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  6. Posted

    7 hours ago, Preppie said:

    Here's how I setup my PC to use notepad++ to code with FastBasic cross compiler (which requires CC65).

    Download the following files:

     

    CC65:
    https://sourceforge.net/projects/cc65/files/cc65-snapshot-win32.zip/download

     

    TURBAN (attachment fur TURBAN under windows 10):
    https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=TURBAN#section-TURBAN-TutorialForWindows10

     

    FastBasic cross compiler (fastbasic-v4.3-win32.zip):
    https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/releases/tag/v4.3

     


    Unpack CC65 and put it on your C drive
    Unpack FastBasic and put the folder in the CC65 folder
    Unpack TURBAN and copy the files from the folder to your FastBasic folder

     

    find the fb-int.bat file in your FB folder right click and edit it, place the follow line after line 46 and save it:

      

    %xexfile%

     

    so it should now look like this:

      

    %cc65%cl65 -tatari -C %fbpath%fastbasic.cfg -g %asmfile% %extra% -o %xexfile% -Ln %lblfile% %fbpath%%fb%.lib || exit /b %errorlevel%
%xexfile%
exit /b

     

    Now, open one of the example .tur files in the Fastbasic/testproject folder and when you press F6 or F7 a popup will open and after confirmation notepad will open Altirra load up turbbasic and run the file.

     

    If you want to run with FastBasic then change turban.bat in the popup to fb-int.bat

     

    Notepad will now create a xex file with FastBasic and auto run it using altirra when you press F6/F7, to change it back to use TurboBasic you need to alter the popup to read turban.bat again.


     

    If I press F7 on my Notepad++ (installed in C/Programs) nothing happens.

    I have to use the old version of N++ inside Turban.w10 folder.

    What should I do to let work my N++? 

  11. Posted

    3 minutes ago, TIX said:

    Hey guys,

     

    feeling kind of tired at the moment, and I'm taking a break from my "serious" projects !

    So lets try a simple sprite hack just for laughs  :)

    I love "Snokie", it was one of the first games I played in the 800, the task is to improve the awkward bird ! (is it a penguin ?)

    Any pointers of where can I found a good copy, without the dreaded death jingle ?

     

    It was one of my first A8 games too!

     

    Best versions of games are here as usual, unfortunately with the dreaded death jingle...

  13. Posted

    On 5/11/2020 at 6:39 PM, 8bitguy1 said:

    When I first got back into the ST, I found "The Essential Software" list very helpful.  It's listed over at that other Atari forum, and it's not game based (I think it's hosted on its own now though).  I've scrolled through this thread and not seen anything similar for the 8 bit, would it be of value?  Even for me, a life long 8 bitter, it would be fun/helpful to see a list of key/important/best-in-class non-game software.

     

    Thoughts?

    I know that list and I find it useful too.

    It's not an easy task to compile such a list for A8.

    For example, which is the best graphic program? There are plenty of them, for different graphics modes, with strenghts and weaknesses.

     

    Anyway, a thread could be opened to gather informations about categories and software.

  17. Posted

    I am a fan of VRW too.

    I was talking about VRWSafe.

     

    If you read my previous post, you'll see I already agreed with Avery's decision.

     

    Previously I agreed with him when he accepted another proposal of mine and I agreed when he didn't accept another one as well.

     

    It is clear that I "accept the way thing works".

     

    I only politely and humbly asked a question.

     

     

  18. Posted

    No, the default setting intentionally blocks formatting because some programs attempt to format the disk as part of copy protection and this is not very obvious when done on the sly on boot with immediate format operations. I consider this more important than default convenience when reformatting an existing disk, where you at least get a visible write protect error on a manually requested format operation. This default only applies to manually mounted disks; newly created disks are mounted VRW instead of VRWSafe.
     

    If someone formats a disk, he only gets an error.
    If someone runs a protected disk, it may be deleted.

    Therefore the default setting is the safer setting.
    Thanks!

  19. Posted

     

     

    Maybe the solution would be for Altirra to allow the user to decide what default "disk mode" is used for newly inserted disks.

     

     

    An excellent solution. If only such a setting already existed in the tools menu.

     

    Haha... in that case, I'm not sure why Philsan is even taking issue (shakes head). I thought there was no such option. Phaeron's already done his part...

     

     

     

     

    Obviously I know you can choose default write mode in Tools/options/media.

    I changed that option to fix my format issue...

     

    I meant Altirra's initial default setting.

    I already asked Avery to change some default settings and he changed them, whenever he found it was a good idea.

     

     

     

  20. Posted

    12 minutes ago, flashjazzcat said:

    I guess the reason VRWSafe is the default is explained by the excerpt from the manual.

    Yes, but I don't think that the average user loads protected disks that format themselves.

     

    On the other hand, the average user doesn't format disks too...

     

    Therefore, I don't know which option should be the default option.

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  21. Posted

    Hi Avery.

     

    Yesterday I had a problem formatting a disk with the new awesome LiteDOS 3.

    I've always had an error until I discovered that I had to switch Altirra's default VRWSafe mode to VRW.

     

    "This mode is "similar to virtual read/write, except that format commands are blocked with a read-only disk error. This allows virtualized write access to disks while still blocking writes for programs that attempt to format their disk on boot as part of a protection check. Altirra defaults to this mode until changed in Options" (excerpt from Altirra's manual).

     

    I never had that problem before because I never formatted a disk from emulator, I always used blank images or PC tools.

     

    I think that VRW should be the default option but surely there must be a reason why you chose VRWSafe.

     

    BTW, it would be nice if you'll support LiteDos 3 in disk explorer.

     

    Thanks!

     

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