TwiliteZoner

Very funny. I just realized that the original scan is too large to be attached. So here is a crappy 300DPI version. I will post the larger file later and add a link to it.

Here is a scan of an article that I found while going through my stuff. Thought you guys might find it interesting. Below is a link to a higher quality scan. http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4b697b/n/atari_600dpi.pdf atari.pdf

Great work. They are actually working on a new Fletch movie.

To my knowledge the max os was 6.08. I think Gadgets By Small was close to getting 7 working proper but I have never heard of anyone running 7.x anything via Spectre. Would have been cool though. tj That was my understanding as well. Although if you check the thread I linked to above Dave mentions that the initial release of 7.0 gave him fits due to a bug. He goes on to say that Apple did patch it and potentially it might work with GCR. I think I am going to try this at some point. I think system 6 is actually more compatible with the early games than 7.x anyway. Here are the comments from Dave. System 7.0 had a bug early on in the boot process that took a horrific amount of work to find. I believe it ended up being a Nil pointer *read* that returned a pointer to a data structure, well, it returned the Atari ROM startup addresses. That then plopped corrupted data all over everything. It was a subtle bug way in the middle of nowhere that caused a chain reaction crash. (The zero reads were a major pain for us because, well, they never triggered a bus error, and thus they were not fun to find and fix). MultiFinder was unstable because it was doing that. The only reason we really found it was the ZAX In-Circuit-Emulator. (This is also the only reason I found an interesting thing in 68K chips ... multiply and divide fail unless the stack is pointing at valid RAM. It uses RAM for a scratchpad!). I think I had to set up a multiple event trigger ... some line-A trap after this and that ... and then trace into some machine with a huge disk (probably a whopping 20 megs back then), then read to the end and find the disaster. It was really un-fun. I patched it by hand (what fun!) and let the machine run, but it crashed further in. If you remember your Mac history, the first release of 7.0 was not exactly a thrill. And the tragedy, I think, is the system update fixed the zero-store and zero-read. I never tried it personally but was told the patch issued to the initial release of System 7 fixed it. I don't know myself for sure.

Check out this thread. Potentially system 7.0 might run. 7.5.5 I think is a no go. I might attempt to install 7.0 or 7.1 when I have some free time. http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/171534-spectre-mac-partition-migration/page__fromsearch__1

I prefer the old fashioned test. Lets compare versions of Pac-Man.

The Talon Supercharger? I've got one, it's pretty cool. http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/143019-talon-supercharger/ Thanks for linking that. Did Talon ever come out with the VGA option?

Moon Patrol ran in mono? I'll have to try that later.

System 7.5.x is supported on a real Mac Plus. IIRC, there was an incompatibility with Spectre and System 7. The last Mac system I used with my Spectre GCR was System 6.0.8 with Multifinder. Here is a message from Dave Small from a thread a couple of years ago regarding System 7. System 7.0 had a bug early on in the boot process that took a horrific amount of work to find. I believe it ended up being a Nil pointer *read* that returned a pointer to a data structure, well, it returned the Atari ROM startup addresses. That then plopped corrupted data all over everything. It was a subtle bug way in the middle of nowhere that caused a chain reaction crash. (The zero reads were a major pain for us because, well, they never triggered a bus error, and thus they were not fun to find and fix). MultiFinder was unstable because it was doing that. The only reason we really found it was the ZAX In-Circuit-Emulator. (This is also the only reason I found an interesting thing in 68K chips ... multiply and divide fail unless the stack is pointing at valid RAM. It uses RAM for a scratchpad!). I think I had to set up a multiple event trigger ... some line-A trap after this and that ... and then trace into some machine with a huge disk (probably a whopping 20 megs back then), then read to the end and find the disaster. It was really un-fun. I patched it by hand (what fun!) and let the machine run, but it crashed further in. If you remember your Mac history, the first release of 7.0 was not exactly a thrill. And the tragedy, I think, is the system update fixed the zero-store and zero-read. I never tried it personally but was told the patch issued to the initial release of System 7 fixed it. I don't know myself for sure.

It looks like they are gonna do it in PDF, so if they do that, they could add a mag like cover and back page. Then those of us (I'm one) who prefer reading it in our hands, could print it out. It would be great to have a Commodore Free type magazine for the Atari community.

Done. Can't wait to see where this is going. Good luck Curt. Stella Atari800Win+ STeem

I voted ST as well, but any of the above would be phenomenal.

I would be interested.

Not a problem. Your work is very much appreciated.

First of all thanks for these. This one in particular is giving me issues. It stops at 318 megs.

I was there in 84 before the 2600 block of the city went to hell. Are the Police there the Atari Force?

That the 5200 has bad joysticks. Yeah, I said it..

Its about par for the course. When I took a data processing class in the 80s they taught us on what was basically 50s and 60s era hardware. When I worked at IBM several of their internal systems are DOS like and it was beneficial to have that experience. Its never a bad thing to be CLI literate.

I know if you read the small print on some of the EA boxes it basically says that when the current season is over that online play might be pulled. I might try to go online with Madden 99 and see what happens.

Good point, although it was after Star Trek was off the air for quite a while (Vic-20 released 1980?) and before T.J. Hooker (1982?).. So he was probably desperate.. :-) Hey, maybe it was the Vic-20 commercials that re-invogorated his career and is responsible for his getting T.J. Hooker.. hmmmmm... desiv This had to be right before or during the Wrath of Khan era. I would love to hear the story regarding this.

You have to wonder what he got paid for those ads considering how cheap the Tramiel's were known to be. Also funny how Shatner says he never knew how to use a computer and he is actually afraid of them.

Origin Systems always had some interesting stuff in their packaging. Like the cloth maps and the ank included with I do believe Ultima IV.

Its been dumped. It just hasn't been released, nor is it likely to be.

IT is funny you mentioned that. I think she was close to Georgia when she found the vextrex. Sure, rub it in.

It's funny you mention that you think the 22" is too big, because I went out a couple of years ago when Best Buy actually still sold "regular" TVs and bought an 11" for that very reason.