+Nezgar Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Shamus was a game at random really the adjustments in auto-fire speed works What other games would you recommend i test with? One from recent memory - Into the Eagles Nest, a late XEGS game (88) is really annoying without auto-fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandstumbler Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Picked up a working 820 printer a week ago off eBay for a decent price. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 (edited) Picked Up a couple 810s off of eBay. One is a Happy Drive that was refurbished by a guy in San Jose. Probably an Atariage member I bet. Anyone know where to purchase the special happy software from? Edited September 24, 2018 by adamchevy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Picked Up a couple 810s off of eBay. One is a Happy Drive that was refurbished by a guy in San Jose. Probably an Atariage member I bet. Anyone know where to purchase the special happy software from? AFAIK the latest software for the Happy 810 is V5.3 http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-happy-warp-speed-software-v53_16431.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 AFAIK the latest software for the Happy 810 is V5.3 http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-happy-warp-speed-software-v53_16431.html Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Picked up a working 820 printer a week ago off eBay for a decent price. 2018-09-18_16-52-39.png KerChunk KerChunk KerChunk.... Nice printer. Wish I still had mine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Needed some discs for my 810s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Picked Up a couple 810s off of eBay. One is a Happy Drive that was refurbished by a guy in San Jose. Probably an Atariage member I bet. Anyone know where to purchase the special happy software from?There's also a later happy 7 version for the 810, and 7.1 disks. Try both and see what works. Also could be interesting to open it up to see what's inside. there's various hardware versions of the happy 810, the oldest ones being hand wire wrapped. Although one of yours is the later Tandon mech, If thats the Happy, it's more likely to be a later happy revision. Congrats on receiving yours intact! My case was destroyed in shipping due to almost nonexistant packing material. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Always try to help get it packed safely... It's worth it, even if apprehensive or reluctant.. offer how to and pictures of the safe good way to do it. So many things are lost to the two story package drop of the sorting machines! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterola Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Nothing but the 830, but it looks clean and nothing rattles around. Smaller in person than I thought it would be. No PS. I just want to get an 810 and then stick my 800 with an 810, 850 and 830 and a nice old Bell Phone on a spare desk and then look at them every once in a while. I can't even use it as I have VOIP and got rid of my copper phone lines many years ago. Maybe find that 40 col thermal printer too someday. Hi, Just in case you dont have a PS for the 830 yet. I have found a cheap alternative. It is a match for voltage and capacity 24VAC and 4.8VA, not sure about the connector, but it can be changed: search ebay for SPN4027A. example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-Adapter-Class-2-Transformer-SPN-4027A-Model-no-ICC-2-500-0050-15/152602263559?hash=item2387cdc007:g:FQwAAOSwRXRZT8X6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 A nice working 400 lot, including the original box and foam. A few common carts and a boxed Typo. $75. (seller's photo, not mine) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 KerChunk KerChunk KerChunk.... Nice printer. Wish I still had mine. I had one I was going to restore, but it was stolen out of my storage unit with lots of other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Took a chance on an 'untested' 800 because the price was right - $50. Horribly packaged, of course it arrived damaged. They guy literally wrapped it in Saran wrap and stuffed it in a box that he could just barely tape shut after adding some shredded paper to take up the space above the keyboard. Oh well, at least it works. I could get my money back from just the keyboard and POKEY. A curt message has been sent requesting a partial refund. Sadly missing the paper label, so no serial number to report in the Calling 800s thread. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterola Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Finally!, After many months, a friend brought me my new XC11 from San Pedro de la Paz, Chile. It looked dirty and ugly from outside, but it was nothing compared to the inside. Still very excited to clean it, fix it and use it. I also got an Atari 800XL. It doesn't boot. Not only dirty inside but also all rusty. Edited January 25, 2019 by manterola 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Finally an 822 printer. Missed it at a third of the price a couple of years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoestring Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 The last Atari related item I bought from eBay was this NTSC 800. I recently upgraded the video with a Super Color CPU Card and bought a PVM to go along with it. She is in great condition and proudly occupies this space beside my... dare I say it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Tuesday I received my "new" Atari 1050 disk drive with an original Happy mod. I'm currently archiving my original college collection, just to see if I have any "missing" gems that aren't already available online. She's a beauty and seems to be working fine. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-1050-Disk-Drive-with-Happy-Enhancement-/202561991222?hash=item2f29a2b236%3Ag%3A75QAAOSwrHtcNqmD&nma=true&si=Xj5ELhmtFqDWisSc2mAC17nTwCY%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The Learning Phone (after 15 years of research ....) Theatre Europe Jumpman Jr https://rhodblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/nouveautes-atari-8-bit-25/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 With The Learning Phone, Fullset Done ? https://rhodblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/fullset-atari-xe-boites-grises-rouges/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) Last week saw a complete AtariLab starter set for only $25 shipped. Always wanted to play around with one of these! Also, another working 800 for only $74.99 shipped. Not too bad. 800s are always fun to take a gamble on because you never know what might be lurking in the expansion slots. This one was just a stock 48k unit. Edited February 17, 2019 by adam242 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
256 colors Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Came with some MSX stuff does work on the Atari but it's worst iv'e ever used so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Last item I bought was an optical sensor for a 1050 drive repair, details were posted on this forum (see link below) for anyone needing to do the same. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/288046-atari-1050-track-0-sensor-repair/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I got one of those 'Ball' joystick things, it really doesn't work that well, horrible thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
256 colors Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Just ordered one today https://shop.dansprojects.com/time-sleuth-lag-tester.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I bought an MFM/RLL to SD Adapter. It was expensive, but I wanted it to put in a MegaFile 30 that has no hard drive. I imagine it will also work with a Black Box or MIO and a Bridge host adapter (Adaptec 4000a or 4070 or other). https://www.drem.info/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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