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Andrew Davie

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  1. I'm no longer an active participant on the forums. I'll be posting my own Atari stuff elsewhere. But, having said that... feel free to PM me here - I'm always happy to answer questions.

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Very sorry to see you go!   (But I understand)...

  2. Third option: you didn't make the cut and there are only enough units for everyone before you.
  3. If you anticipate wanting to contact me, please note my email address andrew@taswegian.com

    Although a knee-jerk reaction, I have considered how I would respond once this sale/acquisition was confirmed. I'm not interested in any way supporting Atari. They did wrong by me and it still smarts.

    So I expect I may disappear from this site.  I'll mull over it for a few days. But basically, fuck it.

    1. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      As I like to point out, is the "Atari" that hurt you THIS current Atari, or one of the various Ataris in the past?

       

      I learned somewhere along the way, probably around 2008, that the childhood memories I had with Atari stuff, and the corporation calling itself "Atari" was not the same.

      So I get in a minor way the "did wrong by me" comment.  I remember when the Atari back then came down on some people wanting to develop games and getting the good ole C&D.   Was a valuable reminder that these memories were not just fun in our heads, but active properties still of some people still hoping to make a buck.

       

      Selling this place to Atari is about akin to crossing the streams.  It is good to separate what you care about from business.  And very rarely do hobby and corporate money mix well.

  4. Did I put my name down? I don't want one; I need one.
  5. I can, I suppose, clarify the reasons I withdrew Qb from sale. I think the reasons are fairly obvious now.
  6. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-acquires-atariage I called this privately a number of months ago. This is tragic for me personally. I won't say any more right now, but I feel strongly about this.
  7. I want to buy myself a calculator (https://www.numworks.com/buy/) but they do not ship to Australia. I'm looking for someone reliable who would be interested in a trade. The proposal is that that person acts as my "agent" - I would purchase the calculator and have it shipped to you in the USA. You then pack/post to me here in Oz. In return for this service/agency, I am offering one of my "Wen Hop" prototype boards. There were 10 made; I would pay the postage of that prototype to you; you pay the postage of the calculator to me (which as a rough estimate would be US$25 give or take). So, for that amount and your time, you'd be effectively trading for one of the prototypes. Prototype is a functioning version of Wen Hop which, although "playable" is really just a proof of concept showing the game engine working on actual hardware. You plug it in, it runs, you get to see the title screen and play a few levels that demonstrate the technology in operation. Naturally for this to work you need to live in the USA and have a good community reputation. See
  8. No particular reason, except perhaps the register names were set in stone by original documentation, but names for the bit fields were not necessarily so. Improvements/updates welcome. It's a good idea that would make code more readable.
  9. I wrote, 25 years ago... https://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/199805/msg00090.html
  10. Why not use a pot, then you can dial it in per-machine.
  11. The programmer in me would do a binary search on that ideal resistor value
  12. Consider using the macros presented in the 3E+ discussion linked above, which provide "local" variables and reuse of zero-page through an automated "overlay" system. I found it most useful in some of my coding. Takes a little to get your head around it, but it guarantees no overlap in usage (=crashes) and also makes your zero page seem HUGE. . Just sayin.
  13. I wrote up some info on 3E+ in this thread...
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