RickR

Happy Father's Day @RickR!! 🙌

I'd only buy the items that have astronomical prices now.  Just imagine how much money we could make hawking truly rare items on Ebay!

Buy all the games, and also buy some Apple stock.  Keep the games and sell the stock once you get back. 

That was a great year for everyone. Atari, video arcades, the Cars. I was turning ten years old in 1984. I remember it like yesterday. :O)

Harry:  Please do send me those files.  I would love those for my shelf.

More importantly, I need some help.  I have no idea what I'm doing.  My first question:  what software do you use at school to create the model files?  

One issue I've had so far is this:  I printed the bottom half of a Vectrex cart shell as shown above, and it came out perfect.  I think I may need to bump up the amount of filament used, but otherwise, very good for a first try.  But then, the top of the shell didn't work at all.  Why?  Because the Thingiverse file had the model upside down (flat side up).  I thought my printer software would automatically flip it, but it didn't.  And I tried to figure out how to flip it myself, but no go.  

Of course, no obligation.  Maybe others here have some knowledge to share too.  I'm having fun learning something new.  

THANKS!

I'm new to it myself too, so maybe another member can help you with your Vectrex cart issue.

In school, we've been using this site called tinkercad. It's kind of a beginner's 3D modeling tool aimed for teaching it in schools, so there are others that are much more robust. But if you're first starting out, I highly recommend it. It's user friendly, easy to work with, all online, and most importantly free (to my knowledge). Might be worth a try-out. 

PM me an email address you'd like me to use and I'll share those 3D print files with you.

I will try TinkerCAD.  Thanks!

All of them.  Only working stuff in the tub. 

Does the non-working stuff go in the bathtub?

Nope.

Only the 5200 gets a "tub".  Everything else is small enough to fit in a normal box. 

It's COLLD out there! 

RE:  Jack Frost.  I wasn't familiar with it until I visited Canada a long time ago and saw it on TV there.  I don't remember much about it other than first being delighted to have a new-to-me Rankin/Bass show to watch, and then disappointed at how strange it was.  Well, that was a good 25 years ago.  Maybe I should give it another go. 

Honestly I think Jack Frost is probably the best Rankin/Bass special. Though it's not particularly a high bar.

What is it for?

From what I know, it's like the Harmony cartridge but for the Intellivision. It lets you play rom files, so you can play homebrews and store the entire official Intellivision library on a single cartridge. I hear the Intellivision homebrew scene is quite vibrant. I missed out on the early batches and ordered this. Hopefully it'll come in 4-6 weeks.

You got it.  It's an Intellivision multi-cart. 

I'm planning on getting a CRT out to try this out sometime soon.  Right now, our dining room table has a new computer for my wife on it.  Until we get time to get her VPN installed and swap it out with the old PC in the office, I'm on hold.  After, I'll use that space to play some intellivision.

Those power supplies are known to go bad and take the C64 with it.  This one tests out fine.  But it makes sense to either buy a modern power adapter or buy a Ray Carlson sacrificial diode wire.  

On my breadbin, I built my own power adapter AND use the diode thing.  

haha this illustrates perfectly that looks aren't everything 😁 

That's right.  You should see the one I made.  Frankenstein-esque.  But totally safe.  

Nice! Is it much cheaper than an actual N64 Everdrive? Any downsides compared to an actual Everdrive?

During Black Friday, I ordered Everdrives for SNES and Genesis. Even if you're a collector, playing games using these types of cartridges makes a lot of sense. I use the Harmony Encore cartridge to play 2600 games even though I have the actual game cartridges.

$60 for this vs. $160 for the real Everrdrive.  The only downside is that longevity is unknown. 

I have several everdrives (NES, SNES, Genesis, TG16, GBC), and they all work most excellently.  I agree they make good sense.  Not just in overall cost-savings, but in convenience. 

Plus, it saves wear and tear on the original cartridges. It's a neat idea, actually.

What a cool peice!

Love these old LED games! Nice find.

Good news - I've found a file to 3D print the battery cover, and one of my children is helping me find a place to have it printed. 

Awesome! Which PRGE is that, Rick?

2017 I think. 

Of course -- I didn't notice the Defender art on the badge. That was my first PRGE (and 2019 was my second), and I went because it was the Atari anniversary. I was so excited for a chance to see David Crane and Garry Kitchen at their panel. I didn't know any other Atari developer names nor anything else about Atari outside of what I knew as a kid. 

I want to like this 100x.

I just made a nice donation to our local Red Cross.  I'm very happy to report that my work MATCHED it!  How cool is that?

For a second there, I thought things had gotten worse from Priority 1 to Priority 0 😅 Great news! Now go relax and play Galaxian.

I got one too!

I'm tempted to say the N64 or NES EverDrive, but my old buddy is super duper proud of doing the case design on the 1200XL and despite a few flaws it's my favorite Atari 8-Bit Computer. If you're going to go that route though consider the Atari XE Game System. The cartridge is easily accessible, it has 64K of RAM, a nice detachable keyboard, it's everything the 5200 could've been. But it's okay to have an XE and get a 1200 XL too 🤓

I went with a wildcard:  Tempest for the 5200!  Only $15 after that coupon.

Thanks for the ideas, I do appreciate it. 

It is well built.  It's not a heavy weighted dial like the arcade version, and you'd think the shape would make it uncomfortable to hold.  But it fits nicely in the hand and it works well without any jitters. 

@Justin, we need to do an NES Arkanoid high score challenge!  I will kick everyone who uses a gamepad's butt!  LOL. 

I never could find that set to buy anywhere.  And that is one setup I rented that I had a blast with.  Awesome find, RickR.

Good luck, Starfox.

It's great! I love Win10

It worked, and I'm up and running with only a few learning-curve issues (like how to import pictures from my camera)

How awful. Poor little thing.

Honest this ruined my night.

Oh man, I apologize. 

There's a youtube channel called "Hoovie's Garage".  It's a guy that buys cars and talks about them and fixes them, etc.  Anyhoo, he bought a Ferrari, and it ended up completely burning to the ground due to a badly placed hose clamp!  Very sad, but he took it well.  Hoovie also has a DeLorean that took a ton of time and money to get fixed.

Good luck with the new job! Savor that honeymoon period!!

Yes Rick rest assured, when your time comes, I WILL BE THERE !!!!!!! Mwahahahahahah......er.......😜

NICE CAR ! 😎

Congrats on the new job!

I agree with StormSurge.  Normally I'd say not to because of value later but...it needs air.  Also...I didn't know HW made those.

It has been opened!  Looks good, although they should have made it BIGGER than the Enterprise, right?

 

You even have an arcade in there  

Thanks, J.  You know, sometimes it helps just to type it out to friends. 

My wife says I should quit.  But I don't want to do that.  It would let down too many people, including me. 

I agree with you. Don't quit unless it's what you really want to do. Do you feel this is a current project that has driven things to become more difficult? Or have things changed in your work environment in general which have made things more of a challenge?

My main issue is that I find myself with zero support from above.  My supervisors are all very busy on other important things (I guess they are overwhelmed too), and I feel too much pressure to make decisions that feel way above my pay grade.  At the same time, I work in an area of business that is shrinking. 

I also found this very fascinating timeline:

https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/syzygy.html

The Los Gatos HQ opened in May of 1973

That is a great resource! Michael is a friend of the forums, and yes that is one of the best researched timelines I've seen 👍

Hey, I opened in May of 1973 too! 🎉

She's a beaut Clark! Nice find!

Whoooooohooo!  New TOY!  Nice.

I like it, I like it A-LOT !!!

You're still the king, baby.

Wow!! I'm only about 230 away from you Rick!

It's taken me only about 35 years.

thank you.

I got to try this in emulation and thought it was really cool. Never thought about purchasing it though.

You should consider it. Support the homebrew creators so they will make more games!

WELCOME to our great new members!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Hollow-weenie.

You shouldn't have asked for this lol

I may build a fort out of them.

Next week the Mrs is on vacation and we're going through our stock completely. I will report back to you with my Combat inventory

How do you sign up for ebay bucks?

nvm, I found it

Good. It's free money...especially if you buy a lot on ebay.