The wonderful #ZafinnBooks¹ gave me this excellent haul of #Atari8bit equipment. All of it needs work and money put into it; none came with power supplies, for example. An #Atari800, an #Atari810 #FloppyDiskDrive, an #Atari130XE and an #AtariXG1 #LightGun.

¹ Ireland-based author of several self-published all-colour books about Atari: https://zafinnbooks.com/

A three-quarters on view of a largely mint Atari 130 XE. The keyboard is rather yellowed, and the power switch is stuck. Known to be working when switched on last, several years ago.

A three-quarters on photo of an Atari 810 disk drive. Oh, how I hankered after one of these. They were eye-wateringly expensive in Ireland, so I had to make do with my 410 program recorder.

No Disk Operating Systems or filesystems for me for another decade, until I could afford to buy my first PC.

A three-quarters on photo of an original Atari 800, first released in 1979. The case is in excellent shape; I'm less sure about the innards.

A side-on view of an Atari XG-1 light gun lying on a wooden table, pointing right. I secretly hankered after one of these after reading about it in the Atari BASIC Reference Manual. Having survived a war, my parents were resolutely against toy guns for children, so I doubt I ever even mentioned its existence to them. I didn't want to sully their perception of home computing as playfully scientific.

**Feoh** @feoh@oldbytes.space · Apr 12

Apr 12

Feoh @feoh@oldbytes.space

Welp, I finally had time to set up my Indus GT floppy for my #atari8bit

And it powers on. The lED display lights, but if I try to boot a floppy I get G5 on the LCD, which seems like a common problem because there's even a write-u pabout it on atariprojects:

https://atariprojects.org/2024/12/07/replace-the-track-0-sensor-on-an-indus-gt-floppy-disk-drive-for-the-atari-8-bit-computers-30-60-mins/

So I'll need to figure out how to get that work done.

I can't complain, I have an amazing life, but there are moments where I really sincerely wish soldering was a possible thing for me to do :)

Super glad I talked the guy on ebay down from his price given that the unit was untested :)

atariprojects.orgReplace the Track 0 Sensor on an Indus GT Floppy Disk Drive for the Atari 8-Bit Computers (30-60 mins) – Atari Projects

**pulsa una tecla** @pulsaunatecla@masto.es · Apr 11 *

Apr 11 *

pulsa una tecla @pulsaunatecla@masto.es

Lode Runner (Atari 2600)

Uno de los primeros juegos de MSX que ahora está por fin disponible para Atari VCS; gráficos sencillos pero tremendamente adictivo. El argumento es simple; tenemos que recoger todo el oro de un nivel mientras evitamos a los guardias que tratarán de atraparnos. Tras recoger todo el oro, debemos movernos hasta la parte superior de la pantalla para llegar al siguiente nivel.

Más detalles en http://pulsaunatecla.es/2025/04/11/lode-runner-atari-2600/

#retrogaming #atari #atari2600

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**Gonzalo Nemmi** @gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org · Apr 10 *

Apr 10 *

Gonzalo Nemmi @gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org

@eiZen I feel you bro ..

Btw, look what I'm wearing today

A picture of the t-shirt I'm wearing today. It has a stack of Atari logos followed by the word Atari all the way from the neck to the bottom of the shirt. The logos and the wording are colored following a rainbow pattern over the dark purple color of the shirt.

#Atari #Atari2600 #Atari8bit

**pépé** @pepe@toot.aquilenet.fr · Apr 8

Apr 8

pépé @pepe@toot.aquilenet.fr

pépé likes postcards - part 3

Latest pixel graphics (Atari ST graphics, Atari 8bit, Amstrad CPC or Pico-8 ascii)
printed and ready to be posted.

#Atari #AtariST #Atari8bit #Amstrad CPC #pico8 #pixelart #demoscene

**Atari Scene News** @Philsan · Apr 7

Apr 7

Atari Scene News @Philsan

Mini Golf, #Atari8bit computers game coded in FastBasic for BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2025 https://youtu.be/Y7f5if4gdlQ #atari #retrogames

**Atari Scene News** @Philsan · Apr 7

Apr 7

Atari Scene News @Philsan

3D printed LCD 10 inches monitor housing suitable for the Atari XL line of computers https://makerworld.com/it/models/1217900-atari-xl-10-1-inch-monitor-housing #atari #retrocomputing #atari8bit

**Thomas Cherryhomes** @tschak@oldbytes.space · Apr 4

Apr 4

Thomas Cherryhomes @tschak@oldbytes.space

#FujiNet The #Retrocomputing and #Retrogaming networking adapter for #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo and more has released version 1.5 of their firmware, which adds case insensitive recursive search to CONFIG!