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  2. Posted

    This is mine. As I mentioned in the posting there are probably a dozen or so that aren't working but I don't remember exactly which ones. My console with the video mod is currently lost somewhere in my basement. As soon as I find it and put it back together I'll be listing that as well.

     

    There are a few hard to find titles in there such as Shuttle Orbiter, Motorodeo, Bump & Jump etc. I just don't have the time or inclination to run a dozen or so separate auctions. If you have any particular questions shoot me an email at [email protected]

     

    ThanksI

  4. Posted · Edited by markheus

    Do you have a list of all your titles?

     

    (Alienware was one of the noticeable brands in Live Free or Die Hard.)

     

    Not with me. I'm going to have her type of a list of everything as well as gather all the boxes so I can say definitively what is boxed and what isn't

     

    I haven't seen that movie yet... But I've seen the video of the new m9750 Laptop... My god.... What a machine...

     

    Edit: Isn't there a website that generates a pdf list of all the games that one owns? It seems that I Created a database at one point. Perhaps I could retrieve it. That'd be a start.

  5. Posted · Edited by markheus

    Hi Guys. I've been on the road for the last year or so and haven't had much time to enjoy my Atari collection. I've decided to splurge and buy an Alienware laptop (the new 9750)

     

    My question is this - I have about 225 games (nothing extremely rare - motorodeo is the rarest) and two consoles. Do you recommend selling it in one large bulk or selling it in pieces over time. My issue is that my girlfriend's daughter will probably be selling it for me since I'm away so I don't want to over load here. Also, the quicker it gets sold the quicker I can buy my precious...

     

    Do you think I'd make more money selling individually than by selling it in one large lot? Also - assuming that roughly half of the games are boxed (open in fair condition) and that 99% of them have manuals what do you think would be a fair "buy it now" price on ebay?

  6. Posted

    I just ran into this myself after I got my CC2. The temptation was to dump all my 2600 carts, but instead I decided to do away with label variations and slow down the pace at which I bought games. So I purged all text label carts and only have one pic label variation (I like the artwork). I dropped my collection number by 50 or so, but I still like having the carts around. Ideally, I would like to display them better someday--my collection numbers around 250 right now (I was over 300 before the paring down).

     

    I'm planning on getting a 5200 flash cart as well, but there's no way I'll get rid of any of those games! I love my complete 5200 collection!

     

    But all those carts look so amazing cool when stacked nicely on a shelf. I love it when friends come over who've never seen my collection. I take them to "The Cabinet" and open the door and watch their jaws drop. I've only got a little less than 200 unique titles, but its still quite impressive for someone who doesn't see Atari carts very often.

     

    I used to collect boxes but quickly ran out of room. If I can find a boxed copy for a reasonable price I'll get it. But I take the cart and manual out and stash the box in a big "box of boxes" that I have in the basement. Not only does it take up room, but if I want to play a game its a pain to have to dig it out of the box. Plus, there's the ineveitable damage that results in constantly opening and closing the flaps.

     

    I have noticed that a lot of times I'll play the game on my Xbox (Atari Classics) as opposed to digging out the Atari though. A lot of times its much more convenient than having a pile of carts that I'm currently playing laying all over the coffee table.

  7. Posted

    Hi all

     

    Check out this auction...

     

    Atari Storage Case

     

    I was curious if anyone had these at a more reasonable price. I don't mind the 12 bucks for the item itself. But I think 19 dollars is way too much for shipping. Especially since I bought one from them once and I think it was like 10 something on the label (not that I mind markups for packaging, but that's inflated)

     

    I'm actualy interested in about 6 or 7 of them (around 170 unique titles now) and since each one holds 27 I think that's be just fine.

     

    I'm not really concerned with the condition so much - and I don't need the plastic cover that goes on top of it. They are going to be stacked against a wall.

     

    Thanks for your help !

  8. Posted

    Thanks for all the great information. I guess the trick now is to find one at a reasonable price.

     

    Prices for 128's seem to be all over the place - from 30 to 100. There's a system right now that's going for almost $250 though it looks like its MIB with all kinds of accesories

     

    What's a reasonable price to pay for the console + PS + original mauals. Let's just say CIB.

     

    How much for just the console + PS + any necessary cables?

  9. Posted

    Addendum: Commodore actually did a few very nice things with the memory design of the C128. Unfortunately, they didn't do them in such fashion as to be completely useful. For example, on the 6502, it's very useful to have a page of address space which can be freely banked anywhere in memory. The 4A50 banking method provides such a page at $1E00-$1FFF; the C128 has two such pages, both independent: $0002-$00FF, and $0100-$01FF. While there are certainly applications where stack switching is useful, having another such page or two (probably in the $Dxxx address space) would have been enormously powerful. Given that 4A50 is implimented entirely within a cheap CPLD, it wouldn't have cost much at all.

     

     

    Thanks for your awesome explanation - Totally lost on me - But thanks!

    So what your saying is that there's no fundamental difference between a true C64 and a 128 being run in 64 mode?

  10. Posted

    Hey guys.

     

    I came across an old Commodore 64 programming book I had from years ago and was reading it.

     

    So, I got to thinking about getting another one as I sold mine years and years ago.

     

    Anyway, I only had the 64. But since money is no object now (yeah right) I thought about getting a 128 instead.

     

    Other than the memory and case design differences. Is there a reason to prefer a 64 over a 128 or the other way around?

     

    Are 128's fully compatible with 64 cartridges and programs? If I remember correctly, there was a switch on the 128 to run in 64 mode. Is this a true 64 mode?

     

    FOr instance, if I was learning assembly for the 64 would it apply to the 128?

     

    Ok, enough of my rambling questions, whad'ya think?

  11. Posted

    Bleh -

     

    Picked it up for 5 bucks. It was my first *rare* game.

     

    Bleh

     

    It sits on the shelf

     

    Bleh

     

    Its still sitting on the shelf

     

    Bleh

     

    Played it

     

    Bleh

     

    Now I see why its so rare

     

     

    Adventures of Tron ROCKS

     

    I've never played Porky's - But I hope its better than this.

  13. Posted

    Interesting little update.

     

    I told the guy I wasn't interested because I didn't want to take a chance on buying untested equipment.

     

    Today he sent me an email saying that he tested it and that everything was working fine. He relisted the items saying as much.

     

    Guess he was just lazy LOL

  15. Posted

    So, in my opinion, knowing how to hook a 2600 to a modern tv/monitor is out of the province of anyone who isn't already an enthusiast of older video technology. Grandma Phyllis who just found the kids' Atari under her Hallmark Store Christmas Ornaments box is not going to haul her console TV out from the wall and figure out how to hook up the system, and frankly, probably isn't going to go out and spend $5 on an adaptor if she understood how to use it. She just wants rid of her junk without having to jump through a bunch of hoops.

     

    I completely understand what you mean about technologically illiterate society, I install DirecTV for a living and deal with it every day.

     

    My issue isn't when grandma Phyllis wants to sell a few things out of her attic. Its when a seller who sells video equipment will have two auctions going, one for a Sega Gensis that's guranteed to work, and another for an Atari that that's "untested." Someone who sells a lot of games and systems (based on feedback history) *should* have the knowledge to hook up an adaptor. Heck, he should have a dozen laying around.

     

    At least they're admitting that they don't know if the system works-- I've been burned often by sellers who claim something works simply because they recall it working before they packed it away a decade ago.

     

    This to me is code for "it doesn't work but I'm going to make it sound like it works" You know - to hedge his/her bets.

     

    Man I'm cynical...

  17. Posted · Edited by markheus

     

    What I really hate... I went to a video game store once, saw a 7800 minus its power supply and controllers. Guy had no idea if it worked or not... I offered him $10 cash, he wouldn't take it. He said, "I can sell it on E-bay for $30"... even though I can get a fully functional 7800 on E-bay for that. I came back 6 months later and the same 7800 was still sitting there, taking up space, not making him any money. At that point I wouldn't have given the guy a dollar for it (and I guess other people felt the same way: his store is out of business now).

     

    Yeah - I despise those " But I can get this for it on eBay" type people. Or pawn shops were anything old is "rare and collectible"

     

    Those type of people dont' last long. I see a lot of them out where I live though - as there aern't alot of places that sell vintage gear. Unless, of course - I drive into St. Louis.

     

    I just wish people would be honest in describing something. If it doesn't work - Say it doesn't work!

  18. Posted

    Man I hate untested items. Common sense tells me just to let it sit, as no matter how good a deal it seems. Chances are that untested=unworking and the seller doesn't want to disclose it. And that no matter how good a deal it may seem to be, most likely it'll just be junk.

     

    Then again, there's always that thought in the back of my mind that it *just may work* and that the seller is honest when he says he doesn't have a way to test it.

     

    Then again, if you were selling something - wouldn't you make a little bit of effort in order to be able to honestly say that an item has been tested and is guranteed against DOA. I understand we're dealing with vintage electronics - but come on - an RF adaptor is 4 bucks!

     

    Anyway... just ranting while I try and make up my mind... Thanks...

  20. Posted

    My board had a few weak solder connections on the male (board) end of the molex connector, which is probably what your issue is. Do not solder wires to the board, just reflow/resolder the seven pins of the male connector (from the top of the mod board)

     

    Cool - I'll try that and see what happens.

  21. Posted

     

    As mentioned below. This would be for offline use. I haven't seen an online site with a comprehensive database that allows one to track their collection and create searches based on it.

     

    This is a good thing to have. Thou I have started one a while back that is a little more robust than this but I just have not had the time to work on it. It was an independent database and a software front end for collecting atari only. I also wanted to make a PDA version of it. My other Visial Basic projects have got in the way thou.

     

    I'd love to see it. I know nothing of Visual Basic and can only fake my way through Access. I haven't even started working on the front end for it - though it'll probably be a simple switchboard. I also plan on creating some forms for easy data entry and viewing, as well as some queries so a user could see what sears..pb.... atari pic whatever - titles they have and don't have.

  22. Posted · Edited by markheus

    Here's a site with pictures of the Cyber Tech: http://www.cheeptech.com/2600mods/cytech.html

     

    Well I got mine in today. It would've been here Monday but the USPS screwed up big time. Oh well. 8bitdomain shipped it fast!

     

    Anyway - installation was a breeze. However, I tested it before I put everything back together and I got a lot of screen roll. I hooked it up using the composite video output (no s-video on my TV) so I couldn't test whether it would do it on S-VIdeo as well.

     

    So - looking around a bit more. I noticed that if I shorted out the spot on the board where the comp vid connector goes out the picture was sparkling. As mention below - the male end of the plug soldered to the board was very loose. I reattached it and checked all my connections - nothing was shorting and everything was secure. I'm thinking about soldering the wired directly to the board.

     

    I'm hesitant to create a direct connection between these two as I don't know what the ramifications would be... any other ideas?

     

    Wow - that connector to the circuit board is nice. I have the Cyber Tech S-Video adapter and love the picture and sound quality, but it was a pain to solder all the itty bitty wires onto it.

     

     

    eh, read above - you may have the better setup.

     

    EDIT: I tried grounding it to the mb shell - but no luck.

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  24. Posted

    Hey guys. I thought I'd repay a bit of the kindness I've received here since joining a couple weeks ago.

     

    There was a recent topic on how users catalog their Atari collection. I thought I'd post the database I'm working on. Its still in the very early stages. And I'm sure the collectors of more obscure carts and label variations will notice missing information. But I've tried to be as inclusive as possible without delving into the minutea of variations. (eg no color variations etc) Of course AtariAge will always be the definitive resource, but a local database would help users create queries into their own collections.

     

    Feel free to download, modify, add to, delete whatever. And if you want to start filling in the rarities and reposting it - that'd be fine with me :)

     

    PS This is very much a work in progress.

    Atari_Database.zip

  25. Posted

    and how does one take advantage of this? I only have moto/ikari in pal so far...

     

    I found an auction on ebay that listed NTSC Motorodeo for a BIN or BO of 69.99, I noticed the guy was from Venezeula so I researched him on some threads here in AA. He seems totally legit and seems to have a supply of them. Search for +motorodeo and +venezuela in the forums.

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