xrbrevin Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Nice find Beeb! - also of note: no Mexico CPU ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, xrbrevin said: Nice find Beeb! - also of note: no Mexico CPU ? @xrbrevin Thanks! Showing my ignorance here but is a Mexico made CPU generally considered an inferior component from BITD? Were they prone to failure? Ya'll have probably guess already but I really enjoy saving A8s from the tip and fixing them up. So to find the occasional gem fully working with really good components, socketed, etc after being languishing in a damp garage for decades is particularly rewarding. I've a soft spot for 800XLs as it was my first A8 as I've probably mentioned before. This one is gonna look great when cleaned up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) I only found out recently from dealing on a stubborn XE. Mexico CPUs can struggle to maintain a reliable O2 signal when they get hot. The lads playing with SIDE3 and Rapidus have become aware of it. I decided to swap out the CPU to see if it would solve the XE issue but my donor XL had a Mexico one too! irony.. ? I may try an F08 mod instead... by doing what youre doing, you can end up with a 'best spec' XL. sounds like this one's a keeper, get it sunbrighted if/when the good weather comes! Edited February 23, 2022 by xrbrevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 @xrbrevin Ah I didn't know that - thanks. Yeah, the well documented 74LS08 to 74F08 swap is always a good move it seems. 74F08's are peanuts. Made several of my XEs with U1MB stable when using SIDE3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, Mark2008 said: I went to e-bay and bought paddles. Which frankly I would never have done back in the day, because what am I, a millionaire. But in a fit of irrational exuberance, I decided, I can afford it, and I bought them. Now if you peered into my e-bay history, would it just have paddles....oh ok, no. no....I also bought The Musical Atari Book - DataMost and Antic magazine august 1982 (Vol.1 Number 3). In fairness, I have already read number 1 and number 2, so I'm ready for number 3. Now, if you could peer into my reading history have I really read number 1 and number 2. oh ok, no. I skimmed them. It's a small community, maybe even one of you sold me these items? The nice person that sold me the book, said he hoped it completed my collection. lol - I'm not collecting, I just wanted to read the book. https://www.atarimagazines.com/index/anticissues.php You can read all here. https://archive.org/details/antic-magazine complete with ads Edited February 24, 2022 by edintv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 23 hours ago, Jason Young said: Last few items have been: - Atari 1200XL (with UAV and Ultimate 1MB installed) - Police Quest 1 (ST) - Alternate Reality (ST) Still looking for Police Quest 2 (ST) and Mapping the Atari book (XL/XE revision). I think I have the Mapping the Atari book but not too sure if its the XL/XE revision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) ... mini final update - Just a few pics of the HK made 800XL I posted about yesterday - now assembled and cleaned. (BTW that pic makes the casing look like it's yellowing - it really isn't ) .... Edited February 24, 2022 by Beeblebrox 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Total result there... Always nice to see someone get a bit of luck.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Not ebay, but I bought AVG cart to 600/800xl PBI port thingy from Retro Lemon to have extended RAM on my daily driver 600xl. Very nicely put together piece of kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Also not Ebay, but I just received in the mail one external Fujinet 1.5, accidently ordered the wrong one, its for the NUC 576 + , does anyone want it or should I just send it back to the Brewing Academy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 hours ago, rcamp48 said: Also not Ebay, but I just received in the mail one external Fujinet 1.5, accidently ordered the wrong one, its for the NUC 576 + , does anyone want it or should I just send it back to the Brewing Academy? If it's the "External" Fujinet, wouldn't that mean that it'll run on *Any* A8 using a SIO Cable??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, AtariGeezer said: If it's the "External" Fujinet, wouldn't that mean that it'll run on *Any* A8 using a SIO Cable??? I am not sure , I can try it and see... I just don't have an SIO cable or at least one that I can get at, I am in isolation for 1 more day maybe by Saturday morning I will be able to get one..... Edit: I just got a cable, it works OK on real hardware. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) Send it back Russ, no need to waste money...Or send it to me Seriously, get your cash back and get some other gear that you need..I'm sure TBA won't mind as the Fuji's are hot stuff at the moment.. Edited February 25, 2022 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Did it come cased? If not you can get a case from TBA and it effectively becomes a stand alone unit without being a bare board. Alternatively TBA would swap it out I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcamp48 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Yes it came cased, I am going to ask TBA to swap out the board... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) I didn't think I'd be a collector of ephemera but it seems since getting back on the Atari scene I find myself obtaining some Atari related printed items of late. This I couldn't resist when I saw it the other day given I was a big fan of Pole Position on the Atari as a kid. It's an original 1984 poster and UK competition entry form with comic strips, and having spent near 4 x decades stowed away it is in mint condition but for the original fold marks. Prizes are great - pity the competion closed in Early 1984 (wasn't even a teenager then!). I wonder if anyone here on AA entered the competion and won a 600XL? Each short comic strip story is fairly cool too. Question is how to display it without the Sun damaging it. Edited March 2, 2022 by Beeblebrox 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 520STFM Motherboard to fix a 1040STF, which ended up being a floppy controller that I also bought on ebay so now I have 1.5 working ST's, the 1040 is complete and the 520 is just the motherboard but it works! If only I could find a case and keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 15 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: I wonder if anyone here on AA entered the competion and won a 600XL? My youngest son who was fortunate to have all my Atari stuff to play on as a child, when he was 17, he played some Sega driving game in our local bowling alley, the highest scores throughout the country went to Birmingham for a "drive off" and he won, the prize a Seat Ibeza I put it down to all the time he spent playing on my 8 bit and ST games 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 54 minutes ago, TGB1718 said: My youngest son who was fortunate to have all my Atari stuff to play on as a child, when he was 17, he played some Sega driving game in our local bowling alley, the highest scores throughout the country went to Birmingham for a "drive off" and he won, the prize a Seat Ibeza I put it down to all the time he spent playing on my 8 bit and ST games Seat Ibeza. I had to Google that one. Never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, gilsaluki said: Seat Ibeza. I had to Google that one. Never heard of it. Is not Ibiza? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 2 hours ago, TGB1718 said: My youngest son who was fortunate to have all my Atari stuff to play on as a child, when he was 17, he played some Sega driving game in our local bowling alley, the highest scores throughout the country went to Birmingham for a "drive off" and he won, the prize a Seat Ibeza I put it down to all the time he spent playing on my 8 bit and ST games Like This one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 That's a cool car. It looks old school, like '80s. I loved the squared off body styles. Hated it when every car started looking like a bullet, smoothed rounded body panels. This cannot be a new model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, gilsaluki said: That's a cool car. It looks old school, like '80s. I loved the squared off body styles. Hated it when every car started looking like a bullet, smoothed rounded body panels. This cannot be a new model. Yes, is from the 80's, the brand is still going on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 16 hours ago, gilsaluki said: This cannot be a new model. No, he won the car around 1993/4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Carter Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 A boxed 1029 printer (that needs a bit of a clean), and a copy of 'Atari 130XE Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner' A good day... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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