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Static picture possibly due to loose insulation?
I've always had trouble getting a clear picture on my 4-switch 2600. I opened up the case and replaced the cable and got a much more clear picture, but it was loose and could fall out of the cable...
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Cartridge List for the Atari 8-bit Computers (400/800/XL/XE Computers)
In honor of those who have worked hard documenting Atari 8-bit cartridges, I have continued that work. In 1983 using an Atari 400 computer, I began my long, and still continuing, software development...
View ArticleDid Video Pinball have a purple box?
I've only ever seen the blue one but the local game store has one that looks purple. And no it doesn't look like a fading issue as the rest of the picture and text look good, not faded at all. I don't...
View ArticleNeed advice on selling a 5200 with games, all CiB...
I know next to nothing about the Atari 5200. It seems like I have a lot of common games and was wondering if I should sell everything piecemeal or bundle some games with the system itself. This is...
View ArticleAPT Hard Disk Preparation and Utilities
This doesn't really fit anywhere else, since several hard disk interfaces are using APT these days, so I'm giving it its own topic. Following some helpful suggestions regarding the APT Partition Editor...
View Articleannotated assembler source for Adventure?
Hi: A couple of years ago I found a fully-commented assembler source for Adventure for the 2600. I can't seem to find it any more. A search of this forum got a hit saying that there is a...
View Article2600 Video Touch Pad as partial replacement for stock 5200 controllers
Has anyone used the Star Raiders video touch pad for the 2600 as a keypad replacement with an Atari 5200 Y-cable like this one:...
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New Atari 5200 Controller Project
I am starting a crowd funded project for an new Atari 5200 controller. It will be modular in design, do all the functions of a real controller and have a trackball function added as well. In the design...
View ArticleATARI 810 reads only first track
Hi there, I have an ATARI 810 drive issue - it only reads the first track of a disk, if you try to boot: I turn on my drive - the head moves correctly on the rails to it's starting position - I insert...
View ArticleANNOUNCING The NEW High Score Club ~ Season 2
NEW SEASON ~ The NEW High Score Club Season 2: First off. Thank you everyone who made suggestions. I had over 100 games requested! I took some from the website and some from your IM's. Some were not...
View ArticleDesert Strike
I´m kinda stuck at the 4. Level in this game. Can somebody help me with the Trucks? Currently I am wasting my fuel on waiting until they turn around (which takes a LOT of time), so that I can see...
View ArticleWhich chips can be swapped to a 2-port?
I have a four port and two port 5200. Which chips, ram, etc, can be swapped from the four port to the two port? I remember reading the two port has some incompatibilities with some games (I have no...
View ArticlePrinting your own sio sockets
Sven of ABBUC printed his first sio socket with his 3D printer. http://www.abbuc.de/...&t=7221#p56913
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PC Adapter/Keypad Controller
These are the schematics and part list for the keypad controller I discussed a few months ago. keypad instructions.txt 2.5K 13 downloads
View ArticleABBUC hardware contest 2013
In 2013, the ABBUC will hold the ninth hardware contest. The rules have been changed in the meantime and present the complete way from the beginning to the end. Especially the possibility to present...
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Infocom Adventures without disk swapping
Following on from some work in the List of Games Not Working with Incognito SIDE Loader thread I happy to now post up a full set of 24 titles spread across 3 large disks (~920K each). Originally I'd...
View ArticleOh No. Disney Shocks Us, "LucasArts is No More"
Disney Corporation the executioner. "150 members of the LucasArts staff were laid off Wednesday morning and the games they were all working on, “Star Wars: First Assault” and “Star Wars 1313,” have...
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Yars' Revenge - Red Label (NTSC)
This is probably a really dumb question -especially since I should know this- but when exactly did the red label NTSC variant of Yars' Revenge become an R5? I haven't really followed 2600 rarity guides...
View ArticleAtari Keyboards around the world?
Hi Guys, I stumbled across a thread on the ATARIMAX product forum where someone has a Swedish/Scandinavian keyboard layout on their Atari 800XL, and it got me to thinking... How did users of Ataris...
View ArticleLantronix UDS10 Settings for BBS
IM sure this has been discussed somewhere/sometime, but my search-fu is not like it used to be, grasshopper. I have a UDS10 and when I try to logon to my BBS thru telnet, I get an ATA then 20 seconds...
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