone dim. I have bypassed the trace that is used for R O Sel Start and Power LED. It works fine, but I did not have an easy way to fix the Spacebar. Has anyone had repaired a trace on the mylar? I was looking into using some conductive paint or even a car Defrost repair kit. So far, the expense of getting these 2 things have prohibitted me from getting them. I could possible get a XE cheap on ebay, but its kind of wasteful since I already have a 130xe and a 256k 800xl.

I am just asking to see if anyone has come up with an easy solution to this problem.

 

Thanks

Toan

[Identifying Atari 400 upgrades]

I don't know if BASICXE will recognise that type of RAM upgrade (if it's actually installed).

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I was referring to the 130xe. I could not get the BXE cart to work with the 400. It did not expect it to work anyway.

[The best 8-bit setup]

Here's what I currently have:

 

The only other things I DO want to get are a CF-to-IDE adapter and the IDE controller so I can create a sort of permanent hard disk for it.  That would rock.  (Hey, anyone know if there's an SD-to-IDE adapter?  I have several SD cards, so I wouldn't have to go buy a CF card)

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I dont think it would work. CF cards uses connections that are basicly IDE. That is why the converters are so cheap and readily available. I made 2 for myself. It costs about $75/cart. Not bad for a totally self contained HD solution. I would have preferred the internal version, but having the carts are more convenient when you want to move it from computer to computer.

 

Link to my cart pics

I had discussed this in the Cuttle Cart 2 discussion on this board. Steve should really make a MyCF cart.

[Identifying Atari 400 upgrades]

Most >48K memory upgrades on the 400/800 map 4K banks at $C000-$CFFF.

 

Try POKEing and then PEEKING 49152 to see if there's RAM present.

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When I PEEK (106) I get 160.

 

So,

160*256=40960 bytes

 

I get the same on my 130XE. Basic Rev. C and Basic XE. I have forgotten what I needed to do to access the extra space with BXE.

 

This page documents the PEEK

[Identifying Atari 400 upgrades]

Put the switch in one position turn on the computer.  Then when its at the memo pad or basic screen, hold down SELECT and tap RESET.

 

If the Omnimon is enabled it will come back in the machine language monitor, if not it will just return to basic or memo pad. 

Steve

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Hi Steve,

 

The Screen comes back with:

Davic Young OMNIMONA3 ©1984

  PC NV-BDIZC AC X  Y  SP

GF6E4    21    0C 80 01 1DF

 

 

 

So, is this for programming?

[Identifying Atari 400 upgrades]

I posted some pics yesterday on this machine I just got.

 

There is a board with Omnimon attached at C199 socket. There is a name on the a chip on the Omnimon board. Is it significant? Also the ram card has been replaced with the MM6448 card from INTEC Peripherals. It may be 64K since the front shows only 8 ram chips, but the OS still looks like 400/800 not xl/xe.

 

I don't know what the switch if for.

 

I will try to get better pics, but I don't feel like opening it at this time.

[A810 in great condition.]

I suspect that the Intec board is a 32K RAM upgrade.

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I think U4 needed 48K

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32k in addition to the exisiting memory I am sure, so U4 would run fine

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Well, I was counting it as a 48k upgrade with the removal of the standard 16k card.

I am posting new pics in a new message.

[A810 in great condition.]

I suspect that the Intec board is a 32K RAM upgrade.

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I think U4 needed 48K

[A810 in great condition.]

They certainly don't make 'em like they use to!

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Amen,

 

I got my 400 today. It has this upgrade on the underside with "Intec Peripherals Corp". It could also run Ultima 4.(so there must be a ram upgrade).

There is also a switch in the Cartridge port. I have flipped the switch and it does not seem to do any thing. What could need a switch? an OS?

 

Keyboard needs some cleaning of the contacts. I will get shots of the insides when I open her up for that. I will then be able to see what that switch is for.

 

I finally got an 800 last month and both of these systems are built like tanks! I had sold my 400 and got this 400. (that was my first computer ever!)

[if that's really the truth...]

It also goes some way to explaining the dreaded screens we see on todays systems...

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Maybe thats where he came up with the BSOD.