Screen color changes in Atari800Win PLus

[Screen color changes in Atari800Win PLus]

Hey, guys - sorry to revive an old thread, but I just ran into this problem myself with Windows 7, and the solution that worked for me is to go into the Windows compatibility settings for Atari800Win.exe and check the box for "Run in 256 colors," rather than avoiding 256 colors as suggested above (which I don't doubt probably works for some people, but if that didn't work for you, try this).

 

If there's anybody doing more general troubleshooting:

 

* The problem only manifested in the "full display," "clipped" and "partially clipped" modes, not the "in a window" modes.

 

* Before applying the fix, clicking "alt" or on menu item would clear up some - but not all - color issues. (For me, some programs continued to replace shades of black and grey with shades of green.)

[Disk imaging: P:R Connection or SIO2PC?]

Not the least bit handy, nope! Didn't realize the cable came with trial versions of all the software; that's not clear on the main ordering page. Awesome. Thanks!

[Disk imaging: P:R Connection or SIO2PC?]

Thanks. Buying both the cable and the APE software may be a tad more pricey than saving the handful of memories I want to preserve are worth, but I'll certainly consider it. I'm trying to only have to buy the cable. If I can make it work with a chained Atari 800 / 1050 drive / PC along with the original SIO2PC software, I'd rather do that, but it sounds like it may be a bit complex. Would doing so require any special software to be running on the Atari (which obviously may be a no go, as I don't know how I'd get said software onto the Atari in the first place), or is SIO2PC.COM running on my PC all I need for that particular scenario?

 

Really, thanks for everybody's patience with my ignorance.

[Disk imaging: P:R Connection or SIO2PC?]

Wow, my head is spinning! Honestly, I don't understand a lot of this (especially all the pipe dream null modem stuff necessary to make a P:R Connector work), but thank you for those links!

[Disk imaging: P:R Connection or SIO2PC?]

Thanks! I'm still a tad confused - so an actual working Atari computer is needed, as of right now, as WELL as a PC, all daisy chained with a 1050 in the middle (connected to the Atari with a normal RS232 SIO cable, and connected to the PC with an SIO-2-PC)? And the program that does the copying from the 1050 to the PC runs on the Atari, not the PC? Can I use the disk copying function in Atari DOS to do this, or do I need to download a sector copying program from somewhere? And then what - the PC's drive is recognized as a B: drive? Can I cut out using the Atari by using a sector copying program on an Atari emulator on my PC? (I currently run Atari800Win PLus 4.0.) If not, does this hookup also work in reverse, so I can download a sector copying program using my PC and send it to my Atari via the 1050? (It's totally possible I have some sort of Atari sector copying program already on some moldering old utilities disk; I'm just not sure and have no way to check right now.)

 

Sounds like it might be simpler to wait for the revision to your AspeQt program (if I'm understanding you properly, once you do the planned rewrite, I can use a regular SIO-2-PC to plug an Atari drive into my PC and directly image the disks with no further hardware or software necessary?)... it'll probably be a while before I take another vacation home anyway.

 

And yes, I'm only trying to save non-copy-protected stuff... some disks full of stuff in BASIC my dad and I wrote when I was a kid, my Bank Street Musicwriter music files, MovieMaker "movies" and custom Mr. Robot boards, and some other odds and ends.

 

Thanks again!

[Disk imaging: P:R Connection or SIO2PC?]

Hey there - I'm a non-techie who is trying to figure out the best way to get disk images or files from old Atari 800 5 1/4" disks onto my Windows XP PC next time I go home to m'parents' place where the old equipment is a-waitin' for me. I've googled around, and searched this forum, but just found myself a tad confused.

 

Last time I was home, I found an ICD "P:R Connection," to wit, one o' these:

 

http://page6.org/archive/issue_30/page_74.htm

 

Is there any way to use this to back up files or disk images onto a PC without having to buy anything other than maybe a cable? (I have m'old RS232 SIO cables, no worries there.) Or is there no driver that will make that possible? I'm dreaming that I can hook a modern external USB drive up to m'old Atari 800 via Atari 800 to RS232 cable to P:R Connection to Parallel cable to parallel-to-USB converter cable to the USB drive... but I'm probably dreaming. (Am I?) OR, use it to hook an old Atari 1050 drive directly to a PC (1050 drive to RS232 cable to P:R Connection to parallel cable to PC, or mebbe using a parallel-to-USB converter for the final hookup).

 

If that's all a pipe dream, it looks like SIO2PC is the way to go (the USB version with the SIO jack), to wit:

 

http://www.atarimax.com/sio2pc/documentation/index.html

 

But their page is really unclear whether I can just buy one of these lovelies and jack my 1050 drive directly into my PC, or whether I also need to purchase the "APE for Windows" for a driver... though I also stumbled across this:

 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/aspeqt/

 

If I purchase an SIO2PC and download the above, will it serve as a driver to hook a 1050 up directly to my PC and image the disk from there? (Or even just transfer the files? I have an old copy of "Make ATR," so I could grab the files individually to my PC and then make the disk image if necessary.)

 

Thanks for your patience and time. Yay.

[O2EM "Clear" key]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I've searched the support files that came with O2EM and searched Google and can't seem to find the answer:

 

What button, if any, is the Odyssey 2 "clear" key in O2EM? I've read online that it's Backspace, but this does not seem to work. (I'm trying to program a custom maze in K.C. Munchin.)

 

Thanks!

[Activision " Kaboom! " Web Emulator]

I read in the manual this:

“If you hit the 10,000 point level, that really impresses the “Mad Bomber,” and he’ll show his appreciation. Watch for it."

 

Anyone know what he does?? I'd like to add that too!

 

His mouth permanently becomes a little "o" (well, a tiny square, really, this being the 2600) 'cause he's SO impressed.

[O2EM Launcher trouble]

I had the same problem. I used an older version of the O2 emulator, and everything is fine. Something must have changed somewhere wth the newer version, but if you get an older version, it will work fine. I have attatched a version that should work for you.

 

Thanks so much - that did the trick!

[O2EM Launcher trouble]

Hi - I'm having trouble using the O2EM Launcher (version 0.55). I have O2EM version 1.17.

 

I can run O2EM just fine from the RUN command, and Oxygen works, but I'd rather use O2EM Launcher, if'n I can get it to work, just 'cause it's so peachy keen (other than the whole can't-get-it-to-work bit).

 

Can anybody diagnose my problem from these screenshots?

 

Here's the error I'm getting when I try to run a game:

 

 

 

Here's my setup screen:

 

 

 

And, just for comparison's sake, here's the program booting up just fine from the RUN command:

 

 

 

I have tried going into my ini file and simply getting rid of the EMU_DIR= line. No dice; got the exact same error. Same goes for EMU_DIR=o2em.exe. Also tried copying O2EM itself along with dis48.exe into a subdirectory entitled "emu" and pointing there, but started getting an error message about maybe the Allegro DLL being missing (although I had it in both the root Odyssey2 directory AND the emu directory for good measure).

 

I note with interest that the readme file (O2EMLauncher.txt) notes that v0.55 was given the following fix: "* Trouble with the relative path feature fixed"... hmmmm. Maybe not so much... ?

 

I'm running on Windows XP, SP2.

 

Thanks so much!