Dead Ataris

From: Ronald T Kneusel <rkneusel_at_post.its.mcw.edu>
Date: Wed Mar 19 10:58:21 1997

Greetings all!

Last night a friend dropped by and brought with him a big box full of old
Atari stuff that his company was about to trash. It included:

Atari 800
Atari 800XL

Carts: Pac-Man, Centipede, Space Invaders, Star Raiders, Basic, Asteroids
       and an educational game. All manuals included

2 working Wico joysticks

All power supplies

Inside Atari BASIC book
Atari 800 manuals

Now, the trouble is.. neither computer works. When powered up they both
give a clear green screen and that is it. The carts and joysticks work
just fine as my Atari 400 was able to tell us.

I popped the top on the 800 and pushed on all the chips and still
nothing. I'm a bit perplexed as to why both machines are acting the same
way. They use different power supplies and the 800 power supply works
with the 400.

I'm new to Ataris, so it this a sign of something that commonly went
wrong with these machines?

All help appreciated!

- Ron Kneusel
  rkneusel_at_post.its.mcw.edu
Received on Wed Mar 19 1997 - 10:58:21 GMT