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  2. Posted

    After seeing it come up in my Atari Ebay searches repeatedly, I decided I wanted one of these, for the collection. They are "new in the box" (although they do open and test them) for $100. Sounds pricey? Well, I don't know where else to get one, and it is "new." Ordering one from Europe would likely be risky and expensive, and I *absolutely* don't want a trashed one. Anyway, I just wanted one although I have little justification, other than I just love being surrounded by Ataris, especially when they're in the box, and new at that. Yes, it's silly as I have no PAL monitor and don't know beans about PAL.

     

    I understand completely. I'm thinking of doing the same thing. A couple years ago I had a chance to buy an NTSC 800XL from them, NEW in box. I arranged to buy it from them and they said they'd get back to me. When they didn't, I said, "Ah, screw them then." When I checked a few months later, they were sold out. I felt like kicking myself in the face with steel-toed golf shoes. (...even though that's physically impossible... and I don't play golf)

     

    I know those PAL 800XLs will be gone soon. Even though PAL is useless for me and I certainly don't need another computer, I just want to sit back and bask in the glory of a new 800XL.

  4. Posted

    Here's a picture of my Kaypro. Look at the solid keyboard. You don't see that quality anymore. Who could not like that?

     

    greenscreenkaypro.jpg

     

    Another shot. As you can see, I finally got a TI-99/4A (two, actually). It's beautiful. This one was "New, never used" and judging by all the unopened manuals, I think they were right. My other TI-99/4A (which is slightly older) has a slightly better keyboard and I think has the best keyboard feel of any "computer in a keyboard" designs ever.

     

    commandcentresm.jpg

     

    You can see more pictures of my computers by clicking on my signature.

  5. Posted

    Thanks for the SDrive NUXX, Steve! It's one of the best upgrades I've ever bought for any computer. :cool:

     

     

    Not sure that I explained my question properly, but the answer is yes you can copy disc images from the sdrive to a real disc.

    I used mycopier loaded from sdrive, loaded up the image to be copied in D2 on the sdrive, set 1050 as drive 2. Loaded up my copier, swaped to D2 on the SDrive, hit start and off we went ;)

     

    This is good news. I hoped and suspected this was possible, but when he said it wouldn't work I was a bit disappointed.

     

    Not that it would be a big deal not to be able to copy to floppy - the SDrive makes the 1050 totally obsolete. I just wanted to put the best stuff on floppy for whenever I want that "old-style wait-forever floppy loading experience". :D

  6. Posted

     

    Have you tried this one yet?

     

    Calendar 1.0.zip

     

    It's more of a scheduling program, but it looks to be fairly complete. Only thing is that you're limited on the size of memo for each day, which is fairly small.

     

    Thanks MrFish! It's a nice little schedule program. I just wish it loaded the default calendar on startup.

     

     

    Not exactly what I'm looking for. I tried it in the emulator and couldn't figure out how to change the month and year. When I get time I will try on real hw.

     

    Thanks,

    Mark

     

    I had difficulty with this too. You have to use <> to change year, () to change month, then under "Change", "Save Defaults". Next time you start it, it'll be at the right year and month. It would have been annoying to start at 1985 every time.

     

    You'll still have to go to "Disk", "Load" to load your schedule though. Pity.

  7. Posted

    I was just thinking of this question myself. Now that I have an SDrive NUXX and loading and saving is fast and easy, I was wondering what programs I could find that could actually make my Atari useful (aside from just games). The problem is - it's really hard to think of something I can't already do on my Amiga or PC.

     

    Both the Atari and Amiga are silent and boot up much faster than the PC, so I'd probably focus on simple things I need to do quickly - like make a quick note or log, maybe even a simple database or spreadsheet. Sometimes I need to just turn on the computer, enter a couple things and turn it off - without wanting to wait for long PC startup and shutdown.

     

    I planned on using AtariWriter for notes, but I don't need a full wordprocessor with print capabilities. I'd like a simple editor with the same colour scheme, but no paragraph symbols after linefeed. (this is simple though and I could probably write it myself)

     

    I'd really like to see a simple customisable database like XBaze on the Amiga. It's useful for daily logs & checklists.

  8. Posted

    Thanks MEtalGuy66. :) (I know I shouldn't be flaunting Amiga screenshots on an Atari site...but I was just trying to show how that Atari bar demo influenced me.... really! ;))

     

    I've got archives of my setup for both WB 1.3 and 3.1. Maybe I'll update them and upload them to Aminet.

     

    I'm back posting here because I just got an SDrive NUXX. It's awesome. I also have an SD adapter for my A500 and I was hoping to finally be able to easily copy from Amiga to Atari (and Atari to Amiga) on SD card - without the need for a PC. Some people might find this boring, but I'm thrilled. :D

  9. Posted

    I bought my Atari 130XE in 1984 (happy days) and it came with a demo disk (the one with that had walking robot!) I think this was part of that demo disk maybe :) Will boot it up sometime and get back to you...

     

    Thanks for checking. I've got the walking robot, but don't see the bar demo on that disk. Your disk is probably different, so who knows - it might be there.

     

    I think I remember that demo from way back when as well, but I haven't seen it around. You know, it would take about 5 minutes to write a simple basic program to duplicate that screen shot of yours.

     

    Bob

     

    Yeah, I know I could write a duplicate, but I want the actual one I saw. Why? Who knows. Maybe I just want to say, "This is the actual one I saw." ;)

     

    I want to find out if my memory is correct (and sometimes memory turns out to be wrong). This simple demo strangely had an effect on me for years. I even put that bar pattern on my Amiga 500, as you can see in this screenshot:

  10. Posted

    I remember back in late '84 or early '85 being blown away by an Atari 800XL demo. It was a bunch of silver bars or pipes - gradients, I think either just horizontal or possibly horizontal and vertical mixed. It's also possible that it started silver then cycled through some colours. It was just the image, no music or other effects - sort of similar to the "Pencils" demo.

     

    Does anybody remember this and know where to get it? Back in the early 90's I wrote an MS-DOS demo in an attempt to duplicate it from memory. See the attached screenshot. It looks something like this. (...I think)

  11. Posted

     

    Interesting. My cart lacks the bug - though now I'll have to spend several hours this weekend confirming that.

     

    Were there multiple releases of Blue Max on cart by Atari?

     

    Yep, at least there were two: the Taiwan and Hong Kong version(s) of the XE cart(s)...

    -Andreas Koch.

     

    Mine is the Taiwan version. I still have the box and manual... and the shrink wrap on the box... and the box that the box came in... and so on. ;)

  14. Posted

    I'll say this, the TI-99/4a was my introduction to programing (especially using extended basic) so I would never consider it returnable.

     

    Actually, I returned it to a friend I suspected was trying to rip me off. It was the late 80's and I had already programmed on the PET, TRS-80 Model III, CoCo 2, Atari 800XL, Commodore 64 and CoCo 3 - so after all that, TI-99/4a BASIC was a bit of a pain in the ass. If it was my first computer, I would probably love it to death.

     

    I must admit, I regret my decision to return the TI-99/4a, and I'm constantly on the lookout to find one in good condition.

  15. Posted

    I briefly owned a TI-99/4a back in the 80's, and it does look very nice (but I hated trying to program that thing, so I got my money back). I saw a Commodore SX-64 at a computer museum a few months ago. I never did see a Lisa (though I have the Byte magazine Lisa introduction issue), but at a base cost of $10000, I'm sure many people have never seen a Lisa. It's possible that the NeXT cube looks nicer than the NeXTstation, but I've never had a NeXT cube so I can't compare them.

  17. Posted · Edited by Mr.Amiga500

    I've seen lots of great looking computers in magazines that turned out to be disappointing in real life. I can only base my opinions on computers I've used or own (actually, I own all the computers listed).

     

    My favourites are:

     

    Atari 800XL (sleek, solid, nice cream & brown colours)

    Kaypro II & "New 2" (I own both and they look awesome side by side - different shades)

    Apple IIc with matching monitor (very cute, but I wish the keyboard wasn't grey)

    Mac Classic II (sleeker than SE, better keyboard than older models)

    Amiga 1000 (I wish case was metal though)

    Amiga 500 (though I wish it was more solid and two-toned like the 800XL)

    NeXTstation (the only "pizza box" that looks like a pizza box... but from a Borg ship)

  19. Posted

    In the Atari cart version the screen DL screw-up upon bombing your own hanger went away.

     

    I have an original cartridge and the screen screw-up is still there.

     

    Anyone out there ever reach the esteemed rank of Blue Max first class?

     

    The best I've done so far is Squadron Leader 3rd class.

     

    Last week I was playing and I had hits on bombs, guns, manouvering and fuel. I had the plane as high as possible so I could drift farther when I ran out of fuel. The fuel went out and the plane lost altitude, but just then the runway came up! I barely made it and the plane basically landed itself. I went on to complete the game (4th class). That was weird.

  22. Posted · Edited by Mr.Amiga500

    What do you figure that rig cost back in '83 ? I'm guessing about $3000 1983 dollars adjusted for inflation would be almost $6500 in today's dollars! Ahhhhhh the sweet digital divide ...... I remember in high school there was maybe 10 people I knew that actually owned a computer ... atari , apple or otherwise.... " War Boarding " was the best in the old days at 300 baud ..... With a rig like this guy had back then I bet he felt like NASA !

     

    Back in 1984, I knew a 14-year-old kid with a similar setup. The moment I saw it, I nearly killed him on the spot. Nobody deserves to be that spoiled. At the time, all I could squeeze out of my parents was a pathetic 16K CoCo 2 and I could only use the TV when nobody else was watching something. Then I met a guy who had a 800XL and 1050 drive and thought he was a lucky bastard. But that was nothing compared to this other kid who had a 1200XL AND 800XL, two 1050 drives, 1027 printer, 1030 modem and his own 19" Sony TV!

     

    That's when I cursed fate and swore vengeance on the universe. (...yeah, it's been 24 years, but my supervillain outfit is taking longer than expected to make - damn polystyrene muscles!)

  23. Posted

    Posted using an Amiga 500 eh? Nice. How did you manage that? I have a few Amigas but thinking of centralizing on the Amiga 500. :D

     

    Accelerators for the A500 are super-rare and then you need to get 2Mb Mini Megi chip to make it useful. I suggest you get an A3000. I just got one and it's great. I'm actually using a stock A3000 (but 3.1, more RAM) to post this. (...so ignore the misleading signature for this post;) Actually, Amiga is the only computer I've used on the internet since 2002.

     

    Can you post a pic? I'd love to see your setup :)

     

    Unfortunately, you can't. I don't have a digital camera and the crap analogue Sony video camera I was using to take pictures (with DCTV on A500) died last week. You can see an old picture of my A500 setup by following the link in the signature (then in the post), but it doesn't show all the other Amigas and Ataris.

     

    I will say that my new setup has the 800XL and 1050 prominently in the centre, surrounded by A500, A1000 and A3000. (the unfortunately yellowed 1200XL, ugly A2000HD and faceless A4000 are discretely on the side. :D

     

    By the way, I've been all across Korea but never made it as far south as Ulsan. Someday I might go back to Korea to teach English.

  25. Posted · Edited by Mr.Amiga500

    You can always do what I did...

    ...

    My 1200XL ITX PC below...

    Yes, that's very interesting. It looks like you put a lot of work into it. Well done. :)

     

    I'd rather keep the 1200XL keyboard though. It's the nice solid plastic of the old keys that I like. Without that, it doesn't quite make it for me. (...but that's me)

     

    The 1050 change is a neat idea too. (...except for the fact that I hate optical drives.. but that's my problem ;) I'd probably put something else into the 1050 case and keep the floppy faceplate)

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