Ripdubski

Wow! Very nice project. The last thing I wanted to build was a control interface for one of Radio Shacks robotic arms back in the 80's. The other thing I never completed but almost did was a speech synthesizer, again parts from Radio Shack. Just needed to wrte some software to drive it. But this blows those away. Well done!

You could always do an ATASCII movie.

I read many times it was one of the games that saw prolific pirating before the actual release date and thats why it was never released.

Since you said read/write, this may help. I just went through the whole decision process you are starting. I bought the MyIDE ][, but am also about to get SIDE2. Link to my thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/221048-options-for-flash-drive-hd/ Link to comparison spreadsheet at Google Drive: https://docs.google....ZEE&usp=sharing

Received the belt from above, installed and drive is working like it should. Thank you for the info.

Another idea might be to interview some of the folks that are actively contributing to the A8 community like: lotharek, flashjazzcat, candle, etc. Not snubbing anyone if I missed you, but you know who you are.

Anyone thats wants to edit the spreadsheet, PM your email address and I'll add you. I don't want it completely open so it doesn't get wiped out. Is Blackbox still available for purchase? I thought it was along the lines of MIO.

Got my CF cards (4GB) today. Hopoefully this weekend Ill get some time to play with them.

I miss my Lynx 2

So, basically, it it were a different game. Pac mans up on my list, not that its a bad game, just a crappy implementation of the original. Too many others, but i never liked was Dragster.

I am serious and stop calling me Shirley. Funny video!

Blue, my favorite color.

Updated BTW i think im going to order a Side as well for kicks. Then i can use one and my son can use the other, and ill probably use the Side.

Received my cart yesterday, now just waiting for the CF cards. Thanks Steven!

Here is what I started. The IDE+2 is not completed as I ruled it out early. It also doesn't cover all the flash carts available as I was mainly interested in those that can read/write to CF/SD/HD. If someone wants to add to what is missing, or correct anything I may have wrong, or add other interfaces, please let me know. Link to spreadsheet at Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApPxZOV3-QLndDdoZzZXN3JQb1ZXWEtoVFpORFVuZEE&usp=sharing

I sort of made one. I'll try to complete it and post it. Maybe someone will find it usefull.

I found nothing fascinating about them at the time. My mother tried to get me to get a PC, even took me down to a pre-arranged sales pitch. It was a PC Jr. At the end of the day it couldnt play games, and yes that was a big part of my Atari usage. The pressure from her to get a "real" computer drove me harder to prove the Atari could hold its own. So I found good Word Processors an spreadsheets to do homework on, with a "see, the Atari is fine" attitude. I am so glad I didnt buy that PC, which was something like $1200 and instead got a new 130XE. I cant speak to the assembler, other than it was something I dabbled in, and was confounded by the complexity/number of instructions of the 486 several years later when I started playing with it on compuetsr at work. Maybe I should go back and learn 6502 to say I did it.

Thais thread is full of poo stink. If you sell something you should own up to the quality, not pass the buck - it doesnt matter why - because its your reputation on the line. I wasnt interested in this game so it doesnt matter to me, but I will be leary in the future.

That looks pretty darn close.

Now thats the kind of real world work I was wondering about. Wow! "If it ain't broke". And you dont have to worry about it being hacked into! Very cool!

There was one I used a lot that had the Fuji symbol and rotating colors at the top and choices at the bottom. IIRC it only took 2 sectors, but its been a while.

Cool. I pulled the 800 out this past weekend and after 30 years of storage it still works! With just a basic cart in, no sio devices, i wrote a small program to move a ball aroound the screen via joystick. My son, 6, loved it! Wanted it to be a man. I changed it to an atascii man, made mistake and it left a trail. Corrected the trail, then he complained, wanted to turn it on and off. Set it up on the trigger so he could. About 20 lines of code. He was very intrigued that i was typing and the computer was responding. He had allo kinds of ideas for whats next. Then was sad that i coudlnt save it. I told him i saved it in my head . I asked him if he wanted one and he said he would just keep mine. Lol. My wife even thought it was cool and shes not a techie. The Atari she remembered "only had the joystick". It was funny how many memory addresses and poke's i remembered.

Tiny compared to some, but focused or so ai like to think. Consoles: Atari VCS 6 switch light Atari Flashback 2 (new, played once then boxed) Atari Jaguar (new, played once then boxed) Nintendo Wii (cant stand this one) Xbox 360 (regular game play) Vintage Computers: Atari 800 Atari 800XL Atari 130XE Atari 520ST

I'm curious to the manner in which these old machines are being utilized on a daily basis. I think its incredible that these old computers still get the attention they hd 30 yers ago. I personally haven't used my 8 bit regularly since June 86. That is when I got my 520ST. I used the ST for a few years, but in a far less active fashion. I picked up a 1040ST around 95, fitted a SyQuest Zip drive as a hard drive and used it daily (for everything including banking, word processing, checkbook, some games) up until early 1999. In 1998 I did play with my 130XE for a while, but it didnt stick. Now, i want to use it a few times a week to teach my son "the basics" per say, and some programming. Can you all elaborate on how/what activities you are using these great machines for?

Mmmmm RiverRaid. Practically wore that cart out back in the day. Fun game!