Madi

Hi ClausB I have several questions regarding the schematic and the PCB design 1. What type of the capacitor used. Is it just a ceramic (filtering) or electrolytic? 2. What type of diode that is used for protection ? small signal, schottky, zener etc. 3. Is it possible to add LED(s) to show switching of RD4 (and or) RD5 ?. This might be difficult, as CTTL (D5xx) might only select RD4/RD5 during writing only. 4. What is the purpose of the 7404 segment #1 (pin 1,2,3) where Phase 2 clock is connected? 5. Do you happen to have the software? I have cleaned the schematics to make it clear.. Attached Thank you in advance. madi

_The Doctor_ is one of the most bighearted members in this site. I am sure that he is extremely happy and in peace with himself. madi

I tested the ROM image (v2.4) under Altirra 2.70 test 18. Similar setup was used. It works just fine. I even tried several options such as High speed SIO (drives 1-4). No problems found. Madi EDIT morelenmir : Nice to read that you had figured it out.

I was away from ATARI world for sometime. Recently, I noticed that PIGWA.NET is down for a week or so. Is this a temporary issue due to maintenance ? or is it Gone With The WIND ? Madi

Here you go madi copy2000.atr

Hi Larry In English you say "touch the wood". You always amaze me with so versatile subjects that you raise. You bring up old/new subjects/issues I can't even dream that they exist for Atari. Of course, I learn a lot from these posts. I think of you as a walking history of Atari. madi

Strange: Why do I see the formatting as codes.. It was O.K. when I posted the reply.. any one one can help?

VNTP 82,83 Variable name table - A list of all the variable names that have been entered in the program. They are stored as ATASCII characters, each new name stored in the order it was entered. Three types of name entries exist: 1. Scalar variables - MSB set on last character in name. 2. String variables - last character is a "$" with the MSB set. 3. Array variables - last character is a "(" with the MSB set. Page 9 chapter 10 Edit: The zipped pdf file is around 60 mega.. too big to upload Edit2: I found the source:HERE madi

Does this help? http://members.bitstream.net/~marksim/atarimac/fonts.html For detailed info, read the attached doc file madi ReadMe.rtf

Very good products .. very weak documentation. When I bought the Ultimate1M, The support I got was mainly from flashjazzcat via his website (thank you Jon). Lotharek never answered any question raised by members. Why ? With such product documentation/support, I may wonder if it is more feasible to get one of the affordable generic FT232RL breakout devices. Sorry to say that but I feel sad to see such excellent product with little or no info. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/229928-sio2pc-usb-by-lotharek/?do=findComment&comment=3075588 madi

I would suggest that you leave reading threads/browsing open. Only posting should be controlled (by registering). This will allow people to surf the pages and read about your products/updates without restriction. madi

I tried to make it work previously. This is the farthest it gets: It doesn't work under WIN-XP nor WIN 8. madi

Hi Larry , I am sure you are aware of Atari file manager v1.5 As far as I know, it works with DD, EH and SD images made with several DOSs. madi Edit: I already had the same request/inquiry but did not get any feed back. It would be great if someone updates the current one or make a new one.

Excellent piece of code Irgendwer. It fits my needs. Actually, I found another use for it >> SORTING.. When space is added unintentionally head of (or after) an input string, the code just moves it to the other side. i.e. (..BEFORE.SORTING...) becomes (BEFORE.SORTING.....) after the sorting. I was testing the code for sometime now and it proved its value. Thank you once again. madi

Under Altirra: It works fine with basic On or Off. Memory size is not critical . It runs with 64k and 320K Rambo Ram disk. The R/W must be enabled, otherwise it will reboot. Accurate System Timing must be checked. It runs successfully under 800B, 800XL, and omnimon XL OSs. madi

You are absolutely right. When I looked at the code with spaces located on the opposite side, I only got dotted lines similar to the following image: I even changed the value of WLEFT in several compinations and all gave same result. So I concluded that the code only works with one configuration (not both sides). After reading your reply, I had to re-examine the code again (Since you are the Pro ). Please have a look at some images with different WLEFT flags and spaces/dots arrangements. You will notice that the modified STRING$ is being modified again which will give dotted lines even if the WLEFT flag is set correctly: Hence, it is clear that the content of the STRING$ must be kept intact before it undergoes another manipulation. implementing a recovery Temporary string does the fix.. as seen in the following image: Conclusion: I learned several things from this post. One of them, Is not to jump to conclusion. Thank you very much for being very patient and wish you the best . madi

Trust me Irgendwer. Your code is more than simple and clear and it is fully understandable. It is neat and can be utilized in the string viewing/browsing without changing the original string. For example: I could rearrange the string for printing viewing purposes (left to right direction and vice versa) and keep the original string intact for further handling. But, as you can see from the following 2 listings , the problem doesn't reside in the manipulation of the string only. The string (S$ in these listings or STRING$ in yours) might have leading/trailing spaces/dots. depending on the typing direction. ======================================================= First listing: The String S$ with leading spaces/dots. S$: "...............JUST.TESTING" =========== 10 DIM W$(40) 20 DIM S$(40):S$="...............JUST.TESTING" 30 I=1:? S$ 40 IF S$(I,I)="." THEN I=I+1 50 IF S$(I,I)<>"." THEN V=I-1:L=LEN(S$):GOTO 70 60 GOTO 40 70 FOR X=I TO LEN(S$):W$(LEN(W$)+1)=S$(X,X):NEXT X 80 FOR X=1 TO V:W$(LEN(W$)+1)=CHR$(46) :NEXT X 100 ?: ? W$ =========== The result String W$ will have trailing spaces/dots W$: "JUST.TESTING..............." ======================================================= Second listing: The String S$ with trailing spaces/dots. S$: "JUST.TESTING........." =========== 10 DIM W$(40) 20 DIM S$(40):S$="JUST.TESTING........." S$ 30 I=LEN(S$) 40 IF S$(I,I)="." THEN I=I-1 50 IF S$(I,I)<>"." THEN V=I:L=LEN(S$): GOTO 70 60 GOTO 40 70 FOR X=I+1 TO L:W$(LEN(W$)+1)=S$(X,X):NEXT X 80 FOR X=1 TO V:W$(LEN(W$)+1)=S$(X,X):NEXT X 100 ?: ? W$ =========== The result String W$ will have leading spaces/dots W$: ".........JUST.TESTING" ======================================================= Finally, after few hours of try/error, I reached to the above listings Although they are noobish, but will do the job. However it will be nice if some one improves them. Thank you very much for your kind explaining/teaching madi TRANSFER.zip

Thank you Irgendwer for your kind input I realized that the routine solves the space moving from right to left, but it may not do much when it comes to moving the spaces/dots from left to right without modifications. May be because of my English, I was not able to explain it correctly. The routine should be able to do movements of spaces/dots from both sides of the string. The idea is related to input/writing directions (left to right and right to left) that are expected in English vs Farsi/Arabic Regards madani

Thank you Rybags for your continual support to ALL including newbies I will be able to follow your kind instructions to remove the leading spaces, but, .. I couldn't visualized it when it comes to the trailing spaces.. Boy.. , you are stuck with a newbie. madi

Need your help please. I am trying to move the preceding/trailing spaces/dots from one side of a text string to the other side. There are several ways to remove spaces from the string, but the problem is that I do not want to flip them (copy them to another string in backward order) as this will reverse the letters too. Also, I wont to preserve the spaces between the words inside the string. - I wish to move the spaces from one side to the other. - The order of letters in the string must be intact (shouldn't read : GNITSET.TSUJ) - the spaces/dots between the word have to be kept. - Faster and neater routine (for long strings) The following listing -in addition of being clumsy, it will leave one dot/space. (Example of moving spaces/dots from left to right) 10 DIM S$(20),D$(20) 20 S$="........JUST.TESTING" 100 I=LEN(S$) 110 POSITION 4,10:? S$,1 120 X=1:V=1 130 IF S$(X,X+1)<>".." THEN D$(V,V)=S$(X,X+1):V=V+1 135 X=X+1 140 IF X=I THEN D$(LEN(D$)+1)=S$(X):GOTO 160 150 GOTO 130 160 FOR X=LEN(D$)+1 TO 20:D$(X,X)=".":NEXT X 170 POSITION 4,12:? D$,LEN(D$) Thank you madi Edit: I managed to do it with the addition of another 3 IF/Then lines but still full of junk codes.

Need your help please. I am trying to move the trailing spaces/dots in strings (right to left direction). (It can be looked at as removing preceding spaces/dots (left to right direction). There are several ways to remove spaces from the string, but the problem is that I do not want to flip them (copy them to another string in backward order) as this will reverse the letters too. - I wish to move the spaces from one side to the other. - The letters order must be intact (shouldn't read : GNITSET.TSUJ) - Faster and neater routine (for long strings) The following listing -in addition of being clumsy-, it will leave one dot/space 10 DIM S$(20),D$(20) 20 S$="........JUST.TESTING" 100 I=LEN(S$) 110 POSITION 4,10:? S$,I 120 X=1:V=1 130 IF S$(X,X+1)<>".." THEN D$(V,V)=S$(X,X+1):V=V+1 135 X=X+1 140 IF X=I THEN D$(LEN(D$)+1)=S$(X):GOTO 160 150 GOTO 130 160 FOR X=LEN(D$)+1 TO 20:D$(X,X)=".":NEXT X 170 POSITION 4,12:? D$,LEN(D$) Thank you madi

It is possible to load OMNIMON in the ram under the ROM area. But since entering Omimon is usually accomplished by pressing the RESET key, the RESET key needs to be trapped. There is another way to enter OMNIMON, by inserting a code in the program: JSR $C001 / X=USR (49153) . You can exit back to your program by pressing START and ENTER simultaneity. I have done that in the past. madi

It would be kind of you to share them. madi

I am not aware of any Antic super utilities disks available on torrent. I "really" searched so many archive sites looking for those files/disks without luck Just to name few: (Holmes CD, Atari forever, Nir-dary, umich.edu, archive.org/TOSEC, page6, ftp.pigwa.net/stuff/collections/ , AtariArchives, Atarimania) .. etc. madi

During my search for the best "Home inventory" software, I found several inventory type software/files. I was interested in the ones that are customizable, easy to convert to other languages and has sorting capability . - Analog “Home Inventory” published JUN1986 - RLM Microsystems “Home inventory”, APX20214.ATR - The Anderson Network “Home Inventory” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unfortunatly, I was not able to find any source for the following software: - Creative Software “Home Inventory” I only found the manual at Atarimania - The Home Inventory by Erv Friedman, Antic Magazine Catalog (AP127) - Home Inventory – Super Utilities #2, Antic Magazine Catalog (PD011) This brings the question: Is there any archival/repository site that archives those Antic Public Domain Library? Appreciate your input/feedback madi