Atari 800XL: Ultimate 1MB upgrade

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Re: Atari 800XL: Ultimate 1MB upgrade

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Is that a Ferguson TX RGB TV by any chance?
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stephen_usher wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:18 pm Is that a Ferguson TX RGB TV by any chance?
I think it 'might' be a Ferguson,they were pretty popular at the time, but I don't believe it has RGB capability, since it just seems to have an RF connector on the back.

I will try and have a look later.

I recently got a Dell 20" display that has composite and SVideo connectors (My 65XE has an SVideo connector) so I need to sort a comp cable for the XL to see if it woks with that. My comp modded 2600jr gives a great picture on that particular monitor.
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The RGB version has a three-colour logo in the top right, e.g.
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At the back, near the bottom you'll see two DIN sockets, a 5 PIN (composite video+sound) and 8 pin (TTL RGB+sound).
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Pretty sure it doesn't have either the logo or the RGB sockets :(
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Nah, it's a PYE. Nothing fancy here!

Wondering if that rainbow accent on that Ferguson was to match the Spectrum?
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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