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XEVIOUS disassy & game
Quite Quiet on the 7800 forum lately. TIME4ACTION!!! BAM!BAM!BAM! BAM! BAM! BLUE AZURE MONDAY BAM! BAM! BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM! Now we have XEVIOUS, one of my 3 favorite original shooters on the 7800. The...
View Articlesio me 7800
Ok with the upcoming xm that has a sio port will the future be in sio to pc and all that jazz like the a8's? With the right software is this possible? If so that would really be the big seperation and...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Game T-Shirt designs
Hey guys, I wanted some 2600 t-shirts for myself, so I whipped up these master images in GIMP. They are split into front and back images, and you can import them into Zazzle if you wish. Let me know...
View ArticleBattery Questions MegaST
I tried looking online but could not find the answer to my question. On the Mega ST2 the external battery compartment on the top of the case, does it take standard AA batteries or Rechargeable like...
View ArticleIncognito post-install problem
After successfully helping Tempest install his Incognito board yesterday, I thought I'd tackle mine (finally!) tonight. Everything went smoothly with the install and reassembly. Tested it a few times...
View ArticleAtari 800xl problems. HELP!
Hi all. The problem I have: Tried two power supplies... the power light comes on when I have used both. The first PS gives me a garbled screen, and the second PS gives me a solid white bar on the left...
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Joystick Topper?
I saw an ebay auction for 4 wico command and 2 5200 joysticks. Anyhow all is good except the 5200 joysticks. What are those on top of the sticks. Never seen anything like that before. At least not...
View ArticleSIDE SDX 4.46 help
I am running an original SIDE with an Ultimate 1MB upgrade in a PAL 130XE. I am using SDX 4.46. I am having trouble with my CONFIG.SYS file loading. The CF card is set to use drives I and J. The...
View ArticleController pot values.
I know at least one person had asked about this in the past, so I'm posting this here. I just hooked one of my 5200 controllers up to my multimeter (if you don't know, there are needle-like probes you...
View ArticleAtari Inc. Business is fun impressions
Who here has read it? I loved the book. It was a good read and I found it interesting to learn the truth about so many myths. I was disappointed that they didn't touch on the infamous swordquest...
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Replacement STe Feet
Hi, A bit pedantic I know, but hey I tend to want perfection when I am restoring these beloved machines eBay Auction -- Item Number: 400235939831 These are a perfect replacement for the black STe feet...
View ArticleFalcon crown of creation imaging?
Hello to all! After recently having made searches on this baby and having seen that no correct dump exist for it, I was wondering if a charitable person might have a kryoflux drive so we could try to...
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Need an Atari 800 part...
Does anyone have a nice top case (door/lid/keyboard not needed) for an 800? I had an ebay shipping incident.
View ArticleAtari XF551 & 1050 don't format Disks
I have serveral floppy stations, f.e. some 1050 and one XF551 with the following issue: Floppies first behave 'normal'. I can boot any DOS on any densities with these stations properly. After I have...
View ArticleHow to repair 400 keyboard?
I picked up a 400 the other day. It is working great except for 1 column of 4 keys on the membrane keyboard (X, S, W, 2, if I recall correctly). I haven't had a chance to crack it open & inspect it...
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Atari Office
I got a set of these posters separate from the release of the FB4 (as they are rolled, not folded), threw them in some inexpensive frames, and put them up in my office today. People have already been...
View ArticlePotential problems with newly bought 800XL
Today I had a delivery of an Atari 800XL from eBay. I got it for a really low price because it was described as "For parts or not working" and "No cables, so sold as spares". I plugged in the power...
View Article16mb ATR of Antic magazine disk
I am working on a single 16mb SDX ATR with all the Antic magazine disks. I already have the disks in the ATR and I am now trying to incorporate text versions of all the Antic articles into the same...
View ArticleTrakball question
I haven't been able to tell from the pictures in the promotional material, but was the cue ball in the Trakball controller originally white? All of the ones I've seen on ebay have yellowed cue balls....
View ArticleBest 8-bit Atari disk drive? 810, 1050, XF551
It appears to me that the 810 with an MPI mechanism is the winner. I say MPI mech because I think most 810's with the Tandem mech ultimately suffer the dreaded pin failure and the door ends up in your...
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