+DrVenkman Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I thought this might be a good way to help Albert test out the new Clubs feature, and provide a good, centralized place to help folks with XEL/XLD-specific build, use and operational questions. The existing 8-bit forum threads are huge (“Yooooge!”) and rather unwieldy to search through. Here we can address people’s issues as they come up without stuff being lost in the noise of older posts with possibly outdated or superseded info. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Excellent idea, and thanks for the invite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Pretty cool ? . Great idea to branch this off in this manner, and thanks for doing that Herb. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Love that cover image! I'd really like to get one of these someday.. ..Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Albert said: Love that cover image! I'd really like to get one of these someday.. ..Al Thanks, @Albert! Both the XEL and XLD are a ton of fun to build, and different enough from one another to make assembling one distinctly different from assembling the other. So tl;dr: build both! Edited June 16, 2019 by DrVenkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 13 minutes ago, DrVenkman said: Thanks, @Albert! Both the XEL and XLD are a ton of fun to build, and different enough from one another to make assembling one distinctly different from assembling the other. So tl;dr: build both! I could live with that! ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Welcome new Club members @Firedawg, @Mr Robot and @ebiguy! I hope you are all enjoying your 1088XEL machines and/or build processes, and if you're planning to build a 1088XLD, it's another whole set of fun. And playing MIDI files through your Atari is certainly nothing I could have done in 1986! Certainly not through a $40 wavetable synth that sounds like this! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Thanks for the welcome. Let's say the XEL has been on my mind lately... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Firedawg Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Thanks DrV. Very impressive machine to say the least. I built 4 of the XEL's where I built 2 for friends and kept 2 for myself, so I was a bit burnt out from soldering after that I must say. I recently acquired an eClaire XL from Panos and I have been hacking around with it running it through its paces. Any way, XLD looks interesting and no doubt a challenge to build. People should know that its not the building that is hard part but rather the trouble shooting when things don't work;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Firedawg said: Thanks DrV. Very impressive machine to say the least. I built 4 of the XEL's where I built 2 for friends and kept 2 for myself, so I was a bit burnt out from soldering after that I must say. I recently acquired an eClaire XL from Panos and I have been hacking around with it running it through its paces. Any way, XLD looks interesting and no doubt a challenge to build. People should know that its not the building that is hard but rather the trouble shooting when things don't work;) Dude .. FOUR DAYS of banging my head on the desk and spending every spare brain cycle at working wondering WTF was wrong ... Once I got that tiny little sumbitch de-soldered and reinstalled correctly, BOOM. In the interim, the ‘scope traces were utterly bizarre. I’d post them for illustration but they’re on my PC and I’m posting from my iPad just now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Mr Robot said: Thanks for the welcome. Let's say the XEL has been on my mind lately... Excellent! Have you built an XEL before? Or are you building some for someone else right now? Or - based on your computer image - are you designing something cool for it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) That black box there is my XEL. I ordered 2 boards but only built one. I'm doing things in tinkercad that require me to have an accurate model of the board populated. I bet you drunk the night you found that diode! LOL Edited August 17, 2019 by Mr Robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Mr Robot said: That black box there is my XEL. I ordered 2 boards but only built one. I'm doing things in tinkercad that require me to have an accurate model of the board populated. I bet you drunk the night you found that diode! LOL It was a Thursday night, as I recall, and I was *very* happy I figured it out! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Welcome to the newest club members @spookt and @Awch! Please feel free to post pics of you builds (completed or still in-progress), ask any questions or note any issues you run into. Those of us who’ve been using these machines for awhile will be happy to try to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/16/2019 at 8:45 PM, DrVenkman said: Welcome new Club members @Firedawg, @Mr Robot and @ebiguy! I hope you are all enjoying your 1088XEL machines and/or build processes, and if you're planning to build a 1088XLD, it's another whole set of fun. And playing MIDI files through your Atari is certainly nothing I could have done in 1986! Certainly not through a $40 wavetable synth that sounds like this! Where did you get the MIDI sequencer and files for playing? I finally got my XLD up and running, looking for some new stuff to try with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 I think this particular app and track came from the TOSEC archive or someplace like that. Most of the .MID files I have, along with the MIDIPL13 player program, I got from Michael’s website. FYI once you track down a MIDI player, there are a ton of tracks available at midiworld.net (I think that’s the URL). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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