ATARIPITBULL Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I just received my new Compumate and found this ad in an old Video game magazine and was wondering if anyone here has every used theres for programing, music, or drawing and if so, what did you make? and did you put them on cassettee tapes like it say's?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I've got mine on the way, can't wait, it looks cool We should start a group called the "Compumate Club" and together we can crack cold cases and unexplained mysteries using our Compumates. Seriously though, we could start a thread showing all the cool things we do with them (pictures, music, etc..) or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) Where you guys pick up these Compumates at? Ebay? well where ever you got them it should be fun messing around with them.Lets us all know when you get them and maybe a few screen shots with it in action. Edited June 5, 2007 by jboypacman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RasterScan Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 I was going to ask the same question. I would love to get one. Where you guys pick Compumates at? Ebay? well where ever you got them it should be fun messing around with them.Lets us all know when you get them and maybe a few screen shots with it in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 I would contact Mabb96, that's where I got mine. Not sure if he has any left since I haven't seen any for sale on Ebay lately but I have a feeling he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 how much is this going for???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 how much is this going for???? Good question. I'd hit Mabb up for one at the right price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 (edited) Someone was trying to sell his for over $400.00 on ebay but as far as I know, no one bought it, I got my copy for about $200.00 from a seller in Venezuela and it took about a month to get to me. Edited June 4, 2007 by ATARIPITBULL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Someone was trying to sell his for over $400.00 on ebay but as far as I know, no one bought it, I got my copy for about $200.00 from a seller in Venezuela and it took about a month to get to me. :o What software do you use it on? does it come with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Is it PAL or NTSC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Did anyone ascertain if the programs on the back were ever released? I ask for I know very little about the system despite wanting one when it first came out. In various magazines at the time they all talked about a range of games and utilities that never came out. First time I saw pics of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Is it PAL or NTSC? If he got it from the same guy I did (which it sounds like) they are NTSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Yep, its a NTSC model, that is what took me so long to get one, I would say about 4 years or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Someone was trying to sell his for over $400.00 on ebay but as far as I know, no one bought it, I got my copy for about $200.00 from a seller in Venezuela and it took about a month to get to me. :o What software do you use it on? does it come with it? I will be getting into it this Friday after my classes are done for the summer and I will let you know what I have found what can be done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarimania75 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 (edited) I got my Compumate from Mabb96 about a week ago........I really don't think he has many left the way it sounded.......so all the guys waiting for the price to drop ridiculously may be dissapointed....so just a little warning! Edited June 4, 2007 by Atarimania75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Gonna have to get me one, been wanting one of these since the crazy 2600 add-on bonanza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Gonna have to get me one, been wanting one of these since the crazy 2600 add-on bonanza! I wonder how many of those computer expansions actually worked as advertised. Those screenshots in the mag all have nice 40 column displays, but the TIA isn't capable of that (not in any useful way anyway). The Compumate fits about 18 characters or something silly like that on its screen. To get 40 column output you'd need to actually have a completely seperate frame buffer in the expansion... so what exactly would the Atari itself be used for? Does anyone own any of those prototype 'computer add-ons'? (I wonder how easily I could hack my own Compumate to use more RAM.... Hmm....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Someone was trying to sell his for over $400.00 on ebay but as far as I know, no one bought it, I got my copy for about $200.00 from a seller in Venezuela and it took about a month to get to me. from Jugo Chavez himself, for shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 (edited) Someone was trying to sell his for over $400.00 on ebay but as far as I know, no one bought it, I got my copy for about $200.00 from a seller in Venezuela and it took about a month to get to me. from Jugo Chavez himself, for shame. Just as not all Americans want to be associated with our president I doubt all Venezuelans would like to be associated with theirs. Shouldn't you be trolling in the Modern games forums? Edited June 6, 2007 by bones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabb96 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Someone was trying to sell his for over $400.00 on ebay but as far as I know, no one bought it, I got my copy for about $200.00 from a seller in Venezuela and it took about a month to get to me. from Jugo Chavez himself, for shame. Hi there Atari5200, Just for your information, his name is HUGO CHAVEZ; Jugo means juice Taking the same word you used, you have no idea just how ashame it is for many of us to have such a monstrous thing be our President, BUT do bare in mind thouhg that I am proud to be what I am: An open-minded, democratic, hard-working, honest VENEZUELAN ! Most Venezuelan are like I just mentioned JUGO, as you called him, is NOT even the least of the WORST EXAMPLE of how we actually are He is just an unfortunate result of our history God bless our country; VENEZUELA mabb96 PS You can take everything from a person, but losing faith, or letting go of it, is actually the true aweful end ; No one will ever take away my faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Seriously though, we could start a thread showing all the cool things we do with them (pictures, music, etc..) or something? That would be neat Can't believe I actually have one of these after all these years. Those scans above BTW are taken from mags I bought as a kid at that time. It's really quite a neat unit, if I ever get the time I'll write a horrible game for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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