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I can make another video if you like. What are you looking to see? I will do the best I can with it, but no snarky comments about my game-playing abilities -M

No worries. This is the way.

No worries. Am glad you got it working for you and we shall all keep a closer look at it. This is what means to be on the bleeding edge of technology (in a retro 80s sort of way!)

Press down on the screen with finger/stylus while applying power to the device. You will see "+" come up in a corner. Use the stylus to press the middle of the "+" on each corner. Some numbers will come up in the middle of the screen. press the "+" that you started with for a second time and the screen will return to the SDrive menu.

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Like I said, the 800XL in the picture has a Sophia 2 in it now (it had a rev C before) and have never seen the issue.

If the weather app cannot pull data, it hangs. I have seen it do that with poor connections in non-Sophia machines. Time to pull: Dunno, didn't write it so no clue. Huh. I cannot say I have seen that behavior. My impression was that the response was always the same no matter what machine I put it on and where I put the machine. Now, I will tell you that during the middle of the day when everybody and their sister has their WiFi up, it is decidedly more difficult to connect, but I attributed that to a general WiFi issue and not to any one machine configuration. Channel is set to Auto select on all WiFi clients that connect. EDIT: Did a ping of FujiNet with it attached directly and when on an SIO cable. Did not notice an appreciable difference.

It is in the room that is adjacent to the entry hallway in the picture (on the far side of the building).

Hello all, @mozzwald Let me know that there was a Sophia/FujiNet interaction issue. I will add this to the equation: I have an 800XL at the front door to the shop (it's my "Greeter" ;-)) that has had a Sophia in it for at least a month now with FujiNet. It goes on in the morning, I boot weather.atr and it stays on for 10 straight hours. It polls for changes every 90 minutes and runs like a champ. I have attached pictures of the setup. The 810 sitting there is a relatively new addition and is only turned on for quick testing occasionally. The 800XL is powered via USB. Now, does my one outlier situation prove that all is a) hunky and b) dory between Sophia and FujiNet? No, not in the slightest. However, it *might* indicate that it *may* be something else.

I mean, sure. Give me pictures of what you want and I will go about making it.

NEW VIDEOS: The first video is about the three different versions of The Guardians: Storm Over Doria I have. One is VERY playable. You can do things that advance the game, the shopkeeper actually sells things! You can kill monsters. DON'T DIE, however, as it resets the game! The GUARDIAN.02 version is almost a complete game, really. The second one is . . . "Full Court Press" https://youtu.be/HRqbYLxaqZM It is a DEMO of a basketball game. You can dribble the ball up and down the court, look at screenshots of cheerleaders and a coach drilling a team, select different teams and do everything EXCEPT score baskets! "-) All of them can be found here: https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-lynx

Very cool. I thought there were different levels! So much good Lynx gameplay there, wish it would have come out.

Huh. I enjoyed this quite a bit. I did, however, map it all out back in the day. I have attached them in case anyone needs them. They are by no means perfect, but they got me through the game fairly easily (IIRC). -M Jaguar AvP maps_000289.pdf

The Rapids *can* fit into an XEL, but if you want the CF2/CF3 in there, you will have to go with the modified footprint CF3. You cannot fit the standard CF3 and a Rapidus, it is not physically possible.

You ever have one of those moments where you KNOW you answered an email only to discover you only answered it in your head? Yeah, sorry about that. It *IS* Full Court Press. It is an early demo and I will post a video of it ASAP. BTW, I also tried Batman and BattleZone. Batman is, unfortunately, still @#$%^&*( hard to the point of being playable (you know just like the retail release). Battlezone is a playable demo, but it is different than the other prototype I found. Speaking of which, just to keep things straight, I am referring to THIS current batch of prototypes as Batch 2 or Second Batch. I will append a letter to that when releasing them in videos. The LAST batch of photos that I got (5 EPROM boards off of eBay after being first mentioned here) will be referred to as the "First Batch" or Batch 1. This is important because the prototypes are (so far) significantly different from each other even when their title is the same. I will be posting videos as I have time. In the meantime, thanks for all the questions and stay tuned!

That's because the UAV is considered a daughterboard for the XEL. It is in the components options section. As seen below, 1088 & UAV.pdf

No worries. he bought some from me.

I haven't verified, but I am pretty sure it is Blue Lightning

FYI: I now have three different versions of Guardians. I am in the process of making a video comparing the three. 1) They will always be available. 2) Not unless you want to buy 25 or more of the same title!

That's a good question. Here's the deal: unless it is a true prototype that is either a) unreleased or b) significantly different from a released version, then it will probably not get a release from me until I release them into the wild in about a year. There are multiple reasons for this, but I think this is the most fair to all concerned. Now, I *think* I have all of the "unreleased" ones out there. I could be wrong, but man, it's 95 files! With the files that had a retail release, I have to play them side-by-side with the retail version to see if there is a difference. Something I am slowly doing, but there's so much else that has to be done every day that it slips. I will get through them, but it might take a bit. As for will I combine them into a "batch" like I did with the last set, the answer is probably not. The reason is that there is just not a good estimate as to a) when I will finish reviewing them, b) how many are actually going to be IN that batch, and c) how I would even logistically do it. I have tried to do batch deals on the ComLynxable ones, because that makes sense, but even then, like Spacewar is at least a 5-player comlynx game (I think it will actually end up being 8, but I need more ComLynx cables. Who knew I would need SEVEN?! I have four already). So, even making those a batch is proving to be slow. No worries. I understand the situation and am trying to make it as easy as possible to get these into people's hands to play. A prototype sitting in a treasure chest is only cool to one person! Thanks for the questions, and I hope IO answered them all. Feel free to ask more.

No harm, no foul! Enjoy!

Well, somebody reported it to YouTube and it got pulled. This is why we cannot have nice things.

These two will be up by this evening Me: Checks forums every 5 min for two days straight... lol Sorry, life happened (as it is wont to do). MORE are up. Even "Friendly." I get ONE complaint about "That's disgusting, why would you put that up there yadda yadda yadda" I will 3D print some effigies with avatars pasted to them and start making them play N64 Superman. On a related note, there are more as I get time to make the carts and then compare them to other known versions. So far, I have three different versions of Guardians and two different versions of Daemonsgate. I have not even BEGUN to look at the Eye of the Beholder variations. https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-lynx Video (No, I am NOT linking the "Friendly" video, you can find it up there and pass the age restriction test like everyone else): -M

They had a nice black edition. I thought it looks great. https://funstock.co.uk/products/evercade-all-in-edition-black

These two will be up by this evening. Hmm, not sure how to deal with this one. I have a label made. Just makes me feel slightly dirty. ;-) This is a different version of Guardians It is. Slightly. Two different versions, both different from what I found before. It is. The splash screen is definitely different. I cannot tell you if it is *substantially* different, however. I will try this one out today. BTW, found one I have not seen before. I will get the video up for it today as well: Poker! I am pretty sure this is the Poker game that was attached to Lynx Poker kiosks that someone found a couple of years ago. It is definitely something different and is different from what I have seen before. In looking for stuff, I suspect it got made into a home-brew by someone else, but I need to pull that cart out and check it to see if it is similar.