Dove-net doesn't have a marketplace, so figured I'd ask here.

In the market for an Atari 130XE, preferably working and cheap, or not
working and cheaper. :)

That is all.
-A.

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Re: Atari...
By: Android8675 to All on Thu Oct 18 2012 18:30:27

In the market for an Atari 130XE, preferably working and cheap, or not working and cheaper. :)

Hey if you get any good private replies to this I'd appreciate it a whole bunch if you could forward me information for any decent ones that you don't decide to go with yourself. I'm very interested in picking up a new Atari 8-bit system myself at some point here.
Thank you much!

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Re: Atari...
By: Khelair to Android8675 on Fri Oct 19 2012 02:34 pm

Hey if you get any good private replies to this I'd appreciate it a
whol bunch if you could forward me information for any decent ones
that you don't decide to go with yourself.

Can do, I'll be posting some photos in the near future on Dove-Net when I
start modding my 800. I may try the dishwasher trick on it to remove some of the yellowing, the case is lookin REAL old these days.

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Re: Atari...
By: Android8675 to Khelair on Tue Oct 23 2012 09:08:37

Can do, I'll be posting some photos in the near future on Dove-Net when I start modding my 800. I may try the dishwasher trick on it to remove some of the yellowing, the case is lookin REAL old these days.

What dishwasher trick? I suppose it depends on why your case has yellowed, but the last time I read about it this had something to do with flame retardants in the plastic and exposure to light over a long period of time - not something a wash would normally fix.

There is a solution called "retrobrite" (essentially peroxide and OxyClean) that you can make, spread on the plastic, then expose it to UV light. A day or so later the plastic would be back to its original colour. I forget how it works on a basic level, but I remember an interesting read on the subject four or five years ago.

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Re: Atari...
By: echicken to Android8675 on Wed Oct 24 2012 09:55 am

There is a solution called "retrobrite" (essentially peroxide and OxyClean) that you can make, spread on the plastic, then expose it to
UV light. A day so later the plastic would be back to its original colour. I forget how it works on a basic level, but I remember an interesting read on the subject fo or five years ago.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/138244-how-to-remove-yellowing-from-an-o ld-atari-case/

My case isn't terrible, but it could be better, and since I gotta take it
apart to mod it I might as well give it a shot. You are correct though it's basically oxyclean, the best hydrogen proxide you can get and a UV light.
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Re: Atari... By: Android8675 to All on Thu Oct 18 2012
with yourself. I'm very interested in picking up a new Atari
8-bit system myself at some point here. Thank you much!

I got lucky and scored a "like new" 130XE off eBay for $62 shipped. You can get one for about $120-$150 seems like the average, but keep watching ebay, tons of stuff goes up there all the time. I'm actually looking at some of the Amiga stuff now. I got it bad.

In other news I'm hacking my 800 and my 130XE a bit. Once I have everything setup I'll probably setup a BBS on the 800 with some other goodnesss thrown in. SHould be fun.

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Re: Atari...
By: Android8675 to Khelair on Thu Dec 06 2012 10:06:33

In other news I'm hacking my 800 and my 130XE a bit. Once I have everything setup I'll probably setup a BBS on the 800 with some other goodnesss thrown in. SHould be fun.

What kinds of additions and modifications are you making? The primary one that I'm thinking of adding to a 130XE, should I be fortunate enough to pick one up is that expansion board by Robert Puff.

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Re: Atari...
By: Khelair to Android8675 on Thu Dec 06 2012 07:00 pm

I'm gonna get the Ultimate1MB board + SIDE Cart for the 130XE, it's a minimally invasive 1mb ram up grade that has a RTC, flashable OSs and a bunch of other features. the SIDE is a cart that stores/loads .atr and .xex files from a CF memory card or low power ide drive (notebook size).

My 800 is getting a Incognito board which is basically what I mentioned above in one unit. Only works with the 800.

Considering the Stereo Upgrade (adds another sound (SID) chip) for either, and also considering the VideoXE upgrade for the 130XE (adds new video modes and goes up to 15bit color).

The Incognito board should be the coolest. I'll take some photos when I get it.

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Re: Atari...
By: Khelair to Android8675 on Thu Dec 06 2012 07:00 pm

Oh, I also have the KarinMaxi Board for the 130XE (playing with it right now). Plugs into the cart ports and lets you use normal IBM floppy drives of any size/format. Pretty pimpin.
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Re: Atari...
By: Android8675 to Khelair on Fri Dec 07 2012 11:53:35

The Incognito board should be the coolest. I'll take some photos when I get

Sweet, I'll definitely be interested in checking it out. *goes to google the hardware a bit*

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Re: Atari...
By: Khelair to Android8675 on Sat Dec 08 2012 09:16 am

Get on the Atariage.com forums, the 8-bit forum is hoppin, there's a bunch of threads about these mods from the people who create and mass produce them.
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Re: Atari...
By: Android8675 to Khelair on Sun Dec 09 2012 12:46:10

Get on the Atariage.com forums, the 8-bit forum is hoppin, there's a bunch o threads about these mods from the people who create and mass produce them.

Alright I've got the tab open now, when I work through some more of the work in the other tabs that I've got open today I should have time to look at it for awhile. First glance looks pretty interesting, I must say. :)

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