[Part 10 of 11 -- Simple Assembly for Atari BASIC - Binary File I/O Part 1 (XIO Is Broken)]

And again I found this messed up.  All the program listings were folded into a single line.   I've been walking through them and putting end of line/carriage returns back in them.

[Grid Edit Character Set Editor]

Well, now, this is weird. I tried this on the new Atari 800 emulator, and the mouse-as-a-touch-tablet feature is working like the virtual tablet is upside down. Weird. It worked fine in older versions.

[From: Different use of computer]

Kind of a broad question. There is a vast range of capabilities from 1970s punched tape and serial terminal computers to 1980s Amigas and PCs.

 

Any old computer from that era allows for exploration and learning how computers really work and process information. They can help develop an appreciation for efficiency lacking in modern languages and development environments.

 

The early/smaller computers are practical for fewer things. Later computers are more practical.

 

Light text editing is possible on most. Internet use is possible for the smaller, earlier systems, but honestly impractical for regular use. More of an "I can do it!" achievement.

 

I have linux on modern laptops for daily use. But, I still have Amigas that work fine. CygnusEd is a great text editor. When I need to deal with real pixels in a small color palette the paint programs on the Amiga are better than modern 32-bit color, painting-with-blurred-brushes tools. Imagine is a better, easier, 3D modeler for me than a lot of modern, highly complicated programs.

 

And, there's nothing wrong with programming and playing games on the old systems. In some ways this is new -- Atari was pretty stingy with development information for the Atari 8-bit computers back in the day. Now that everything is known about them down to the last transistor its possible to push them to do things that were never thought possible.

[Testing Banjo-Tooie and Mario Party (Nintendo 64)]

Really?!?! I did not get rid of any of my original N64 stuff. I have gold in my closet?!?! The Banjo games are top notch, so much fun to play and unbelievable graphics. Too bad this was never ported to the PC. This would be awesome in 1080p.

[Archipelagos Remake - Energy bars and trees]

Great idea. That was weird, creepy game on the Amiga. And I was never really good at it. A VR version would be really freaky!

[Dissecting Atari Display Lists]

Awesome!

[Part 10 of 11 -- Simple Assembly for Atari BASIC - Binary File I/O Part 1 (XIO Is Broken)]

I would really like to know why formatting gets messed up. The first line of a bulleted list is in bold, and nothing I do in the editor turns it off. and then after everything looked great when initially published, now the list of IOCB items has inexplicable, multiple blank lines between items.

[47 hits me again!]

FYI: Everywhere I see the subject of republican senators demanding to approve the royal baby name it is presented as political satire/fiction.

[What is favorite and/or least favorite Atari game?]

Which Atari? On the 2600?

 

Like:

Space Invaders

Superman

Adventure

Haunted house

Super Breakout

Indy 500

Most stuff from Activision and Imagic

 

Hated:

Defender

PacMan

(No, I won't put ET here, it's not so bad)

 

 

Atari 8-bit computer:

 

Like:

Shamus

Mountain King

Defender

PacMan

Dig Dug

Donkey Kong

Star Raiders

Star Trek Strategic Simulation

Rescue On Fractalus

Archon