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  3. Posted

    I was maintaining the few survived old diskettes I still have when I saw a neat basic Menu maker program I had downloaded from MOOSE BBS, Madison, WI back in 1985. I do not recall if I have seen it anywhere.

    On the same disk, I found another menu maker named Quick Loader by Micropulse.

    Also, there are 2 copy unprotecting files. One of them is intended to crack Infocom software and the other is to unprotect Brøderbund Software.


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    The disk image is attached.



    madi

    Moose.zip

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  6. Posted

    From listening to it I don't know how it works?

     

    The load sound is dropping out all over the place, did you make this cas image yourself as I've never seen a dump anywhere as a .cas

     

    I've just thrown loads of cas files at Altirra and all load and sound like they should..

     

    Just tried Altirra 2.90 beta 34 and it does not work for me, reset the settings and everything...

     

    Have you been sniffing your socks again? :)

    The Cassette game image was kindly provided by Fred_M :

    Link: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265012-help-to-get-atarimuseumnl-software-collection-available-to-the-community/page-4?do=findComment&comment=3838562

     

    The Turbo Enabled function was introduced in Altirra v2,99 release as you are aware.

    Basic has to be enabled to run the game. Although the publisher requested that it should be only run under 400-800 computers, I ran it successfully under XL OS with built-in Basic is enabled under Altirra x64, v2.90 test 35.

    For some reason, the Cassette boot record interfere with loading under Altirra x64 v2.99 test 1 and upward releases (turbo code?).

     

    Of course, there is a working around to this. After the cas first record is loaded, quickly press RESET and type CLOAD. Pressing F1 key, will accelerate loading. Once the READY prompt shows, just type RUN. The game will load data and then run normally.

     

    Oh, Mclaneinc I am too old for that. :D

     

    madi

  11. Posted · Edited by Madi

    attachicon.gifATRTools-026f.zip

     

    Build 26

    - 01/07/2017 - Fixed Font Bombs - Now Only Using Application Install Folder.

    - 01/07/2017 - Fixed Launching ATR's From a ROOT Directory.

    - 01/22/2017 - Fixed Viewing Sector Range of More Than 512 Sectors.

    - 01/27/2017 - Added Basic File Header Editor to Fix Corrupted Files.

    ..

    ..

    - 08/12/2017 - Added Convert / Save ATX to ATR Image.

    - 08/21/2017 - Added Convert / Save ATR to ATX Image.

     

     

    Thank you AtariGeezer

     

    I have been waiting for this feature-rich release for some quite time. For members who do not have much programming experience, ATRTools comes to light as a lightweight but essential and unique multi purpose editing and archiving program.

     

    Please keep up the great, "still" tiresome but delightful and self enjoying project.

    thank you

     

    madi

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  12. Posted · Edited by Madi

    It is suffice it to say that most of us are aware of the famous disk utility program: DISKEY by Sparky Starks. It consists of several subroutines.

    It was released by Adventure International in 1982. The same company released an XL-XE compatible DISKEY in 1983 ($79 and $7A were substituted by 00 and 01).

    However, what puzzled me for long time is that, the TAPE to DISK subroutine always freeze when "DSKYTAP" file is executed.


    DISKEY directory:

    F# FILE EXT FS T#

    1 DOS SYS 6 39

    2 AUTORUN SYS 45 17

    3 D 62 7

    4 DISKEY 69 151

    5---> DSKYTAP 220 15 <---

    6 DSKYDRV 235 59

    7 DSKYDAT 294 5

    8 DSKYSPC 299 62


    Apparently, in line 5, "DSKYTAP" file has a USR call to address $0680 which has no code whatsoever. Thus DISKEY crashes.

    When the B=USR(1664) is REM or deleted, the file will execute successfully.

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    Of course, I thought about this USR call and its purpose. Unfortunately, there are many things can be thought of.


    The one million $$ question is:

    Did Mr. Starks and the publisher (two releases) were not aware of this problem?

    The software was reviewed by many magazines and user groups without any mentioning of this bug.

    Also, tell date, I could not find any reference discussing the TAPE to DISK bug.


    Any one has a clue?


    madi

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  13. Posted · Edited by Madi

    I think that, the keyboards where the letter G key shows one character (L) is an older version compered to the other one with two characters.

    Actually, the two characters on the G key are for the same letter which is "L: pronounced as LAM"

    I think the reason of engraving both shapes of letter "L" on the key "G" is because:

    The letter "L" or " ل in Arabic" is the written as "L" character when it comes at the end of the word like camel "جمل" or when the letter "L" is typed alone.

    But if the letter "L" is typed within a word like dream "حلم" it will resemble the letter "A-a" ا " in Arabic ". Similar to the small letter "l" and number "1" when typed in some fonts.

     

    Note that, all the Arabic letters in that row show Arabic characters graphics when typed within Arabic words except for the letter "L" where it is shown as if typed at the end of words.

    Thus to avoid the confusion, they engraved both shapes of the letter LAM (L) on Key G to avoid confusion they created with the first Keyboards they issued with the Arabic Atari.

     

    In summery Atari made a mistake in the older keyboard when they engraved printed letter "L" instead of "l" in a key row intended for letters to be printed at the beginning or within words. Therefore, they corrected it in a later version were they printed both cases on the KEY "G"

     

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    madi

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  16. Posted

    Alright, a bit of added questions.

    I tested this last night and I got my wireless mouse on my phone that didn't work. I didn't try my other phone, but I have had some other OTG work in the past.

     

    Are you talking about the FTDI EEPROM Programming Utility talked about at the bottom of this page? If I go through this process, how will it work any differently? I will loose my 10502PC ability? How does that work? I have a older version, version 2.0 if I remember correctly. It has two screws where I can open it, should I add a diode? I am sending it off to greblus as he has offered to look at it for me, but if that doesn't work then I guess I'll try this stuff.

     

    No, you don't need to add a diode to your device at all. It uses genuine FT232RL chip. It has a hardware device sensing ability. This means that it will function as SIO2PC and 10502PC.

     

    The version 2.0 devices utilize the original FTDI drivers without modification. Hence, no need to alter device VID/PID.

    Read here for more info.

     

    madi

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  17. Posted

     

    I did that with mine. Regular FTDI drivers work great for both OS X and Win10. And it just works with Linux too (Raspbian on my Pi units).

     

    I would like to see photos of how to do the diode mod so I can use it with real drives in the daisychain; his later revision after mine incorporates that feature.

    Hi DrVenkman

     

    I noticed that you have purchased SIO2PC/10502PC Dual-USB v3.0 device from Ray (this link.. I think !).

     

    Ray already explained the issue of not being able to use the device (version 3.0 only) with real Disk drives Hear. Have a look at this link. Actually, I purchased the same device from atari8warez. Although he offered a replacement, I decided to keep it as is and not to modify it either.

     

    Please note: If you modify the device, you will lose 10502PC functionality.

     

    madi

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  18. Posted

    I just tried this on XP32, and it only shows up on the Process List in Task Manager. Nothing on the Application tab, and nothing on screen or in the taskbar. No error messages of any kind.

     

    I hope this info can help in some small way.

    It runs fine on my WIN XP32 system.

     

    Spec:

    Windows XP32 SP3
    Intel Core2 Duo @2.53 GHz CPU
    3.00 GB RAM
    ATI Mobility Rageon HD 3650
    I run the latest available run (AtrTools Build 025a) from HER
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    madi

  22. Posted · Edited by Madi

    Since you are in USA, it will be more feasible to order individual SIO plugs from B & C ComputerVision.

    SIO plugs (female)
    PRA051 CONN 13 PIN I/O CABLE FM $4.00
    They also sell the SIO cables for US $15.00
    In addition,
    Best Electronics, sells SIO cables for US $10.00
    Atari 400 / 800 / XL / XE / Disk Drive / Peripheral SIO Devices 3 foot SIO cable CA014122 $10.00
    Finally, you will find the SIO cables on eBay for as low as $12.95
    Note: Watch for handling and chipping charges.
    madi

  24. Posted · Edited by Madi

    by means of the utility of "Disk explorer" opened an image of the disk "Schreckenstein (1985) (Ariolasoft) (DE) [a1] .atr" and I received a fatal error.

    there is a version of this game in a look *.XEX file?

    The error can be traced to Altirra 2.8 test 1 and upward (until the current release 2.99 test 2)

    The disk image directory can be explored from version 2.7 test 40 and downwards to v2.5.

     

    madi

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