What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?

[+orpheuswaking]

I'm going to hazard a read/write switch on the 1050 and a dual pokey on the 800xl

[brenski]

it seems that recently - the read/write switch modded 1050s are cropping up more often than they ever used to

almost like the sellers have no idea what they are and see anything altered as being of less value

 

 

my own most recent Atari acquisitions?

a 3rd & 4th 1200XL

a 2nd Indus GT

and my prize possession a C-240 Video Music Player

 

now....for one of those Jukeboxes

[flashjazzcat]

3rd and 4th 1200XL? Nice going!

[brenski]

3rd and 4th 1200XL? Nice going!

yeah...took a bit of seeking out. nice prices too

was awaiting Bob's - but that seemed to have "died a death" - think he's keeping his 1200XLs after all?

 

as regards the Indus GT - that's a spare fella - (and being kept for "the buyer" as previously discussed)

Edited October 28, 2015 by brenski

[+bob1200xl]

No, he's not keeping all of his 1200XLs. He's just kinda slow, sometimes. Life keeps interfering...

 

Bob

[brenski]

no prob Bob. i honestly wasn't having a go. i figured something else got in the way...it' not a problem.

[adam242]

A new-in-shrink copy of Summer Games on cartridge for $50.

The box is not in great shape, and the shrink wrap is broken, so I'll probably just open this.

 

And a little light reading...

Six 1985 issues of ANALOG (for three bucks!) and The Atari BASIC Source Book.

[gilsaluki]

Whoa! $50 for Summer Games cart! Have the prices for XE games really gone up that much in value?

[AtariGeezer]

Whoa! $50 for Summer Games cart! Have the prices for XE games really gone up that much in value?

That's actually cheap for a NIB or CIB Summer Games cart, those don't come around too often...

[FlorianD]

a RANA 1000 Disk Drive

:-)

now I own

810 (stock)

1050 with TURBO (B. Engl)

1050 with Speedy TDS

1050 with MEGA Speedy

XF551 with HyperOS

RANA 1000

[+slx]

A Logo cart with complete manuals but no box for 20$.

 

 

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[gozar]

OSS's The Writer's Tool.

 

Unfortunately, it doesn't work (said so in the auction, so no surprise). When I boot it up and try to go into the cartridge, it locks up. I opened it up, and it's an eprom on the board. Were all of them eproms?

[AtariGeezer]

OSS's The Writer's Tool.

 

Unfortunately, it doesn't work (said so in the auction, so no surprise). When I boot it up and try to go into the cartridge, it locks up. I opened it up, and it's an eprom on the board. Were all of them eproms?

If the eproms are socketed, try swapping them...

[gozar]

If the eproms are socketed, try swapping them...

 

It's only one chip in a socket, and I don't have a burner to burn another copy of writers tool. :-)

[Atari8bitCarts]

 

It's only one chip in a socket, and I don't have a burner to burn another copy of writers tool. :-)

did you try to clean it? typically the contacts are the issue.

[Mathy]

Hello guys

 

I seem to remember that the "The Writers Tool" cartridge needs a disk to work, but that info was found in a very dark and very dusty corner of my brain so it might be wrong...

 

Sincerely

 

Mathy

[luckybuck]

Don't worry, all(!) is here:

 

https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=The%20WriterS%20Tool

[bbking67]

I bought a Wico Command Control joystick (red ball). Cost me $25 but came with an Amiga 500, External Supra FDD, External Supra HDD, 1080 Monitor and a pile of new DSDD 3.5" diskettes. I wish it was an ST so I knew how to work it.

 

So $25 for the joystick might have been a tad high, but it's a sweet joystick!

[+DarkLord]

Last thing was a complete boxed set of Exodus: Ultima III for the ST.

 

Yeah, I've got the hard drive adapted version, complete with game

save states, added intro pictures etc, but I had lost the original box

to my copy and the original disk had finally started giving errors after

almost a 1/2 million moves/saves.

Edited November 17, 2015 by DarkLord

[ACML]

 

It's only one chip in a socket, and I don't have a burner to burn another copy of writers tool. :-)

If its an EPROM, it has probably succumbed to bit-rot. EPROMs from the 1980's typical had 10 year warranties on data retention, but 25-30 years was the actual norm. All EPROMs leak a very minuscule charge and over 30 years, all you need is one bit to go bad and viola, bit-rot. A lock-up would be a classic symptom of bit-rot. A byte is now errant and the instruction code malfunction call results in a look up (bad instruction). The EPROM you have is still good, just needs to be erased and rewritten. Then your good for another 25-30 years.

Edited November 17, 2015 by ACML

[adam242]

Another 800 showed up on my porch this morning... I really didn't need it, but the price ($45 shipped) was too low to pass.

 

It was sold "untested, as is for parts or repair" because someone had cut off the RF cable. No big deal, I remove them anyways... that's what monitor ports are for. It was horribly packed but survived the trip unscathed. It's a little yellowed but works perfectly. Cart lid even springs open like it should. I think I'll play a little Shamus this afternoon.

 

This is my fourth 800... what can I say? When you fall for Colleen, you fall hard.

 

[adam242]

Okay, who was it?

 

NICE find...

[AtariGeezer]

Okay, who was it?

 

NICE find...

Yeah, but have you seen this one:eBay Auction -- Item Number: 252181744003

[+MacRorie]

Yeah, but have you seen this one:eBay Auction -- Item Number: 252181744003

 

Did you notice that the seller puts 'I talked to the President of xxx software who owned this and he said . . .' on just about every Atari auction he has up?

[AtariGeezer]

 

Did you notice that the seller puts 'I talked to the President of xxx software who owned this and he said . . .' on just about every Atari auction he has up?

Yep, I've been talking with the seller over the past week, he has 2 complete Pro Prompt systems and 1 Compu=Prompt cart with dongles.

Info can be found here: http://proprompt.com/html/abt.html

This is where he got the contact info...