What's the latest Atari related thing(s) you've bought on ebay?

[+slx]

Local craigslist type service: a "Bounty Bob Strikes Back" and a "Gateway to Apshai" cartridge in a very mixed lot containing two C64 games (one with Amiga floppies on top), three common Intellivision carts, a VCS combat cart and something I believe to be a cart for a German variant of an Emerson Arcadia.

 

I figured even if I sold off the other stuff for peanuts, the Bounty Bob and Apshai would be a decent deal. Amazingly I didn't have a VCS Combat cart either. I might keep the Red Storm Rising as it seems to be CIB and has a really nice, thick manual plus keyboard overlay with tear-off part for C128 function keys. Lots of nice stuff we miss out on in the age of downloads and built-in manuals.

 

 

 

Konvolut an Retro Spielen, € 119,- (1210 Wien) - willhaben.pdf

[tep392]

I just picked this 800 up from Ebay.  I paid more than I would have liked but I was really after the goodies inside of it.  It came with an Axlon 128k RAMDisk card and a Newell Ramrod with OSN6, Omnimon 8K and a Fast Chip.  I figured out the functions for all the switches too. This must have been owned by a serious hacker.  The final surprise was the pre-sally CPU card with a 65C02.

Switch functions:
1) select U and L banks of Omnimon 8K
2) CPU reset
3) bypass cartridge door switch
4) write protect left cart slot. Must have been used with a RAM cart.

 

[+slx]

On 10/13/2022 at 5:00 PM, tep392 said:

I just picked this 800 up from Ebay.  I paid more than I would have liked but I was really after the goodies inside of it.  It came with an Axlon 128k RAMDisk card and a Newell Ramrod with OSN6, Omnimon 8K and a Fast Chip.  I figured out the functions for all the switches too. This must have been owned by a serious hacker.  The final surprise was the pre-sally CPU card with a 65C02.

Switch functions:
1) select U and L banks of Omnimon 8K
2) CPU reset
3) bypass cartridge door switch
4) write protect left cart slot. Must have been used with a RAM cart.

 

Hate the placement of the switches (and three different types/washers used) but that Ramrod has a bad-ass look!

[TGB1718]

Just bought an old 4.5GB SCSI drive for my ST, both my old SCSI drives dies of old age

 

[+slx]

On 10/9/2022 at 11:45 AM, slx said:

Local craigslist type service: a "Bounty Bob Strikes Back" and a "Gateway to Apshai" cartridge in a very mixed lot containing two C64 games (one with Amiga floppies on top), three common Intellivision carts, a VCS combat cart and something I believe to be a cart for a German variant of an Emerson Arcadia.

Konvolut an Retro Spielen, € 119,- (1210 Wien) - willhaben.pdf 1.84 MB · 13 downloads

Just realised that he had offered both 8-bit carts for 5€ each before selling them off in a bundle the jewel of which to him seems to have been Red Storm Rising. Arghh...should have read my mail alerts more regularly for a real steal....

[Dinadan67]

A 600XL with VBXE and U1MB installed from the UK.

[hueyjones70]

A 600XL advertised as NEVER USED. It matches this description but it wasn't working, and I had to replace the PIA. I plan to upgrade the memory to 64K and upgrade the video with the SuperVideo 2.1 mod.

[TGB1718]

Even more surprisingly, it worked in spite of poor packaging (one thin bubble wrap in a box too big, so was rattling around in it).

This was from a supplier who sells loads of this type of equipment, so expected better packaging.

 

 

 

[Dinadan67]

On 10/18/2022 at 12:09 PM, Dinadan67 said:

A 600XL with VBXE and U1MB installed from the UK.

The machine arrived today, good packaged and with all needed cables, including the RGB Scart cable. It is a fully socketed Hong Kong 600XL, which is a pleasant surprise. I am very happy with my purchase.

[Ricky Spanish]

I got 25 256k DRAMs today. Suffice to say, I'm very impressed with the packaging ! Like Fort Knox ! The DRAMS were an a antistatic case which was placed in antistatic pouch, in a way oversized box, stuffed to the brim with bubble wrap.
 

[bfollowell]

2 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

I got 25 256k DRAMs today. Suffice to say, I'm very impressed with the packaging ! Like Fort Knox ! The DRAMS were an a antistatic case which was placed in antistatic pouch, in a way oversized box, stuffed to the brim with bubble wrap.
 

 

 

Digi-Key?

 

[Beeblebrox]

Well given it was payday I treated myself to this modern 800XL PCB remake - mainly prompted by the seller sending me an offer as i was watching the listing:

 

Atari 800XL C061851 REV D remake blue - PCB By ezContents

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185608937193?

 

EDIT: FYI I've just noticed there is one more available if anyone is interested. 

 

    

 

BTW thanks @kheller2 for the comments here the other day. Yup I checked and it is a 1.1 revision board so should be ok.

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/235219-legible-labeled-silkscreen-diagrams-for-800xl-and-600xl/?do=findComment&comment=5145904

 

As and when it arrives I am gonna slowly populate it with components from a stock 800XL with issues where I believe the issues are not component based but board and socket based.  (I'd spent way to much time trying to fix it). It's a bit of a side project.

 

It's a bonus the board is blue.

 

I also have a 64K SRAM Lotharek unit knocking about which will save me socketing and adding ram chips.

Edited November 1, 2022 by Beeblebrox

[deffroe]

Correction, there was 2 left...Now there is 1 left.  A totally irresistible impulse buy.

[Ricky Spanish]

On 10/29/2022 at 4:54 PM, bfollowell said:

Digi-Key?

No. Just some guy. NOS NEC 256k DRAMs.

[Beeblebrox]

Another impulse buy after making some money selling other stuff. My very first (working) PAL XEGS.  I say working. I bought one the other month and try as I might I never got it working - so that is now for spares or for a later fixer upper when I have the energy to revisit it. (Incidentally all of it's main ICs work and a lot of checking occured so I reckon it is a PCB issue/loose connection/failing passive component).

 

Anyways this one arrived and much to my surprise it fully works  - including the keyboard and all the keys. (I usually expect at least a few keys not to work on XE membrane based A8 keyboards) 

 

Really happy. I must admit I didn't think I'd like it so much but I think it's the fact it has a detatchable keyboard and is the only 6502 A8 computer line that is a console format. Plus I love the large Atari logo/wording. Still not convinced about the pastel console button colours.

Also wish the keyboard cable was at least 30cm longer.

 

I'll probably upgrade it with U1MB at some stage.

 

Love it. Had a quick play on Albert and also Henry's house running off an Atarimax 8Mbit cart. It is running off stock composite so image quality isn't what I am used to with my usual S-video set up.

 

Excuse the mess (some of which I've blotted out quickly as so horrendous!) ):

 

   

 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Beeblebrox

[+SoulBuster]

I bought a B Keyboard for the Atari 400 Fully Tested. I have an Atari 400 with the B Keyboard, but it is missing the one key (if anyone one they can part with, please let me know).

 

[Beeblebrox]

Got this (presumably early 80s) joystick as part of a bundle of other Atari items. 

 

A JC 250  Champ #1 dual trigger joystick

 

Came boxed and even has pics of an Atari 2600, 400 and 800 on the side! Love the packaging.

 

Really large base on this joystick. Everything still working which is cool. All the suction cups on the underside are shot mind you. 

 

I played a few mins of Star Raiders on it. Actually seems a pretty good controller.

 

 

Edited November 10, 2022 by Beeblebrox

[mimo]

3 Sally CPU's 16 ram chips, some magnifying goggles .

 

[mimo]

2 hours ago, Beeblebrox said:

Got this (presumably early 80s) joystick as part of a bundle of other Atari items. 

 

A JC 250  Champ #1 dual trigger joystick

 

Came boxed and even has pics of an Atari 2600, 400 and 800 on the side! Love the packaging.

 

Really large base on this joystick. Everything still working which is cool. All the suction cups on the underside are shot mind you. 

 

I played a few mins of Star Raiders on it. Actually seems a pretty good controller.

Not seen one of those before, I've never been a fan of those pistol grip type sticks.

If you can get the suction cups off, you might be able to get some life back in them by popping them in some boiling water 

 

 

*No refunds 

[Beeblebrox]

42 minutes ago, mimo said:

Not seen one of those before, I've never been a fan of those pistol grip type sticks.

If you can get the suction cups off, you might be able to get some life back in them by popping them in some boiling water 

 

 

*No refunds 

I know what ya mean. For some reason because the base of the joystick is so oversized it works quite well. Honestly it's the size of a plate!!  Cable is a good length also on account of it being retractable. Hence the base size. Never seen a joystick with that feature before. 10Ft!!

 

I've a broken Quickshot I joystick with suction cups which if I wanted to I could maybe salvage cups from......so I may hold fire (pun intended) stickin these knackered ones in a pot on the hob next to my kettle heh heh. 

 

I've got a few different joysticks in the ol collection.

 

My go to joystick is an original Zipstik and i also have a Quickshot II (working) - both of which I have had for 30+ years. I also have a a Cheetah mach I, and an Apache 1. (I've also got a crappy Cheetah Annihilator which is really on it's last legs.)

I recently acquired in a bundle 2 x CX24 Atari 7800 pro controller joysticks (buttons need springs). They aren't the best for platformers but surprisingly for vertical shoot em ups they work quite well.

 

I also have control pads: namely a Competition pro controller like the old 7800 controllers and a 90's SNES controller with the excellent modern SNACK adapter. Love the latter, especially playing the likes of Atariblast!, The Last Squadron and Final Assault.

Edited November 10, 2022 by Beeblebrox

[+x=usr(1536)]

Bought a pair of Select and Reset switches with which to refurb a Heavy Sixer.  This machine is going to be a Christmas present, so all of the little things that I'd just sort of live with if it were mine need attention.

[TGB1718]

Just bought an RS232 adaptor plate to use with my new motherboard (yes they are fitting RS232 ports back in PC motherboards, also a PS/2 port)

I find the USB/Serial ports unreliable and as I have an original SIO2PC with a nice long cable, I'm going back "old school" RS232 which works

faultlessly with my old PC.

[Peri Noid]

I bought an incomplete 400 - no CPU nor RAM cards included. Fortunately, I had 2 CPU cards and a bunch of RAM cards removed from my 800 (after it got upgraded with an Incognito and an SCCC). Now it works... almost. I need a new keyboard, this one has 2 lines broken and 10 keys do not work. 

[deffroe]

Not quite the latest Atari related item(there's been a couple more, just don't tell the wife🤫) bought as it's almost 2 months since I did so but bought an 800XL and 1050 for £72.  Tonight I was finally able to make up a PSU for the 1050 and confirmed its working which is always a bonus when its listed as Spare Parts.

Another bonus was the disk in the drive, also working...good old Atari.

 

[leech]

On 5/8/2022 at 9:20 PM, _The Doctor__ said:

arcade leaf switch contacts inside... simple clean up and tweak if weak, it will last FOR EV ER !!!!!!!!

Is there an Atari 5200 version of this?