morelenmir Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I have just installed a new 'Happy' board I bought from 'AtariMax' in to my equally new 1050 this afternoon. The mod itself looks extremely well made and a careful check-over with a lense showed no areas at all which required touching-up or reworking. Very high quality indeed and I recommend Steven Tucker's shop to anyone who might be interested in getting one. However, sadly the "Warp Speed Software' disk that came with it was corrupt and therefore I cannot run the diagnostics or any of those other goodies. It does however work perfectly in DOS and SDX - with an extremely noticeable hike in transfer-rate at that. Very nice. Do any of you chaps happen to have a complete image of the newest version of the "Warp Speed Software' disk? At 'Atari Mania' they only have versions 5.3 and 6.6 while I am certain it went up to at least v7 if not beyond. I cannot seem to find the 'Contact Me' link for 'AtariMax' so cannot approach the fellow directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred_M Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) I think I found it with XL-search: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/xlsearch/xlsearch.cgi?keywords=warpdos&sortby=Name http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/8bit/Dos/Warpdos/ "This is the complete WarpDOS 7.1 master disk for the Happy Drive 1050. Also see happy7.arc or happy7.zip, which is the complete user manual for the Happy Drive 7.x Robert S. Ely - rely@ix.netcom.com" Edited June 3, 2015 by Fred_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Woah!!! That was fast Fred! Many thanks as ever!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) Just in case, here's the 2 disk version.. Downloads.rar Edited June 3, 2015 by Mclaneinc 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Just in case, here's the 2 disk version.. Many thanks also Paul!!! A surfeit of riches! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 The disk mentions the actual 'Warp Speed DOS' itself. How do you get this to boot up rather than the diagnostic stuff? Update: Having RTFM'd I now know how! However, the same manual section mentioned 'Warp Speed DOS XL'. I have quite a large collection of DOS's, but not this. It sounds like it might be a mod of OSS's 'DOS XL'. Does anyone have a *.ATR of it? It is not in the the ATARI Mania collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 All I have is Warp Speed DOS 7 and Warp Speed DOS 2.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 All I have is Warp Speed DOS 7 and Warp Speed DOS 2.1 I can't find it anywhere either... I wonder if it was something they planned and never released? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwc Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I seem to remember that Warp Speed Dos was a modification to DOS 2 (adding warp speed i/o routines) not a dos in its own right. I think the mod was a binary load file you loaded into DOS 2 (warpdos.bin?). I also seem to remember that one of the Happy Warpspeed Software revisions (6.3/7.0) has Warp Speed DOS as a menu option. I will check and hopefully be able to post further information / .atrs later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 I seem to remember that Warp Speed Dos was a modification to DOS 2 (adding warp speed i/o routines) not a dos in its own right. I think the mod was a binary load file you loaded into DOS 2 (warpdos.bin?). I also seem to remember that one of the Happy Warpspeed Software revisions (6.3/7.0) has Warp Speed DOS as a menu option. I will check and hopefully be able to post further information / .atrs later. Yep, that's exactly right cwc. You basically go through a process where you mod an existing DOS 2 installation. The manual talks about some sort of 'super' version "Warp Speed DOS XL" as well however. That seems to be pure vapourware though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwc Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I found (1) "Superdos for Happy" by HCI (1986) (2) "Warpspeed Dos" - menu Item 0 on Happy Warpspeed Software revision 7.0 and (3) what appears to be a standalone version of happy revision 7 modded DOS2S. See .atrs attached. Warp Speed Dos 7.atr Happy7_0.ATR Utility U130b.ATR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwc Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Analog Issue 47 page 7 has a Happy advert which explains that "WARP SPEED DOS XL is HAPPY's own version of OSS DOS XL, and includes under cartridge, under ROM and AXLON RAM disk version, and is order number HC4G at $29.95" https://archive.org/download/analog-computing-magazine-47/Analog_Computing_47_1986-10_DLI_Tutorial_Deathzone.pdf From Michael Current FAQ: "Software sold [by Happy] separately, each supports Warp Speed read/write: - Customizer Program (create non-standard disks track-by-track) - Warp Speed DOS XL (by OSS, modified by Happy Computers [see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_XL] - TOP DOS 1.5 & up, by Eclipse Software - SuperDOS for Happy ©1986 by H.C.I." I also found a modified DOS 2.5 (.atr attached) 237.atr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Woah!!! Many thanks cwc - I will really enjoy looking through these!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelenmir Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Making this work was somewhat less straightforward than I thought it would be in June 2015! Back then, after several failed attempts to get the patched 'Atari DOS 2.0S' running I gave up and my interest moved on to other things. However, armed with a new machine I thought I would give this exercise another try and... success! It seems the 'Master Disk' image I had for 'Atari DOS 2.0S' was not the untouched clone it was supposed to be. This is the second DOS in the last few weeks I have found that while supposedly clean, has at some point in the past been customized and re-released in to the wild. Nevermind, that is a separate matter and I think I will have to spend a little effort getting hold of - preferably in VAPI format - some genuinely pristine editions of these disks. Anyway; when using a new - if not stock, at least less messed around with - copy of the 'Atari DOS 2.0S Master Disk' I found the 'WARPDOS.BIN' patching process a breeze this time around. Moreover, once complete I must confess I am genuinely impressed with the results. Even without the recommended 'HighSpeed SIO' hardware mod (http://sio2sd.gucio.pl/wiki/HighSpeed_en) nor patching the OS software (http://www.horus.com/~hias/atari/#hipatch) the difference which 'Warp Speed' makes is truly remarkable. Obviously it doesn't compare with the SIO2xx devices operating at POKEY divisor 0, but it does reliably function on a totally stock machine. Just phenomenal! I can imagine how jaw-dropping this must have felt back in the 1980's when the 'Happy' board was brand new and I can also see why so much fuss was made about it in the magazines. The only... not complaint, but slight regret I have is the 'WARPSPEED.BIN' patch only works on 'Atari DOS 2.0S'. It generates an error every time when tried with 'Atari DOS 2.5'. Obviously the image that cwc linked to above works, but it is a very heavily hacked version and rather visually unappealing. Obviously the field is also somewhat muddied by the vapourware 'Warp Speed DOS XL'. However, does anyone know if whoever made the 'Happy' mod originally - was it ICD? - ever released a version of their 'Warp Speed Software' and therefore 'WARPDOS.BIN' which officially operated on 'Atari DOS 2.5'? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16kRAM Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Seems Warp Speed DOS XL isn't vaporware after all. When I started working on my Action!-related Retrochallenge project a couple weeks ago, I decided it would be fitting to use an OSS DOS. I have two physical OSS floppy+manuals I acquired a couple years ago from a now defunct used electronics seller near me. One is OS/A+ and the other is DOS XL. I haven't used them until now. After giving up on OS/A+ version 4 (having trouble enabling drives D3 and on), I started using the DOS XL instead and noticed my version number on the screen banner / title wasn't matching the ATR files found in the usual places (atariwiki.org, archive.org, atarimania.com). After searching around to find out more about the version, I came across this thread. Attached should be an .ATR of OSS Warp Speed DOS XL Ver. 2.42w. The DOS XL was side "B" to a Happy "Warp Speed Software" rev 6.6 floppy disk. I was unable to create a copy of the Warp Speed Software. The manual that accompanied the floppy has "Version 2.30" on it's title page, so I don't think there's anything new to be found there. There are some .DOC files that may yield some help. The label for the DOS XL diskette has the hand-written inscription "WS", presumably "Warp Speed". I don't know if this was added by the previous owner, OSS Inc., or Happy Computer, Inc. Besides a file called "HAPPY.DOC", there are 3 files in the directory listing with a "WS" prefix: WSBUG65.COM WSAXLON.COM WSRAMXE.COM Hope this fills a small hole in the Atari 8-bit universe. DOSXL242.ATR Contents of the text file HAPPY.DOC The WS in front of the BUG65,AXLON,and RAMXE files stands for WARP SPEEDThe obvious difference between OSSDOSXL and WARP SPEED DOSXL is thefaster speed at which it works.One of the other changes is that weadded density smart routines toautomatically detect single or doubledensity disks without having to hitthe reset button when using theHAPPY 1050 enhanced drive.For those of you who own the MOSAICRAMDISK, we're sorry but we don'thave a version for you. We wereunable to obtain a MOSAIC RAMDISKboard set so we could not developand support software for thatconfiguration. IMPORTANT CAUTIONSThe FAST WRITE WITH VERIFY isautomatically turned on for HAPPYDRIVES. This means all writes arewrite with verify. Also you MUSTNOT remove the disk from the drive,or open the door after writing, untilthe busy light goes off or else lossof data may occur. The drive flashesthe busy light on and off when writeor verify errors occur.If you press SYSTEM RESET afterwriting to the disk, you must waituntil the drive busy light goes outbefore doing any other disk operationto ensure no loss of data. The drivebusy light does NOT flash on and offfor errors of this type.For those of you who also have theCONTROLLER installed in your 1050,DO NOT write to a disk when theslow/fast switch is in the SLOWposition or you will get someincorrect data written! The onlytime you should switch to slow iswhen you are booting a protected diskthat won't otherwise boot. AlsoDO NOT write to a disk that has theFORCE SLOW MODE on it or the samething will happen. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I wanted to have a little fun and learn a little bit about Atari disk formats, so I did this little hack of the Warpspeed DOS XL 242 Axlon driver. The original driver, WSAXLON.COM, only supports an 883 sector single density Ramdrive. It was written for a 128K or larger Axlon board. I'm procuring parts to build a 512K board so I wanted a little more capacity. I created a new driver, WSAXLDBL.COM, that is an 883 sector double density Ramdrive. 883x256=220K storage capacity. It will work with a 256K or larger Axlon board. My next step is to add a second double density ramdrive. I'll also see if I can increase the number of sectors to utilize the full 512k. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I wanted to have a little fun and learn a little bit about Atari disk formats, so I did this little hack of the Warpspeed DOS XL 242 Axlon driver. The original driver, WSAXLON.COM, only supports an 883 sector single density Ramdrive. It was written for a 128K or larger Axlon board. I'm procuring parts to build a 512K board so I wanted a little more capacity. I created a new driver, WSAXLDBL.COM, that is an 883 sector double density Ramdrive. 883x256=220K storage capacity. It will work with a 256K or larger Axlon board. My next step is to add a second double density ramdrive. I'll also see if I can increase the number of sectors to utilize the full 512k. I made some more progress on the driver. It now creates two drives, D3: and D4: sized 242K each! I was able to copy 80k from D3: to D4: in 15 seconds. My next step is to figure out how to add arguments to the driver to allow options like how many drives are created and their drive numbers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I found a bug in my driver. Please delete DOSXL242_AXDD.ATR if you have downloaded it. Bug will corrupt files in the ramdrive. Missing a CLC instruction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I found a bug in my driver. Please delete DOSXL242_AXDD.ATR if you have downloaded it. Bug will corrupt files in the ramdrive. Missing a CLC instruction. I posted fixed versions of my Axlon ramdisk drivers here supporting both 256k and 512k compatible boards. I also hacked the Axlong RAM test program to test 512k. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/256464-designing-an-axlon-compatible-board/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3861693 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) Seems Warp Speed DOS XL isn't vaporware after all. When I started working on my Action!-related Retrochallenge project a couple weeks ago, I decided it would be fitting to use an OSS DOS. I have two physical OSS floppy+manuals I acquired a couple years ago from a now defunct used electronics seller near me. One is OS/A+ and the other is DOS XL. I haven't used them until now. After giving up on OS/A+ version 4 (having trouble enabling drives D3 and on), I started using the DOS XL instead and noticed my version number on the screen banner / title wasn't matching the ATR files found in the usual places (atariwiki.org, archive.org, atarimania.com). After searching around to find out more about the version, I came across this thread. Attached should be an .ATR of OSS Warp Speed DOS XL Ver. 2.42w. The DOS XL was side "B" to a Happy "Warp Speed Software" rev 6.6 floppy disk. I was unable to create a copy of the Warp Speed Software. The manual that accompanied the floppy has "Version 2.30" on it's title page, so I don't think there's anything new to be found there. There are some .DOC files that may yield some help. The label for the DOS XL diskette has the hand-written inscription "WS", presumably "Warp Speed". I don't know if this was added by the previous owner, OSS Inc., or Happy Computer, Inc. Besides a file called "HAPPY.DOC", there are 3 files in the directory listing with a "WS" prefix: WSBUG65.COM WSAXLON.COM WSRAMXE.COM Hope this fills a small hole in the Atari 8-bit universe. DOSXL242.ATR dosxl242w.png warp_speed_rev_6.6.jpg dos_xl_ver_2.42w.jpg Contents of the text file HAPPY.DOC The WS in front of the BUG65,AXLON, and RAMXE files stands for WARP SPEED The obvious difference between OSS DOSXL and WARP SPEED DOSXL is the faster speed at which it works. One of the other changes is that we added density smart routines to automatically detect single or double density disks without having to hit the reset button when using the HAPPY 1050 enhanced drive. For those of you who own the MOSAIC RAMDISK, we're sorry but we don't have a version for you. We were unable to obtain a MOSAIC RAMDISK board set so we could not develop and support software for that configuration. IMPORTANT CAUTIONS The FAST WRITE WITH VERIFY is automatically turned on for HAPPY DRIVES. This means all writes are write with verify. Also you MUST NOT remove the disk from the drive, or open the door after writing, until the busy light goes off or else loss of data may occur. The drive flashes the busy light on and off when write or verify errors occur. If you press SYSTEM RESET after writing to the disk, you must wait until the drive busy light goes out before doing any other disk operation to ensure no loss of data. The drive busy light does NOT flash on and off for errors of this type. For those of you who also have the CONTROLLER installed in your 1050, DO NOT write to a disk when the slow/fast switch is in the SLOW position or you will get some incorrect data written! The only time you should switch to slow is when you are booting a protected disk that won't otherwise boot. Also DO NOT write to a disk that has the FORCE SLOW MODE on it or the same thing will happen. Vindicated again... thank you for unearthing yet another truth and treasure! Thank you once more for actually running your disks and paying attention, a number of things exist out there that the label may not identify or at best have user scribbles that mean nothing to the rest of the planet.. a check mark, a star, a couple of letters, or 'this one' might be the only thing identifying it. Heck even Atari did this with black dots or hole punches.... only way to know is to use it and pay attention or perform image comparison... Way to go! Edited November 14, 2017 by _The Doctor__ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 - Customizer Program (create non-standard disks track-by-track) I would really like to find a copy of this software for Happy... It seems there was also a version for the Happy-Like IS PLATE, mentioned in this old PAGE 6 magazine: http://www.page6.org/archive/issue_27/page_50.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 hi Nezgar you can get what you need over at our little forum http://atari.boards.net/thread/1868/plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 hi Nezgar you can get what you need over at our little forum http://atari.boards.net/thread/1868/plate Thats a fantastic read, thanks brenski. I'll have to try later if by chance the Customizer for IS Plate works on a Happy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 The verdict is NO the custimizer program for the IS Plate does not work with a 1050 Happy... What an obnoxious menu system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 it's a strange one that - even with 30+ years of advanced tech, these upgrades Happy, IS Plate, USD etc - still retain a small portion of proprietary uniquity, but it's nonetheless enough to create some incompatibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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