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Nice work on the CPC by the way Andy. It's a good little machine. Just need to add an external Ear socket so you can load CDT images via a Maxduino device, save you a fortune in games.

 

Hell yeah.

 

Hi Matt something to check when in 800XL mode, I think the O.S is still using Port B that are used on Joysticks 3&4 in 800 mode. (as you did say)
However I know this is 'emulated' within incogneto as such but not sure if you can access the PIA PortB as a certain lines used to control memory mapping for the XL. thus the O.S resets them back to the values in the shadow registers in the O.S.

I guess its something to check, likewise I'm not sure what will happen with a U1MB board installed, it may stop access directly to the hardware, as the memory is now on the U1MB so emulates portB the same way as incogneto.
I'll get round to it and see what happens.
Was it the 400 you were going to use as the animated Arm controller , seem to remember you mentioning this on A.S

Re boards, I can either make something and send it over of add to OSH Park or similar for you to make, this maybe a cheaper way for you. But lets see where we get to first.

 

Hi Tim

I've seen those for hook up to a PC but I guess anything is possiable if you have the software Pole Position maybe ??

 

Go for it !

 

I think anything that adds to the looks; be it what looks like a very nice oak cabinet, or glass display shelves to tastful globes, 'vintage' retrobilia ( a new word?) is good, I see Tim likes collecting the documentation as well.
I love RGB / RGBA / RGBWA lighting strips, usually controlled by DMX so I can play with the colours (Colors' for Matt), that way I can go with mood, or on occation the beat of a track to change the colours.. Hmm wondering if I could design a DMX interface for Atari, has it ever been done ?

PSU's Hmm think I'll have to do the same, have draw full of psu's ditto, mains leads if seperate, a look uder my work desk shows 4 wall sockets all used, with 2x 6 ways mounted on the wall (all used), and additional one on the floor with 2 spares outlets, and a newly plugged in 8 way that I've used recently, I thought the two sixways were all I needed. I was so wrong, anyone else always short to sockets?

 

Lurving that 800 and CX85 paired together, Matt and the bill was a whopping $20? Call Starsky & Hutch - there's been a retro robbery somewhere! Excellent asset acquisition. Mine went up to Nysavant and I think he plans to downgrade it and turn in into an Oric. Also liking the radio alarm green LCD display, the calculator on standby and the racks of ROMs. Even from this side of the pond, this set-up just hums of sweet old nostalgia and my recycled retro nostrils are picking up the positive perfumes. Are those x2 Indus GTs sat on top of the battle tank? If so, think about changing their "skins" to 810 camo??! Only joking, fella - the set-up is grand as it is and I also spot the Atari 400 mouse mat design which you were kind enough to send me t'other Xmas. Marvellous line-ups, Matt.

 

Nice Diagram! I think I may use it one day to make a matching keypad for my 1200XL, since the 800 is the only model to ever get one.

@Graham , How much are the Pokey MAX boards selling for and are there more for sale or was it a limited run? I wasn't particularly interested before because I could still get real Pokey's for cheaper and the original run, IIRC, was only made for arcade boards and wasn't compatible with the 8-bits?

 

Bootiful, absolutely bootiful.

Class 80s brilliant build...

Lovely pics, Matt.

Here's another angled pic I pinched off the web.

Al Nysavant, did you ever get yours up and running as yet?

 

@Timothy Kline , is that VCS pin set something new or vintage?

 

It's great to hear you have the regulators to fix your 800, I have also found that the 800 has so little clearance around Pokey that the PokeyMAX will in my case end up in there with the original in another Computer as a stereo upgrade. Pokeyone is cheaper I think only $36 U.S however the MAX has both in one package so its the best choice for me, Just hope the Pokeys in your machine are o.k as a PITA to unsolder cleanly when stacked.

 

I'll think about it. Meanwhile you can find plenty of ZXes, still this side of the Atlantic, I'm afraid. But I'm pretty sure that the guys at AOC can arrange something for you, me included.

 

It can be similar elsewhere in the world..
From Dongguan, Guangdong , to Shanghai, then to Pudong Airport left 14th May, landed London,Heathrow 29thMay a few weeks later so a very very long flight, accepted by customs in the UK 7th June
Disappears for a while, turns up with a new label over the original from Germany ..15thJune
Have to BLAME Paul ... he lives closer to Heathrow than I do

 

I'm a Tron sucker, saw it in Canada...Totally loved it...I've said before that all the malls there at the time had Vic20's in and had lines Like Access Project Tron (can't remember the typed line from the film at this sec) followed by Syntax Error

I'm a film fan as well, sci fi action and comic stuff does my fix.

Never seen a film bar 3 secs of Finding Nemo or the like in 3D, was told it gave headaches. Would be nice to have one of the TV's to see it before they are dropped as its less of a supported feature I'm told.

 

Hi Paul
Thank you I've a few 1050's I'll check out over the next few days and then I'll have a look at whats on the ATR.

 

Hopefully it's a full item.

 

Well, I guess I will just have to check it out since I recently obtained Disney+ via my brother. I watched the first season of the Mandalorian, then started watch an archeology show with this guy who travels the world using this new laser radar system called "lidar" or something like that, that reveals structures hidden by jungle and sand and time...pretty impressive.

 

So, received a copy of Music Construction Set by ariolasoft from Germany, which is supposed to work, and nothing. Gets past the EA logo for about 3 to 4 seconds and stops loading. I've tried this on 2 stock 1050 drives and my XF551 with the same results. All speeds are correct on the drives, and other commercial disks load no problem. Really annoyed.

Does this require one of the earlier Atari OS's?