Hi,

If that's the dimensions of the jukebox you're waiting for, you can find them on its flyer .

By Googling a little bit, I found one on this auction site :

http://encheres.catawiki.eu/kavels/889451-jukebox-atari-model-160-rustica-1977

As far as I can read on it, it would be :

Dimensions L 1135 x H 920 mm x D 625 mm, weight : 138 kg

Hi,

I'll contact a mate that is addicted to atari

Thanks a lot Kos for the alert ! but no, right now I can't go into such an acquisition... That would have been a Star Wars cockpit, I might have said something else ...

Wow !  Never heard about that cab !! What a monster !  And the cab seems to be in a very good esthetic condition !

What is the role of the copilot if he's part of the play ?

IMHO, the game doesn't look that great, but I would love to test this beast one day ^-

there's another Franck out there??? 

No, I don't think that's possible :  I'm definitely a big fan of ATARI stuff, but where Franck is a mamouth, I'm an ant .

Atarimania is really not interested in a such ATARI masterpiece ?

I wish you good luck for the sale .

Hi,

The 800 "solution" sounds what they did with the 2600....the Secam can only produce 8 colors where the PAL can do 104 or so and NTSC 128...

ATARI VCS different palettes

I might be wrong, but the pictures I remember generated by an ATARI 800 with this RGB adaptor were very different what does a SECAM VCS : only vivid and primary colors like would display micro-computers such as an Oric 1, or a TO7 for example.

You intrigued me with this 8 colors thing on the VCS... I read several articles today about that, including some discussions on ATARI Age, and I do not agree with what they say (or at least my memories of the VCS do not match what they say ). I have to do more investigations, take pictures and count the colors available on the SECAM VCS... I agree the colors didn't match at all the original ones, but I'm convinced there were more than 8 colors... For example, on the Centipede title screen, you have the ondulating centipede. The NTSC/PAL versions feature a rainbow color effect with I guess 128 colors or so. On the SECAM console, the rainbow effect was only made of shade of grey. But that's at least 8 levels of grey, and since we also had other colors, it's already more than 8 colors .

Anyway, it's true that SECAM territories were particularly disadvantaged back in those days !...

Hi Guys,

Thank you so much for this discussion, and for the link to the John's video about the 800XL !

I haven't been for that long in the small arcade collectors world, so I didn't even know that the guy who makes the "John's Arcade" videos could be on Dragon's Lair Fan !

Hey John, I really love your videos in general (I mean not just this one about the 800XL). Your uninterrupted flow of words shows so much energy, so much passion that it's every time a pleasure, every time refreshing, something making you stronger in a way  !
(sorry for my bad English, I'm not sure I use the right words to express my feeling...)

And that particular video about the 800XL was so cool ! I love your game room John, and now I understand why : we have the same background ! Like you, I have hundreds of 800XL floppy disks full of arcade's hits, and other gems of video games ! Like you I dedicated my teenage period to the ATARI computer world. I ended up studying computer science, and even made a carreer in video game industry : you're perfectly right when you say we were damn lucky to own such a great machine ! The BBS were not existing in France at that time (phone calls were very expensive, even for local calls, and we had "Minitel", a specific French thing, some kind of terminal including a modem to connect to dedicated servers...), but we had other ways to exchange programs. We were not really considering ourselves as pirates, because most of those programs were just not sold in France (maybe in a very few shops in Paris, but nowhere else ).

I never heard about ATASCII ANIMATOR ! You did a terrific job considering the limitation of the character set ! ^-

Looking at your video was recalling me so much memories !... And you know what is the icing on the cake : the recurring attract mode of Pole Position we can hear on the background !

Serioulsy John, if you're visiting France one day - I'm pretty close the "Châteaux de la Loire" ), we must meet and see each others. I'm sure we could talk for hours about arcade and ATARI 800XL memories .

Kind regards,

Little_Rabbit

PS : I confirm your image will be much better with the composite video cable

Hi,

Why dont you make me an offer.....or do you have something to trade which I would prefer.

Possibly because the cab Kos found might be 400 km away, and yours maybe 1800 km !

Or maybe because the one Kos found will have a price, it often makes life easier .

Kind regards,

Little_Rabbit

Hi Scr33n,

You really did a terrific job !!  -^

It's visually fantastic, and in my opinion, only very few persons in the world could guess this is not a genuine cabinet from Williams !

The stencil part must have been pretty stressfull, but the sides are pure beauty. I just dream I will be able to restore my Robotron CPO with as much talent as you did !

One more time : congratulations !

Your next target could be for example a replica of Battle Zone !  

See you

Hi,

Thanks a lot for sharing this opportunity with us ! ^-

Sorry for asking, but I'm not familiar with such a kind of offer on Dragon's Lair Fans :
- if not mentionned as bootled, are the pcbs reputed genuine ?
- are they untested or possibly in working condition ?
- to book (and possibly buy) some pcbs, do I have to post here the titles I'm interested in ?

If anyone else from France was interested in buying some titles, maybe we could share the shipping fees ...

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Little_Rabbit