MGI's 65XE

[rubber_jonnie]

So, this machine arrived from Michal extremely well packed and in one piece:

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All I need to do now is find my bench Atari PSU!!! I have a brand new one I was using for fixing my own machine, and there it was gone!!!

Not to worry I can always use a bench PSU, so it's all good.

I'll get it tested with SuperSalt first before I pull it apart, and as it goes the replacement GTIA isn't with me yet.

More pics as we go along.

[PhilC]

@rubber_jonnie hopefully the chip should be with you today, I sent it first class a couple of days ago, not that that makes much of a difference these days.

[rubber_jonnie]

@rubber_jonnie hopefully the chip should be with you today, I sent it first class a couple of days ago, not that that makes much of a difference these days.

Quite, 1st class isn't what it once was, and TBH the post round here can be a bit erratic, we sometimes don't see the postie for a week.

[rubber_jonnie]

Haha!!
PSU located in the last place I looked :dizzy:

[mgi]

Big thanks for helping!

[rubber_jonnie]

Big thanks for helping!

You're welcome.

[rubber_jonnie]

A quick run through with SuperSalt is showing the GTIA has errors, which I suppose we knew, but nice to check anyway.

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Syscheck shows the RAM and ROMs are good, which I half expected, but good to know.

The other errors can be ignored as they require an external cable/board set that I don't have.

@mgi Which demo did you use BTW, it would be nice to test here with the same one before and after.

[mgi]

https://demozoo.org/productions/62247/? ... KnfqARYIJA

around 3:50

If you have Sysinfo there is a special test for this GTIA issue - could also be good to look before and after?

This is how it looks at mine:

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This is how it should look like:

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[rubber_jonnie]

https://demozoo.org/productions/62247/? ... KnfqARYIJA

around 3:50

If you have Sysinfo there is a special test for this GTIA issue - could also be good to look before and after?

This is how it looks at mine:
0C8A7FEA-4451-47C1-A6A9-5F4F3A245171.jpg

This is how it should look like:

IMG_1135.jpg

Cool, thanks I'll make sure I check with Sysinfo and I'll have a look at the demo, see if I can compare to one of my own XLs.

Spares arrived safely from @PhilC too :)

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[mgi]

:thanksblue: