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Has anyone moded a 5200 trak-ball using arcade parts?
Using a track ball similar to this, has anyone moded the 5200 Trak-Ball guts to make a heavy duty arcade quality track ball? If so, how did you do it?
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I really want this for 5200 and see that Good Deal Games has an XE conversion of it on cart for sale. The only issue is I looked up videos of the 5200 Crystal Castles game on youtube and only found one...
View ArticleModem Cable
Anyone point me to a straight-through DB25F-DB25F cable for connecting an ST serial port to a Lantronix MSS-100? Can't seem to find anything but null DB25 modem cables on eBay.
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A beautiful sight
Just thought I'd share my enthusiasm for the attached picture! I've got quite a little collection going now..amazed at how fast these releases are coming. I'm expecting another 6 by 2014 I'm going to...
View ArticleUniversal Gamex
What's known about Universal Games? One of those companies which released one title, X Man and that was it. Is it like one of those mystery companies like the Air Raid or Birthday Mania people? What's...
View ArticleRambo/Ramrod Newell...
Back in the '80s I had a 800XL to which I had added Newell Technologies upgrade(s). It had 256K and multiple OSs with a switch and machine monitor. I would love to have this configuration again, but I...
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Kijiji Atari 2600 find
Yesterday morning, we saw an ad on Kijiji (which is similar to Craigslist) where the seller was giving away an Atari 2600 4-switch with 50 games. Eric called, left a message. Since the guy wasn't...
View ArticleLoading .wav files through SIO
Hello, I was wondering if their was anyway I could load a .cas file that was converted into a .wav file and play it through a mp3 player to my Atari XE system. I'm fairly new to the retro computer...
View ArticleNewbie needs help Commands
Hello: I have been learning Atari 2600 programming on my Mac. I have read the beginner information online, and am able to program simple things such as colors and objects. I have also been hacking code...
View ArticleAngry Video Game Nerd Plays Atari 2600 - new vid....
http://cinemassacre....1-introduction/ Ehh, decent.
View ArticleAtari Advantage
The Atari Advantage required to cut out the UPC code and to send them in to Atari. I have yet to see a box with the UPC code cut out. I also have not yet seen the Atari T-Shirt that was promised as a...
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HSC10 Round 10: Rescue on Fractalus
Rescue on Fractalus time for some serious 8-bit action; one of the best games ever and we need to rescue some downed pilots and shoot some Jaggies If you've not played R.O.F. before (why?!) then you...
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MY FIRST EVER BASIC ATARI GAME
The programmer of Tempest Extreme and Venture had to start somewhere. I was going through old disks and I found this. It including a game called "Spectrix.bas". Full title "Search for the Spectrix."...
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Introduction, and doubt about framerates
First of all, I am going to introduce myself... I have been an Atari fan since I got my first console (Atari 2600) when I was a child. I loved it (and I still love it) and since those days I was really...
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Chess and Circus by "unknown"
What's known about these two games, and the company behind it? Are they Taiwan releases? For Asian stuff they got some really sturdy boxes with sturdy inner 'sleeves' and the carts have some nice...
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Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
I don't know if the game show "Are You Smarter Than A 5th grader" is in countries other than the USA, so if not, just a quick background of the show. An adult is given grammar school questions to see...
View Articlefastest serial speed ?
Hi. What is the maximum serial speed that a st/tt or falcon can handle ?
View ArticleDONKEY KONG FONT
Does anybody have the original donkey kong font, Some nice person on here did offer it to me once before but i cannot find the thread point where this was, i am currently re-designing some custom cases...
View ArticleDimensions of all the systems
I'm looking for case dimensions for all the 8-bits. Or better, has anyone modelled the cases in cad software? Unfortunately I'm having no luck finding even width/depth via search engines. Are they...
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Two Atari VCS computer add-on's from Leisure Time Electronics magazine 1983
Shame those two add-on's didn't happen: Entex 2000 Piggyback and Unitronics Expander
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