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Atari Pole Position restoration
-PCB board repaired
-High Save kit installed
-new T molding
-front repainted
-wood damage repaired on right side
-new steering wheel decal installed
-CPO cleaned
-new power cord installed
One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
This is my Atari 1040 STF, the second Atari I got. I bought it second hand in 1992 - 1993. It is upgraded to 2.5 MB RAM and it came with a Megafile 30, a harddisk with a whopping 30 MB capacity. It was my main computer for many years, I was using the other for running a BBS called "The Dark Side of the Moon".
One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
I bought my Atari Jaguar in 2003, they were hard to find even back then. This one was brand new, and never unpacked, the console itself was still in its sealed bag. The box had seen better days though. The unique thing about this one is that it came with a SCART-cable and had no RF-modulator. Usually they came with the RF-modulator and antenna cable, you had to buy the SCART-cable separately.
I got it with 7 games, all in shrink wrapped boxes.
Front Entrance
1196 Borregas Avenue, Sunnyvale, California
Former Atari Corporate Headquarters 1984-1996
Now partially empty, photo taken in 2009
The Anniversary for the Atari ST. Today the Atari was presented at the CES fair in 1985. The beginning of a new era.
Apparently it's always 5:50 in Atari-land
And since this is a disposable watch you can throw it away and actually WASTE TIME... I know ...boo...hissss.
This is the all black version (no long rainbow stripe), I hear only sold in Ireland, so how I got one in Nottingham I don't know.
An ebay-purchase in quite good condition. Consistent yellowing of course. But a good base for a Gotek floppy-emulator. ;-)
This is the all black version (no long rainbow stripe), I hear only sold in Ireland, so how I got one in Nottingham I don't know.
Before the operation.
Atari had a stye on his eyelid for 2 months now. The doctor decided on draining it, but he wanted to sedate Atari. It's Atari's first operation.
An ebay-purchase in quite good condition. Consistent yellowing of course. But a good base for a Gotek floppy-emulator. ;-)
The Icelandic National Musuem has an excellent collection of historical artifacts including a betamax VCR and an old-school Atari. The games are blurry, but that's Donkey Kong and (non-Super) Mario Bros.
This is the all black version (no long rainbow stripe), I hear only sold in Ireland, so how I got one in Nottingham I don't know.
An ebay-purchase in quite good condition. Consistent yellowing of course. But a good base for a Gotek floppy-emulator. ;-)
This controller is often ridiculed, but I feel that most of the criticism is unfounded. I actually sort of like this controller. I find it comfortable. The keypad with overlay support is a bit retro, but perhaps they just wanted to kick it old school. It does make games like Alien vs. Predator or Iron Soldier, where there are lots of weapon selections, very convenient to play. The three action buttons are labeled C, B, and A, and the aux buttons in the middle are marked “Pause” and “Option”. All in all, it feels somewhat inspired by the Lynx. Strangely, the connector plug is a VGA Monitor plug. The only negative thing I have to say about this controller is that when you play most of the games on the Jaguar, you’ll definitely notice the lack of an analog stick. I can’t really knock too many points off for that, though, since nothing had analog sticks at the time, it wasn’t until the N64 came out a few years later that people realized you needed analog control for 3D games.
It is big, I’ll give it that, but it’s actually roughly the same size as the Dreamcast controller or the original XBox monster pad. It’s also fairly light because it’s mostly empty inside, unlike the lead-lined Duke.
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This is the all black version (no long rainbow stripe), I hear only sold in Ireland, so how I got one in Nottingham I don't know.