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  2. Posted

    Screw an Amiga sub-forum. Albert needs to make a "CommodoreAge" website. :cool:

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    Has Amiga.org added an ST section? Didn't think so.

    Yeah, they don't have an Xbox360, PS3, WII or Classic Machines forums either.

     

    Should Al remove "those" forums from this site? :ponder:

     

     

    Apples and Oranges my friend. I could see adding a classic computing forum before I could see adding a dedicated Commodore forum to an Atari website. Just my opinion.

  3. Posted · Edited by TwiliteZoner

    Not sure how much use it would get, though, given people may not be expecting an Amiga forum on an Atari-centric site.

    Yet there is a wrestling subforum on an Atari-centric site? :ponder: :P

     

    Yes, it is a slippery slope--once I add one non-Atari system to the mix, then I'll get calls to add others..

     

    - Commodore 64/128

    - TI 99/4a

    - Apple II

    - Intellivision

    - ColecoVision

    - Vectrex

    - Odyssey 2

    - NES

    What's wrong with that? :cool: :P

     

    I wouldn't mind adding additional forums of this nature, but if they don't get much traffic then I don't really see the purpose of it.

    Of course they don't get much traffic, they don't exist yet. :lolblue:

     

    But seriously, if you look around at the "general everything else goes here" forums, there are posts involving NES, Coleco, Intellivision, etc... But those forums kinda suck to sustain any interest because they also have posts like "my feet are different sizes".

     

    Is it really that big a deal to throw them out there for a while and see how it goes. If there is no interest after a period of time, remove them. But it's kind of unfair to just assume they won't have interest and not give it a chance at all.

     

    You also have to consider... While what you said about Atari-centric is a fair point, search engines are a little less discriminating. Atariage is hit by crawlers. I often find google links pointing directly to threads that matched my search.

     

    Some people here are having Intellivision problems (and posting here on an Atari site). Some Intillivision person not from here could be searching for something and get a hit linking them here. While that can happen now, what would the reaction be of an outsider comming here and seeing that it's just one post in a sea of randomness at a place with a massive focus towards one thing that isn't about that post. One might not feel welcome. Wouldn't waste the time to register and reply to offer help because they can see it as an off-topic post that isn't about what the site is about and would just be igorned.

     

    If you're going to allow non-atari talk, then you should make non-atari'ers feel welcome. Only having all the Atari related stuff in their own nice rooms and everyone else has to share the communal tent out in the back yard doesn't exactly accomplish that.

     

     

    Has Amiga.org added an ST section? Didn't think so.

  4. Posted

    Oh joy, more fascist invasions of our privacy in this world. :|

     

     

    Hey, its their phone and their well known tight controlled service. If you don't like it, don't use it. ;)

    Personally, if I knew there may be 3rd party apps on a device that I've specifically constructed to remain closed, I'd

    put a kill switch in as well.

     

    What would the reaction be to the kill switch if the iPhone was a Microsoft product?

     

     

    It should be the same, but since Microsoft has a much more public and volatile history regarding such things, it most likely would not. Not sure what the point is though.

     

    Regardless, I know that certain people aren't happy about this app and violation of IP. Whether or not Apple uses a kill switch on it or not, I have no idea - probably like using an anvil instead of a flyswatter if they did though. I'd think the kill switch would be used more for apps that might have critical issues. It'd be more likely they just boot the app from the app store.

     

    I think you understand the point well enough.

  6. Posted

    Oh joy, more fascist invasions of our privacy in this world. :|

     

     

    Hey, its their phone and their well known tight controlled service. If you don't like it, don't use it. ;)

    Personally, if I knew there may be 3rd party apps on a device that I've specifically constructed to remain closed, I'd

    put a kill switch in as well.

     

    What would the reaction be to the kill switch if the iPhone was a Microsoft product?

  10. Posted

    The title most similar to "Bosconian" is Synapse Software's "Survivor". Sadly, it's nowhere as exciting. Like too many other great arcade titles (Galaga, Phoenix, Tempest (OK, WIP now), Time Pilot, Elevator Action, etc.) this sadly was never ported to the Atari 8-bit computers. And some ports - like Battlezone or Gauntlet - were just plain awful and several others - like Xevious or Arkanoid - mediocre.

     

    Thorsten

     

    I always wondered why Atari never brought Phoenix to the 8 Bits. Especially considering how popular Demon Attack was. It seemed like a logical thing to do.

  13. Posted

    Check the MAME rom set. It should be in there, shouldn't it?

     

    Tempest

     

    I could be wrong, but I think that Zaxxon and Super Zaxxon still rely on the samples for some sounds. They are easy enough to find via search engine.

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    Ahhhhh..... Time Bandit. The very first ST game I ever played.

     

    Brings me back to the day I dumped $1,000 on my shiny new 520ST, external floppy drive

    and Color monitor along with Time Bandit and DEGAS. I ended up drawing more in

    Degas then play the time bandit game! :D

    -rick

     

    Hmm, I gotta ask - those prices seem kinda high.

     

    I bought a 520ST, ext floppy drive, and SC1224 monitor when they all first came out

    from a place called CDW (IIRC) and the total price was something like $800... Just

    wondering and curious...

     

    Got mine from Electronics Boutique in a local mall.

    520ST, DS/DD Floppy Drive, SC1224 color monitor, about $800+

    Degas and Time Bandit, about $100

    Tax on all of the above @ 5 percent. about $50

     

    Yup that's really close to $1,000! :D

     

    -rick

     

    I got mine at an Electronics Boutique as well. I think my 520ST was about $420 by itself.

  16. Posted

     

     

    Ahhhhh..... Time Bandit. The very first ST game I ever played.

     

    Brings me back to the day I dumped $1,000 on my shiny new 520ST, external floppy drive

    and Color monitor along with Time Bandit and DEGAS. I ended up drawing more in

    Degas then play the time bandit game! :D

    -rick

     

    Hmm, I gotta ask - those prices seem kinda high.

     

    I bought a 520ST, ext floppy drive, and SC1224 monitor when they all first came out

    from a place called CDW (IIRC) and the total price was something like $800... Just

    wondering and curious...

     

    Hey DL that was $800 including shipping?

  17. Posted

    You should add one of those Google translate gadgets like Planet-Atari.de has done.

     

    Finally I add the Google translate icon at the bottom of the page, and Google in-page searching engine at the top. Thanks for advice.

     

    Great move! I have wanted to be able to read your pages ever since the first time I went there!

     

    Count me in as well. Thanks Kaz.

  19. Posted

    I'm thinking of switching over to Vonage and was wondering if anyone here has any experience using it with a modem. I have read online that some people have had success at varying baud rates.

     

    I believe it's supposed to work if you dial *99 before dialing out through it. I've never actually tried it myself though.

     

    I read that as well. I think by doing that you are tricking the line into thinking it's a fax machine.

  23. Posted · Edited by TwiliteZoner

    Wow.. With that motion-adaptive de-interlacing, I bet it even works well with COLRVIEW/HIP/RIP modes..

     

    And its so small, you could stick it inside a 1200XL and just have the VGA port sticking out the back. Then you could do like Bob1200XL suggests, and totally remove your composite video circuit (to get rid of the "vertical lines" effect), and just hardwire the separate chroma & luma to that thing..

     

    That would be pretty kick ass..

     

    Yep, I tried a few HIP images and there is no flicker! They look great. I am going to see what I can do about the verticle lines. I wonder if I remove the RF modulator (disabling the composite circuitry) in a 130XE, if I can make it fit in its place? The converter does get a little warm, so it if gets installed internally, a small fan may be needed to dissipate the heat.

     

    double post..

  24. Posted

    Wow.. With that motion-adaptive de-interlacing, I bet it even works well with COLRVIEW/HIP/RIP modes..

     

    And its so small, you could stick it inside a 1200XL and just have the VGA port sticking out the back. Then you could do like Bob1200XL suggests, and totally remove your composite video circuit (to get rid of the "vertical lines" effect), and just hardwire the separate chroma & luma to that thing..

     

    That would be pretty kick ass..

     

    Yep, I tried a few HIP images and there is no flicker! They look great. I am going to see what I can do about the verticle lines. I wonder if I remove the RF modulator (disabling the composite circuitry) in a 130XE, if I can make it fit in its place? The converter does get a little warm, so it if gets installed internally, a small fan may be needed to dissipate the heat.

     

    Could you post some pics? Thanks.

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