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  1. I just noticed the entry: "ARGS-OS (Ralf David ROM-Disk: Select+Reset) ARGS-OS." Never heard of it. Can someone elucidate? (There's a word you don't see every day!) 🙂
  2. I'm focusing on the price for an original type replacement. BackSID at $32. Pokeymax 3 is going to be apx. 150 Euros + shipping. IIRC, TBA was selling used Pokeys for $65. On eBay, $60-$80 used. There is a Pokey One apparently for arcade machines for $50 and a Version 2 for $75, but at least the original version says "not for computers." Don't know about the V2 for computer use.
  3. I was curious if anything like this has been done for Pokey replacements. I saw an advertisement for the BackSID for $32.00, so it seems logical that a Pokey replacement could be done for a similar price (say under $50). But no bells and whistles -- just a good Pokey replacement. https://store.backbit.io/product/backsid/
  4. @Mathy said: "Didn't Atari already have something planned that was called 1600XL?" The closest thing that I remember was Chuck Steinman's (DataQue's) idea for an Atari on a PC board. I think that the idea was for it to be an accelerated Atari. He wrote an article about it and also gave a talk at the Chicago Atarifest (1990 or 1992 I think). He had two ideas BTW -- one was a stand-alone computer and the other an Atari on a PC card. Anyone know if Chuck is still with us?
  5. Can the 1090 and cards be made any smaller without compromising assembly, etc. I realize that the 1090 is a 1980's reproduction, but smaller is better, I think.
  6. Can anyone provide a link to the 1090 80-column card firmware and the charset rom? I tried to set this up in Altirra but can't find the roms. I searched using Altirra + 1090 in this thread, but didn't come up with anything.
  7. What apps would work with the 80-column card? And (anyone) how big of a deal would it be to get one of the many word processors or text editors available for the Atari working with the 1090 80-column card? It may not be a killer app, but we need at least one app for it. Do BASICs work well with it? IIRC, some 80-column configurations only allowed 80 characters on a Basic line. The Bit 80 was that way, I think. And what are the dimensions (for those of us who are short on desk space)? Sorry for all the questions, but I think they are "good questions."
  8. At this time, what cards are available -- 80-col., 320K ram, and CX85 keypad? Did I miss any? If one uses the 1090, they can't use a hard drive, nor have multiple OS? (Although I would think you could still have internal multiple OS, but the 1090 wouldn't work?)
  9. What E: handler is used for the 80-column card? Is it in the 1090 firmware? How is it activated from stock 40-column?
  10. Yes, from the context, I think "removal" would be a proper English word.
  11. Wow! Never knew that was a toggle! Thanks, Roy. It appears the green dot does nothing currently. Do you know if it ever did in an older version of Windows? Maybe was put there for a purpose that was never implemented?
  12. Thanks, I'll check out the ATR header bytes, and presumably write a little Basic program to change any errant bits so it will work with ATADIM. According to that ATR table, it looks like there is a difference in the bytes between the original Nick Kennedy scheme and Steve Tucker's.
  13. I'm using ATADIM 3.05 with Win 11, and I keep running into an issue with ATR's being shown as Read Only (according to ATADIM). So that means that I cannot import files to that ATR. If I look at the Windows Properties of the ATR, they invariably have the RO box not checked. In many cases, these same ATR's have been marked RW in Altirra. Can anyone shed any light on this?
  14. I did both these mods quite a few years ago. IMO, a lot of work. Here is one that should get you 90% of the benefits with a whole lot less parts and work. At least it did for me... The revised was called Clearpic 2012, IIRC. Here is the earlier thread that discusses some options:
  15. There's the one I was referring to... The Atariamania page 2 has Lunar Patrol included. If you're inclined, make a few mods and try it with Turbo Basic XL or another faster Basic or compiler.
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