fibrewire Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Oh, that sucks! Hopefully it'll turn up... did you look under the 800, behind the Amdek, and in that pile of stuff, on the left? (No, I'm not NSA, lol... EVERYONE has a pile of stuff on the left... ha). I found it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNIXcoffee928 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 I found it! Yes, but was it on the left? = ) OK, now, you do know that you are officially the only person on the planet that has this manual, right? - Any time-table on when you can get this thing scanned? - Did you find any monitor that doesn't cut off the last line of text? Thanks, soooo glad that you finally found it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 May you be kind to post at least 1 image of display output in 80 columns with BIT3 card on your Atari 800 ? I never seen the actually output looks like ? Yes, I have seen the card on Internet but not output screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I loaned the card to someone, I'll let you know whenever I get it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+warerat Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Here's mine that I scanned, although it's got some handwriting on it from the previous owner. Bit3_UsersGuide.pdf 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin1968 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 7/10/2011 at 10:04 PM, fibrewire said: Schematics, bill of materials, rom dumps, and gerber files Hello. Found this old thread and was wondering if you ever got any of these things up anywhere? Would love to make some reproductions of this. Thanks, Gavin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) I was in a compromised position where I had to sell my Atari collection to buy a car when I lost my job in 2012. Sorry I didn't get more out of it for the community. Then Kurt died, and well - here we are. It was fun while it lasted! Edited November 18, 2021 by fibrewire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Speaking of which: Latest and greatest sold unit on eBay: $400.00 (!!) https://www.ebay.com/itm/174985048232?hash=item28bdebf0a8:g:MHIAAOSwkCNhbwci So that puts my reference 040.0077 A800 close to $1,000 in fair market value (loaded with genuine upgrades, including Bit3 FullView...) Seems like prices will go up from here from sometime before busting !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 The bust is coming sooner than you think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Possibly so... with such abrupt increase in prices, demand will choke sooner than later.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeventura Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeventura Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Decided to fire it all up after probably 15 years, still works great! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I'm half way through getting a rather dirty 800 fully cleaned and back running. I've rebuilt the power supply, have a new PIA and CPU. Once I get it running, I'll finally get to test my 2 BIT-3s. Thanks for the reminder! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Bob Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 New to the forums, sorry to necropost, but I figured this would be the place to start. I picked up a few old vintage systems locally, Amiga 2000, Tandy 1000 and an Atari 800. The 800 is working with standard s-video out, but it also has one of these apparently very rare cards in it and I don't know how to activate it or what kind of monitor is required. I would imagine that it needs some kind of driver to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, Iguana Bob said: New to the forums, sorry to necropost, but I figured this would be the place to start. I picked up a few old vintage systems locally, Amiga 2000, Tandy 1000 and an Atari 800. The 800 is working with standard s-video out, but it also has one of these apparently very rare cards in it and I don't know how to activate it or what kind of monitor is required. I would imagine that it needs some kind of driver to make it work. Can you take a picture of the cards? This would help people figure out what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Bob Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 It looks pretty much like the one in the posts above. It has two connectors, one kind of looks like an s-video and the other one is larger, almost like a midi din connector. I'll try and get some pics later today, got to go do the Easter Sunday thing with the parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl0re Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) The svideo is plain old composite (aka a/v and the yellow connector on monitors. It's a female connector from the card so you need a male male composite cable to go to the monitor. It's hit or miss if a modern monitor will sync to the card. My cheapo toby small tv from a drug store worked but my Hisense tv wouldn't. The din goes into the atari itself to pass through it's native composite. There is a command you can do to turn the card on. I'll see if I can find it for you and get back to you. Edited April 10, 2023 by sl0re C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl0re Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 The manual says, from Basic, type A=USR(54818) Then return key Basic would be a cartridge on the 800 A=USR(54879) to go back Even if it is broken; keep in mind someone here would probably still offer you something for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 54 minutes ago, sl0re said: Even if it is broken; keep in mind someone here would probably still offer you something for it. No doubt. All non-working Atari equipment has some value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Bob Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Yes, I have a basic cart. I also pulled the Bit3 card from the 800 before I tested it out because there were wires hanging out the back and I didn't know what it was. The wires are a bit tatty and I'm thinking I should replace them before powering this up. It's just standard ribbon cable. It's not even shielded. The whole thing seems a bit wonky to be quite honest. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Bob Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I had some time to play around with this today, does the Bit3 put out a standard 15khz RGB signal? Unfortunately, I don't have a RGB monitor handy so I will have to improvise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Iguana Bob said: I had some time to play around with this today, does the Bit3 put out a standard 15khz RGB signal? Unfortunately, I don't have a RGB monitor handy so I will have to improvise. No. As sl0re said previously, the FullView80 outputs composite video. The yellow RCA jack on your TV. It really needs an old green or amber monochrome monitor to look its best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reifsnyderb Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Does the Bit3 work on a modern flat screen TV through the composite video jack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl0re Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, reifsnyderb said: Does the Bit3 work on a modern flat screen TV through the composite video jack? I give up 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reifsnyderb Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/10/2023 at 3:41 PM, sl0re said: The svideo is plain old composite (aka a/v and the yellow connector on monitors. It's a female connector from the card so you need a male male composite cable to go to the monitor. It's hit or miss if a modern monitor will sync to the card. My cheapo toby small tv from a drug store worked but my Hisense tv wouldn't. The din goes into the atari itself to pass through it's native composite. There is a command you can do to turn the card on. I'll see if I can find it for you and get back to you. 1 minute ago, sl0re said: I give up 😂 lol I just read back through and saw you already answered the question. 🙂 I guess I should have done more than just quickly skim the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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