2600 Fault Question
Hi Guys, Great Forum. I've got a newbie question that I'm hoping some of you may be able to answer. I dug my old 6 switch woody out the attic the other night and after spending a good while I managed...
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MD2-D 5_1/4 Diskettes
I want to share some pictures from my new MD2-D colorful Kodak diskettes. I believe cause is no longer in production, and I don't know if the ©1987 is also the production date, or a general copyright...
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You know your Atari reputation precedes you when...
A friend at work walks into my cubicle and says, "I saw this at Target and I said to myself, oh, I have to get this for my friend." Then he gave me the shirt in the attached pic. So, I just wanted to...
View ArticleModded Sega Genesis pad for rotary control of Tempest 2000
pretty easy mod to do, much easier than the EPYX 500XJ joysticks I have been modding.
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Is auto-fire considered cheating?
I am in the final stretch with "HAR'em". ATM I need to figure out how to deal with "auto-fire". If you hold down the trigger, each shot type as a certain delay, so you have a disadvantage over those...
View ArticleInternal Hardwired MyIDE with 32-in-1?
Is anyone using this combination? If so, can you make the MyIDE "transparent" if you wanted to attach a PBI device while the MyIDE is still in there? Install switch on one of the MyIDE leads? Thanks,...
View ArticleThe NEW High Score Club 1.11 ~ Starmaster Game 4
This is Week 11 DO NOT POST ANY SCORES UNTIL MONDAY Starmaster You must protect your starbases by destroying all invading enemy starfighters before they destroy you or your starbases. You must...
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800 Restoration
Hi - my first post here and I'm already asking for help! Here's what I'm up to: The board on the left is a machine I'm building from new parts. It's an NTSC version and works perfectly. There is a...
View ArticleGame Recommendations?
I recently purchased an Atari XEGS and I was wondering what a good place to start would be regarding the game library. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would just like to hear what everyone...
View ArticleMyIDE ][ vs. SIC vs. ?
Can someone give me a rundown of the differences between some of these multicarts for 8bits? Looking for comparisons of features, pros, cons, and pricing. Love to hear positive arguements why one may...
View ArticleAtari 1020 plotter: pens barrel doesn't turn
The pens barrel of my 1020 plotter doesn't turn. The plotter always writes using the same pen. What's the problem?
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Space Moster / Spider Moster
I recently got the attached cartridge "Space Moster / Spider Moster". It seems to be this cartridge, just with a different label:...
View ArticleTo kill an ailing VCS or not?
OK, so I have two ailing VCS consoles. One is a 4 switch Woody with a botched video mod. The RF output doesn't work right, either. The other is my own Sears heavy sixer which has a broken reset switch...
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Blue Lightning Demo cart instruction sheet
In case it's needed, can't see it in the AA Lynx section
View ArticleSome of my Games don't work on my 5200
Okay, on my 2-Port 5200, some of my games won't start up. All the games that look like actual Atari 5200 Games work fine, but games that look different physically (Star Trek, Gorf, etc.) don't work. Is...
View ArticleSpine scan or pic for Quest for Quintana Roo
I'm working on making a cover fot his game based off of the 2600 box, but I need to know what the spine on the 5200 version looked like. If anyone has a pic or can scan the spine at 600 dpi descreened,...
View Article2600 Hot Wheels
Just got the entire collection of 2600 hot wheels. I must say they are pretty awesome
View ArticleDoes the Display List on NTSC also have 3 Blank Lines?
I remember I once read that the 3 blank lines in the PAL DL are there to center the picture better and that they are only there if the system is a PAL system (GTIA). I just tested with different...
View ArticleHard Drive Activity
I have been lurking this board for about a month and a half. I recently built an Atari hard disk system out of a PC case. I was wondering, since there are so many hardware engineers here, Is there...
View ArticleHard Drive Speed
Has anyone else noticed that having a BB with Hard Disks is about 20% faster writing than SIO to PC reading (I have USB version)? How about the MIO is it the same? Just curious.
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