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CharlieChaplin

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  1. In the mid-80s we had these nice 3D demos... Not to forget Battlezone, Assault Force 3D, Mercenary, Universe, Blaster and others. DEMOS3D.ATR
  2. Found your stuff in the 2023 edition of the Tenliner Contest. Impatient Atarians like me can simply use an emulator at full speed to get faster results... https://bunsen.itch.io/rippled-shaded-plate-by-chris-chiesa
  3. Yep, the 810 as 180k disk drive (SSDD, 40T) in 1979/1980, then a 360k disk drive (DSDD, 40T) in 1983 and a 720k disk drive (DSDD, 80T) in 1986. The format would have always been double density, just more sectors and therefore more space. But for sure such A8 disk drives would have been expensive! An Atari monitor for the A8s would have been nice also...
  4. Atari: - no release of the VCS 5200 - 810 Floppy does DD/180k, standard format for commercial A8 disks = 180k (instead of 90k) - release the VCS 7800 much, much sooner (sooner than the NES) - release the STE much much sooner - release a 16 Bit console, then a 32 Bit console, then a 64 Bit console - for giggles: release a Falcon 040 and later a Jaguar II IBM: - secure their BIOS, sue everyone trying to copy or mimic it! - do NOT allow IBM compatible computers!
  5. ... or simply use my upload above, which is not only an installation instruction for Simple Stereo, but also shows and lists the required parts... (find attached some more stuff and information about stereo upgrades). mega-hz_stereo.zip Mega_Zine_stereo.zip
  6. Hmmm, the instructions I have do NOT look like your Simple Stereo V2, but maybe they will still help you a little bit... ?!? (Looks like I am missing the (old) V2 instructions in my collection.) SIMPLESTEREO.zip
  7. While this converter has a very good S-video display for still pictures, DOS, texts and slow games, it has problems with fast action games, e.g. with Archon the players will often appear with stripes or flicker when moving on the board or when battling/fighting each other. A better HDMI converter (in my opinion) is the McBazel ODV converter: https://www.amazon.de/Mcbazel-Composite-S-Video-Adapter-Konverter/dp/B07WYJSSKZ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=21GE1KESAQELW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Opb3v9cNBv-Ii0jLZQ4972woeNFSADB_n40mlvM6f3rQUK9VgaCu6qOe-XfooroP9qZfwn0NIrWQYLMYWAQ1J3gpeUYinGsEeKRI2LTgvebIDkbo66cj1UefWI09-Xw-BDsRQOWRjx8e8eZzHykwHieOPjFWEOrClW3VWcFfq-dH7EYexuAJI4nuYBlPrmPvD7avP-c9ZNOMtnXRz2McfiKwXjhoxDYF977OdKZQV1M.tNCh_BLPZEvEEiNAo3q5Tpygfngkw6v2IYpzFcpxYm4&dib_tag=se&keywords=mcbazel+odv-composite+rca%2Fs-video%2Fypbpr+zu+hdmi-konverter&qid=1711070520&sprefix=McBazel+ODV+%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 surely also available at amazon.com for some dollars. It has a very good picture quality (especially S-Video) and works also very good with fast action games. NOTE: One must not connect RCA/CVBS (cinch) and S-Video at the same time! Otherwise S-Video will produce awful dither patterns. Connect S-video only and you get a very good picture. Disclaimer: Tested only with Atari 800XL, PAL and PAL tv (but converter outputs PAL and NTSC)... Found this converter a little cheaper at Alibaba, but atm I cannot find it there anymore.
  8. @Albert: Please pin this topic (instead of the 2023 one)... thank you!
  9. @Albert: This topic can be un-pinned now...
  10. 1600XL or 1850XLD and original Atari desktop case, please...
  11. Careful, we PC users have other meanings for P1, P2, P3 and P4... But its nice to know, that our A8 is equal to a P4 in terms of CPU power. 😁
  12. Well, I read (and understand) it like this: NG created a WIP of Giana Sisters many years ago, but did NOT complete it to this day. Quite sure TeBe did not want to say that NG creates many WIP's for the A8 and none of them were ever completed... Hey Solo, you know that TeBe speaks polish and english is not his mother tongue (nor mine). Maybe you should talk to each other in your own language to avoid such mis-understandings / mis-interpretations ? Or am I completely wrong ?
  13. Well, that's exactly the problem - SIDE 3 without U1MB uses a soft-OS to boot ATR images, thus you cannot use RAM under the OS (since it is already in use by the soft-OS), which means max. 48k RAM (up to $BFFF) for your program...
  14. Atari 800... are you sure it was upgraded to GTIA ? To me it looks like it still has a CTIA ? Maybe you put the CTIA back into the A800 at one point (and forgot about it) ?
  15. Thrust with joystick controls: https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3237 or Venus Express: https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5488
  16. Just tested my Tempest Extreem cart. and it seems to work with joystick only. There are no (visible) options to choose a different controller. Tempest Elite however supports Joystick, Paddles, Driving Controller and Trackball. Guess in trackball mode one could also use a mouse, since most trackball games work fine with a mouse. More info about Tempest Elite here: Too bad, that both Tempest Extreem and Tempest Elite are no longer listed at Video61, no clue why (hopefully not because of Atari)...
  17. You mean that homepage: http://ataribasiclistings.mygamesonline.org/ I guess.
  18. I am suing, ermm using SIO2PC and RespeQT. Here is how: On the Atari end, very old SIO2PC from the old DOS PC days, connected to it a converter cable that converts 15 (?) pins to DB9, connected to that a Digitus stick that converts serial to USB, connected to this a USB cable that goes into the USB port of my Windows computer. Simply works. (I also have several newer SIO2PC-USB cables, but it looks like I am too stupid to get them working, so I am using this "simple" solution.) PC harddisk acts as D1:, while real 1050 is setup as D2: and copying is done with Copy 2000 and a Speedy upgraded 1050 drive.
  19. Haven't heard from RussG for quite a while... and have not seen DWhyte for a long time here...
  20. Yep, the AVeraGe cart. is great! And the Sub AVeraGe cart. is even greater ! 😃
  21. I have read that Superdos 4.3 or 4.3E or 4.3T does support the IS Plate (not sure if this is true or if it simply uses US-Doubler or Happy ultraspeed drivers). Could someone upload any of the SuperDOS 4.3 versions here ?
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