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  1. A nice Vectrex with "Blitz" game and a converted Genesis Power Stick. YES!
  2. That's a good idea. Do you have access to the backside? Because you can probably just use a small magnet to hold those pins on.
  3. I have a few suggestions for you. I don't think trying to squeeze the stuff you want onto single sided disks is going to be an ideal solution. A lot of software won't work that way (inserting a pause while you put the second disk in). Here's what I would suggest: You can replace your single sided drive with a double sided drive. The secret here is that old PC 3.5" floppy drives work in the ST. The cabling is identical. You may need to buy cable extenders. And it can be difficult to find a drive that won't involve some cuts to the case. Buy an Atari ST external drive. Buy a floppy emulator and replace your disk drive with this. This is the solution I'm going to try very soon on my ST. Look on ebay for "Atari floppy emulator". All your software would go onto a USB memory stick. I have this exact setup on a Commodore Amiga, and it works great. Like I said, as soon as I get some spare time, I want to do this to my ST. Let us know how you proceed. I'm very interested to know. I'll do the same here when I do the surgery on my ST.
  4. Maybe thin but stiff cardboard instead with little shims on the ends.
  5. I've never heard of "Bobby is Going Home". Terrible name, but looks like a good game. Similar to the "Smurf" game.
  6. Maybe a long skinny sticker that says "Nintendo" on it.
  7. My goals: Hack my SNES Classic (I haven't had time to even open and try it out). Find more time to play. Play more, collect less.
  8. Incredible. I would guess it needs an 830 modem or the 850 interface and a Hayes modem to work. Or some dedicated way to connect to the Plato network. My best guess would be the 830 modem that had the phone cups....you would dial up the network and then the cartridge would do it's thing.
  9. I'm just catching up here. Will check out your podcast this weekend.
  10. From jmjustin6: Two PSP movies and a complete PSP game...plus a sweet bonus Millennium Falcon. THANKS!
  11. I can produce a PDF copy of one. May be a good backup solution until you find a real one.
  12. Oh man, that looks incredible! The sounds are fantastic. Do you happen to have a link to the purchasing details?
  13. The Amiga is awesome. It came with a GoTek drive in place of the floppy drive. A USB thumb drive contains hundreds of games that can be loaded via a menu. This is an Amiga 500 -- the composite out is in black and white only (I think they really wanted buyers to also purchase a monitor). I've ordered a little board that converts to composite, S-Video, or VGA from a nice fellow in Sweden. Once that arrives, I plan to explore the games a lot more.
  14. No idea. I guess I'd just want to avoid any potential lag that an adapter can introduce. The comment about signal quality is interesting. The original SNES system was designed for good old NTSC TV. The HDMI improvement....is it really that great given the source? In any case, I finally got a SNES Classic today (yay!) and I'll give it a shot on an HDTV before trying out an adapter (which I don't have yet) for a CRT.
  15. Somebody went wild on a Faygo bender it appears.
  16. I like this mod kit: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-7800-Composite-RCA-A-V-Audio-Video-Mod-Upgrade-Kit-FULLY-ASSEMBLED/311634197062?hash=item488ed87a46:g:oNQAAOSwnbZYHyux It's already built, and pretty easy to install. Unknown why removing the shielding would clean up the signal. That is strange.
  17. RickR

    my want list

    I've got a few of those J...all CIB.
  18. Looks like the roofs on "Thunder Castle"
  19. Opinions and recommendations please for an HDMI->Composite converter. For example, to play the SNES retro console (which only has HDMI out) on a CRT-TV. Thanks!
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