LYNXGUY Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 My best friend bought an ATARI 8bit EMULATOR for his PC and it worked perfectly on his computer. The only problem that I have with it on my computer is there is no sound at all, whatsoever Any ideas I have a HP Pavilion 6835 800Mhz processor 256 MB SDRAM 30.0 GB hard drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I wonder what the hell makes people BUY emulators when they are freely available ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Maybe people don't know that they are freely available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 My best friend bought an ATARI 8bit EMULATOR for his PC and it worked perfectly on his computer. The only problem that I have with it on my computer is there is no sound at all, whatsoever Any ideas I have a HP Pavilion 6835 800Mhz processor 256 MB SDRAM 30.0 GB hard drive What is the EMULATOR called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 I really can't remember so I'll get back to you on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I really can't remember so I'll get back to you on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 So what's the problem??? Better go there: http://atariarea.histeria.pl/PLus/index_us.htm (for example) and freely download the latest version of atari emulator. No charge! - The authors will only be proud! ...strange world... Btw. Maybe your soundcard (if there's any) isn't compatible with DirectX in any way, or maybe drivers problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 wasn't there just one commercial atari emulaor? the guy made a ST emulator as well??? xformer? http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmutzpuppe Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 wasn't there just one commercial atari emulaor? the guy made a ST emulator as well??? xformer?http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm Right, the xformer was commercial. EMUAPC is also commecial but I think it isn't final yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I don't have any problems with xformer when was the last update you got if you don't have xformer 2000 and you trying use the DOS ver. you won't get sound in DOS if you are using ME or XP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 btw. there is 3rd beta of atari800win4.0 available since beg. feb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 I fanally recieved an email from my buddy and he said that we tried the XFORMER 2000 FOR WINDOWS and it worked perfectly on his computer but I had no sound on mine. My computer is alot newer than his which is why I can't figure out why he gets sound and not me. Oh yeah I forgot to mention he has WINDOWS 98 and I have WINDOWS ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I fanally recieved an email from my buddy and he said that we tried the XFORMER 2000 FOR WINDOWS and it worked perfectly on his computer but I had no sound on mine. My computer is alot newer than his which is why I can't figure out why he gets sound and not me. Oh yeah I forgot to mention he has WINDOWS 98 and I have WINDOWS ME do you have updated sound drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 No, not that I am aware of, where would I download them from ?? thanks walter_J64bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 No, not that I am aware of, where would I download them from ?? thanks walter_J64bit Do a Windows update at www.msn.com and scroll all the way down and look to the right hand side of your screen you'll see it in the coroner under "From Microsoft". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted March 14, 2004 Author Share Posted March 14, 2004 I go to WINDOES UPDATE once every other week and I don't see any driver updates, however I have downloaded security updates but driver updates always read (0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Why not download another 8 bit emulator and see if you have the same problem? Maybe there is just some weird reaction with Xformer and your system that might not appear if you use another piece of software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted March 15, 2004 Author Share Posted March 15, 2004 The problem is now fixed and thanks to all the good people on this site who helped me. I was instant messeging my buddy last night and he said he had version 7 so I went to one of the sites listed in this thread and downloaded version 8 and it worked like a charm (and I have sound !!!). thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noteit Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Get rid of windows ME, its been nothing but problems anyway. Get windows 98 or 98se, or xp The 98 are not without problems, but at least they work better than ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Windows ME was the worst OS Microsoft ever made. That thing is the worst thing you can ever put on your computer. Microsoft would have been better off never releasing that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Drop XFormer 2000 as well - its great at running DOS and thats about it in my testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 First of all ...I am not having ANY trouble with WINDOWS ME Second....... I did not put ME in my computer, my computer came with it Third ......... XFORMER 2000 for WINDOWS v.8 works great Fourth ....... I was having trouble with XFORMER 2000 for WONDOWS V.7 I was able to play the games but I had no sound I defrag my drive, run scan disk and scan for viruses once a week and I regularly log on to windows update. However I did make copies of all the folders and files that I created just in case WINDOWS ME decides to (and I shouldn't say this) CRASH. I have 4 nephews and I think they all have Windows 2000 Is Windows 2000 better than Windows ME Thanks for all the help and ideas though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 good points, I think everyone was just trying to offer helpful suggestions. The best Atari 800/5200 emulator is Atari800WinPlus, and it's freely available and includes sound Windows ME is by far the worst version of Windows, it may be working good for you now but a lot of us have had plenty of bad experiences with it thus the suggestions. If it starts to flake out on you, try to replace it with a better OS like Windows 2000 or XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 and yes Windows 2000 and XP are good, reliable operating systems when properly configured. XP seems to do a good job of configuring everything right when you install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 When I first heard of emulators ( this was a while back)I downloaded Atari800WinPlus but I did not know how to use it and I couldn't figure out how to load .atr game files. My best friend had XFORMER 2000 v.7 and it was great but as stated in an above post I had no sound, this is when I downloaded Atari800WinPlus and I couldn't figure out how to use it, then I discovered this site and talk-atari.com which was like finding gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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