AtariGeezer

I bought 1 this year for $6.49 and another last year for $9.99...

Slightly OT, but have you ever heard this girl on youtube? She's pretty good Cool drum set you have there Stephen :thumbsup:

Anyone ever tried this combo? I can run the Express! Cart and R-Verter from a DOS Disk okay, but when using the XL/XE mode with SDX and SIDE enabled, the Express! cart freezes... Any clues?

Which UNO and Screens did you buy?

Reflashed the ESP-01 with zimodem and this time I waited for it to complete it's boot sequence. Working now with BobTerm Will play with it some more tonight...

Just confirmed flashing one of my nodemcu boards and trying these commands: all works ok... ATI Zimodem Firmware v3.4 CoCoWiFi Version. sdk=2.2.1(cfd48f3) chipid=1458280 [email protected] totsize=4096k ssize=336k fsize=1048503k speed=40m CONNECTED TO AtariOnly (192.168.1.11) READY. at+config OK Main Menu [WIFI] connection: AtariOnly [FLOW] control: DISABLED [ECHO] keystrokes: ON [BBS] host: OFF [PETSCII] translation: OFF [ADD] new phonebook entry Enter command or entry or ENTER to exit: After flashing, I pressed the reset button on the board and ran hyper terminal in windows @ 1200 baud. The debug code was sent first, then a 6 second pause before showing the correct info. With the ESP-01, I might not have waited long enough before to see that message. Will now try flashing the ESP-01again with zimodem and see how it goes...

Before Atari, Apple or Commodore, our high school had a teletype that dialed into a DECsystem-10. That's where I got my first experience in BASIC. Now that was a great training computer

Hmmm, okay thanks Just dotting the i's and crossing the t's on this. For windows, the Arduino IDE method might be best at the moment. Still need to check this myself

Okay, did you use Zimodem or WiFi SixFour like what Stefan posted here? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/262518-sio-wifi-modem-with-esp8266/page-4?do=findComment&comment=4057398

In case someone messes up their ESP-01, I used this program with these settings to re-flash mine to work again...

DON'T USE THIS ON THE ESP-01 with the ZiModem, that's what messed mine up... Edit: The ESP-01 needs the BOOT code stored at 0x00000, I don't think the ZiModem bin has that stored there.

You have to create an ATR image before you can convert it...

Thoughts on using a Joy Port to support flow control: While Kyles' idea is a good one, it might not be so good if we peek into the future a bit. I can envision these WiFi2SIO devices catching on since they will be cheap to buy and program. Games can be / will be made to use these in Multi-Player Modes, more than just Chess and BattleShip These new games will need the use of both joy sticks to make some truly awesome game competitions... Right now I play Clash Royale and like these types of games....

Exactly, that's what I posted 2 days ago. Adding hardware flow control to the R-Verter circuit would be doable with a simple add on circuit. Ken Siders' schematic also has it with the MAX-232 IC. Just saw that yesterday

The Atari SX212 Modem also incorporates a R-Verter circuit. It uses PROCEED or INTERRUPT as a Carrier Detect, but not flow control...

Yeah, that's how it's supposed to work, but I do remember a situation in the past where it interfered in comms...

Payment sent for three (3) SRAM charger boards for the original Indus GT's Thanks again Jurgen :thumbsup:

My 1450 XL also uses the SC-01A... Edit: there are 2 flavors of the 1450XLD's.

I think for a software flow control solution to work (in text mode), we'd need small packets like 8-16 bytes and a status return byte of a CRC of that packet like XModem. Just sending XON / XOFF could get misinterpreted if an ATASCII animation is sent. Some of these ESP Modules have RTS / CTS exposed that we could use in a hardware flow solution. The R-Verter could accommodate this through the use of VPRCED ($202) and the Motor-Control lines. All through the SIO Port only just needing an additional transistor circuit. The Motor-Control line would be dual purpose in this application.

Flow control is of no concern to me at the moment. These setups work just fine connecting to BBS's online and other TCP Servers I've tried... Nix it... ...

That would be cool if it was a drop-in replacement...

Have you found a cheaper source for the Dream Blaster S2 other than this site?: https://www.serdashop.com/waveblaster

I bought 2 of these ESP8266 CP2102 NodeMcu Development Boards yesterday from a local seller in CA to try.. The NodeMcu flash program loads the ZiModem firmware at address 0x00000 which doesn't work on the ESP-01 boards the same way. I've updated the Arduino IDE to 1.6.13 and installed the Esp8266 Board Types to try another way of compiling / flashing the ZiModem firmware. We'll see how this goes after I get them early next week

The 810's like to have the head aligned every now and then. Loosen up the hex nut around the stepper motor (you should be able to move the head slightly while keeping the hex nut still using an allen wrench). Put in a formatted floppy with dos and turn on your A8 (allen wrench removed). You can put slight pressure on the head with your finger pushing it toward you. If it reads continuing track, then just tighten up that hex nut where it is.. If not, you might have to move the head a bit more...

Thomas, you are the biggest complainer on this board and your comments are not liked by many. If you think you are smart, then frick'n fix your code yourself dumba$$... And by your responses, some growing up couldn't hurt either 'nuff said...