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What articles did you write? Have you seen this? www.atarimagazines.com Allan I hate to highjack the thread, but to answer your question... Yes, I've seen it; great site. One of these days I'll have to put my bio on it. My big article (co-written with Phil Mast) was Ultra-Graph, a 3D graphing program, in the November '88 Issue of ST-Log. I also have a few BBS reviews in Analog, and one in Antic. Matt was really helpful with advice (I still have the first email he sent me with advice somewhere in the house), and Lee and Clayton were great to work with. It was great to be able to just call them up when I needed to make an edit or wanted to clarify something. The community was really tight back then - good times. I miss those days. We almost sold Ultra-Graph to Michtron in the form of a graphing utility (think charts like Excel does now), but they wanted too many changes and Phil and I were busy with computer consulting services at the time, so we abandoned that effort. We also had a 3D tank battle play-over-modem game started for the ST in '88 (it looked a little like the arcade Battlezone - vector graphics) , but again real-life got in the way and we never finished it. -Blake

I used to write for Analog, ST-Log, and Antic. Matt was a great help in getting me started reviewing software, and a great guy all around. I remember the last time we talked he was working on landing-gear extension programming for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing). I keep in touch with Clayton Walnum and Lee Pappas, and years ago when Clay told me Matt had died of cancer it was a shock. He is sorely missed.

Oh, easily Mega-Guns or Snookie.

I've checked out the site.. what do you think my best combination of hardware/software would be? And would it be easier to use the 800 to create the ATR's, then just load them on the PC, or create them on the PC itself?

Well, here's a guy trying to set a precedent: http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-400-800-1200XL-M...1QQcmdZViewItem And no, it's not mine.

I do it for the same reason people like antiques & old cars - it gives me a glimpse at the past. I used to write for Analog, ST-Log and Antic on a freelance basis, so I've got a lot of fond memories of the Atari all the way into the early 90's. Atari was a big part of my life for that period, so it's neat to fire it up and give it a workout every now & then. I also do some gaming, although most of that is via emulators on the PC.

I was going through some boxes in the basement the other day and found these titles, in their original packages with all docs, discs, etc.: Mule (Atari 800), Archon (Atari 800), and The Bards Tale (ST). The all look new, too. How's that for a nice find? Also in the same box, two original copied of Doom (ID accidentally sent me two way-back-when), and one copy of Doom II (slightly crushed box, unfortunately). I purposely didn't go through my big box of Atari hardware & software because I'd have been all day checking it out. I saw MULE on ebay.. I don't think he'll get what he's asking: http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-400-800-1200XL-M...1QQcmdZViewItem

If I remember correctly, the first game I bought for the Atari 800 was Miner 2049'er.

Rescue on Fractalus! Still a great game.

Is there an easy way to create ATR disks with a PC? Failing that, whats the simplest way with an Atari computer, assuming that if I use the Atari I can then read the ATR disks with a PC? I've found a few FAQ's on this, but most seems to be outdated or list so many steps it's not practical. I have a box full of Atari 8-bit disks that I'd like to turn into ATR's. Also, as far as hardware I have a serial SIO, and access to a 1040 and Indus GT drive (along with the 5 1/4 drive in my old PC). I'm willing to buy some new hardware/software if that's what it takes. Any help or advice would be appreciated.