atariksi Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Uhhh.. Theres a whole lot more failure points that can cause a reduction in amplitude on the green gun.. you HOPE it's just a loose connection.. The fact that it's intermitant doesnt necessarily point to a loose connection. Theres quite a few 20+ year old analog components present in the drive circuits for that gun that could be breaking down intermittantly. How does the thing act when its cold (first fired up) versus good & warmed up (been run for several hours)? The colors are consistent but one of two palettes (reminds me of CGA). Unfortunately, the monitor cable is not the plug-in type so I can't swap the cables. Maybe on the inside it does have a plug? Haven't opened it up yet. Sometimes it boots up to green (normal) and sometimes that other color palette. Perhaps, I have to put it in a vacuum and turn it on/off to see if it stays the same color set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Well, if it stays constant, and just works sometimes, and sometimes not, that does at least seem to be more consistant with a problem on the input end of it.. It would be worth checking out the cable & input connections on both the ST motherboard and monitor mainboard.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Great collection Fred have you biggest size photos of this page http://www.smartcms.nl/cms2/sites/1058/ ? thanks Hi Rhod, Yes, that is my personal webpage. I have to make a overall picture, this is my attic The photos on the page are the biggest ones I have published on the web, I resized them. Regards, Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Beamer320i has a pretty amazing setup of Atari 8 bit equipment. I was blown away by it all when I went to his house. I was a tad envious too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Beamer320i has a pretty amazing setup of Atari 8 bit equipment. I was blown away by it all when I went to his house. I was a tad envious too! Beamer show us your stuff!!! I know he sells some good stuff on ebay from time to time...I'm sure that's just his extra stuff but it's pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamer320i Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Looks like I'm gonna have to start organising my room for a photoshoot! Thanks to bob1200xl and flashjazzcat, this is my main source of Atari-fun for now, I think they look pretty cool together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Looks like I'm gonna have to start organising my room for a photoshoot! Thanks to bob1200xl and flashjazzcat, this is my main source of Atari-fun for now, I think they look pretty cool together... man! your system looks clean and shinny! did you use armorall? how does one aquire an sio2d like that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 how does one aquire an sio2d like that??? From AA user flashjazzcat: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/161377-sio2sdxm301-case-conversion/page__st__120__p__2072046?do=findComment&comment=2072046 http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/161377-sio2sdxm301-case-conversion/page__st__80__p__2055073?do=findComment&comment=2055073 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 The word processing system I wish I'd had in 1989: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 (edited) The word processing system I wish I'd had in 1989: flash, thanks for bring this page into view again. I really enjoyed scanning this thread and looking at all the collections Edited March 26, 2011 by qix_maniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 thanks for bring this page into view again. I really enjoyed scanning this thread and looking at all the collections Me too. I could thumb through pictures of people's Atari stuff for hours. That's my "back up" 1084S, by the way, which I brought into service when the other one blew up. I just cleaned it today, and it looks good as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstone Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 This one is mine... :lust: :lust: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 This one is mine... :lust: :lust: love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 This one is mine... :lust: :lust: Looking good, enhorabuena! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 This one is mine... Did you chroma/luma enable that SC1435, or swap a 1084 mainboard in? Or is that a VBXE XE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstone Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 This one is mine... Did you chroma/luma enable that SC1435, or swap a 1084 mainboard in? Or is that a VBXE XE? Yep, is a VBXE. My original idea was swapping with a 1084 SD1 if I recall well, because it wasn´t working. But, then I changed the flyback and a few caps and it´s working beatifully. I have more photos here... http://www.retrocomputacion.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?47169 :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) Very nice indeed: exactly the same as my XE setup. I'm still looking for a D1, though. That SC1224's mighty nice too. Edited March 27, 2011 by flashjazzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iratasan Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) I'd like to get one of these XE series joystick !! And of course an XF551 (most expensive drive on earth...) Edited March 27, 2011 by iratasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havok69 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Your joystick... it's so... big... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Makes me wish I still had my 2GS setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I see mg hoards disk drives for more than just Atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Echo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 One of my setups Stock 800XL 850 Interface SIO2PC cable Stock 1050 Indus GT 830 Modem 1025 printer Mom and Dads original Rotary phone (yup it works) Coby 15inch Tv with composite, S-video VGA Pentium-S running windows 98 and my dogs bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I see mg hoards disk drives for more than just Atari Hahaha.. Yeah... I like these DISK II units. They are built on the Shugart SA390 drive mech.. Built like a tank, and it's "the ORIGINAL 5.25 Floppy drive".. They are not really "correct" for this platinum IIe, but niether is the IIc color monitor. I like that monitor because all the controls are on the front, with a flip-down cover. The Joystick is a CH Products "Flightstick". One of the most rugged analog joysticks I've ever seen. Kewl thing about Apple II gear is that schools are still cleaning out store-rooms and liquidating the stuff in massive amounts, cheap. Apple sold the IIe up until 1993, because there was still such a demand from schools. God only knows how much educational software was written for the apple II in the 80s. Many schools did not completely replace all of their Apple IIs with PCs until the late 90s (or later).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 MG: do you still fire up Oregon Trail? I would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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