Cascade Crew

chevymad · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject: Other hobbies?

Been trying to do something that isnt about cars.. Laughing

Anyway, I dug out my old Atari computers awhile ago. I had 2 of them my very first computer from back in 81.. an Atari 400 and one I got later an 800xl. The 800xl was broken so I bought a 2nd one and used it to diagnose the first. Then I installed an S-video port conversion to get rid of the old RF box. One more part and I'll have 2 of them working! Shocked

Anyway, long ago I sold my disk drive and all its floppies, so now all I have is a few cartridges. Fairly boring. So I go looking and find there's still a huge Atari community out there and they're still building new things for them.

Out of several choices I decided to build an Sdrive Nuxx.. Bought it in kit form which was just a circuit board, programmed chip, and custom end panels. Bought the rest of the stuff from Digikey. It's basically an SD card reader that pretends its an Atari floppy drive. Using this I can load an SD card with files from the net using my pc.. then play them on the Atari.. I'm d/ling 4k + games as we speak! Very Happy

Oh.. forgot, this thing also contains an onboard flash programmer to replace the onboard OS. Pretty cool.

So here's what it looks like.

turbo_jimi · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject:

That's cool. I used to collect comic books, but that hobby got 86ed about 13 years ago when I got married...lol!

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

That is very cool. My other main hobby is polotics. Between wrenthing on my camar ( though hopefully soon it will be for fun instead of neccessity) , my kids, and politics, I only need about 36 hours a day to get by.

QwkTrip · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:57 am Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:01 am Post subject:

www.reverbnation.com/winterseeker

That's my other hobby after work and the family.

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

I would say many of you alss hobby is to correct my spelling

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

* alls *

QwkTrip · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:13 am Post subject:

No, I don't have that much free time. A hobby can't be demanding or it won't be any fun.

chevymad · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject:

Dewey316 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject:

Tryin' to look cool in the band photo FTMFW! Thumbs up

DBL_TKE · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:33 pm Post subject:

I've been getting into bowling lately. Took 1st place in the State Games of Oregon and 4th place in the State Games of America. Sheesh I guess I'm getting serious with this. Besides that I snowboard, play guitar, and paintball. I played baseball for 13 years, soccer for 8, used to do drafting, and have been interested in drawing my whole life, and almost made a career out of it. I used to be a pretty serious gamer with StarCraft back in the day too.

91RSVert · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:05 am Post subject:

Photography
I also have a few collections of items that I only deal with about 3-4 times of the year. I think I posted a picture of one of them once.

Mostly cars n photography. Love it when both come together Very Happy

Yes I'm still working on the burnette hooters girl photoshoot with my car. Sad

MrMike98 · Member Joined: 18 May 2010 Posts: 231 Location: Bremerton

something like this??

Twilightoptics · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject:

Indeed.

chevymad · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject:

Something seems to be stuck in your headlights.. or i'm stuck staring at your headlights.. or .. umm.. yeah.. Very Happy

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

license plate is crooked.

This was always one of my favorites. Cool

Dewey316 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:18 pm Post subject:

Al Hasse · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject:

Slowly getting back onto the bicycle. Once or twice a week, I've been bringing the bike to work on the back of the van we use to vanpool, then riding the 11 or so miles to the ferry. After the ferry ride, there is another couple of miles to my car where the bike goes on a rack for the trip home. The ride from work consists of one very long, very steep hill in Bothell which makes the 11 mile ride take about an hour.