eflake Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 I'm thinking it's this LCD tv i found in the dump, but it has some curiously curved 'straight' drawn lines.. that's hecka GTIA!!! I'm hoping it's just the LCD and settings on it can be tweaked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Some 16x9 widescreen LCD's stretch modes will exaggerate the horizontal stetch of a 4:3 source picture more closer to the sides. It makes 'talking heads' in the middle look normal somewhat compared to the normal even stretch. Edited June 2, 2018 by Nezgar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eflake Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 And is the self-test not on the atari 800? I tried booting without basic cart and holding option down, nothing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 400 and 800 had no built in selftest. That was introduced in the later 1200XL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eflake Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 Thanks.. i paid a bit more money than i wanted to for it on ebay and checking it over. Been decades and is the one I cut my teeth on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eflake Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 Changed from panoramic to full screen, much better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Yes, no self test on the older machines, you got Memo Pad instead...a simply useless item if ever there was one (waiting for someone to extol the virtues of it now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Things usually end up in the dump for good reason... but nice find - weird that there's no pincushion effect on the edges - it's like there's horizontal consistency but the scanlines have variable spacing depending on where on the screen they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Yes, no self test on the older machines, you got Memo Pad instead...a simply useless item if ever there was one (waiting for someone to extol the virtues of it now) It was ment to type silly things in store 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Yes indeed and a guy who sold / ran a store you can imagine just how creative the little (and older) blighters were with their typing...Shy, they were not!! On a sweeter note, I saw Tron in Canada back in the day and the next day we went to a big mall in Toronto and walked around the shops, in almost all the computer shops someone had typed "ACCESS PROJECT CLU" on the Vic20's etc Made me smile so much then and even now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Haha.., nerds we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Yes, no self test on the older machines, you got Memo Pad instead...a simply useless item if ever there was one (waiting for someone to extol the virtues of it now) oh okay... um sure... It was used instead of a note on the fridge... the note on the fridge was never seen, but the note on the computer was 'always' seen.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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