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Geez, did AT Games put any thought into the port of Frogger? I know there is music issues, but to not put any music in the game? And then, when you jump on the turtles, it doesn't matter what set, the turtles go under water. Weird.

Geez, did AT Games put any thought into the port of Frogger? I know there is music issues, but to not put any music in the game? And then, when you jump on the turtles, it doesn't matter what set, the turtles go under water. Weird. Edit: Ugh, didn't see the Flashback category. :-)

The 1200XL has a "funnel" for the slot, which restricts some cartridges, most notably the C64 cartridge cases used for some Atari projects, from fitting into the 1200XL. If it hasn't been tested, there is a chance that it is too wide for the 1200XL. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Does XL compatibility also include the 1200XL?

I'll take one! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've made some progress, and now have a nice playfield to start with: Does it look like I'm on the right track? ; GozPong ; Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ; 12/21/16 org $3000 ;start of code jmp main ; Constants SDMCTL = $022f SDLSTL = $0230 SDLSTH = $0231 GRACTL = $d01d COLOR0 = $02C4 COLOR1 = $02C5 COLOR2 = $02C6 COLOR3 = $02C7 COLOR4 = $02C8 PCOLR0 = $02c0 PMBASE = $d407 HPOSP0 = $d000 ;Initialize variables bx .byte 0 by .byte 0 bdx .byte 4 bdy .byte 3 scoreline dta d " 0 0 " ;PMG data ball .byte $18,$3c,$3c,$18 gamescreen .byte $70,$70,$70 ;3 blank lines .byte $46 ; LMS Antic mode 6 .word scoreline .byte $42 ; LMS Antic mode 2 .word $1000 ; Store the page at $1000 .byte $02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02 .byte $02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02,$02 .byte $02,$02 .byte $41 ;JVB instruction .word gamescreen ; back to the top setupgamescreen ; Show screen lda #0 sta SDMCTL lda #gamescreen&255 sta SDLSTL lda #gamescreen/256 sta SDLSTH lda #$22 sta SDMCTL ;build field lda #82 ldx #0 looptop ; top and bottom sta $1000,X sta $1370,X inx cpx #40 bne looptop ; middle line lda #87 sta $1014 lda #88 sta $1384 lda #$3c ;Store the location of the middle line sta $b0 lda #$10 sta $b1 ldy #0 sty $b2 lda #124 loopline ;Create the middle line sta ($b0),y lda $b0 clc adc #40 sta $b0 bcc drawline ldx $b1 inx stx $b1 drawline lda #124 sta ($b0),y ldx $b2 inx cpx #20 stx $b2 bne loopline ldx #0 stx COLOR2 ;Set the gamefield color ldx #255 stx COLOR0 ;set the score color stx COLOR1 ;Set the gamefield brightness rts ;Done with screen setup ;Main game main jsr setupgamescreen infinity jmp infinity run main

Bump.

You may want to use a Lantronix UDS-10. Works like a modem, but connects to the Internet instead of a POTS line. I don't think you'll get a reliable connection over MagicJack. Be sure to post your updates, I'm thinking about doing the same thing.

That's what I was wondering. Wouldn't something like TIFF make a lot more sense than PDF? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After I posted I realized this thread is about scanned files made into PDFs, not PDFs created from documents. How are scanned pictures stored in PDFs? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It depends on how the PDF is compressed. For example, they can resize the pictures according to the size displayed instead of the size stored (the PDF could have a 4000x3000 JPG that is used for a thumbnail image). In that case, you would never be able to tell the difference between the two PDFs. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Ok, it's called a Monroe joystick. "They have a circular restrictor, and a spherical pivot, so it flows very smoothly in a circle." - Re: Gyruss --- Joystick or Dial? In all these years I assumed it was a spinner of some sort!

Necrobump! The control scheme for Gyruss came up in IRC, where the discussion was about a joystick for Gyruss, but I remember the exact same control scheme that Tempest mentions. Unfortunately, I can't find any information about this. Has anyone else see this control scheme for Gyruss?

Get an Atari 800XL ($40-$50) and an SIO2PC-USB (you can make one for ~$5). Then use you computer as a disk drive for the computer, or as I do, use an old laptop. Mine is a 512MB Thinkpad with XP. I set it to not sleep when the lid is closed, and stuffed it under the monitor. To access the Thinkpad, I use Remote Desktop. Makes a nice and tidy drive. You can use your Commodore monitor (I have a 1701 myself) and your Commodore joystick on the Atari. Don't worry about the extra memory, very few games use it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm in the exact same boat. Sure I could put a 5.25" or 3.5" drive on my ATR8000, but I never used 8" drives. That would be a lot cooler. I know nothing about 8" drives though.

I offered $150.

I picked one of these up on eBay and it wouldn't sync to my MegaSTE, 1040STf or Amiga 500. It says it's a revision 1G, so I wonder if different versions don't work.

From 1984 to 1990 my Atari was my main productivity and game playing machine. To get back and make it productive again (besides word processing with The Last Word) would be really cool. I'm playing around with Action! right now, hoping to make something. I could cross-compile, but I want to work on the A8. That being said, I would be first in line for the AGD no matter what system!

I guess I should have offered more for the Bit 3. :-) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yes, yes it does. I love doing more things with my A8!

I couldn't let this one pass. Just go to eBay and buy an Indy 500 controller! Get two and the Indy 500 game, invite a friend over and have fun. I recommend Tag or Kick the Can, two great games. Even if you never use the driving controllers for anything else, Indy 500 is worth it.

It wasn't the games themselves, but the idea of video games. It took a leap of faith to put down hundreds of dollars on a device that you had no idea about. The 2600 was ~$800 (inflation adjusted) at launch, how many people were going to pluck down that amount of cash? And for something that could be as useful as a pet rock? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

After listening to the Antic podcasts I was under the impression that Atari employees were hughes pirates. Could these just be pirated carts? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That's exactly what I've done, except I sent the composite signal to the camcorder while the chroma/luma went into the 1702. That way I could play without latency. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Since Altirra already supports these models, lets see some software that takes advantage of the enhancements before going through the process of making a board. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk