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Got it working without any problem (so far) on my Mac Mini with macOS Big Sur and AspeQt.

That report was from me. My 130XE was the first Atari I tried it with. Even after multiple plug-out and plug-in attempts only the splash screen would show and the game wouldn’t start but show a black screen when pressing the fire button or pressing one of the function keys. On the 800XL and XEGS it worked right away without problems and I’ve reached a high score of 29k already ;). After a memory test in the 130XE I inserted the game again and now it’s working there too. So I think everything is ok with the game and I love it already. Thanks for the great work and quick shipping.

Thanks, I will dig through that thread.

Almost 17 years and many macOS versions later, I'm thinking about getting an SIO2PC, but can't find out if it'll be working with macOS version El Capitan (on my MacBook Pro 2009) or Big Sur (on my Mac Mini 2014). Which macOS versions are you using successfully with an SIO2PC? -Hermann

I've attached a screenshot of the hex editor and actually I think it uses the Atari TTF font, it's just very small and blurry. Also there's nothing in the .metadata/.log file related to this, here is the context when starting eclipse and displaying the hex editor: !SESSION 2021-11-04 08:22:49.958 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=4.21.0.I20210906-0500 java.version=17 java.vendor=Eclipse Adoptium BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86_64, WS=cocoa, NL=de_DE Framework arguments: -keyring /Users/hermann/.eclipse_keyring Command-line arguments: -os macosx -ws cocoa -arch x86_64 -keyring /Users/hermann/.eclipse_keyring !ENTRY org.eclipse.oomph.p2.core 2 0 2021-11-04 08:22:52.208 !MESSAGE Failed to register the thread safe credentials providers: 'java.util.Map org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.AdapterManager.getFactories()'

When I just recently installed WUDSN I had to build MADS myself to add it as my choice of assembler in Eclipse. I installed fpc 3.2.2 [2021/09/12] from homebrew, which is newer than the version you're using. With this I could build MADS without problems, I just tried it again the same way you did it, just with the newer version of fpc. Maybe you want to try the newer version too. Here's my output of the build:  18:43 $ ppcx64 -Mdelphi -vh -O3 -omads.x64 mads.pas Hint: Start of reading config file /usr/local/etc/fpc.cfg Hint: End of reading config file /usr/local/etc/fpc.cfg Free Pascal Compiler version 3.2.2 [2021/09/12] for x86_64 Copyright (c) 1993-2021 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Darwin for x86_64 Compiling mads.pas mads.pas(1095,5) Note: Local variable "i" is assigned but never used mads.pas(1174,2) Note: Call to subroutine "procedure Move(const source:<Formal type>;var dest:<Formal type>;count:Int64);" marked as inline is not inlined mads.pas(3684,29) Hint: Local variable "par" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(4653,28) Warning: Local variable "tmp" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(6242,10) Warning: Local variable "par" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(8275,49) Warning: Local variable "str" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(8876,46) Warning: Local variable "all" does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(9657,12) Note: Local variable "ii" not used mads.pas(9781,26) Hint: Local variable "par" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(13901,8) Note: Call to subroutine "procedure Move(const source:<Formal type>;var dest:<Formal type>;count:Int64);" marked as inline is not inlined mads.pas(14258,6) Note: Call to subroutine "procedure Move(const source:<Formal type>;var dest:<Formal type>;count:Int64);" marked as inline is not inlined mads.pas(12756,47) Hint: Local variable "txt" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(10259,27) Hint: Local variable "par" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(12756,51) Hint: Local variable "tmp" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(11707,52) Warning: Local variable "idx" does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(11707,51) Warning: Local variable "idx" does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(12756,53) Hint: Local variable "v" does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(12876,54) Hint: Local variable "r" does not seem to be initialized mads.pas(13264,29) Hint: Local variable "tmpZM" of a managed type does not seem to be initialized Assembling mads Linking mads.x64 15825 lines compiled, 1.4 sec 6 warning(s) issued 10 hint(s) issued 5 note(s) issued

That's so great. I just recently manually installed WUDSN on macOS according to the instructions on your web page and it's working like a charm. I'll be happy to test your new installer when it's available. For now though I have a small question on the Hex Editor configuration. When I open (e.g. a .xex) a file in the Hex Editor, the font is so small I can barely read it. I searched for the font/size settings of the Hex Editor in the Eclipse preferences, but couldn't find them. Could you give me a quick hint where to change the font/size settings for the Hex Editor in Eclipse?

Ok, then I want one. I'll PM you.

Do you have an idea how much shipping to Germany would be? I fear it'll double the cart costs.

Maybe ABBUC could look into offering payment of recurring memberships by using services like fastspring.com or memberful.com. When subscribing there, subscribers could use their credit card for their yearly membership fee.

Just got an update from amazon in Germany about my delivery data for the Poster Collection. It'll arrive on July 14! Just in time for the family meeting at the beginning of August where I'll be giving one copy of the book to my brother. Geeeeez, we spend half of our childhood playing these games

Just retrieved the first delivery, the Standard Edition, from my 'Packstation'. Couldn't wait for getting back home, so I opened the package in my car and what can I say, I LOVE IT . Half an hour later I decided I should drive home, it was way too cold to spend the whole evening in the car . On Saturday the Deluxe Edition is supposed to arrive, how can that one be even better? I decided to keep both of them and the SE will be my christmas gift to my brother. After all we spent so much time playing games on my Atari 2600 console back then. I'm sure he'll like it too, although he's not such an enthusiast as we are.

I also just yesterday detected that the Deluxe Edition is available on amazon.de. The item title did not clearly indicate it, but it's mentioned in the item details and the photo. So I just ordered this one too in addition to the Standard Edition which I couldn't cancel anymore now, I was one day late, geez. And yes, 90EUR is clearly a rip-off over here. So the book better be good!

Living in medieval Germany I won't get the book delivered until November 4 and the Deluxe Edition is nowhere to be seen for buying here around. So disappointed about this situation, but can't wait for delivery in about a week.

Must be an exciting life for you, in permanent fear of being killed by your partner