RickR

Short project of the day -- a homemade composite cable.  I cut the wire off a TI-99/4A RF box (which was broken) and cut a composite cableset in half and BOOM -- a composite cable that will work for TI-99/4A, Atari XL/XE, or Commodore VIC-20/64. 
There was some cursing involved.  Twisting 4 ground wires together and getting a good solder on them is TOUGH man. 
A screen photo of the cord in action is the last pic.  It looks and sounds really good. 
 

Short project of the day -- a homemade composite cable.  I cut the wire off a TI-99/4A RF box (which was broken) and cut a composite cableset in half and BOOM -- a composite cable that will work for TI-99/4A, Atari XL/XE, or Commodore VIC-20/64. 
There was some cursing involved.  Twisting 4 ground wires together and getting a good solder on them is TOUGH man. 
A screen photo of the cord in action is the last pic.  It looks and sounds really good. 
 

PSA from that whacky guy who runs the ClubVCS X account:
 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the gaming mamas and mamas of gamers!

Good Sunday morning, all!

PSA:  CashCow DX developer pixel games SARL-S has generously offered up a limited edition JP Import Donut Dodo soundtrack for the winner of this challenge! 
 

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Got this for a great price 

If you haven't turned on your VCS for a minute, take note of the new push notifications coming from Atari. Here's today's:

Circus Atari is LIVE for May's High Score Squad Challenge! 
 

Hey everybody, check out my Unicorn for sale HERE.

Retro With Marco returns tomorrow night at 9pm ET with Episode 120! Featurning new retrogaming records, a quick look at the upcoming Boss Battle Climate Change fundraiser, plus a preview of Phoenix for the Commodore Amiga!
Check out the IG link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6HJjC9yho6/
 

Some kind of rare out of state finds today.

Almost new carts I got today. Popped Mario Cart in first and got to level 24 and 226,300. I never got anywhere close to that at any version of Mario Bros in my life.

Items that I'll be listing on ebay soon. I'll mention them here in case anyone is interested and would like to buy now (and save me the effort and fees of ebay). Pictures available if interested.
Atari 1200XL - needs keyboard refurb. About 1/3 of the keys do not work. Another project I'll never have time for. Hoping to get $175 + shipping. Comes with power adapter. Atari 1027 printer - No idea if it works...probably not as the old rubber heads on these disintegrate over time. Free for the cost of shipping. Atari XEGS - works. No keyboard. There is a hole cut in the cover. I don't know what this might be worth. $80? Make an offer. I did NOT buy a mini. I just have too many computers and need to downsize.

Got a great deal on all this. Think I may have overpaid for Shark Attack? It has the sticker on the spine, but no main label, it works and plays well, paid $7.

Items that I'll be listing on ebay soon. I'll mention them here in case anyone is interested and would like to buy now (and save me the effort and fees of ebay). Pictures available if interested.
Atari 1200XL - needs keyboard refurb. About 1/3 of the keys do not work. Another project I'll never have time for. Hoping to get $175 + shipping. Comes with power adapter. Atari 1027 printer - No idea if it works...probably not as the old rubber heads on these disintegrate over time. Free for the cost of shipping. Atari XEGS - works. No keyboard. There is a hole cut in the cover. I don't know what this might be worth. $80? Make an offer. I did NOT buy a mini. I just have too many computers and need to downsize.

Items that I'll be listing on ebay soon. I'll mention them here in case anyone is interested and would like to buy now (and save me the effort and fees of ebay). Pictures available if interested.
Atari 1200XL - needs keyboard refurb. About 1/3 of the keys do not work. Another project I'll never have time for. Hoping to get $175 + shipping. Comes with power adapter. Atari 1027 printer - No idea if it works...probably not as the old rubber heads on these disintegrate over time. Free for the cost of shipping. Atari XEGS - works. No keyboard. There is a hole cut in the cover. I don't know what this might be worth. $80? Make an offer. I did NOT buy a mini. I just have too many computers and need to downsize.

Well 87, hell of a run. Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win Supporting Actor Oscar, dies at 87

https://apnews.com/article/louis-gossett-jr-dies-1e86e1441ec8b614a282f3de22490a07

When an official Atari social account picks up on #AtariDay!  @Justin

Hiking in Joshua Tree National Park today. It's hard to covey the scale and vastness in photos.

just got a nice screen protector for my iPad mini. After taking about 40 min to assure no air bubbles or dust were present I managed to apply it, very pleased with result. Best of all with the stylus has a little drag now and matte finish so not so smooth like on glass, feels more like paper. Tested to make sure, hey I’m no pro but it’s honest art at least 😛to be fair I used the simplest drawing program, no layers or magnification, literally the same as drawing with colored pencils so I am pleased. At least I can make something without a reference. 🤷🏼‍♂️
My take on HULK.

Well, the time has come to replace my desktop computer.  I have stretched its life as much as possible but no the DVD drive doesn't work, none of the USB ports work, it freezes when I try to copy and paste files...  I had not realized how old this machine was!  I've had it since 2011!  I believe it has provided me with good service for 13 years! 
So, I just ordered a new monster computer from Dell.  I9 processor, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB hard in two hard drives, liquid cooling...the works.  Hopefully it lasts as long as this one!  LOL  I did get the extended warranty for the next 4 years.  The one thing I hate is having to transfer data from one computer to the other.  Thankfully, most of my stuff is backed up online, so that will make it easier to restore files.  But setting up programs is going to be a PITA!!!!  Wish me luck!