SIG involving Atari 8-bit hardware, both new and vintage. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:58:16 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:58:16 +0000 Atari Owners' Club https://atari-owner.com/club/forums/sig-atari-8-bit-hardware.11/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:59:43 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/anyone-want-to-do-a-group-buy-from-best-electronics.813/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/anyone-want-to-do-a-group-buy-from-best-electronics.813/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 Other than that I would need to find a shipping agent in the US that consolidates orders and ships them over in one shipment. I don'r have many Atari friends in the US apart from Matt and I haven't seen him around of late. So getting a mate over the...

Anyone want to do a group buy from Best Electronics?]]> 10 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:44:22 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/brains-beauty-fix-atari.806/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/brains-beauty-fix-atari.806/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Sayaka showing us all how to sort out a poorly 800XL & 130XE and her tips and tricks just might assist us going forward if Richie's repair shop is ever chocka full & he's got his hands tied - highly recommended, fellas, as her guiding steps, explanations and diagrams make even someone hopeless with electronics like me have some hope:

My Mom Bought an Atari 800XL - Can I Fix It?!...

BRAINS & BEAUTY FIX ATARI]]> 4 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:33:12 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/want-a-bit-of-salt-on-that.779/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/want-a-bit-of-salt-on-that.779/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Got one of these coming any day now IF anyone's in need of loaning it in future to do some diagnostics of your poorly Atari 8bit - just shout/pay the post and have it as long as you need it...

SUPER SALT ATARI 400 800 XL DIAGNOSTIC CARTRIDGE



They really are pretty cheap anyway and you might fancy building one over here for a relatively cheap amount:...

WANT A BIT OF SALT ON THAT?]]> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:41:37 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/welsh-wonder-transforms-atari-400.767/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/welsh-wonder-transforms-atari-400.767/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Do you remember that broken A400 I had on here a few months back?

https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-400-works-needs-some-tlc-now-sold.759/#post-8378

It sold eventually to a smashing bloke called Paul from Wales.

Any road, he's just got back in touch to say - WHADDYA RECKON, BAZ?

Well, I'll tell you now, guys, it was in a sorry ass state before cos as you know, some dopey bugger had dropped it in the post and another...

Welsh Wonder transforms Atari 400]]> 3 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:14:53 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the400-mini.711/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the400-mini.711/ invalid@example.com (nysavant) nysavant
First off, lots of video reviews have been posted but the best one so far is from our very own @Chris VGM

Check it out here:


What's peoples thoughts about this new bit of hardware?]]> 18 Sat, 25 May 2024 09:49:22 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/why-buy-a-home-computer-looking-at-an-early-atari-computer-product-catalog.734/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/why-buy-a-home-computer-looking-at-an-early-atari-computer-product-catalog.734/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
]]> 1 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:21:45 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/what-light-by-yonder-window-breaks.725/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/what-light-by-yonder-window-breaks.725/ invalid@example.com (cykurtz) cykurtz
I thought I'd open it up and tap a Vcc here or there and throw some LEDs(ten cents each?!) at it but I chickened out. Here's my 'for pity sake don't break a working machine' solution.

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Dropped a switch in the old LED hole.

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Full frontal coolness ..

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A peek under the hood. The battery case is...

What light by yonder window breaks ..]]> 3 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:36:16 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-best-atari-8-bit-peripheral-ever-made-i-think-it-might-be.666/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-best-atari-8-bit-peripheral-ever-made-i-think-it-might-be.666/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
A lot of people have raved about the v1.6 Fujinet for the Atari 8bit systems and some, like me, might not realise just how simply incredible it is.

Here, Retro Shack shows us.

Enjoy!

]]> 5 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:19:06 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/is-it-supposed-to-smoke-like-that.716/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/is-it-supposed-to-smoke-like-that.716/ invalid@example.com (cykurtz) cykurtz
Here are some pics of the install:

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The PCB lives between the pokey chip and the main board.

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They sent a plastic PS2 socket but I don't have the skills necessary to solder directly onto a plastic socket. I took this metal socket from an old KVM switch box.

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The other...

Is it supposed to smoke like that?]]> 6 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:35:11 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/whack-a-mole.714/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/whack-a-mole.714/ invalid@example.com (cykurtz) cykurtz
When I first saw this 800xl a few years ago the keyboard was completely inop. I cleaned it and it worked. This morning I opened it up again. Clean, inspect, reassemble. Semicolon was OK but then the 'n' key was a problem. Clean, inspect, reassemble. All good. I wonder which key will misbehave next.

I ordered the AKI PS2 keyboard thing a week ago, so I'm hoping it'll be here soon.

Here's...

Whack-a-mole?]]> 7 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:20:19 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/what-is-this.715/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/what-is-this.715/ invalid@example.com (cykurtz) cykurtz
Thanks for viewing,
Cy

View attachment 3261 View attachment 3262 View attachment 3263]]> 2 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:10:21 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/aki-atari-keyboard-interface-usb-ps2.708/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/aki-atari-keyboard-interface-usb-ps2.708/ invalid@example.com (cykurtz) cykurtz
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This is the usb device

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This is the ps2 device

My thoughts:

I saw a short youtube vid on the usb job.
The ps2 option is less expensive and I'm guessing it might be easier.

What are your thoughts?...

AKI - ATARI keyboard interface USB/PS2]]> 4 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 22:24:03 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/retiring-the-brick.707/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/retiring-the-brick.707/ invalid@example.com (cykurtz) cykurtz
I have two of these things. They were putting out 7 volts and 9 volts. I don't know how much voltage my atari 800xl can...

retiring the brick]]> 3 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:06:51 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/im-going-to-build-a-wefax-interface.472/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/im-going-to-build-a-wefax-interface.472/ invalid@example.com (M.D.Baker) M.D.Baker
I'm going to build a WEFAX interface]]> 124 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:31:22 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/new-maison-for-the-1200xl.691/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/new-maison-for-the-1200xl.691/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
You might recall, a few winters ago, I was absolutely on my backside in terms of being skint as a church mouse so had to put my 1200XL up for sale.

I got a few offers, here and there, but one offer shone through and that was from Manu.

Not only was he kind enough to pay me a top price, he also said no worries about sending it here and now as there was a chance it might get battered in the post... better I bring it next time we meet up, he said... and next Monday Bev and I are...

New maison for the 1200XL]]> 38 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:12:32 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/1050-repair-questions.675/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/1050-repair-questions.675/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 @M.D.Baker
Are there any service mods to a 1050 logic board that involves cutting a trace to C67 from CR15/16?]]> 32 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:34:18 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-8-bit-robot-the-beginning-robotic-arm.644/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-8-bit-robot-the-beginning-robotic-arm.644/ invalid@example.com (M.D.Baker) M.D.Baker
I don't know how much from that article I'll be using, since it covers heavily modifying the old toy Armitron robot and connecting it...

Atari 8-bit robot the beginning...robotic arm]]> 26 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:41:42 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-xl-lcd-display-40-column-mode-test-showing-off-the-atari-1090xl-expansion-box.633/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-xl-lcd-display-40-column-mode-test-showing-off-the-atari-1090xl-expansion-box.633/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr View attachment 2626

As ever, you guys may or may not have seen this before in action as it's very likely to be on AA but I rarely venture on there these days, so just in case you haven't seen this 1090XL 'big box' expansion hardware showing its possibilities, then check these out:





and for a whole host of other Atari-related vids, the You Tube channel ATARI MUSEUM, is well worth a dip into:...

Atari XL LCD Display - 40 column mode test - showing off the Atari 1090XL expansion box]]> 6 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 15:26:12 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/c64-fanboy-gets-his-mitts-on-his-very-1st-800xl.617/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/c64-fanboy-gets-his-mitts-on-his-very-1st-800xl.617/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 02:52:34 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/low-profile-800-key-caps.593/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/low-profile-800-key-caps.593/ invalid@example.com (M.D.Baker) M.D.Baker
They are just from a cheap $10 keyboard, and after a bit of research, I found I had 2 black and one white cheap USB PC...

Low profile 800 key caps]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:49:40 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oh-for-an-atari-1450xld.580/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oh-for-an-atari-1450xld.580/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
]]> 1 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:36:54 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-8-bit-3d-graphics-card.572/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-8-bit-3d-graphics-card.572/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 ]]> 2 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 16:17:34 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/vbxe-any-good.568/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/vbxe-any-good.568/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 8 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:00:20 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/using-trs-80-color-computer-controllers-on-the-atari-8-bit.566/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/using-trs-80-color-computer-controllers-on-the-atari-8-bit.566/ invalid@example.com (M.D.Baker) M.D.Baker
The TRS-80 color computer line, at least up to the Coco 3 and possibly it as well (I haven't studied it to know if they add more controller ports), only use analog potentiometer inputs for joystick and mouse movement. So this, of course, got me thinking about using them on the Atari with programs that use...

Using TRS-80 color computer controllers on the Atari 8-bit]]> 2 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:50:39 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/side-loader-and-apt-partitions.553/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/side-loader-and-apt-partitions.553/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 I recently bought a SIDE3 and have been trying to set up some HDD on the SD card. I have used FDISK to create a 2GB FAT16 and created five 31.99MB Atari HDD’s, the remaining space I created a FAT32 partition.
So the SIDE Loader sees all three and I can access both the FAT partitions but the APT section is greyed out when I select it. The APT table is correct but they are all greyed out and I cannot mount them in the SIDE loader.
I must have done something wrong but I’m not sure...

SIDE Loader and APT partitions]]> 4