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Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Long live the TT.

I'm in Canada, always looking out for STEs. They're very rare up here too. I could be wrong, but I don't think Best have new STEs. Reconditioned, yes.

I too have Computereyes which uses the cartridge port to digitize video. As well I have IMG-scan which turned a dot matrix printer into a scanner. And finally STOS Maestro : a sound sampler.

Very cool. Looks great. Thanks for sharing. I've wanted to build something like this for a long time. Are you still using the diodes?

Hey Oky, having fun? What about the recycling of color registers (as seen on A8)? For example, you could create two horizontal zones each with 16 unique colors. Not sure if that would work well with Golden Axe but I thought I'd mention it as a possibility to increase the # of available colors in some cases. p.s. No you can't have my copy of STOS + Manual + Compiler + 3D + Sound digitizer + Sprites 600!

I knew I recognized your name. I read your book years ago. It's an honor to have you on Atariage. I think you'll like it around here.

If you are drawing a lot of power, perhaps it would be best to use a separate source for power. Just use the Atari to control it and remember to connect the grounds of the two power sources. Those also work nicely with Roland MT-32s.

Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate it. I built an SIO2PI on a protoboard and it works great with sio2bsd (I haven't tried AspeQt yet). I have a usb wireless adapter in the Raspberry Pi. This allows me to connect to the Pi from my main computer (using SSH) and change the ATRs for the Atari.

All the best Curt. I sure appreciate what you've done for the Atari community.

Atari800 port with native GLES2 rendering Full screen smoothly emulated A8 on a stock 700Mhz Pi!

I am just kidding in good fun. You don't seem to be a fan of the Pi -- it's obvious with your posts -- that's 'why'. Nothing wrong with that, I merely noticed it. I'm not sure how that relates to discussing the RPi (hardware). There are many things the RPi can do with/for our Ataris. Exploring these possibilities is on topic as far as I can tell. The Pi is similar to an older PC. There are many serious reasons to use them, not just idealistic(?) and experimental stuff. Have you got an RPi? I think you'd like one. Besides, why do RPis need to be serious, non-idealistic and non-experimental anyways? Our Atari computers certainly don't need to pass those requirements for your appreciation.

Man I love Zombies. And I understand where you're coming from. I'll be ready with my Pis! You hate them don't you Emkay? He he. I think if the thread were titled "Raspberry Pi Possibilities for A8" then all would be fine no?

Oops! I mixed up your project with Farb's SIO2Arduino. Sorry about that. I Love both projects. Yes the Atmel's are inexpensive. And I like the concept of a dedicated device like your SIO2MicroSD very much. It also looks fun to build. Great stuff really. When you mention having to buy a 'device' or 'software' for the Pi ... what are you reffering to? A Pi is $35 (model B). You would need an SD card, a network cable (or wireless dongle), a power supply and a GPIO-SIO cable adapter. This all ads up to about $50. By comparison, what does it cost to build an SIO2MicroSD? I think that's an awesome idea. I'd love a CNC machine. Which one did you build, or did you design it yourself? I think your son WILL be impressed once you have a cutting tool.

I have been doing all sorts of things with RPis. I waited until recently to get into the RPi because I felt the timing, until now, was poor. First you couldn't get one due to a lack of availability, then there were bugs and later revisions. But it's now easy to get one and they have certainly evolved. I recently had a webcam (hp) and a wireless n dongle (tp-link) working simulatensouly from a Pi (no usb hub), with no issues that I could detect. I am using newer model B rev 2 512M Pis though. We need to stop thinking about Pis as computer replacements, or microcontroller replacements. When you do, I think their size, price and power make Pis remarkably worthwhile in numerous applications.

Perhaps some of you would appreciate an uber-simple 8 bit character editor? A few steps above graph paper! Check it out here : 8 Bit Character Editor It doesn't handle character sets, animation, multi-color or anything fancy. Just a point and click 8 bit character editor (with a few extras) that you can access from your web browser.

I intended to post this a while ago : Creating an Atari ST or Amiga Picture with the GIMP Perhaps this will help some of you that are interested in creating images like Oky did. By the way, there is also The Palette Color Matcher utility which some of you might find useful when porting games to different platforms.

Too much cow bell! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome Don! I checked it out several months back. I built your sio2arduino (without an lcd screen). I was unable to get the menu software to function. However I could load single disk images from one of my Unos. I meant to contact you - but you know how busy life can get. I am glad you're continuing to evolve this cool project. Some folks predicted that the Raspberry Pi would be an Arduino Killer. I don't think so : I believe they compliment each other very well. The Pi is too complex IMO to replace dedicated reliable micro controllers in general, and yet not powerfull enough to replace general purpose computers in many cases. It's stuck somewhere in the middle. If you work within it's limitations though, they ROCK. There seems to be a divide present between some Arduino and Raspberry Pi users not unlike Atari and Commodore. You can purchase a Raspberry Pi for around the same price as an Arduino ethernet shield by itself. Imagine an SIO2PI project where you purchase a Pi, install some software, plugin in a gpio to sio cable and a network cable (or wireless). Then you simply visit it's webpage from your main (comfortable) PC to manage disk images. Has anyone done anything like this with the RPi? I love Ataris, Commodores, Arduinos, Raspberry Pis and I love your Sio2MicroSD project. All the best

Hey Oky, I'd love if you could post the instructions too!

I still have one. You plugged it into the cartridge port of the ST and then plugged in a composite video source. Preferably one that could display a steady image like a video camera capturing a still scene. It's been years since I've used it but remember that It was easy to do claymation style full screen animation this way. I don't believe it supported Spectrum 512, at least mine doesn't out of the box. However, there is a RAW mode supported that allows it to capture far more color than the ST can display onscreen. Perhaps someone wrote a raw->spectrum conversion utility for this format? Why would you want to use this today though? Wouldn't it be more convenient to use more modern video capture hardware and convert down to the ST?

I'm using a 13" Citizen CRT color TV I picked up a few years back (I think it was $75 new). At the time I was thinking I'd better get it before they disappear. LCDs were becoming all the rage and I had a soft spot for CRTs. I have wound up using it quite a lot for RF or Composite vintage gear. Do the expensive up-scalers work well with modern lcds? I imagine there will come a time when good crts are rare. Maybe not in our lifetimes though...

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I voted 1200XL because it's the cat's meow when upgraded. Short of the lack of PBI that is. Although that can be added if you're nuts. I really love the 600XLs when they're upgraded too. So compact. As for stock Ataris ... beh. What's the point? It's more fun to upgrade them! I think this is actually a difficult poll because each machine has different virtues. The 65XE however ... who could argue in favor of it? I suppose only those that had one, but I believe anyone who had a 65 XE back in the day envied the 130XEs. I was one of those people. I remember seeing all those 'special' sections of magazines for 130XE owners only.

NOT Megaupload anymore...

That's true. Good point about the ATX power switch issue. I have one of these running from a notebook power supply on a mini-itx atom based server. Perhaps someone could hack a pico psu into an actual atari power supply. Add a switch on the power supply to spare the Atari's built-in power toggle. Then use a common notebook power adapter. Might look a little funny with 2 bricks, unless the notebook adapter could fit inside the Atari brick. Ahh, I understand. I was thinking more along the lines of a dedicated 8 bit workstation rather than a multi-purpose arrangement like you describe. I like the looks of the nicer Atari power supplies, especially the white XL units.