BillC Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I'll have to figure out the transmit pin-outs for it... According to Kantronics website, under legacy products, the Interface II is a receive only device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 According to Kantronics website, under legacy products, the Interface II is a receive only device. In a sense yes, but you can connect one of the pins from joystick port 1 to the PTT inputs (CW ID/RTTY) that controls the PTT on a transmitter. The Audio Out of the Atari goes to the AFSK input on the Interface which sends the RTTY tones out over the radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Atari : Dealer Advertising Planner – 1982 http://rhodblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/nouveaute-atari-dealer-advertising-planner-1982/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 So... an untested atari STF (I wasn't even planning on getting this one, I did a bid, got outbid, got it...) I'll see what to do of it. Maybe fit the HxC in it. Dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Atari 410 in good condition, non yellowed, boxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 HamText - My Kantronics carts are now complete Track Attack! Trak AT-D2 WD1772 type FDC to fix the Trak AT-D2, now need to find some 6116P type memory chips. (bought like 50 of these 2 years ago) Now to pay off my eBay bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Nine Lynx games: KLAX, Tournament Cyberball, Paperboy, Blue Lightning, Basketbrawl, Hydra, Electrocop, Xybots, and Robo Squash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) HamText.JPG HamText - My Kantronics carts are now complete I saw these and thought these aren't real, that they are copies. Why, because they don't look like other Kantronics carts I've seen and another reason is that Linda1170 (Felix P) doesn't sell anything for $100, especially when it's one of the rarest carts around. It's a strong 8-9 rarity and he's asking $800 for Target and $225 for Kararteka which is a not so rare XE cart. But I could be wrong, but my gut says these are copies (he had multiple). Does anyone else have original Ham carts? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-HAMTEXT-Cartridge-400-800-600XL-800XL-1200XL-130XE-65XE-XE-XL-XEGS-8-bit-/181289769772?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2a35b65b2c Edited January 1, 2014 by chrislynn5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Track Attack!.JPG Track Attack! o So good luck attacking your Trak Track Attack was one of my first bought games but cruelly hard, especially the second stage where you have to jump from Car to car but every split-second mistake will send you back to stage one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I saw these and thought these aren't real, that they are copies. Why, because they don't look like other Kantronics carts I've seen and another reason is that Linda1170 (Felix P) doesn't sell anything for $100, especially when it's one of the rarest carts around. It's a strong 8-9 rarity and he's asking $800 for Target and $225 for Kararteka which is a not so rare XE cart. But I could be wrong, but my gut says these are copies (he had multiple). Does anyone else have original Ham carts? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-HAMTEXT-Cartridge-400-800-600XL-800XL-1200XL-130XE-65XE-XE-XL-XEGS-8-bit-/181289769772?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2a35b65b2c My C64 Hamtext carts have a vinyl type label, but the C64 Hamsoft / Amtor carts have a paper label too... The guy that had them before Linda/Felix, got the Atari gear from Kantronics that included an 800 and 2 Trak AT-D2's along with 5 Hamsoft / Amtor carts and 3 Hamtext carts. I believe that the Atari Hamtext cart I dumped in 1985 had a paper label too... I'll have to dig out my TRS-80 Hamsoft / Amtor cart to see what it has, but it, like the Hamsoft carts may not have a case. Also this Hamtext version is 1.2A, where the ROM dump is version 1.1. I'll compare the dumps of each. I'm pretty certain mine are originals We'll just have to wait and see if any others turn up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 So good luck attacking your Trak Track Attack was one of my first bought games but cruelly hard, especially the second stage where you have to jump from Car to car but every split-second mistake will send you back to stage one. Ah, okay, thanks. Should be here soon to check it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) My C64 Hamtext carts have a vinyl type label, but the C64 Hamsoft / Amtor carts have a paper label too... The guy that had them before Linda/Felix, got the Atari gear from Kantronics that included an 800 and 2 Trak AT-D2's along with 5 Hamsoft / Amtor carts and 3 Hamtext carts. I believe that the Atari Hamtext cart I dumped in 1985 had a paper label too... I'll have to dig out my TRS-80 Hamsoft / Amtor cart to see what it has, but it, like the Hamsoft carts may not have a case. Also this Hamtext version is 1.2A, where the ROM dump is version 1.1. I'll compare the dumps of each. I'm pretty certain mine are originals We'll just have to wait and see if any others turn up... Felix selling those (there are three) for $100 seems questionable at best He typically lists, if you follow the pattern, non-originals for considerably less. The Atari Kantronics that I've seen have a black case with white small square label. The dumps should show the same regardless. If someone ripped the chips and made more, they'd be the same. Edited January 2, 2014 by chrislynn5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Felix selling those (there are three) for $100 seems questionable at best He typically lists, if you follow the pattern, non-originals for considerably less. The Atari Kantronics that I've seen have a black case with white small square label. The dumps should show the same regardless. If someone ripped the chips and made more, they'd be the same. The Atari Kantronics carts and C64 Kantronics carts all use the "3 ribs on upper side of case" style case. The labels on both Atari and C64 use exactly the same design, logo and font, so I'm satisfied that mine are originals Well, since the ROM dumps show differences more than the version number and no one has seen a ROM ver 1.2A before, it's another +1 for being original Doesn't matter what I paid for them, I'm satisfied... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 The Atari Kantronics carts and C64 Kantronics carts all use the "3 ribs on upper side of case" style case. The labels on both Atari and C64 use exactly the same design, logo and font, so I'm satisfied that mine are originals Well, since the ROM dumps show differences more than the version number and no one has seen a ROM ver 1.2A before, it's another +1 for being original Doesn't matter what I paid for them, I'm satisfied... On HamText, I may have spoken too soon, Defender II bought one back in 2011: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/176758-kantronics-interface-for-atari-8-bit-with-hamtext-cart/ watch out for copies though, since it appears Kantronics put stickers on them identifying them from Katronics. If a person had the original cart it wouldn't be hard to make more reusing cases (many games have this case). It would be interesting to see what is inside the Linda1170 was selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 So... an untested atari STF (I wasn't even planning on getting this one, I did a bid, got outbid, got it...) I'll see what to do of it. Maybe fit the HxC in it. Dunno. Ok, so I think I used all my luck for 2K14 in this ONE delivery. It was sold as defective (so, very low price), but... It's not because it's sold as defective that you can send it in a Smoby toy box with only 4 poor sheet of newspaper on each side ! But luckily, it arrived in one piece, on the contrary of the swiss STE of 2 years ago that arrived smashed into pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 On HamText, I may have spoken too soon, Defender II bought one back in 2011: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/176758-kantronics-interface-for-atari-8-bit-with-hamtext-cart/ watch out for copies though, since it appears Kantronics put stickers on them identifying them from Katronics. If a person had the original cart it wouldn't be hard to make more reusing cases (many games have this case). It would be interesting to see what is inside the Linda1170 was selling. Yep, when Kantronics combined the cartridge with "The Interface" or "The Interface II", they had matching serial numbers on the cart and TU. I'm not about to open them up as it could destroy the label, but they do have Green PCB's for what it's worth... The one currently listed: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 181289769772 is the last one Linda has... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Track Attack!.JPG Track Attack! Trak AT-D2.JPG Trak AT-D2 Nice! Every once in a while, I get the crazy idea that I'd like to have one of each of the disk drives available for the 8-bit. Atari-brand is easy, and Indus ain't so difficult. But finding a nice Trak, Rana, Astra, and Percom is not an easy task in the 2nd decade of the 21st century. This probably makes it impractical. But you're on your way! Have you any other 3rd-party drives, already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nice! Every once in a while, I get the crazy idea that I'd like to have one of each of the disk drives available for the 8-bit. Atari-brand is easy, and Indus ain't so difficult. But finding a nice Trak, Rana, Astra, and Percom is not an easy task in the 2nd decade of the 21st century. This probably makes it impractical. But you're on your way! Have you any other 3rd-party drives, already? For other 3rd party drives, I have 2 Indus GT's (1 needs a new FDC too), 1 Rana 1000, 2 Percom AT88-S1PD's and an ATR-8000 so that I can use standard floppy drives plus the ST SF-314's... I'd like to have at least one of each of the disk drives available for the 8-bit. Atari too, so maybe not all that crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 For other 3rd party drives, I have 2 Indus GT's (1 needs a new FDC too), 1 Rana 1000, 2 Percom AT88-S1PD's and an ATR-8000 so that I can use standard floppy drives plus the ST SF-314's... I'd like to have at least one of each of the disk drives available for the 8-bit. Atari too, so maybe not all that crazy Heh... Send me a ROM dump from the Percom, and I'll look at making an Ultraspeed version... I'm still going through the Rana one, but with no one else to test I'm kinda stuck, so may as well move on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I just got this book. I just chopped it up and put it on Atarimania.com. It's real nice book. Some of the books I've been getting lately haven't been to good but this one is nice. I almost hated cutting this one up. Allan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Heh... Send me a ROM dump from the Percom, and I'll look at making an Ultraspeed version... I'm still going through the Rana one, but with no one else to test I'm kinda stuck, so may as well move on! Will do as soon as I can pull it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Will do as soon as I can pull it out... Perhaps not - I looked at the Jerzy schematic, and a ROM I found, and it looks like Percom used a 6850 UART with a fixed clock. If so, nothing can be done in software, possibly hardware. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 some freebies from my mate that works for a scrap yard. saved from landfill! Atari 65xe Atari 520stfm Sega master system mk1, boxed and complete. not had chance to test anything yet, all needs a good clean up after being dragged out of the tip. there was a 1050 that he didn't save in time:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Heh... Send me a ROM dump from the Percom, and I'll look at making an Ultraspeed version... I'm still going through the Rana one, but with no one else to test I'm kinda stuck, so may as well move on! I just happened to have the case off of a Percom AT88-S1PD . The rom is a 2732 and has 0073 & 1.01 printed on top. Here's the dump. PERCOM.ROM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMartian Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I just happened to have the case off of a Percom AT88-S1PD . The rom is a 2732 and has 0073 & 1.01 printed on top. Here's the dump. PERCOM.ROM Yep, as thought. Hardware UART, fixed baud rate.. Sorry! I'm done usurping this thread.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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