e5frog Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 So, this one... Yeah, stop in both ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I just realised, one of the players could have "blocked it" off by pressing the button to hide their own trail. That's a feature, not a bug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 That's right, you can hide the trail... that would be a possible explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchmarky Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) I've eliminated the dashed line/screen garbage problem on my System II by swapping in one of the four RAM chips from another Channel F. Success, now I can finally play all the new stuff that's on my Multicart! I'm still surprised this fixed it because it looked more like a 'video' problem. Edited August 24, 2019 by frenchmarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Nicely done. it's common to have vertical lines if RAM is broke, so lucky you for being able to swap those... or something else is broken that will break the RAM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 So there is some interesting ebay items at the moment including an ITT Tele match system, which I quite like the shell of but not interested in buying! There's a few carts out there too at the moment: boxed 24 Pro football and a couple of loose "rares": 23 and 26, that's the alien Invaders and galatic space wars. I'll be honest and say I've never been tempted by boxed copies of the zircon games, too expensive for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 If someone is stupid enough to pay $152.00 for Pro Football, I say "Let them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashevent Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 2 hours ago, atari2600land said: If someone is stupid enough to pay $152.00 for Pro Football, I say "Let them." I was the first bidder on this and then shit got stupid. I knew I was screwed when it was up for 9 days. I'm 3 away from whole set and this hasn't come up in over 2 years so..yeah, what's my option? sadly, it's gotten past what i'll pay for it now so congrats to whomever wants it. Last time I missed out on a "buy it now title" it sold for $20 and a week later same game was $200. Resellers are killing it lately I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 If you can afford it... why not. The only other option (unless trading with collectors) is to wait for one to pop up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashevent Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 16 minutes ago, e5frog said: If you can afford it... why not. The only other option (unless trading with collectors) is to wait for one to pop up again. Ive asked around here but no one has extra of the 3 I need. Of course..who has #19 at all!? My only console as a kid, so was hoping to get a complete set years and years ago and still trying. Who knew the darn Fairchild was gonna be so hard to complete? ..lol. and yeah..waited 2 years for this one only to pull up short because someone REALLY wants it and obviously has more $$ than me..lol. Thanks bro..i'll just keep plugging away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I've got a working, complete, #19. It's one of few I have found broken (not being vandalized) so I stole the shell and ditched the labels... back in the 90's, saved the PCB. I've been in contact with a guy that does wire bonding but it's a waste if the chip is damaged anyway - and what collector wants one with no labels? (even if good reproduction labels could be made) We want the real thing, right, or I'd have no problems pushing out reproductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashevent Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, e5frog said: I've got a working, complete, #19. It's one of few I have found broken (not being vandalized) so I stole the shell and ditched the labels... back in the 90's, saved the PCB. I've been in contact with a guy that does wire bonding but it's a waste if the chip is damaged anyway - and what collector wants one with no labels? (even if good reproduction labels could be made) We want the real thing, right, or I'd have no problems pushing out reproductions. Lucky for me, I know a hoppy guy that makes amazing multi-carts so at least I can play it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Not familiar with the term "hoppy", but I know him better than you. Multi-Carts are great for playing, a single cart in the shelf (or in the machine) would not be much of a collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashevent Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 24 minutes ago, e5frog said: Not familiar with the term "hoppy", but I know him better than you. Multi-Carts are great for playing, a single cart in the shelf (or in the machine) would not be much of a collection. It was my attempt at a Frog pun..lol. Frogs hop..or wait, is that just rabbits?...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Hmm... leap, my English is too slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 BTW. QQ2019 demo, 256 Bytes http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=82729 Makes you wonder what other little things that could be made, in 256 Bytes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 The above YouTube-link worked on the phone, with Chrome on my computer, it doesn't - but it can be found on the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Ashevent said: I was the first bidder on this and then shit got stupid. I knew I was screwed when it was up for 9 days. I'm 3 away from whole set and this hasn't come up in over 2 years so..yeah, what's my option? sadly, it's gotten past what i'll pay for it now so congrats to whomever wants it. Last time I missed out on a "buy it now title" it sold for $20 and a week later same game was $200. Resellers are killing it lately I guess. It's frustrating I know. If it was going cheap I wouldn't have published it here in the hopes one of us could nab it but I felt it went into the boundaries of expensive so what's the point. I might have been tempted to pay the loose cart prices (about £65, but then shipping from Australia) if I was desperate to finish a collection and not bothered by boxes. I have alien invasion with instructions which I think I paid about 50 for, got a loose copy of pro football for less than that, and I have a boxed saba version of galactic space when I got a set to fill gaps. I get doubles occasionally so I'm happy to post here first from now on but it's usually unboxed, semi rare but not the rarest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnt23 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 18 hours ago, e5frog said: BTW. QQ2019 demo, 256 Bytes http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=82729 Makes you wonder what other little things that could be made, in 256 Bytes... Guess what, that's the very unit I was torturing lately LOL BTW it is CC2019 (Chaos Constructions), not QQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I understood later that the green is background and there are light grey C:s, he could have added one more pixel for clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Does anyone know where e5frog went? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I'm right here... latest poster before yours, so... what's up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I’m currently attempting to fix ChF II. I have replaced the F8 cpu and now have the G? Buttons are crap so I have desoldered the bank of 5 push buttons and I will attempt to disassemble them to repair. Pic to follow .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e5frog Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Nice, maybe there's actually some modern replacement, perhaps a Cherry switch or similar will fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Ok ... so I totally disassembled this bank of 5 pushbuttons .. despite my best efforts I can only get 2/5 working reliably .. I’ll look at it again this weekend. weirdness: whereas all five buttons on model 1 are momentary contact .. on model 2, only reset is momentary contact, the other four are momentary open when pushed (normally closed). Anyone ever notice this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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