+DarkLord Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I'm sure many of you have seen this show on Youtube but the first section is actually about Atari 8bits. How come I never get stuff donated like this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarland Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 It's exciting at first but then there's no repair and he just moves on. I think he doesn't know how to use them very much. More looking forward to him repairing them and what would be great is him learning how to use them and expressing interest in the platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 37 minutes ago, Sugarland said: It's exciting at first but then there's no repair and he just moves on. I think he doesn't know how to use them very much. He definitely isn't familiar with Atari's computers. To be fair, he did say as much in the previous video where he received another machine (a 400, IIRC), so I can understand not tearing straight into them. 38 minutes ago, Sugarland said: More looking forward to him repairing them and what would be great is him learning how to use them and expressing interest in the platform. Agreed. I'm actually hoping he doesn't back-burner them because of his unfamiliarity with them; it'd be interesting to see him work on something he's not deeply-knowledgeable on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 He by his own admission isn't Atari knowledgeable but he is deffo a multi format person with a heavy leaning towards C64 and Apple but he loves them all and he will get around to fixing them in the end. He gets so many donations with video's often over a month old before publication because of the size of content. he has just finished a C64 repairathon (as he calls them) series so he will look at the Atari's on camera at some point. His "Lets get right to it" cheesy catch phrase isn't as speedy as it sounds in reality 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight_mile Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Besides the Atari, think about how much those two boxes cost to ship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 I really hope he doesn't put those Atari's on a back burner - that would be a real shame. I'd also like to see a follow up video where he tears them apart and gets them running again. That would be far more interesting, as was mentioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I doubt he will, when is another matter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarland Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) nevermind Edited April 24, 2021 by Sugarland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsoft Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 The total value of that donation just blows my mind. Very generous donation! I'm sure Adrian will do full tear-downs, diagnostics, and fixes of those. Hopefully he won't take shortcuts in fixing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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