wombombs Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 Hey Everybody Those old Atari 8-bit computers r my second favourite 8bit Machine and i miss this computer so im now emulating it. About 40% of those Games i downloaded i can never get to work I mainly use Atari800win v2.6a and its working fine. A bit slow for my 266mhz machine but it useable. But how compatiable is it. I can plays lots of ATR games and stuff. But a Huge selection from the Net never work. Not to mention my Favourites... So 1 question... Whats the most popular Atari 400/800 Emulator that most people use ?? Or do i gotta download dozens of Ataris Emulators all the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 you should get atari800win 3.0 plus... and use "XL model" emulation not the 800 emulation as these machine is newer... most "old" software should run in this mode... you should as well switch "basic" off and use "Atariosb" in the settings... i hope this helps... hve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombombs Posted August 14, 2002 Author Share Posted August 14, 2002 Ok ill do that... I never seen a Real Atari ST before. I didnt know it was compataible with the old Atari 8bit software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 sorry... who said it is??? atari ST is not compatible with the former 8bit line... atari is not nintendo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombombs Posted August 15, 2002 Author Share Posted August 15, 2002 and use "XL model" emulation not the 800 emulation as these machine is newer... most "old" software should run in this mode... ^ Oh... u said this.. Doesnt Matter I now can get Most of my Atari 800 Games to work now thanks to you suggesting the Atari800Win Plus... Thanks !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 well.... i ment new 8bit models... 1st there was 400/800, later the XL & XE models... Atari ST-line is something completly different hve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 Get STEEM if you want to play ST stuff, though you'll need a faster PC for this emu. So, Which of your ole 800 favorites are you now playing thanks to AtariWin800 Plus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombombs Posted August 15, 2002 Author Share Posted August 15, 2002 A lot of more advanced 800 Games now work thanks to Atari800win Plus. Esciapply the hacked Games. But im still looking for some DOS boot up disk for my boot error Games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 If you are refering to games under Atari800win - you don't need DOS to boot any ATR format games - and the executables or binaries are loaded directly into the Emulator without DOS... Any DOS errors you are getting are likely due to a bad game image file, or the wrong hardware configuration (Basic on or off, PAL vs NTSC or the wrong Atari OS)... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markimus of K. Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 ok guys, Sort of a related topic. If I were to run STEEM, or another ST emulator on a PC, would I be able to use regular ST floppies in the PC without modification? I mean I've got hundreds of ST floppies, will they run in the PC emulating the ST? My brother is thinking of selling me his laptop, if I could do this it would be a major selling point. As always, Markimus of K. PS: I've never run an ST emulator on the PC, (my ST is sitting right beside me so I've never had the need) and therefore don't know a lot about them so please forgive my ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombombs Posted August 16, 2002 Author Share Posted August 16, 2002 I just found a site that has lots and lots of Atari 800 Games. Anyone know where i can find ST Games ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 STEEM info: 1 - I wouldnt recommend running STEEM on a laptop - The video card prob isnt good enough to do it. I believe you can mount any disk on your system for STEEM though its quite easy to create a .st file from a floppy disk to run 2 - ST Software - after doing some searching I found a German based FTP server with just about everything you could want, I unfort cannot find it. You can however buy a CD collection from this site with everything I just mentioned: www.atari.st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 I agree a laptop may not have enough video grunt to do STEEM justice - my VAIO of 2 years ago is not up to the task of it... You can read ST discs on a PC floppy drive quite unreliably using just plain old explorer, but a program like wdfcopy is superior, it reads far more discs (I read in all my old dev discs recently) and is desigened so you can get files onto the PC - creating virtual ST discs... Reading commercial games etc is problematic often because they use protection methods that confound the PC drive. I found Little Green Desktop a superb website for ST disc images, predominantly by various pirate groups (Pomepy etc.), but you can find virtually any program you like there... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markimus of K. Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 STEEM info: 1 - I wouldnt recommend running STEEM on a laptop - The video card prob isnt good enough to do it. I believe you can mount any disk on your system for STEEM though its quite easy to create a .st file from a floppy disk to run So the consensus being... I should just forget the hassle and keep using my ST? Sounds good, that method has worked for me since 1988. as always, Markimus of K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 You could try some of the other less compatible ST emus though they are a bit harder to configure and run - I used Pacifist for awhile which was not too bad. Check the www.atari.st site for others. STEEM is a video hog but runs just about anything thrown its way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 you should get atari800win 3.0 plus... Where can I find it? I've had troubles with 2.6c and I'd be interested in getting the newer version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 you should get atari800win 3.0 plus... Where can I find it? I've had troubles with 2.6c and I'd be interested in getting the newer version. http://www.zophar.net/a5200.html or for an atari-friendly site: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/atari/emu.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombombs Posted August 22, 2002 Author Share Posted August 22, 2002 Well I recommend u install both Atari800win and Atari800winPlus because i found a game that didint work on Atari800WinPlus but worked on Atari800win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Which game, please?? I've not found any myself that work under the DOS version that won't work under the WIN version... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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