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I'll post some pics later of the disks, and manual pages with publication dates. If someone in the Peoria IL area has a Kryoflux, I'll let them copy it, but I don't want to mail the original and risk loss/damage. These are the sector counts identified by the bitwriter. sector count - track 0 - track 15 17 - track 04 18 - tracks 0-3, 8-10, 18-20, 26-28, 39 21 - tracks 5-7, 11-14, 16-17, 21-25, 29-38

It could be that the bitwriter s/w misidentified the number of sectors on the long tracks. As you said, it doesn't matter though since it's still going to copy all the bits. I just re-copied track 4, making sure the fuzzy sector feature was enabled and that fixed it. The copy works now! Skew didn't seem to be a factor because I used 3.02, not 3.12 which is the skew version of the archiver/editor. So copying took multiple steps. 1) copy entire disk with 3.02 making sure phantom sectors are enabled with P+ option. If you know which tracks are long ahead of time you can set it to not copy them. I would sometimes get logic read-write errors as it tried to write the long tracks, so it may actually be necessary to identify the long tracks first and exclude them. 2) copy long tracks with bitwriter program. If you are copying an original disk, make sure "write splice" is enabled. If it's a 2nd gen copy, the option is not required. When using the long track copy option, it will ask how many sectors per track for the tracks you want to copy. I just entered 18 and let it do it's scan so I could identify the number of sectors for each long track, which was 21 for this disk. Then I aborted the copy and restarted using 21 as the parameter. It then only copied the tracks with 21 sectors. Perhaps it would have been better to reverse the order I used and identify/copy the long tracks first, then use the 3.02 program to copy the remaining tracks to avoid the write errors that slowed it down. It was fun using the Bitwriter to do what is was intended for!

It's dated 1985 and the manual states support for 130XE. The bitwriter s/w does a scan and it shows 21 sectors for tracks 5-7, 11-14, 16-17, 21-25 and 29-38. Track 4 has 17 and the remaining have 18. It doesn't show any tracks with 34.

I was able to make a copy with my 810 Happy that works, but I really want to get this bitwriter to work since this is one of the programs it was intended to copy. I think the long tracks are ok because it get through them all. When I tried copying them without the bitwriter, it would move the head to read tracks that it shouldn't have. I re-read the SA manual and I think the problem might be track 4 with the fuzzy sector. It looks like fuzzy support might not be enabled by default. I'll try again tonight and make sure the P(hantom) sector option is enabled.

Have you copied Syncalc with the SA+bitwriter before? I'm attempting to do it with my new Bitwriter Replica, but haven't got it to work yet. I copy the normal length tracks and fuzzy track 4 with 3.02 Super Archiver program. Then I copy all the long 21 sector tracks with the Bitwriter program. It seems to read all the correct tracks in the same order as the original disk, but after the loading is finished, it does a reset and re-boots.

Some fellow has already done that. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/268783-is-there-a-pac-man-5200-to-8bit-conversion/page-3?do=findComment&comment=3872212

Thanks for the suggestions. I just got it working. I decided to re-seat the RIOT and FDC to wipe off any corrosion and that seemed to do the trick. All the speeds are about 5 rpm too high so I need to do some adjusting. I'm guessing that bringing the main rpm down will bring the others down with it, right? I also noticed when I took a closer look at the main board that L6 is burned and the case is cracked. It must not be open circuit, since the motor still turns, but I should probably replace it to be safe. Maybe that's why the speed is off?

I found the Super Archiver Diagnostic disk. archiver memory - PASS 6532 & 6810 RAM - PASS ROM: ver 1.6 - PASS When I try the speed test it tells me the disk isn't formatted. I know it is, so there must be an issue reading that I'll need to track down. Checked power supply and get 12.2V and 5.0V.

I just installed the bitwriter replica in my 1050 and it's not working. Here's what I know - I tested the drive before install and all worked well. Format, write and read all worked. Tested 90K and 180K (had a US doubler) - when removing the US doubler, I put original RAM chip back in. left eprom slot empty. - It spins up and head moves at power up. Seems normal. - I rechecked all wires against the install instructions and can't find any errors. Solder joints are clean. No bridges. I triple checked IC pin numbers. This is the A version. It's plugged into the factory CPU socket. - I photographed all connections from the drive mech before disassembly and know they are all installed correctly. - When I attempt to boot a disk, I get a single beep while it reads track 0, it moves the head back and forth and tries a second time, then it boots SDX from the U1MB installed in my 800XL - When I try a directory, it spins and attemps to read track 0, makes a splat noise and gives me error 139 NAK . Any suggestions? Are there any self tests I can use to check basic functionality?

I was surprised to see a notice of this on facebook and not a peep about it on AA. 100 copies seems way low to me. Hopefully they will make digital downloads available, assuming this is for real.

This is the KV-24FS100 I picked up last year as an upgrade from my 13" JVC. It wasn't free but I think it's well worth the $8 I paid.

Is this for real? Noticed it on facebook today but can't find any mention on AA.

I'm pretty sure the Antonia 4MB doesn't require onboard RAM. It also has 8 flashable slots for both OS and built in language.

Even with the randomness, I've found you can still use the hiding spot to rest. Of course the pause button makes that trick irrelevant, but it's still fun that you can do it. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/268783-is-there-a-pac-man-5200-to-8bit-conversion/page-3?do=findComment&comment=3871184

Congrats! I love the 400, my first computer. Missile Command, Defender and Donkey Kong are must have carts.

I'm just saying that it didn't work well with my A1 s/n with expansion interface sample. The games ran, but some of the games would crash after a few minutes. It works perfectly in my A3 model.

I installed an Xboard last year. It actually didn't work in one of my 7800's, an early expansion port model.

I know this will sound crazy but any chance of there being a floppy disk release? It would be super cool to be able to get a boxed floppy release of this awesome game.

I sent you a PM

I figured out the cause of the "Extra character on line" error and thought I would post it here for future reference. I was getting the same error, even when I used the example macros from the MADS documentation. The problem was that I was using an older version of MADS, before support was added for argument labels. Older versions only supported numeric arguments.

I'll give him a couple more points for not asking what they're worth, ignoring our advice, and then putting them up for stupid high starting bids. Your getting exposure with the largest Atari community and they should bid up to their market value.

It uses the same movement logic for the ghosts/monsters, so strategy should be the same as you would use on the arcade version, but the patterns don't work because the maze geometry doesn't match the arcade version. It's shorter and has few dots. It should be possible to develop new patterns for it.

I haven't heard otherwise.

Other than the quad POKEY, all POKEY chips should be interchangeable.

My memory is really getting bad. I totally forgot about that conversion.