OldSchoolRetroGamer
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9 hours ago, tripletopper said:I'm just spitballing a couple suggestions.
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As surprising as it may be to me that someone has never owned some form of PC I cannot say it's impossible. After all, my wife and I have no smart phones, not androidno iPhone etc, nothing and never have, we have all kinds of PC's laptops, tablets and gadgets and I been into tech all my life (hell my wife is an I.T. systems analyst for BC Health Authority) but we have only a single landline which rings rarely just the way we like it. Never required one and never liked the idea of being so tethered at all times to communications, OH SURE some say well just turn it off if you don't want to be disturbed but that completely defeats the purpose of having one and only leads to temptation of always being "available" when we go out to an event or show or vacation getaway we want to really not be disturbed or have the temptation of allowing ourselves to be and instead enjoy the moment. Now I know this concept seems completely alien to many, especially those of a certain generation and honestly, it does have it's drawbacks and when so many products and services literally treat you like you don't exist if you do not have a smart phone, we have had that stare of disbelief from many on several occasions when explaining we do not have them 🙄😆
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26 minutes ago, mr_me said:You are infringing his rights; should have posted a link.
I don't agree since his posts were literally set to public and frankly if you don't want something shared or viewed online you just don't put it there 🙄 in various threads peoples posts, comments etc, from outside Atariage, on Facebook and other sites have been posted /pasted here with apparently no issue so it seems it's ok depending on the person it's about? Or is that only tolerated when the person has been judged as a troll or other type of bad person? Anyways, I cannot edit my post as the editing window has expired, OK, I have sent a request to edit out the images but in the meantime if any other mod or admin can assist I would appreciate it if only to appease those who have some issue with it.
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15 hours ago, CPUWIZ said:I wasn't making fun of him, I just had to re-read that multiple times, to get close to even remotely understanding it.
But then again, WTF do I know? I am just a lousy foreigner. According to some people I've come across, I am not even considered 'white' (not that I give a shit, I wish I was born green or blue), because I am not from the U.S., which is pretty funny, considering I am German.
Actually what Stephen's summary seems on point, my impression as well, something not quite...right....explaining his particular...uhm "over enthusiasm" over Atari.
If his Profile is to be believed (I saved you the trouble) - I'll leave it at that. It's all public so there is no infringing on privacy imho.
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12 hours ago, Special Teams said:For those who are not subscribed to his channel, our friend John did receive his VCS:
I've been highly entertained by his posts about his wonder machine 😆 Mr. AtariVCS know-it-all.....
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57 minutes ago, SegaSnatcher said:I gotta say props to Atari for actually shipping something. Will be curious how well this performs as an emulator machine.
Well, after installing Windows not bad actually, maybe not worth compared to other options but for those who already have one or are dead set on getting it regardless I am sure they wont be too disappointed:
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42 minutes ago, Atarick said:He's one of strangest reviewers out there for me. I often find his stuff hilarious, but I can't reconcile the fact that half the time, I feel like I'm back in high school and he's some guy trying to sound cool while saying next to nothing.
1/3 of that review is him just talking about how the controller feels hollow. We take the long route to that assessment.
Well summoned up, a perfect description, didn't take long to unsub after getting sick of his routine 🙄 he brings nothing new 10000 other guys on youtube do and drags it out way to long to bother.
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32 minutes ago, Wizzard said:Sorry, seems like I posted my google photos link instead.
Roman that you? I recognize this image from Facebook Atariage post I commented I got it running on my 2011 Macbook with wired PS3 controller (Rob) 😆
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1 hour ago, Wizzard said:Just want to say that I tried Xbox 360 style controller and it works good with Atari OS
seems to be the same hardware as official Atari modern controller, the same buttons.
No image guy. Are you trying to share a link or did you attach it to your post?
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For the bios password try.....ataribox 😏
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On 1/6/2021 at 10:08 AM, Mockduck said:I got my review done as well today and published it. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.
Regardless of my own opinion or view of this console may I say I find your presentation engaging and very well done! Very enjoyable video. 😎
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On 1/6/2021 at 11:03 AM, Atari Nut said:Take a look at the official doc I attached above in post #5. Atari has you using a free tool to install Windows as a VHD on the usb drive.
As mentioned you are interpreting it WRONG STEP # 5 in that doc is about burning the Windows Installer to a USB stick, that is the tool that will then be used to install windows to an external drive, nothing "virtual" about it. You are not INSTALLING Windows at this point to the USB stick you are just creating a Windows Installer stick to boot from
, I've have done it many time over the years.
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18 hours ago, justclaws said:It's crazy that you managed to find a Mac in a recycling bin. I wish I'd be that lucky, just once. 😕
In The Netherlands, a 12 year old Macbook still sells for $400+. (Private sellers want more than retail.)
My supplied by work Macbook Pro is even >5 years old, and I work for a listed company with a USA parent.
It's interesting that you can get the software running on various hardware. Now we need some... benchmarks!
Just comparing Steam games running on the VCS, my laptop, and another mini-PC, I am impressed by the GPU.
Personally, as I work in computing, I would be concerned at the legal aspects of connecting to the VCS Store,
so I would not, but I have not gone through the legal T&C. I just could not afford to take the risk with my work.
Yeah, not everybody has such concerns.
For me, this is also why I am happiest to use legally licensed emulators and ROMS, and pay for video streaing.
However, it is also good to run up the software on a different PC (if it has equivalent specifications) to run and
develop home-brew. Knowing that the same libraries are there, and software will be compatible, is a big help,
until Atari provide a home-brew box on the console itself. They encourage open development, so it's sensible.
Finally, I expect the O/S will be majorly updated and encrypted in a future release, leaving the game data as
an unencrypted volume. Thus, I'd be careful about applying any future updates to the "fake" Atari VCS setup.We have a Electronics Recycling bin on on condominium community property. I check it, I should probably check it more, who knows what I have missed but over the years yeah, a variety of stereos, tv's, vcr dvd players, ancient tablets etc. Now there are also a lot of things like kitchen appliances like blenders, toaster, pots pans, irons, all kinds of things that I just leave or we have better ones. I have even found so many strong working batteries of all types and even rechargeable to the point I have not had to buy batteries in years. Typically of course most computers laptops tend to be 10+ years or older which is fine as I repurpose them wipe the hard drives and where possible upgrade the ram or storage. If I find one truly beyond or not worth repairing I scavenge anything worthwhile in hope of upgrading another one. The cool thing is I suspect at least many here know I do this because most of the time when I find a laptop it is gently placed inside the bin right on top with the power supply and most things work and are in great condition. We are actually some of the "youngest" people here being in our 50's but I would say the average residence age he is 60+. I have found in past an oriignal iPAD or iPAD 2 (those tend to be really not much more use then for an electronic frame) and even some old iPhone 4 or earlier. I kept a couple iPhone 4's since batteries were still good but I mostly use them as cameras 😆
AS FOR THE MACBOOK, honestly, that was still a big surprise I admit, it is a 2011 early 15' in beautiful condition, it came with a hard drive and I THINK MacOS LION? Sadly no matching power supply and obviously none of the various laptop power supplies I had was going to be any use to me so I just held onto it. I know you might think just by a replacement off Ebay but see this hobby and the things I find being retired I cannot justify spending money frivolously like I use to back in my collecting days 🙁 so I decide to wait patiently and it paid off! After checking the bin regularly about 2 months later I opened the bin one day and seen this white brick I thought no way! Then I seen the Apple logo and the very specific connector and I knew that was it, I rushed back upstairs, grabbed the Macbook and plugged it in and it booted right up to a beautiful screen 😀 Now, I am totally a PC guy (though my wife loves her iPOD so I had learned all about IOS to help her with frustrations) and I tend to dive right in and learn all about any new to me tech that I get so I learned all about the Macbook very quickly and in no time I even updated it to MacOS High Sierra the last properly supported version for this Macbook. I upgraded the RAM from 4 gb to 8 gb I had in supply and swapped the hard drive with an extra SSD I had (I imaged the OS and restored it to the SSD) these things made a big difference. It even still received security updates still from Apple up to a couple months ago, so all in all I was really happy to find it but also that I held onto it until I found the matching power adaptor.
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4 hours ago, Nall3k said:Does this improve the system's ability to play more modern games via Steam?
I would not think sol, I mean it certainly does not hurt however nothing the VCS can do will be aided much beyond 16 gb RAM, he has increased storage capacity so it will hold more and MAYBE the spec of the storage M.2 is slightly faster for a touch quicker loading? I am not clear on the M.2 storage, was this to add to the default OS drive or replace it? Games whether Steam or otherwise, the quality of the experience is more reliant on CPU / GPU defaults of the system. Basically, he's made it the best AtariVCS it can be pretty much but it is still far short for AAA titles to run smooth with decent settings, not saying this as a insult, it simply is what it is a low to midrange PC, in the end to improve gaming performance and visuals requires more powerful CPU/GPU specs period.
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I hope he's ok after the AtariVCS high wore off 😆😜
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16 hours ago, justclaws said:FYI - I had already posted this on an existing thread, here.
FYI, we already had a thread for talking about AtariOS on other computers... 🙂OK, well there seems to be so many threads and announcements about AtariVCS Is guess I lost track.
As for AtariOS on different hardware, I will keep posting and updating where I started mine, a mod or admin is free to move it where appropriate.
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5 minutes ago, rietveld said:sorry, TPR just got the best of me with his over the top reaction to the initial comments. Your reaction might better be directed to TPR and his comment at the top of this thread
No it was best directed at YOU which is why I did that, I agree with TPR, the complaining is ridiculous imho, I'll leave it at that as I do not want to disrespect the thread further with this nonsense.
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33 minutes ago, rietveld said:This sounds like a great contest and its very generous of the 8bitgamer to be hosting this. I just think that if this promotion requires someone to have a FB account then promoting via that platform makes the most sence. If someone on AA is also a member of the FB group then they would already know of the contest since they are a member of that group. .
Geez get over it, you have your opinion, it is literally just an announcement, do with it what you will or don't. 🙄 I am on Facebook daily and even part of that group and guess what? I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT HERE just a few minutes ago, so PROOF not everyone on Facebook will know regardless.
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Thanks Brett! Just entered (hope my being in Canada is OK?) I am MaximumRD on Youtube, very nice / cool of you. ColecoVision has been and remains my favorite Pre-NES console since receiving it for Christmas back in the day.
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An update: Used the AtariOS boot image (though running off a 32 gb Sandisk stick this time) and worked the same on a couple other of my machines, my older Hp Pavillion 4 gb laptop with AMD A-6 CPU (see images) again no networking. Cooler though was booting it on my main Desktop (16gb ram/ Ryzen 1500x CPU) this machine has no Blutooth BUT it is hooked up to internet via Ethernet so was glad to see it was recognized by AtariOS and so offered access to the Store front, updates etc 😀 obviously running great on that hardware.
Sadly I have no images of the Desktop PC as it was 3 am in the morning and it was a spur of the moment thing I was unprepared for (I may do it again just to get pics) but I have the images below from the Hp laptop boot. FYI though I am showing an old MADCATZ wired PC controller I had lying around interacting, to be clear I plugged it in when prompted for a controller however it went to the config screen but did NOT seem to recognize it afterwards. All my interactions with the AtariOS interface was done with the laptop Keyboard.
NOTES for those interested. I definitely know of two people doing the same things as me on their own PC's and laptops that solved the lack of audio issues using some sort of USB external audio device though I do not know the specifics, also one fellow had his wireless working on his Asus laptop right off the bat, it seems his specific Wifi internal adaptor is very similar or perhaps identical to the one built into the actual AtariVCS consoles, Realtek if I recall as shown in a recent AtariVCS teardown video on YouTube.
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This fellow instructs you on some cool things new AtariVCS users can consider doing. 😎😀
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It has been shown the AtariOS can be booted on hardware, images and videos have been shown it booting on laptops and desktops with various degrees of success, meaning issues with networking, sound etc, sound is sometimes fixed plugging in a USB audio device etc. 😜😎more surprises, while the AtariOS USB stick I created worked on my desktop and a up laptop to various degrees it didn’t work on my old bedroom desktop, due to no no uefi boot options. I also imaged this Sata drive, plugged into 2011 MacBook Pro and held down option key when booting, displayed a drive called efi and it booted, Bluetooth even seems to be working though I have no Bluetooth controller, no network though I am sure it would be fine if I plugged in Ethernet. Figured would not hurt to try 😆Nice use for the old recycle bin find MacBook! I had yet to see this done on Apple hardware so thought I would share.
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Latest video from the fellow booting Atari OS on other machines. Note his comical description 😀
😎Love his description - "Just a video showing you how to restore the Atari VCS operating system. Here is the link to the document provided by Atari:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17TeJMIZcLIsGMJEHlQAxOb_YdIuX4GoL4bvBExAudWU/edit
As mentioned in the video, this is ONLY to be booted on an Atari VCS console and definitely SHOULD NOT be booted on ANY other machine.-
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Posted · Edited by OldSchoolRetroGamer
Nice try but uhm, I think most of the people you would categorize as "Hating" actually do not HAVE a console 😉 why would they? Pretty sure the people hacking it or trying to do more with it now actually own one meaning THEY BACKED IT. Do what you want with yours, some people like to push their hardware, learn and tinker simply because they can. Nice try there though 🙄