Dragon375

Hmmm.. that one seems odd.. The fonts on the computer logo seem wrong. Also wasnt it mentioned earlier in this thread that the 1400xl didnt have F3 & F4? This looks like a 1200xl that somebody slapped a home-made logo on to pass as a 1400xl.. I wouldnt bid unless I had better proof it WAS a 1400xl.

It's all good Just happy to see a new torrent

Ermm.. I have been seeding it since last night.. so there should be at least one..

Thanks for the update Farb!

Awesome work DJ!! Hard work VERY much appreciated!

To tell the truth.. who really CARES if the U1MB is a peripheral or not? It is still one of the best upgrades for the dear old A8. SIO2SD has to be about the most popular since all our old magnetic media is starting to show its age. And access to online repositories means anybody can acquire a "huge" collection of programs for their Atari. There is no need to pick to death whether something is a "peripheral" or not.. is it used and enjoyed and has it enhanced your Atari experience.. I believe that is what the OP was going for...

Any idea when a new torrent will be created? Still seeding the 3/26 one, but it seems to have dried up.

Yup, I didnt even look at the origination date. My bad. I still believe U1MB is the best tho

??? I'm confuzzled.. the U1MB has been available from Lotharek for over 3 years that I know of (and candle even before that). So, what exactly doesnt exist?

Everybody listing some pretty impressive collections, but very few with U1MB installed.. In my opinion, it is just about the best upgrade made for the 8-bit. Well, here's what I got: Atari 800 w/Incognito Atari 400 - bone stock 16k 2 800XL's with U1MB 2-Atari 1200XL both with U1MB 1 130XE stock 6 1050's - 2 Happy, 2 US Doubler, 2 stock 850 and too damn many 1010's and 410's (they seem to come with every damn atari I buy) and tons and tons of other misc atari stuff

I ran Crash City BBS here in the Detroit area for about 6 months until I had problems with a co-sysop and threw in the towel. I was running BBS Express Pro and even had some of the modules I wrote circulate worldwide. Was a great time whilst it lasted, but behind the scenes issues and ignorant folks who worked oh so very hard to crash my system just sucked all the fun out of it. It's a shame really. I had a great time running it, and if I could come across some stable TCP/IP BBS software I may even consider putting it up again. I do remember some awesome times, like all-nighters playing some of the door games I wrote, players (I had a 2-line system) would login, play for a while and when they logged off it became part of the game to entice any new logins to join the game. Like I said it was a blast. Defending against an Orcian Colo-Rectal Surgeon was almost as fun as it was graphic. Those were the days...

An updated torrent for the game manuals.. up to 54 now! Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals 2-26-16.rar

First you would probably want something that will run the majority of the software.. so that would be either XL or XE. Theyre getting harder to find. I recommended the XL series as probably the first thing you would want to do is drop a U1MB into it, and it is just much easier to do that on an XL (most of them have the chips socketed). After that, probably an SIO2SD of some sort to allow you to take advantage of all the software available on the internet. Next addition would probably be a SIDE2, Then a 800, and drop an Incognito (if you can get one) into that. At this point, you may want to round out your collection with 1200XL and 600XL, both of which have unique features that would add to your collection. Just my opinion, of course And then it's off to the ST line...

Put me in for 1 (possibly 2 when I finalize a project I am working on). Will this work with U1MB installed?

Another update for the Game Manuals torrent. We're up to 25 now! Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals 01-27-16.rar

I would be willing to help with converting the raw scans as well. Keeping the manuals torrent updated hasnt been that difficult and once I get setup to do the conversions it shouldnt be that taxing either. Let me know where I can access the scans and I'll go from there. Happy to help out.

I had a rough go downloading the 8bit folder thru FTP, so when I finally did complete it I unzipped all the individual files then recompressed the whole thing with 7-zip and uploaded it to filefactory to make it easier for those interested. Cheers to the OP, there is a ton of awesomeness in there! http://www.filefactory.com/file/opwv3aylohp/8BIT%20Folder%20from%20Fujiology%20%28UnZipped%29.7z

Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals 1-12-16.rar Another update for the Games Manuals torrent. Only 1 new manual added.

Check your solder connections for bridges or cold solder joints. Happened to me on my 2nd or 3rd install, redid the soldering and all was well.

Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals Fixed 10~24~15.rar I screwed up the earlier torrent. Please download this one and go from there. This is the newer torrent that contains the 2 new manuals.

Update for the Game Manuals torrent. +2 new manuals. Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals 10-24-15.rar

Thanks Farb!

I ejoy modern tech, I really do.. but the reason I got into Atari8 back in the mid-80s was the simple fact that here was a machine that I could learn, I learned BASIC, I learned BASIC XL, and when that couldnt do what I wanted I learned ML. It still gives me a kick that here is a machine that I can TOTALLY control using programming that I can write myself. Modern tech, like Windows, OSX, Android or even iOS lock most of the machine away from you and force you to jump through hoops to get the same control you can get in the very nature of the Atari8. I use my Atari cuz (even after 30 years) it is still very capable of surprising me with what it can do, a good example is fullscreen video player you can find elsewhere on this forum. I dont want to have to take a college course to learn how to program a modern system (even though a surprising amount of A8 programming techniques can be used there), I just want to have fun with my machine and learn. If it didnt do that, I can fairly say I wouldnt still be using it after all this time.

Another update for the game manuals torrent. Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals Update 10-03-15.rar

Another update for the manuals torrent. Have at it! Atari 8-Bit Game Manuals Update 9-29-15.rar