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Follow up article with video: When Atari Ruled the World http://www.pcmag.com/article/352782/when-atari-ruled-the-world

Don't you have an Ultimate Cart? Then you can just copy the rom to an SD card and be good to go. I'm apprehensive about anything that hasn't been continually tested on the real hardware.

I'm surprised more of this projects don't use the royalty free DisplayPort standard. Mini-DisplayPort frees up a ton of space.

Stumbled on this through Google News: Atari 8-bit fans: this is your next read - ExtremeTech I don't know if it's worth the price though. Has anyone read it? (Be sure to check the comments!)

And this conversation was what I needed to add ssl to my Atari Blog: https://gtia.com.

StartSSL was banned for good reason. They were back dating certificates and issuing certificates for companies they shouldn't have been. For free, there are two options: 1) Cloudflare - You put Cloudflare in front of your website, and they offer SSL and IPv6. Problem is that traffic from Cloudflare to your site is unencrypted, but all traffic from Cloudflare to visitors is. For your website, this would probably be fine. Paypal's SSL takes over when the real information gets transferred. 2) Let's Encrypt - Sounds like you've looked at this. The 90 day expiration isn't a big deal since Let's Encrypt is designed to automatically update the certificates for you. That works if you have shell access and can run a cron job.

It's the 600XL that only has RF. The 65XE has composite/svideo. It doesn't have the ECI. The 800XL is probably the best one to get. Pretty abundant, and you may get lucky and all the chips will be socketed.

Yeah, you would have to look at eBay for them.

I like the Dell FP2007 LCD monitors. Composite, S-Video, VGA, and DVI. Plus, they're 4:3 monitors. With Bryan's UAV mod, the display looks phenomenal.

I see a 1050 also. But the printer looks like it goes with a C64, and there is a TI/99 cartridge in the one box. I wonder what else is there...

Wouldn't the Ultimate Cart or Unocart be more flexible?

I've only installed the C, and it is impressive! Can't wait to find time to try the D. Sent from my ASUS Chromebook Flip C100PA using Tapatalk

Wait until Bryan Edward's UAV mod is available. Best s-video I've seen on the 8-bit and a breeze to install. Do a search for UAV for more info. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wouldn't worry too much about setting up a ramdisk, modern flash drives (SIDE2, IDE+, etc.) are faster than ramdisks. On the other hand, you'll want some extended memory if you are running SDX. An IDE+ would get you SDX, RT8, and storage. You'd have to use an SIO device for the serial port though. Going the U1M + SIDE2 would free up the PBI for an MIO, but it would require modification of one of the 8-bits.

Mine came today, don't know when I'll have time to install it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd be interested in two assembled drives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Those two only require more memory if you don't have a flash cart. An 8Mb Atarimax cart will do Space Harrier. For Mario Bros you can find the original cart or try to get an Ultimate/Uno cart. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The problem is that while there are a lot of games released on cartridge, there are also a lot released on disk. An SIO device will let you play a lot of games, but then there will be a few that won't play without more memory. But, just getting started? An SIO2USB-PC or an SIO2SD will allow you to play almost everything with 64K. And then keep an eye out for someone to make another batch of Uno or Ultimate carts. An SIO2USB-PC can be built for under $5, and RespeQT is free. I have an old IBM Thinkpad running XP that I use with mine, and the laptop is in clamshell mode. I use Remote Desktop to change settings. Why? With the laptop closed it takes up a lot less space.

He has an Ultimate Cart, so he can play XE Mario Bros with only 64K.

Conkers Bad Fur Day - the best 3D platformer of all time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I haven't updated the firmware yet, which I need to for the same reasons you mentioned. But mine only has the original 16K.

What type of controller depends on the game. Combat wouldn't play well with Driving Controllers, where as Tempest is made for the Driving Controllers. And then we have Kaboom, which wouldn't play as well with Driving or joysticks compared to paddles. Look at the game, and decide what controller would work the best. If you require Driving controllers, they're pretty cheap.

Do a search for "static web page generator". I use Pelican for my site: http://gtia.com. The site is generated locally on my computer, and then I use Github's free static page hosting for the site. You can see the entire website source in the Github repo. Makes a very fast site, and doesn't cost anything to host.

Totally unrelated to PBI expansion, a thought experiment I had was multiple Atari 8-bits, each using an SIO2PC-USB, plugged into one computer, with the computer running server software for the Ataris. Think RespeQT or APE but with multiple client support. The server would support shared drive access (with file locking) and network access for each Atari. Each Atari would be able to send and receive messages from other Ataris or over the internet. This is something, hardware wise, that is possible now, it just requires the software to be written. Preferably written in something that can run on a Raspberry Pi. it has 4 USB ports, which would allow it to support 4 machines without a hub.

Mine arrived today.