DegasElite

Well, at least all hope isn't lost in that respect. It seems like an easy and cheap repair, if one knows what they are doing. Myself, I have no soldering experience, and my A7800s need nothing of this type of repair. But, I would like to learn to solder components onto a motherboard that need replacing. I am sure it takes a lot of patience. One of these days, I might try something like that to learn how to do it. I would take small steps, though.

This is an interesting topic. I am sure a lot of A7800 motherboards are like this. Well, fortunately, it's repairable. That's a good thing.

By the way, BattleSphere turned out pretty good. I love it. :)

I see. Cool. It looks like a Star Raiders-like game. Similar premise, too. :)

Star Raiders was great on the A2600, but the 8-bit and A5200 versions were outstanding. I liked the explosions in the later versions. They did look more realistic. Well, as realistic as you could get at the time. There was also Star Raiders for the ST and I think there was going to be a Lynx version. There was also going to be a Star Raiders 2000 for the Jaguar. It never materialized, unless there is a prototype I haven't heard about. But, it was a fun game for sure.

By the way, welcome to the Forum. It's a friendly place to be. :O)

That could be the NES RF cable doing it. Have you got an old switch box and old RF cable for Atari? They might help. It could be the RF receiver inside the ColecoVision might need some TLC, but then again I am not an expert. It sounds like the RF needs some fine tuning, but as far as the ColecoVision being junk I don't know. I wouldn't throw it away, though. They are excellent collector's items. If it still works above and beyond the funny signal from the RF, I would keep it. The Expansion Module #1. That is the A2600 add-on, isn't it? I had a ColecoVision myself with the 2600 adapter. Curious. Thanks for letting me share.

I had heard that BigPEmu's creator, Rich Whitehouse, had cancer surgery yesterday. Hopefully, he will recover from the surgery and improve in health. Let's hope he makes it. I wouldn't mind seeing CD support for this emulator. :O)

I would love to see Mr. Whitehouse create this emulator for macOS. That would be interesting. :O)

In case people are wondering, ArtistX is no longer updated. ArtistX and Ubuntu Studio are for creative professionals. Graphics designers, artists, and sound engineers would love it.

Pros for Linux: Easy GUI (like macOS), lots of free and open-source productivity programs, free and open-source OS. Cons for Linux: Might want to understand UNIX better to get its full potential, especially for compiling programs for use.

Ubuntu Studio, ArtistX, and Jagbuntu. Jagbuntu is a variant of Kubuntu Linux especially for Jaguar game development by the Thorup Brothers, who created Flappy McFur. It is an older variant of Kubuntu. It doesn't seem to be online anymore on the BitJag site, but I have a copy floating around for my own personal use and to experiment with. ArtistX is a variant of Ubuntu also. I just put them up there on VirtualBox as virtual machines to try them out. By the way, of course, VirtualBox is freeware and not trial-ware. I can use up to version 6.1 on my current computer. It's an old MacIntel, soon to be deprecated by Apple Silicon machines, but it still works for me. They still have Linux scripts for Jaguar development by the Removers on their site for free download. It's interesting. :O)

Yes. It seems the Atari VCS is a versatile machine.

It's about time. VJ needs to be updated anyway, but maybe something in this emulator is better. It is newer. :O)

Amazing news! Finally, something other than VJ to emulate the Jag. This guys looks like a seasoned programmer, too. Thanks for posting this. :O)

I have Linux on my desktop as a virtual machine, but my current computer doesn't have much horsepower to run it at the moment. In fact, I believe I have three Linux machines of different Linux flavors. MacOS seems easier to understand to me. but, Linux has promise. Interesting stuff in Linux, for sure. :O)

Will this HDD interface work with a MegaSTE computer? I assume yes, and I am much obliged to hear more. I am still thinking about buying one, but not yet. Thanks. :O)

Make yourself at home! It's a nice forum. Friendly. Welcome! :O)

Interesting stuff. That would help me if I had a FujiNet. I have a 130XE computer, so that would be a welcome addition to my Atari setup. :O)

Well, congratulations for your new baby! I hope the baby is healthy when born. :O)

I would use a Atari 1010 cassette drive for my aging cassettes, but my own original 1010 drive needs reconditioning. I also use a 1010 Evolved SD drive I bought from Video 61, but that's it.

Or, send PDFs to a PC, rather.

I never knew a FujiNet could do that. I knew it had online capabilities. But, I never knew it could create PDFs. Nice feature! :O)

They reverse-engineered it into that large construct. Fascinating. :O)

I have heard of this. Cool! :O)