Levy's "hackers" has gotten me into trouble

[mutil8]

Read "hackers" (well favorite parts anyway) again, and started thinking

about my first computer an old atari 400. Next thing I knew I was looking

at ebay at all the 8 bit stuff for sale. Finally got lucky and found a guy

selling a system on comp.sys.atari.8bit - an 800 with 1050 drive,

monitor and some software. better yet he lives close enough to coordinate

delivery. all for 40 bucks! Got De Re Atari and assemed cartridge from

B&C (was that weird, opening an old cartridge package still in shrinkwrap).

Printed out parts of atari roots from one of the sites.

Man I'm in deep trouble... hehe

 

I was never able to really crack that old 400. only had basic and a

data cassette. sold it a year or 2 later (1984?) shortly later a friend

talked me into getting an Apple IIe. learned the basics of 6502 assembly

on the Apple, though never became proficient.

So, recently I thought it would be interesting to take up the challenge

again and even more so on an Atari. Things like DLI, VBI, and IRQs

add a level of complexity that I didnt find on the Apple.

(like 6502 coding isnt complex enough)

 

Anyway I'm looking for a few more items:

 

Mac65 assembler + toolkit

dont really have a way to transfer this from PC to 8bit, anyone know where I can get on atari disk or cart?

 

Any of the atari printers NOT require a seperate interface when used with the 800?

 

Happy drive upgrade for 1050 recommended or not?

 

Source code for the OS? couldnt find this

 

Source code for Eastern Front. Found this on a site, but again no way to

transfer to 8bit. like to buy a disk containing it - havent found it yet.

[Callipygous]

You are in bad shape! Actually the thing you need is an SIOPC cable. Hooks your PC to the Atari. Then you don't really need a 1050. See some of the threads like http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...ighlight=sio2pc