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Prince of Persia.

I'm sure I misunderstood the question, but I know of several 32k carts including the following: Archon Blue Max Castle Crisis Into the Eagle's Nest One On One Star Raiders II Food Fight

I'm looking for a recursive copier too. Now, I have to use the PC to do all of the work, or copy a whole partition at a time to get all the files and dirs. It seems like most people don't use MyDos anymore. That's ALL I use, becuase I mainly use a my-ide cartridge for launching proggies. Sparta is quite impressive -- but overkill for my purposes. I once wrote a recursive copier in compiled vbdos for ms-dos that worked great on PC machines, but I have no idea how to do something like that on an 8-bit Atari (outside of compiled Atari Basic).

I bought a couple of 2600 jrs. and about 50 carts this past summer. I had never owned any 2600 equipment in the past. However, I ended up selling it all because it really didn't do much for me. I think I've realized that it's almost all about the nostalgia. Even though I played 2600 games at friends' houses when I was a kid, I guess I never got hooked the way I did with my 800. I grew up with an 800 and later a 130XE, so that's really where I spent most of my time. I do like the assortment of paddle games on the 2600 (even Video Olympics). I wish there were more of these on the XL/XE line. I also like the games Chopper Command, Adventure, Mousetrap, and a couple of others that AFAIK never made it to the computer line. I think I disagree a little about River Raid, Pitfall!, and Kaboom! looking and playing the same on the 2600 as the 800/XL/XE. While they do play almost the same, the graphical and sound enhancements on the 800, while subtle, are nice. The pitch and catch option in Kaboom! is also a plus. I'm not sure about Decathalon because I never played it on the 2600. They're quality titles on both systems, though.

Just to confirm, I would like a set (I went the PM route a few days ago). Thanks again!

Here's a couple I threw together a few years ago. Very simple. 2600.ico cx40.ico

Apparently, the NTSC version of this was never converted to file?

Received my copy of the Archive today. I know it's already been stated, but, WOW! What a nice job. Thanks again, TN. I'm going to make a backup of this set, just to make sure I never lose these magazines again...

ThumpNugget may still have one (last I heard, he had two to spare). Checked with him?

I, for one, think It'd be great to see the archive(s) hosted on the web. They are such an important part of 8-bit history.

That sounds really cool. I thumbed through the Compute Gazette PDFs, and they are pretty well done. I've never had much interest in the C64, tho. I was really into Antic back in the day. I imagine this is a lot of work! Thanks for taking this on...

I think this also happens on NTSC machines. I haven't looked in a while, though.

Hmmm. I just jump on it, and then use the joystick to move. I'm using a tape version that was licensed to Aackosoft? It works fine, but I see what you mean about the cart version. I can't get it to work properly in Atari800, and I can't run the rom on my 65XE. This version works great with the My-IDE cart, by the way. Bounty_Bob_Strikes_Back.zip

My wife and I took our two kids to The Children's Museum in Indianapolis this morning and to my great surprise and amazement, they had a nearly perfect (well, museum quality) Atari 800 exhibited in a display case. This portion of the exhibit included a Donkey Kong cartridge and a Pac-Man (both complete with manuals), and some other items consistent with that era (the Pac-Man era, as they called it). The exhibit was part of a very brief chronical of video games (from Pong to Xbox 360). The Atari was not playable, but a Pong, Pac-Man (arcade), NES, and Playstation were incorporated into an extensive playable kiosk (much of it appeared to be sim/emulated. Also, there was a 4 player Xbox 360 Setup (with the game "Cars" playing). Mostly, I was surprised (and pleased) to see the Atari 800, rather than an Atari 2600, or Apple II, or Commodore 64, which were vastly more popular in this area during that era than the Atari 800. The 800 was my first computer (well second, if you count the Timex Sinclair 1000).

That's fun. A non-violent light gun game, too. I no longer have a tablet or mouse, so I couldn't try it that way. Thanks for the game!

I've got a little something in the works. "something wonderful" (or not). A little pressed for time, tho, so I might not get it in by the dead-line.

Star League Baseball was great! Maybe even more fun than Hardball!

There certainly are some opinionated people around here. It seems to take a special kind of person to maintain an interest in this hobby, and unfortunately, this "special" nature can sometimes manifest itself as a slap in the face. The criticism may be coming from some very knowledgable people with a long history in this arena, but I'm sure that doesn't make it any less irritating. I wish discouraging things wouldn't happen to ANY XL/XE coders, but it seems to be very difficult to avoid. I hope this project continues. I'm amazed at what I've seen so far. I like being able to take a peek into the work in progress videos on you-tube, but I'll understand if that kind of communication need to go away. Good luck! I'll be looking forward to this and future projects...

Shortly after my parents bought us the 800, they got "The Entertainer" kit which included Star Raiders, Missile Command, and two joysticks (if I remember correctly) and "The Programmer" which included Atari Basic and a 410. I think this was all in about 1983 or so. They were between the C64 and the 800 because the Apple II stuff was so expensive. Crazy. I owe them a lot, though, because I still use things I learned on the Atari 8-bit while creating solutions in my current job.

Very cool. Just out of curiosity, any idea why these XE conversions won't run from a my-ide cart drive? They seem to halt right after loading begins (and make SIO noise, as if they are trying to go around the my-ide drive somehow). Interestingly, the homesoft 5200 conversions seem to behave the same way. This one loads fine with the my-ide cart in when loaded from an APE PC mirror drive, but after I copy it to D1: (the first my-ide partition), and try to load -- no luck. Thanks for your work, Fandal!

A few years back (late 80s?) I wrote a small basic program for my dad's business that simulated this new computerized test-taking system that was used in the insurance industry to provide tests to would-be insurance agents. My dad's business provided training and test prep services to people who wanted to obtain insurance licenses. The program was very simple. Decals were placed on 5 keys. When the program was run, it would ask multiple choice questions, and wait for the user to enter any one of the 5 available (labeled) keystrokes. At the end, it would print a report with a score. The system consisted of an Atari 800, 410 recorder, an 8 inch portable bw TV, 1025 printer. This was a very frugal setup. As I recall, these were all pieces of equipment that I no longer used, because I had upgraded everything in my own setup. The Atari was only a very small part of the test prep services. It was really just to help people who were intimidated by computers by giving them some experience on an actual computer. I have no idea if it helped anyone pass the test or not!

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=1655

You are correct, Wood. This is a "made in china" 130XE. It's not the only 130XE I've owned (in fact, it's the 4th). The first one was made in Tawain and was a gift from my parents in 85 or 86. The one previously pictured was manufactured in 90, I believe. I bought it a couple of months ago (new old stock) from an ebay seller. I didn't notice that the LED is clear when powered off, but I did notice some other differences between this unit and others I've purchased in the past. The power supply is the CO 61982 black label version (I thought this was older than the CO 61982 silver label version, but I don't know). The RF cable has no box (ferrite core?) that says "To Computer" on it. The manual appears to be identical to previous manuals, except that it's missing the plastic bounding. See pics for details. -John

Here's mine...

Great. Awesome! Glad to hear it. I'll have to check that out...