JazHaz

Hi all! Think this is my first ever post here on AtariAge! Where have I been?! Anyway, what a fabulous event JagFest was! I was the bald goatee beared guy in the Computer Room (also Chairman of the Cheshunt Computer Club), but I must admit I enjoyed playing Worms enormously! In fact ever since I got back last Sunday I've not been able to stop playing Worms on my PS2 (boo hiss I hear you shout! ). It has got so bad that I haven't even managed to put my Atari Falcon system back together!! It was great meeting all you guys! Anyway did someone leave a four-way power adapter on the middle table in the computer room? It was where the Maggie guys were (CiH and Felice). I asked Nick but his were all black and this was white. I have it at home if anyone wants to claim it. Email me please as I don't visit here very often! emails to jfhaslam at zetnet dot co dot uk

Hi guys, Also you can do CPM, Atari 8bit, Sinclair ZX81 and Spectrum (known as Timex machines in North America I think), Commodore 64 and Amiga (joke emulators). Also Oric machines were emulated. Name an 8-bit and it probably has been emulated on the Atari!

Hi Gunstar! >Also, how about internet compatiblility? Are there any good web browsers for the falcon Depends what you mean by "good"?! The best browser at the moment is CAB (Crystal Atari Browser) but it doesn't do Java at all. There are a few others but CAB works better than most. >and fast modems? (at least 28-56k) No problems there. The standard Falcon's serial port can cope with 115Kbps (any higher and you lose system performance), plenty for 56K modems. An acclerated Falcon can cope with the next speed up (I think it's 236Kbps(?)). So not too bad. And I know of Falcon owners who have hooked up to their PC's (spit!) and got broadband connected through to their Falcon.

Hi Gunstar, >I'm wondering about ST/TT compatibility with the Falcon (software and hardware) Yes compatibility is quite good, but of course a few older programs don't work especially ST games. Having said that you can get a program called Backward (see my website) to enable you to run many of the games anyway. >and also want to know if there are a lot of actual FALCON programs since it never took off. Does it have any cool graphics programs yeah there are loads of graphics programs that take advantage of the Falcon's True Colour (actually 16bit, not 24 as on a PC) graphics modes. A nice one is a lightsynth called Whip! Similar to Trip-a-Tron and Colourspace, you can plug your CD or similar into the Falcon's MIC socket and get pretty patterns that pulse in time with the music (also see my website). Also the Falcon has a couple of utilities that allow you to play MP3 music (which utilises the DSP chip). >and games (falcon specific) as that's what I'm into There's not so many games as the ST, but those that are around are quite nice.