+bf2k+ Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 I am going to sell off most of my Atari 8-bit hardware and software. Rather than use one of those auction sites (that shall remain nameless), I am going to set it up on a website... here... https://cabellclarke.wixsite.com/website So far, there are only a few pictures on the site but I will be adding individual items in the coming days... If you see something you are interested in, drop me a line. I don't intend to ship internationally so sorry to half the people on AA but I am in the US and shipping is a b|+ch these days and some of this stuff is huge (liked a boxed 1200XL or an Astra Big D.) And so it begins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Thanks! Left a message on the site. I hope that's what I was supposed to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Do you need me to fill out the form too, or have you already taken note of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 i left a message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuluGula Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 I also left message for Astra Big D, boxed 1064, XC12 and XEP80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E474 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 That is a nice stack of 1050s! Wrong side of the pond for me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, E474 said: That is a nice stack of 1050s! Wrong side of the pond for me though. I actually have more 1050s than that... those are just the tested ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Apparently you have as many 1050's as @bob1200xl has 1200XLs Quite a collection you amassed of Atari gear. I too remember a time in the mid to late 90's where I could easily find boxes of stuff at flea markets for pennies on the dollar. One time I picked up a box of 50 8-bit carts for something like $5. So by the year 2001 I had quite a collection of my own. However... and I think I told this story, I had a single Mom and her two kids move in with me, and I needed room. So into the car everything went and I drove down to a swap meet in Santa Clara where I met Curt Vendel for the first time and without much difficulty convinced him to take it all off my hands for FREE. Little did I know in the near future which is now, it would all command crazy prices on eBay Since that time I have recollected at least 7 800XLs and various other Atari gear (it's a sickness). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 What a superb Atari 8bit collection. Well done and thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 6 hours ago, mytek said: (it's a sickness). It definitely is... My problem is that I don't have enough room to display it while testing it. I still have 2 boxes full of CPUs that aren't even in those pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Speaking of XEP 80s... How does one go about testing an XEP 80? I've never messed with one. DO I need two monitors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Got this off atarimania.com: The Atari XEP80 interface connects to joystick port 1 or 2 on the Atari computer and provides the system with: - An 80-column Video Display Controller with phono output jack, carrying a monochrome composite video signal which can be either 60Hz (NTSC compatible) or 50Hz (PAL/SECAM compatible), selectable in software. - A Parallel Printer Port (Centronics output interface) Note that the XEP80 does not include provision for audio. VIDEO DISPLAY CONTROLLER The XEP80 video hardware generates an 80 column by 25 line text display through a video connector/cable plugged into a separately purchased monitor. The monitor can be any Composite Video input type, although for the best display a monochrome is strongly advised. Internally, the XEP80 is a 256 character wide by 25 line high storage device with an 80 column wide display window. Characters may be placed anywhere within the device independent of the window location. The window may be scrolled across the 256 column wide field. Optionally, the XEP80 may be placed into Pixel Graphics mode. This mode supports a bit mapped (pixel) screen of 320 dots (40 bytes) horizontal by 200 dots (lines) vertical. The output window displayed is approximately half the size of the text window. The XEP80's composite video signal contains more horizontal scan lines per field than are used in NTSC or PAL/SECAM color broadcast, composite video, or Y/C video (S-video) signals. The XEP80 outputs 250 scan lines of video per field for the 60Hz signal compared to the NTSC standard of 243, or 300 scan lines of video for the 50Hz signal compared to the PAL standard of 288. Thus the XEP80's output was ideal for high-resolution CRT-based monochrome composite video monitors of the time, but settings on color televisions and monitors must typically be adjusted, if possible, in order for the entire video output signal to be viewable on the screen. PARALLEL PORT The XEP80 supports a functional subset of the Centronics or PC parallel printer interface (standards introduced elsewhere in this FAQ list), using the IBM PC standard (1981) connector. Note that the Atari Operating System resident P: device handler does not support a printer attached via joystick port, so a substitute P: handler must be installed in RAM in order for Atari software to recognize the XEP80 parallel port for printing. 13 1 o o o o o o o o o o o o o DB-25 Socket - female o o o o o o o o o o o o 25 14 1. /Strobe 11. Busy 2-9. Parallel Data 12-17. Not Used 10. Not Used 18-25. Ground SOFTWARE The XEP80 Handler and Relocator is provided on diskette in the form of a DOS binary file named AUTORUN.SYS. This file is automatically loaded into memory and initialized by the DOS at boot (power on) time. Contents of the XEP80 Boot Disk: (DX5087) DOS.SYS DOS 2.5 File Management Subsystem (FMS) DUP.SYS DOS 2.5 Disk Utility Package (DUP) AUTORUN.SYS XEP80 Handler and Relocator. Substitute versions for three OS-resident device handlers: - S: Display Handler - E: Screen Editor Designed to be compatible with the standard E: device but for the XEP80 80-column screen display. - P: Printer. Default configuration supports 8 different printer devices: P1: XEP80 parallel port P2: 850 Interface Module parallel port (e.g., Atari 825) P3: 1025 Printer P4: 1020 Color Plotter P5: 1027 Printer P6: 1029 Printer P7: XMM801 Printer P8: XDM121 Printer The handler interprets P: (no device number) to mean, P1: RELOC.SRC Relocater in assembly source XEP80HAN.SRC Handler in assembly source DEMO80.BAS Demonstrates overall XEP80 features MAKER.BAS Program to generate an AUTORUN.SYS from a custom-made Handler ATRIBUTE.BAS Demonstrates special text features WINDOW.BAS Demonstrates the 256-character wide window EIGHTY.BAS Displays a spreadsheet-like grid using the full XEP80 display GRAPHICS.BAS Demonstrates graphics capability by drawing a sphere on screen PRINTER.BAS Program to revise the default printer port configuration XEP80.DOC Product Specification For XEP80 hardware and software Hold down [Shift] while loading the XEP80 Handler and Relocator (AUTORUN.SYS) to load the P: handler but not the S: and E: handlers (use the XEP80 for its parallel printer port only). The key engineer/designer of the XEP80 was Jose Valdes at Atari. Lane Winner was software developer for the XEP80 at Atari. The XEP80 was made in Taiwan. The XEP80 draws 400mA of current from an external power supply. Use a power supply that delivers 500mA 9V DC (center positive). Shipped with Atari C016353 or C018084 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 BTW, you can make money via postage costs; buyers from around the planet will pay 4 or 5 times the postage costs to procure their item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 I think I am hallucinating (again)... Does anyone else see the XEP80 docs displaying behind later messages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutterminder Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 2 hours ago, bf2k+ said: I think I am hallucinating (again)... Does anyone else see the XEP80 docs displaying behind later messages? I see it too. I assume that this was no accident. But how was it done? And why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I've seen this many times. However, it usually fixes with a refresh on the screen. Not this time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 make an issue report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Sorry for creating the problem, at a loss myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 How I created this mess: Went to: atarimania.com Clicked on 'Official FAQ' tab. Clicked on 6.1.2) and copy and pasted text into my AtariAge response. Note AtariMania website has no https validation and OLD ABBUC website had recently been hacked. Hope this helps webmaster, Cheers, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 I would say to Albert... just delete the offending message. I was able to capture the contents of what Chris posted before all the subsequent messages obscured it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800XLNZ Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Good call, I agree completely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 So it looks like some extra <div's> and other html elements got pasted in and actually were processed. If all that gets removed everything displays fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I fixed the post... ..Al 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 9 hours ago, Tillek said: So it looks like some extra <div's> and other html elements got pasted in and actually were processed. If all that gets removed everything displays fine. It would probably be a good idea to strip out html in posts. I get there's some formatting, but there's also some really nasty stuff that can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stephen said: It would probably be a good idea to strip out html in posts. I get there's some formatting, but there's also some really nasty stuff that can happen. The forum does not allow HTML in posts, so this is probably just a bug in the forum software in terms of the bad rendering. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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