Thanks @tzok
Is the expansion that this person is selling the same thing? If so, looks like he/she already has some built up for not much money (23 Euros)
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/27720 ... e-by-tfhh/
Will try contacting and seeing if they still make them
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- Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:17 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800XL memory upgrade options in UK
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1769
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800XL memory upgrade options in UK
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1769
Re: 800XL memory upgrade options in UK
Thanks rubber_jonnie - certainly worth considering then. I'm always a little wary about upgrade cards that do a lot of extra things for very old machines - before you know it, the original hardware is not really needed at all and it starts to defeat the object (for me at least). I'll definitely give...
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:57 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800XL memory upgrade options in UK
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1769
800XL memory upgrade options in UK
Now the 800xl is up and running and I've been able to play a few of the games I remember from my childhood, I'm tempted to look at upgrading to allow for running the 128k games I never got to try back then. There seem to be a few options out there, from Rambo boards to upgrade to 256k to full on 1me...
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:58 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: 800xl video
I've got a pretty good picture now using svideo and a number of mods from various online resources, so I will list those that I've found made a difference here once I'm done. As tzok has said, so far very little has been needed to get quite a nice picture. There is one area of improvement still I'd ...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: 800xl video
Hi all So I've done some of the simpler svideo mods and undoubtedly have a sharper picture, however I still had zigzag interference on the blue background of the screen. I played around and have finally (I think) found the solution: Using an svideo cable, if I touch an earth wire to the metal outer ...
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:41 am
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: 800xl video
Thanks rubber_jonnie . So far all I've done is feed a cleaner 5v supply to C51 and remove L5. Made a tiny difference, but not much I'll do a recap anyway, but wondered if noisy old electrolytics could be making things worse? If you can find the mods you've had success with, that would be really useful
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: 800xl video
Thanks rubber_jonnie yeah I did look at those too. They just seem a bit over the top for what I'm looking for I think. Also adding complexity is the shipping costs involved - especially from the US. Think I'm either going to do the DIY mods for svideo and see how things look from there, or see what ...
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:32 am
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: 800xl video
I've been looking at the UAV board and appear to have found someone supplying them in the UK:
https://shop.ctrl-alt-rees.com/products ... 7800-8-bit
Anybody had experience of ordering from them as I'm not familiar with them?
https://shop.ctrl-alt-rees.com/products ... 7800-8-bit
Anybody had experience of ordering from them as I'm not familiar with them?
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:43 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
Re: 800xl video
That's interesting - was that a UK supplier?
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:22 pm
- Forum: 8 BIT CORNER
- Topic: 800xl video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1276
800xl video
Trying to work out the best way of getting a decent video signal from my 800xl. So far I've tried: 1. RF output - this has vertical lines on the background and a kind of 'zigzag' pattern along the left and right hand edges where the blue screen meets the black border. 2. Composite out via the din co...