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  1. RWAP
    Thank you - glad to hear they arrived safely
  2. RWAP
    No plans to list on any other sites - because (a) I run sellmyretro.com and (b) unlike other options, prices can reflect where the buyer is located.. ie, as you are outside the EU, then I can offer you the price and shipping without VAT, compared to someone who is in the EU who has to pay the VAT on both the item and shipping. If it is going to be a one-off purchase, then I can deal through PayPal - but you need to pm me with your name, address, paypal email and how many sets you need etc. It is more work for me though and so I do not recommend this to everyone - otherwise I would have to increase prices to cover the extra time!
  3. RWAP
    Replacement mylar sets are now available from: https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/brand-new-intellivision-1-controller-mylar-set-38583 Thanks to everyone for supporting this project; and those who helped test the resulting products!
  4. RWAP
    Sorry but I can't confirm whether there was more than one type of 800 with a membrane - I don't have a collection of computers and had to borrow the 800 from Adam to get a quote! So grand total of mylars required at this stage is 4 - hardly worth investing in a production run!!
  5. RWAP
    I don't think there is any way apart from opening the cases...
  6. RWAP
    Standard 800 mylar - not the 800XL
  7. RWAP
    As some may have noticed, I have also now obtained a quote for brand new replacement 800 membranes and wanted to guage interest -
  8. RWAP
    It certainly makes for a more level playing field for customers around the globe (and might help my EU customers once Brexit happens)...
  9. RWAP
    We ship worldwide. One of the benefits of us being VAT registered is that we would not charge the VAT on shipping outside of the EU (so you would see a price of £10 + shipping). Of course, there might be customs fees to pay at your end.
  10. RWAP
    I now have a quote for some replacement Atari 800 Keyboard Membranes (or Mylars for those of you outside of Europe). I assume there is only one type of Mitsumi membrane for these (the 56-7324A)? I need to guage interest in these before placing an order as the more I can order, the lower the individual price. Prices would be : 100 off - £22 each 250 off - £15 each 500 off - £12 each Please comment on here if you are interested or if you have a different Mitsumi membrane number!!
  11. RWAP
    Just an update - the replacement Intellivision I controller mylars should be with me next week, based on the improved Canadian part number: 2609-9589 marked "EURO RR REV-D" Cost will be £12 + postage (including VAT) for a set consisting of a mylar, the separation layer and the top keypad layer (as shown in Adam's photos) So far as I know these will only suit the Intellivision I and the Sears (Super Video Arcade) model. Any others?
  12. RWAP
    Yes - Adam has two sets of the new control mylar and top layers for testing and supplied these pictures. I don't yet have the new controller mylars myself, but they are based on the Canadian 2609 part number 2609-9589 marked "EURO RR REV-D" Rich
  13. RWAP
    Yes I was going to offer it as a kit of all 3 parts - the mylar, the top layer with the keypad and the thin insulating layer. It makes more sense than offering them individually.
  14. RWAP
    Thanks to Adam's assistance, we have now successfully integrated the improvements from the Canadian Intellivision mylar and tested them. So I will now be telling the factory to get these made at long last...
  15. RWAP
    I have received the Canadian 2609 part number 2609-9589 marked "EURO RR REV-D" from Adam (many thanks) and this has now been passed onto the factory so that they can bring together the two versions and hopefully get an improved version. Fingers crossed the quote will not be much higher than last time!
  16. RWAP
    Thanks - Adam is sending me a non-working one which is better for the factory as they can keep it then
  17. RWAP
    Thanks Adam - I have sent a pm. The Euro RR Rev-D seem to give better feedback on the side buttons in particular, or so I understand and that is why I wanted to incorporate those changes. Rich
  18. RWAP
    At the moment the ones from Venezuela are your best bet. My own project has been on hold for 2 years now because the feedback was that people wanted them based on the Canadian 2609 part number 2609-9589 marked "EURO RR REV-D"; but as soon as I pointed out that I would need one of these mylars on which to base to the new ones, everyone suddenly went quiet It is always the problem with producing new mylars / keyboard membranes - people are willing to say "Yes, great - invest some money and get some made", but as soon as you ask to borrow an existing one on which to base the new production, there is no-one willing to send you a sample!
  19. RWAP
    Yes it does - not as easy to set up as a USB printer, as it can't automatically detect it (or at least doesn't seem able to)
  20. RWAP
    Thanks - but that is no better than using a Windows font - I don't want to replicate the actual dottiness of a dot matrix printer... But the main issue is that the fonts ignore all of the Epson graphic characters which would need to be re-added.
  21. RWAP
    Getting the wrong keyword when you press a key is not a fault of the keyboard membrane normally - it could be anything from a corrupt ROM chip to a leaky cap somewhere. Asking on www.sinclairzxworld.com is probably your best bet
  22. RWAP
    Yes, the Retroprinter will be back on sale soon once the manufacturing issues have been addressed
  23. RWAP
    The speed and size problem is because the PrinterToPDF code needs to currently create a PNG image which is then converted to PDF. Ensure imageMode = 1 (it creates the PNG in memory) as creating it on the disk is really slow. Ideally, the routines would be changed to write the text directly to the PDF, but the issue there is creating all of hte necessary fonts, as built in PDF fonts do not match the full range of characters and international character tables supported by the Epson ESC/P2 standard; which means a lot of work! It would be interesting to see how you have progressed - and link to the code on Github, so that people can find your work based on it.
  24. RWAP
    I have now released the Retro-Printer module which captures data from a parallel port and converts ESC/P2 or PCL data so that it can be printed on a modern printer (www.retroprinter.com) An Atari STE has just tried using this to print from WordPerfect 5.0, using the default printer. The output seems to use printer codes other than PCL or ESC/P2 - so I was wondering if anyone knows what printer it is for and whether there is a list of the control codes, so that I could create a new conversion routine. The output is basically: ESC @ (Reset) PL ESC @ (Reset) F1 <CR> ESC $1F $79 $20 ESC $57 (ESC W n - double printing on/off) ESC $1F $OD Bold ESC $26 ESC $1E $09 <LF>, <CR> ESC $1F $79 $20 ESC $1F $OD Underline <CR> ESC $1F $79 $20 ESC $1F $03 $20 ESC $1F $OD ________________ ESC $1F $05, $5F ESC $1F $OD, $5F <LF>, <CR> ESC $1F $79 $20 ESC $1F $OD Italics <LF>, <CR> ESC $1F $79 $20 ESC $1F $OD Normal <CR> ESC $1F is not ESC/P2 or IBM pro-printer codes. Could it be the specific Atari printer?
  25. RWAP
    Bas can't recall looking at these machines, so has no idea what he did in the end! I have however, posted some thoughts on the other topic - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280489-betagamma-computing-purevideo-2600vec-video-quality/ Certainly it appears that it could be that sixers are more problematic (as including the OP, these are the only machines we know of where problems similar to this have been reported - albeit by a maximum of 3 individuals).
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