Can anyone help me find a Switch Box online to buy

[Lacan]

I just got an Atari 800 XL computer, it includes everything except a Computer/TV Switch Box. I tried everywhere online to find one, even the RadioShack Website, but failed.

[classics]

Go back to Radio Shack and get one of these:

 

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=search

 

It will let you plug the RCA cable from your 800XL directly into the cable input of your television without any box.

[8bitclassics]

http://www.8bitclassics.com/product_info.p...products_id=466 - RF Modulator $1.50

 

http://www.8bitclassics.com/product_info.p...products_id=576 - If you need a RCA cable - $3.00

 

http://www.8bitclassics.com/product_info.p...products_id=597 - 12 Ft 5-pin DIN to RCA (Video/Audio) - $8.00 (Better video quality)

 

http://www.8bitclassics.com/product_info.p...products_id=517 - 6 Ft 5-pin DIN to RCA (Video/Audio) - $5.00 (Better video quality)

 

Corey

[Lacan]

Thanks everyone. Off to Radioshack, before it closes.

 

Edit: Guess I have to wait till tomorrow, my grandmother isn't up to it to drive me there. Oh well can anyone tell me the do's and don't of this Computer so I don't mess it up? And also how do I get more games for it?

Edited November 15, 2005 by Lacan

[Mindfield]

Get yourself a single RCA cable and a Coax-to-RCA adapter. Excellent picture quality -- not as good as composite, but nice all the same.

[Rybags]

Huge games archive:

http://vjetnam.hopto.org/

 

Atari800Win+ Emulator for Windows:

http://atariarea.histeria.pl/PLus/downloads_us.htm

 

Games to download:

http://www.langesite.com/atari/games/

 

Plenty of 8-bit links here:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lak...t/megalist.html

 

Get the APE software here - emulate a 1050 disk drive on the PC:

http://www.atarimax.com/

 

Build the 1-chip SIO2PC interface + other mods:

http://www.geocities.com/atarimods/index.html

[Lacan]

Thanks, but I mean places where I can buy those games. Also I know this may not sound kinda right, but is there a site that can tell me how to program tons of games in Atari Basic?

[Allas]

I want to create my own cable for my 130XE to my TV, a 5 pin cable (output monitor 130XE) to 3 RCAs (video, left sound, right sound).

 

Someone knows about a design how-to-do.

 

Thanks

[Lacan]

I'm kinda scared right now, I don't know if the Atari 800XL Computer will work until I get that piece tomorrow. I sure hope it works, if not then I don't know what to do then.

[Rybags]

http://www.geocities.com/atarimods/supervid2.html - scroll down, there is a pinout of the monitor socket.

 

Note that the pins aren't numbered sequentially.

 

I've built in S-video and 3.5mm audio out plugs into my 130XE. Building an external plug is easy too.

 

Note that many XLs though don't have chroma output, you have to add it yourself (Step 7 on that page explains how).

 

No point doing stereo output unless you have a 2-Pokey modded system.

 

The simplest mod to do would be a composite-out adaptor. Just use 2 female RCA plugs and a 5 pin DIN connector. Solder the outside conductor of both plugs to ground, composite to the inside of one plug, and audio to the inside of the other. All up, should be around $3 in parts.

 

To have audio on both speakers on a stereo TV, just use a 2 into 1 RCA adaptor.

[8bitclassics]

I want to create my own cable for my 130XE to my TV, a 5 pin cable (output monitor 130XE) to 3 RCAs (video, left sound, right sound).

 

Someone knows about a design how-to-do.

 

Thanks

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Pretty simple to do, many instructions on the net. Atari is only mono sound, so you would have to put the left and right onto the one DIN pin.

 

Corey

[Allas]

 

The simplest mod to do would be a composite-out adaptor.  Just use 2 female RCA plugs and a 5 pin DIN connector.  Solder the outside conductor of both plugs to ground, composite to the inside of one plug, and audio to the inside of the other.   All up, should be around $3 in parts.

 

To have audio on both speakers on a stereo TV, just use a 2 into 1 RCA adaptor.

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Thanks, that all the simple information that I wanted.

I'd prefer s-video quality but my TV hasn't input s-video. Maybe some day, I will use my 42" plasma DTS TV with the Atari.

Edited November 15, 2005 by Allas