JR> Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Altirra will mount an .arc file as a disk. ANTONIA.ATR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 That works much better - thank you. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimfil Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Looks good but I cannot open the .ARC. Am I supposed to bring it over to an 8-bit and UNARC it there? Window is just stupid... Does anyone have the current files/instructions in an .ATR? Bob Maybe you would find IZArc usefull... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza666 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Simius Got mine today Thanks Just got to work our how to install it Where’s the best place for the info Thanks again Bazza Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Here is this place. For instance: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/249405-new-4mb-ram-expansion/page-8?do=findComment&comment=3505124 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Knight Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Will this work on a stock 800? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdaemon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I absolutely want one for my 130XE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irich2 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 PM to Simius sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Is there one around for a 800XL? I'll take one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Has anyone tried Star Raiders with this? I'm curious if the explosion slowdown is better? The source code is out for it and maybe someone could redo it for this board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I am a bit confused about this upgrade. Does the extsel pin need to be installed for 600XL/800XL, because whenever I buy this upgrade I do not want to solder. (I simply cant solder....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I am a bit confused about this upgrade. Does the extsel pin need to be installed for 600XL/800XL, because whenever I buy this upgrade I do not want to solder. (I simply cant solder....) original spec says "no soldering if MB is socketed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 The EXSEL pin has to be sodered only when another device(s) requires this connection. Otherwise it can be left unconnected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Has anyone tried Star Raiders with this? I'm curious if the explosion slowdown is better? The source code is out for it and maybe someone could redo it for this board! Check out the FastDiv3 version of Star Raiders: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/243904-star-raiders-source-code-to-be-released/?p=3357462 Explosions slowdown fixed. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 original spec says "no soldering if MB is socketed". This was the big selling point for me, but found that it kept popping out of the original socket in my target 600XL, so I had to replace the socket for it to be secure. So, YMMV... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollyD5000 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 How do you install this, in the positive, not the negative. I have read that you don't solder. OK, but what do you do. Atari 800XL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR> Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 If your motherboard is fully socketed, you just pull two chips and plug the board and a ribbon cable into those sockets. If not socketed, you would have to desolder the 2 chips and install sockets. Some 800XL are fully socked and some aren't. You'll have to look at your MB to be sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 32 minutes ago, RollyD5000 said: How do you install this, in the positive, not the negative. I have read that you don't solder. OK, but what do you do. Atari 800XL. Nir has a good video for this. But, yeah, you first need to make sure if your XL board is fully socketed or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleton Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) This looks nice. Edited September 17, 2019 by Colleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollyD5000 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Thanks all, but I have a fully socketed Atari 800XL made in Hong Kong, and I'm at home now, trying it out, and, to be frank, no surprise at all, that it very clearly does not fit. the MMU is a little the left of where you might expect and there is no way this CPU board is going into the socket since it there are chips in front, also socketed, that raise up to high to allow this to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollyD5000 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 p.s. I've discovered how people bend the ribbon to move the cpu board a little over to the left. But it's not the least bit clear how they would actually raise this up high enough to be above the socketed chips in front of it, and yet still close the keyboard later, even without the metal cage - it doesn't fit. At a guess, they are soldering those chips in without sockets to lower them. And that means this is a soldering install...I hope I'm wrong, but what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yeah, you have to unsolder that socket. That's how I did mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, RollyD5000 said: there is no way this CPU board is going into the socket since it there are chips in front, also socketed, that raise up to high to allow this to fit. Didn't your ANTONIA ship with an empty socket? Plug the empty socket into your now open CPU socket and then piggyback your ANTONIA on top of that. It should now be high enough to clear the other chips in front of it. It will be a tight squeeze with the keyboard when you go to put the case back together but it should just fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollyD5000 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) On 9/17/2019 at 7:49 PM, SS said: Didn't your ANTONIA ship with an empty socket? Plug the empty socket into your now open CPU socket and then piggyback your ANTONIA on top of that. It should now be high enough to clear the other chips in front of it. It will be a tight squeeze with the keyboard when you go to put the case back together but it should just fit. I have a thin ic socket that raises it up and absolutely prevents the case from closing and to be clear, it isn’t remotely possible that there is a socket of any height that would both clear the chip in front and allow the case to close. It is not close, it is in the realm of clearly not happening. Also I have two Atari 800xl, full socketed. Both have the same issue. Pity. At least i have two attempts at this but most likely scenario is I destroy them both I will attempt to desolder the socket that holds the tall chip in front and lower the chip to the board Edited September 19, 2019 by RollyD5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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