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Discovered(?) The New Aladdin Collection disk magazine
FastRobPlus replied to Savetz's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
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Discovered(?) The New Aladdin Collection disk magazine
FastRobPlus replied to Savetz's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
I was unclear - have the A8 vol. 287 and A8 vol. 387 not been dumped yet? -
Discovered(?) The New Aladdin Collection disk magazine
FastRobPlus replied to Savetz's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
I was just digging out some disks and found in my collection some New Aladdin magazine disks so I came here to see what others knew about the magazine. I wanted to thank Kevin for the Antic Podcast interview that I just listened to. I was surprised to hear "Amiga" mentioned many times. I did a few quick web search and as far as I can tell, there is no online evidence that this ever actually came out for the Amiga despite John Henson saying that it did. Has anyone ever see an Amiga version of New Aladdin? (and if so, is it archived somewhere?) Also, I appreciate Kevin asking the obvious question - why was it named The New Aladdin? When I took about the disks recently I had an epiphany that it was an allusion to the user being a kind of New Aladdin and it turns out that was correct! But if I could talk to John Henson I think I'd tell him that as a teen in the 80's, I saw The New Aladdin subscription ads and assumed that it was trying to say that there had been a earlier computer magazine called Aladdin that folded and The New Aladdin was a re-launch attempt. I distinctly remember being interested in subscribing but deciding that it was too dangerous because the fact that it was "The New Aladdin" proved that it had already gone out of business once before! -
Agree that this game is really, really fun. While obviously not scary, the atmosphere and sound effects are great.
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Now that I have a VBXE for my NTSC Atari I can't wait to try this! I'm not a huge fan of the game, but have some strong memories of it when as a child I was part of cohort in a University of Washington research study on learning and the researchers used "Speed of learning to play the arcade game Popeye" as a baseline test (I think because Popeye had just been released and there was nobody with prior experience of it.)
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Desk space organizer for Atari XLs
FastRobPlus replied to FastRobPlus's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Hey TJ! Yes it was 3D printed on a large format 3D printer. You can see a slight difference in color partway through as I was using up cheap material. -
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Desk space organizer for Atari XLs
FastRobPlus replied to FastRobPlus's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
Interesting. Is there a similar mod for the 1200XL? -
Desk space organizer for Atari XLs
FastRobPlus replied to FastRobPlus's topic in Atari 8-Bit Computers
You're probably right about vents. I've considered adding ducting throughout to carry air from a small blower fan as a means of cooling both the 1200 and the drives. -
I've always been annoyed by the sprawl of disk drives and peripherals all over my desk. It's actually worse recently as I collect more vintage computers. The 1400XLD's big appeal is the way it makes the home Atari XL into a conventional (for the era) desktop PC. I began to think somebody should have made a custom stand for the XL line similar to the "Bodega Bay" expansion for the Amiga: So I mocked this up in 3D to get a feel for what it might look like: So anyway, here's my first attempt at bringing this to the real world: It seems to work really well. I left a notch in the left side to support easy access to the power switch regardless of XL system used. I worry about ventilation since I didn't engineer in a lot of clearance. Any suggested edits? I was thinking maybe a custom dedicated power supply. I was also thinking this would look really sleek with two Indus GT drives in place of the 1050s.
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It's exactly the size of a raspberry pi 3a board. I don't recall the dimensions offhand, but the Pi "A" form factor is the one that fits exactly inside an Altoids mints tin.
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Yes. That's a thing that sits on a raspberry Pi and gives you an MT-32 clone. It's actually one of a few options out there. Here's the github for it: https://github.com/chris-jh/mt32-pi-midi-hat Update for Paul - I worked the kinks out of the high fidelity DAC and now it outputs to that just fine. And I've built 3 more of the these and am only waiting on the DAC modules for them (Thursday) to finish!
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Useful for very old contacts
FastRobPlus replied to ParanoidLittleMan's topic in Atari ST/TT/Falcon Computers
I've been using this stuff which I think is pretty good: https://www.amazon.com/MG-Chemicals-Contact-Cleaner-Aerosol/dp/B001U3X3PA I do find the precise flow spraying mechanism is not very well made. It tends to be messy. -
I'm sure others will weigh in with better recommendations as my ST troubleshooting experience is mostly faded memories from the late 80s, but I think the most common failure is RAM on those old systems. Would you be able to take the cover off, move the keyboard aside and re-seat any socketed ICs? After this, power the computer and see if any of the RAM chips get unusually hot.