polyex

Yeah, I have tried adjusting the color knobs. I plugged an Apple IIe into it just now for laughs, color is good. Just getting black and white on when using the Atari 800. Checked continuity on the cable, everything is fine with the cable.

I know , I can only think the signal on the Atari is weak or strange in some way?!? , and the TV combo is ok with it, while the 1702 (and the Samsung TV for that matter) are not.

Yes,I did. The composite connection that worked fine on the TV/VCR combo TV displays black and white on the 1702 when plugged into the front.

I bought a 5 pin DIN to 4 RCA jack cable on eBay for my Atari 800 (not an XL). With my Atari, if I hook the composite from this cable to a late 1990's vintage TV/VCR combo TV, I get a decent color picture (blue Atari Memo pad background). Recently I bought a Commodore 1702 monitor as I wanted to try and improve the picture for my Atari 800 by using the 1702's Chroma and Luma input jacks. Problem is I get a black and white picture on the 1702 when doing this with my Atari 800 using my cable. I then tried using the composite with the 1702 (the one that works fine with the old TV/VCR) and I still get a black and white picture! Thinking I might have a problem with my 1702, I hooked a modern DVD player to the 1702's composite input and I get a beautiful color picture. A while back I had done the same with a modern Samsung big screen TV hooked to my Atari, and I was also get black and white video when using the composite or even the switch box, but when the 1990's TV/VCR combo TV displayed color with the Atari 800 I chalked the problem up to the new Samsung widescreen being ultra picky about its NTSC signal. Now that I see the Commodore monitor doing the same thing with my Atari, I am wondering if the problem is with the Atari? Has anyone used an Atari 800 and a 1702? Could something be wrong with the video circuitry on my 800? Any pointers are really appreciated! Regards, Adam

Just got an Atari 800 with a disk drive,for the first time yesterday. I have never used one, and have a newbie question. I have some disks that boot to Atari DOS. They show a menu which shows A. Disk Directory, B. Run Cart etc. Great , I can check out the Disk directory and see some game names on it, but how do I type in a command to run one, and what is the command? Many thanks!

Unless you really need advice on gameplay etc, that you can't possibly get from anyone close to you, I would not announce anything until its done.

I think your missing "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" from your list. I remember waiting for this one, and it was delayed for a long time. When it finally did arrive via mail order I discovered that it was NOT worth the wait!

duh, thanks , I get 2600 101. I saw them broken up into 8 bit numbers (actually 9 bit-8- and that threw me off!

10 40 0 101? Did that by hand, what I am doing wrong?