+slx Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 A 130XE/XF551 combo, mainly to get a second/spare XF551. (not 8-bit, but finally scored a 1040STE) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2008 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 I bought this off e-bay, it is Atari related Because it turns out I love desoldering chips and socketing them. One of my favorite hobbies for now. But, I am also learning to stop buying everything off e-bay. I bought a 929D V desoldering iron for $7 off Ali express, and it works well too. I bought all the parts for 20 A8picocarts off pcbway as well. I didn't get those to be a pico cart, I bought them to be a little computer that interfaces with the Atari, have in mind a hobby project to do with it. Now that I finally figured out soldering, I'm going to take a course on electrical engineering soon... I suppose that is a bucket list item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 21 hours ago, Mark2008 said: I bought this off e-bay, it is Atari related Because it turns out I love desoldering chips and socketing them. One of my favorite hobbies for now. But, I am also learning to stop buying everything off e-bay. I bought a 929D V desoldering iron for $7 off Ali express, and it works well too. I bought all the parts for 20 A8picocarts off pcbway as well. I didn't get those to be a pico cart, I bought them to be a little computer that interfaces with the Atari, have in mind a hobby project to do with it. Now that I finally figured out soldering, I'm going to take a course on electrical engineering soon... I suppose that is a bucket list item. There is desoldering boards/chips and then there is desoldering Atari XE boards/chips. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 21 hours ago, Mark2008 said: I bought this off e-bay, it is Atari related Because it turns out I love desoldering chips and socketing them. One of my favorite hobbies for now. But, I am also learning to stop buying everything off e-bay. I bought a 929D V desoldering iron for $7 off Ali express, and it works well too. I bought all the parts for 20 A8picocarts off pcbway as well. I didn't get those to be a pico cart, I bought them to be a little computer that interfaces with the Atari, have in mind a hobby project to do with it. Now that I finally figured out soldering, I'm going to take a course on electrical engineering soon... I suppose that is a bucket list item. This is the one that I use. It really works well for desoldering vintage boards without lifting traces or damaging pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Carter Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Most recently, an XC11 in semi working order, loads cassettes, just doesn't FF or RW, and a copy of TGIF by Avalon Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 38 minutes ago, Simon Carter said: just doesn't FF or RW ah the old 'sprung clutch' failure.. a bit of superglue usually reconnects the 2 halves back together. you just have to somehow clamp it while the glue sets because the spring tries to push them apart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 I don't often post stuff often here unless it's really something rare... but this one... https://www.ebay.com/itm/285548725337 I picked up 9 of those recently. Only mentioning it because I've used these SimpleTech 1gb cards on various ST and A8 CF card mass storage solutions and I've found that they actually work very well. (To be specific, I've only tried the 1gb ones with this specific yellow label). But I've used them with CF AztecMonsters, various IDE adapters (for the ST), AtariMax MyIDE ][ (cart), Side2, and running an A8 BBS with IDE2.0+ for a couple years... all without one single problem. (Well, one problem... sometimes I forget to write or mark them and I lose track of what is on them... but they never lose track of what's on them). (I am in no way affiliated with SimpleTech and have not received compensation for this testimonial ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 All sold out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 1 hour ago, _The Doctor__ said: All sold out Well, yeah.. because I bought the last 3 sets. But thought I'd pass it along for the future since they tend to show up often enough (and I can't grab them all myself even though I try). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 (edited) Hello xrbrevin On 9/28/2024 at 1:05 AM, xrbrevin said: ah the old 'sprung clutch' failure.. a bit of superglue usually reconnects the 2 halves back together. you just have to somehow clamp it while the glue sets because the spring tries to push them apart! Is that the small black round 9 mm in diameter "disk"? Sincerely Mathy Edited September 29 by Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 27 minutes ago, Mathy said: Hello xrbrevin Is that the small black round 9 mm in diameter "disk"? Sincerely Mathy Something tells me we need a website dedicated to all the repair information for these things. Tape drives are so much the red-headed step-kid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 6 hours ago, Mathy said: Is that the small black round 9 mm in diameter "disk"? yes, thats the pesky blighter! in normal operation its permanently loaded by the spring. no wonder they 'eject' themselves after all these years! luckily there's nowhere for the top cap to escape to hehe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted Wednesday at 11:27 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:27 AM On 5/23/2017 at 11:15 PM, AtariGeezer said: Dynacomp Turnkey Do you still have this title? I believe it hasn't been archived yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppie Posted Wednesday at 03:02 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:02 PM I bought this bundle recently. It wasn't cheap but I've been after an 800xl with the mechanical keyboard for a while now and I kept missing out on them so pulled the trigger when I saw this with a buyout price. I think the extras justify the price (haven't checked the koala pad yet to see if it works though) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted Wednesday at 08:46 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:46 PM bonus is you have the japanese 1010 - the keys dont snap! 😁 it more than compensates for green beret being in there... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted Wednesday at 09:36 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:36 PM 10 hours ago, www.atarimania.com said: Do you still have this title? I believe it hasn't been archived yet. I should still have it, will look for it... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAJoeG Posted Thursday at 03:02 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:02 AM My latest acquisition was an Atari 600XL. The seller was accepting offers, and the unit was listed as "Will not power on". It turned out that the system (especially the keyboard) needed a thorough cleaning. The LED wasn't working when I received it, but it did boot. The LED works after the cleaning had been performed. As an aside, I contacted the seller to inform him that my offer price was based on anticipating spending some money on parts to repair the system, and not for a working system. But since it didn't need repair, I wanted to send him some additional funds since it was worth more than what I paid. He accepted my offer, and I send him the extra funds. I wanted it to be a fair deal for both of us. Joe 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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