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After a nail biting wait of 71 days, the Ebay package finally arrived. I have been trying to get Extended Basic and Chess for many years. I was disappointed...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 2, 2008
10:48 pm
921
Hi Jason I had the chess game as a kid. From what i remember the box I had was a mattel box with the main picture on the sides and text on the rear. i swapped...
billisc
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Jul 3, 2008
9:18 am
922
... Bill, Thanks for the information. It appears my box is a result of some kind of low budget second run production, then. The box is all white, except for...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 3, 2008
11:56 pm
923
... arrived. ... Okay, I've had a chance to examine these in more detail, now. Extended Basic must have been an upsell product for added profit. I personally...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 4, 2008
12:38 am
924
You all probably know that I have at least 15 Aquarius cpu's. I brought only 2 with me here to Japan, and have acquired a third (Euro model) from the recent...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 18, 2008
1:36 am
925
... I assume you want to use something like the ethernet-to-serial device as the UDS-1100. This system needs a true RS-232 serial port. A modem is out of the...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 18, 2008
6:17 pm
926
... device ... modem ... I was hoping there would be a way to use the Aquarius modem connected directly to the PC modem (which has never been used on this...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 19, 2008
11:50 am
927
Here's the article that stirred my interest. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/263...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 20, 2008
9:27 am
928
I was shocked to find a post on the web that I made years before I ever heard of the web! I posted this on Compuserve in the Color Computer forum: ...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 22, 2008
10:27 am
929
... Okay. How about you show your earliest web post, even if it's not older than mine. Don't be shy. ;-) -Jason...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 24, 2008
12:09 pm
930
... My first webpost? http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mattelaquarius/message/107 That was the first time I participated in a discussion. I've started a...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 24, 2008
6:04 pm
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... not ... cannot ... Martin, Well, an Aquarius related post is a distinguished first sighting on the net! Your mention of lost data from your old company...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 26, 2008
8:00 am
932
... What was that like? I used to have hours of fantasies about the modem and Compuserve, my parents had nightmares of phone bills. Finally in the 21st Century...
William Griffin
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Jul 26, 2008
8:11 am
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... I've got twe Chess cartridges with box. Both boxes have some artwork labeled on one side. It is nothing like the fullprinted box which Bill is talking...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 26, 2008
8:13 am
934
LOL. The true successor to the CoCo line in 1985 was the Amiga 1000 (you remember the default desktop colors were blue, orange, black, and white, right?). It...
emucompboy
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Jul 26, 2008
9:03 pm
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... showed ... back in ... I thought Compuserve was great! Initially, the user had to identify his type of computer when setting up the account. They had a...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 26, 2008
10:50 pm
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... 1000 ... and ... ...manufactured by Commodore, but not designed by them. But, I can't argue with you. Here's my computer owning history (not counting the...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 26, 2008
11:11 pm
937
... cart ... artwork ... Huh. I posted a reply to this hours ago, but it didn't show up... I'm relieved that I'm not the only one with budget-run Chess boxes....
mattelaquarius
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Jul 27, 2008
1:49 am
938
Hi ulysses, Thanks for uploading the cheatcodes. Did you discovered these pokes yourself? Please tell us more, Regs Martin...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 27, 2008
2:56 pm
940
Hi Martin, Yes I did do these pokes myself (I used to hack Spectrum Games for pokes etc, mostly in Your Sinclair) And as the Aquarius uses a Z80 cpu I thought...
ulysses_1971
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Jul 29, 2008
7:29 pm
941
... connected ... machine), ... Hey everyone. Here's an email I received at The Cave BBS from Red Wolf, the blogger where the original articles were posted at...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 30, 2008
9:29 am
942
... From: "mattelaquarius" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <mattelaquarius@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:29 PM Subject: [Mattel Aquarius]...
Leslie Milburn
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Jul 30, 2008
9:40 am
943
... hack ... game) I ... the ... Hi Roy, You might have some problems hacking the cartridges as these are scrambled (XOR'ed). You can find the scramble codes...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 30, 2008
9:48 am
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... line ... linux ... the ... anything ... LAN. ... part - ... you ... and ... this ... info that ... hardware is ... done in ... improve the ... neither were...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 30, 2008
10:42 am
945
... the ... project ... with ... with ... are ... Martin, Everything looks good to me. I'm pretty sure you have the settings correct, based on my memory, and...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 30, 2008
12:05 pm
946
... line ... info that ... hardware is ... done in ... improve the ... neither were ... in the ... Leslie, That sounds interesting. If you could dig up the...
mattelaquarius
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Jul 30, 2008
12:15 pm
947
... I have tried hitting CTRL+C, but had no success. Did you ever tried to connect the modem directly to the phone-line instead of the hook-line? ... I have a...
mvdsteenoven
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Jul 31, 2008
7:10 pm
948
... I don't recall ever trying that. I see no reason why it wouldn't work, as long as the connectors fit properly. ... of ... device ... ...
mattelaquarius
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Aug 3, 2008
9:46 am
949
... So far I have tried 7 different modems, but still no luck. According to the manual the Aquarius modem should be compatible with the Bell 103 modem. PC...
mvdsteenoven
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Aug 7, 2008
6:16 am
950
Did anyone saw the following auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-C64-128-Triton-quick-Disk-Rare-Item- ...
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