+orpheuswaking Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I'm going to hazard a read/write switch on the 1050 and a dual pokey on the 800xl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 3rd and 4th 1200XL? Nice going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) 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 Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 No, he's not keeping all of his 1200XLs. He's just kinda slow, sometimes. Life keeps interfering... Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 no prob Bob. i honestly wasn't having a go. i figured something else got in the way...it' not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Whoa! $50 for Summer Games cart! Have the prices for XE games really gone up that much in value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Whoa! $50 for Summer Games cart! Have the prices for XE games really gone up that much in value? That's actually cheap for a NIB or CIB Summer Games cart, those don't come around too often... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianD Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 a RANA 1000 Disk Drive :-) now I own 810 (stock) 1050 with TURBO (B. Engl) 1050 with Speedy TDS 1050 with MEGA Speedy XF551 with HyperOS RANA 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 A Logo cart with complete manuals but no box for 20$. Gesendet von meinem iPhone mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 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. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckybuck Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Don't worry, all(!) is here: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=The%20WriterS%20Tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 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! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Okay, who was it? NICE find... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Okay, who was it? NICE find... Yeah, but have you seen this one:eBay Auction -- Item Number: 252181744003 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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