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Its been quite a while since I did an update on this project. First of all let me assure you that it's definitely alive and kicking, now having made it to a production ready design. Version 1.1 is the culmination of what was learned from two previous iterations. The biggest problem I had to overcome was incessant video noise issues. But after several redesigns the 576NUC+ has achieved clean, noise and jail bar free video. To that end V1.1 has succeeded, and now rivals what can be seen in a UAV equipped system. Each board revision got it's own unique color. And each one meant an investment of $160-180 (not counting Atari VSLI). The first 'ALPHA' version had absolutely terrible video quality, and also due to the way the power supply was implemented did not reliably turn ON. The 2nd 'BETA' version was not much better with it's initial video quality, although it did confirm what was really at fault, and with a lot of modifying finally achieved what I was looking for. The 3rd 'PRE-PRODUCTION' attempt implemented what was learned in the 'BETA' unit, and really shined this time around, with all issues eliminated and required changes in place. Recently Updated Schematic (changed value of R23 and C24): 576NUCplus_schema_10-9-2020.pdf And for the first time ever, I went with a yellow solder mask and black silk screen. Stay tuned for more to come... FujiNet Inside and custom 3D printed cases.

The original 576NUC+ was going to be relegated to NTSC, since the additional circuitry for producing the PAL color burst was fairly involved density-wise, and I really was running up against the wall with finding space for things. However @tf_hh presented the idea of a GTIA piggyback board to provide this missing aspect. And so was born what I call the 'PALburst' board. By plugging this into the GTIA socket, and then plugging GTIA on top of that, the missing PAL color burst circuit will be provided. Then all that's required is to use the appropriate PAL primary oscillator crystal and a PAL Antic and GTIA. For those that are waiting for a Sophia2 to arrive, this board and GTIA will not be required, since the Sophia2 already provides what is needed for PAL or NTSC. Note: You'll still need the appropriate primary crystal and Antic to match up with either PAL or NTSC. ------ The 576NUC+ does not sport a standard SIO jack, once again due to size constraints. In its place is a Dsub-15M with a pinout that was standardized many years ago, and was also an option on the SDrive-Nuxx. So to make things easier for connecting to legacy SIO devices, an adapter was fashioned. In the schematics that I posted yesterday, there is also an alternative SIO2PC-USB cable outlined that can directly plug into the Dsub-15M on the NUC. However it is felt that once FujiNet makes its appearance as an add-on daughterboard, the need for external SIO will be greatly diminished. Now for those with floppy and tape drives, this will not be the case.

Well I finally did it. I missed my old Atari 400 from my childhood and today I purchased a modded Atari 800 xl from eBay. I am super excited. I also purchased an SD Card adaptor to allow me to play games off SD cards I even found my old Star Raiders cart and joystick from back in the day. I am pretty sure I have a monitor that will work so I cannot wait to play Cosmic Balance, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, Agent USA and so many other games on real Atari hardware rather than via an emulator.

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Thanks everyone for get well wishes. Trying for the highest life score ?

This isn't meant for hard-core doorstop users.

Hi I just come back from out of Hospital tonight. Seems the worst is over. I will be on pills and stuff for a while, but if goes well in a week or so, I should be a-okay.

ARTICLE: http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/09/popeye-classic-arcade-game-is-coming-to.html?m=1 YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wEMLb4Ex_vQ “Now here's a blast from the past, as we've just been informed that the classic Arcade game of 'Popeye', is coming to the Atari 7800 as an Arcade conversion by SeeSaw(Darryl Guenther). In a similar vein to Donkey Kong albeit not as good, you play as Popeye and must collect hearts, musical notes and the letters H-E-L-P that the lovable character Olive drops from the top of the screen. But be warned, just like the cartoon, Brutus will get in your way with the help of the bad Sea Hag!”

Lol. Yes i was stacking them and my Playcables and pulled a muscle.

Even if I actually have to worry about work and getting my coffee, etc.; When I wake up on Saturday mornings, I feel like I should be watching cartoons!

NASA announced this week a plan to send a woman to the moon. They gave no credit to or even mentioned Ralph Kramden the man with the original idea.

I was digging through boxes and came across this. Completely forgot I had these, and it brought back a flood of memories which made me smile so I thought I would post it. These overlays are all for Atari carts. Growing up though I had a Colecovision. I remember the Colecovision carts had very similar French overlays which came in the boxes. Seeing the ones I collected later in life for Atari made me feel nostalgic. I love the Venture overlay. I played Venture for the Colecovision for hours on end as a kid. It's a special game for me and a big part of what drove me to create Venture Reloaded. There's no way that I could have made the effort that I did for it without a real love for the game. Just wouldn't have happened. My one regret is that I don't have my original Colecovision cartridge. What happened is my family moved to a different province when I was teenager. I left a little bit earlier than the rest of my family so that I could start high school on time. When my family arrived I learned that the Colecovision had gotten tossed in the moving purge. Perhaps now Venture Reloaded is redemption for its loss, and it lives again in spirit.

First time I've ever made it into 5-digit territory: 21,380! Biggest piece of advice I can give: Don't try to shoot everything. You will lose points, it's only inevitable. Just do your best to shoot what you can. Your biggest priorities, though, should be the spinners. If you see one, shoot it or prepare to forfeit a life (and points!) Also, be careful of shooting objects that are close to your base. A meteor that is too close to your base when you shoot it could break in two and still crush you. Most of all, the best thing to do is just hold down the button to shoot first and ask questions later!

It’s more of a Door Wedge really

For those wondering:

So will it stop triple A doors or not? I'm not big on indy doors. What about Screen Doors for my mom?

Look...it's a niche product. The idea of a doorstop was never intended to compete with mainstream doorstops.

Hi all, KickC is a C-compiler that creates optimized 6502 assembler. The newest release (version 0.8.3) adds direct support for developing for the Atari 8bit XL/XE platform. The compiler includes header-files and linker-files for the chipset of Atari 8bit XL/XE. It also includes a few example-programs that work in an emulator and on the real platform (tested using UNOcart A8 on 130XE and 800XL). You can get it here: https://gitlab.com/camelot/kickc PS. I am the author of KickC.

I recently sent a tweet using my Colecovision video game system and its Expansion Module #3 (ADAM Computer) using a 300 baud modem over a landline. The Level 29 BBS (retrobattlestations.com) can be reached via dialup, telnet or the internet. It also has a gateway to Twitter.com to send tweets.

You can do it in FujiNet CONFIG on any host; SD or TNFS (if you have write permissions).

524208 roadway 13 Sears intellivision and controller Roadways eight and thirteen have the tricky jumps.

Also going to plan a physical souvenir/program/catalog type of thing to send out. Maybe something where attendees just pay enough to cover shipping.

Regardless of what thinks about the "SIDE 3/SIDE B" logo design, one must admit it still generally beats the hell out of the "ULrIMArE 1MB"

I'm currently building the firmware download pages for SIDE3, e.g.: https://atari8.co.uk/firmware/side3/ There should be some downloadable content within the next day or two, and this will include the SIDE3 plugin and PBI BIOS for U1MB. I expect to issue fairly regular updates and implement some interesting new features which could not be completed in time for the initial product release.

I bring some Haribo along. ?

Do you really think the world is ready for a Pocket VCS? hang on ...

Improvement! Circus Atari, 6A/B - Rollage (9900+) Got in one game after work. First rollage for me on any game so pretty excited. Was on my last ball. Taking speed off the clown by landing him in the middle of the teeter totter was really key to not having things get out of hand.

Indy Doors often turn out to be simple canvas tent flaps ... kinda soft taco compared to real hard shell taco’s.

Slovenian domination on Tour The France... Original picture: pogacar_and_roglic.xex

"Atari never said they were going to deliver an actual door stop - just the idea of a door stop with an Atari logo on it. And that's all I ever wanted, so I'm thrilled with my purchase!"

Circus Atari Game 6A - rollage

Butbutbut... It's already using the fastest really slow processor of the Ryzen range! How on earth could you improve on that?

Anyone wanting to be a part of the live expo pm me. If you have an Intv or retro game related, arcade, game room showing, or any other presentation. Don’t be shy. ?

I'm sure any delay now will be either blamed on a certain public health crisis or to optimize the VCS again. I'm more towards them deciding to "upgrade" the VCS. Now that Microsoft and Sony have revealed what they got going on. This Bomb-diggity Unconsole door stop needs to beat out the Hyper Scan!

Holy cow! I had no idea this was going on. I’ve been tossing around an idea like this for years. I’d love to get involved with this project.

"Castello Notte Oscura" is a nice RPG game, published by TI99 NewSoft in 1985, that I've received requests for a compiled version. It's in Italian only. Any volunteer for the translation in English? [GAME] Castello Notte Oscura (1985)(TI99 NewSoft)[Compiled by TMOP].zip

A little disappointed that my Frankenstein's Monster prerelease copy I have is just a press copy and is basically the final version of the game ... So nothing special. The hunt continues

No he is just dumb. Doesn't know electronics. Can't even get the right fuse. And nobody goes shorting out power supplies and then turning them on. I've seen him do other oddball things to other systems.

Got it! My guess is standard XB works just fine. I'll add the F18A version to your disk image and test with standard XB; when done, I'll PM it to you for testing and you can place on your site. I've been otherwise occupied the past 2 weeks and things are finally winding down, so I will return to work on the updated interpreter this week provided I am not too distracted by the demo

There's literally no reason to buy a brand new calculator unless you're purposely trying to waste money.

I got an Apple 1. Looking for a Speak and Spell. Any offers? It's as legit as any offer on this thread ?

GoSub 7800...for the Atari 7800.

I think the real question is, is it compatible with Gravity Snake? ?

Today I got five more issues of Current Notes magazine to scan and put up on archive.org. June, September of 1993 and Dec'93/Jan'94, April, May, Jine/July of 1994. I had to buy 15 issues I already had to get them but that is alright.

Drugs ... Tammy needs to go back on the drugs ... and clearly he/she spends more time reviewing what goes on here than getting on with life.

Hi all! Today I released the free demo for my game "Tristam Island"! You can find it here. It's about ~90 minutes of gameplay (the final game will be 3-4 times larger). If you like it, you can preorder the full game here ! I'm also currently in talks with a publisher for a physical release; we're hoping to have a box that looks similar to the Infocom style :) The demo uses the TI-99/4A interpreter, so it should work in a variety of settings (40-col, 80-col, Geneve, etc). But please let me know if you're having any trouble! And a big thank you to the TI-99/4A community for their warm welcome and their work on the tools! :)

Hey, Matie - Me name is Sparkdrummer, not Sparkdummer. Or are you indicating my intelligence level?