erichenneke

yeah, i really want to dive into those RMT articles, but I might have to get google translate scanner going for that !

I just received mine here in Austin today, and looks a little tattered on the outside but everything stayed intact it seems. All the goodies inside see fine. Looks like a great issue! Hey, where can we download the English version these days, since the ABBUC web servers was hacked and is down? -Eric

yeah, VERY good question. I actually MUCH prefer MYDOS and that's my normal "go to" DOS for just about everything. What led me down this path was that I wanted to use the ATR-8000 RS-232 via the R: device, and also use Turbo Basic XL at the same time. So far I haven't found a way to load up MYDOS with ATR-8000 RS-232 handler active and also get Turbo Basic XL to work. Really, that's what I TRULY am pursuing here. But, in the process of trying to figure that out, I considered whether the combination of Atari DOS 2.5 + ATR-8000 + RS-232 + Turbo Basic XL was possible ? And I realized I had never seen such a beast. Anyway... being able to use MYDOS + ATR-8000 + RS-232 + Turbo Basic XL would actually be my PREFERENCE though! So if anyway has that solution, that would be even better. -Eric

Hmmm, silence. Does that mean there is no such beast? I am starting to wonder. Is there a way to use the RS-232 port of the ATR8000 with DOS2.5? Or any Atari DOS 2.X for that matter? -Eric

Actually I was using MyDOS 3.116 ATR8000 RS232 Version, and I also tried 4.53 I'll hunt down that specific MYDOS 3.18 ATR8000 RS232 Version and give that a try. -Eric

I've been hunting around and not finding. What should I use to get an ATR8000 RS232 working under Atari DOS2.5? MyDOS is easy of course. Just realized I don't think I've ever used the RS-232 on the ATR8000 with DOS2.5 though. Thanks! -Eric

I use the 2600daptor. That works great with both joysticks and paddles, assuming you have some real Atari controllers available. The 2600dapter lets you connect them to your PC via USB. http://2600-daptor.com/ Not sure about connecting an actually Atari keyboard to PC though. If you are going that far, why not just use the real thing (the entire 800XL system) then?

FG is related to DC grounding. I'm going to try to connect it and see if it makes a difference. I know the ATR8000 manual is clear that only devices that can be grounded can be used with the ATR8000. So MAYBE this is relevant, worth a try. I'm not sure what J2 or L1 do. Sent from my E6533 using Tapatalk

really appreciate the help, but still not working for me! My 1.2MB drive is already set to DS1 ( D2: ) in terms of the defaulted "jumper" settings. So it is spinning up and attempting to do stuff as drive D2: That said, I still just get an Error 133 each time I try to format the drive. Even after removing it with option O in MyDos 4.5, and adding it back in with Option O and configuring per your setting you provided. Still not working. It spins, makes a bad noise, and then gives Error 133. Also, just to be clear, I am booting MyDos off of an actual floppy disk in a 1050 drive as D1: The only other disk drive I have connected is the 1.2MB 5.25" drive connected at the end of a cable on the ATR 8000 (my cable only has one connector on each end, one connected to the ATR8000 and the other connected tot he 1.2MB 5.25" drive) which is set on the drive mech as DS1.

Ok, so i connected the 1.2M 5.25" drive to my ATR 8000 and it seems to show good signs of life. It spins up, and responds(spins) to MYDOS commands attempting to access drive D2: However, I am not sure exactly how to configure this thing. Should I use option P to set density on drive D2? And when I select option O to Chang Config., it asks me... Remove Drive (I assume answer is No) Is Drive Configurable (I assume answer is Yes) Is Drive High Capacity (I assume answer is Yes?) Then it asks for the size in Sectors. What's the answer here? I know everyone in this thread said 77 tracks should work, but it isn't asking me for tracks, it is asking me for sectors. What's the answer? Then it will want to know the step. Not sure about that answer either. Can someone tell me the exact step by step way to use MyDos to configure this thing? It seems I am close, but as-is when I try to format D2: using the I option in MyDOS the drive spins momentarily and then I get error 133. So clearly I don't have it configured properly yet. Thank you! -Eric

The 1.2MB 5.25" drive that I have doesn't seem to have any easily adjustable jumpers to select the drive number though. That's the piece I'm still a bit unsure about now. Drive is a Fujitsu M2553K03B. I do see some ref designators on the PCB silk screen markings for DS0 - DS3, but no jumper terminals or jumper blocks. It looks like a solder bridge is set on DS1 position as the "permanent" default. If I hook that up to the ATR-8000 as-is, would that show up as the 2nd drive to the Atari/MyDOS?

Would love to know how you really go about doing that step by step. I assume I'd need to boot off a different disk/drive first with mydos and configure the 1.2MB drive that way first? I haven't used a lot of drive combos other than standard 5.25" DD drives with the PERCOM or ATR8000 in the past, so this is new to me.

I have a Fujitsu M2553K03B 1.2MB 5.25" drive that I'd like to use in my Percom AT88-S1PD or attach to my ATR-8000. Does anyone know if a drive like that is supported by either the Percom or the ATR-8000? One issue I see is that there are no physical jumpers on the Fujitsu M2553K03B to set the drive number. So not sure how to tell the Percom (or ATR-8000) that it should be drive 1 or 2, etc. I searched around and couldn't find anything on this topic so thought I'd post the question. Appreciate any insights. Thanks! -Eric

Some how I had completely forgotten about Enchanter. I agree, that one was really good! I never finished it though. I should pick that one back up again.

I've got CIB of Wishbringer and the Witness. I also have CIB Fooblitsky...but that's not a text adventure (but it is Infocom!).