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  1. Posted

    Here is a picture of my Atari 800 setup.

     

    Comprised of a Atari 800, Ingus GT, 850 interface, 28.8 modem in a 825 case and a monitor switch in a 835 case. The UDS-10 in tucked out of site. Tried to keep it looking somewhat vintage.

     

    Next to it when needed, a g3 Mac Wallstreet laptop, and next to that, a 75 mhz digital Hinote (so cute) laptop for the SIO2PC.

     

    A fun setup that I hit the Atari BBS's (like Atari Inside, Boot Factory and Closer to Home) with daily.

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  3. Posted

    Ah man.. you're mentioning my favorite hot rod. :) I get on BBS's daily with an Atari 800.

     

     

    "I've always wanted an Atari 800 since I was 12. I had to settle for an Atari 400 back in 1982 due to the cost of the 800 at the time ($800 vs. $400). Well, I finally got my wish this year and picked up an 800."

     

    Me too. Started on a 400, and in later years got a 800. Actually I can thank my fast typing and my good job to getting used to a 400 keyboard. :D

     

    "I've noticed a few things:

    It has a 10K ROM, a 16K RAM and an exposed 32K RAM Board. Is this a normal configuration? I assumed most of them had 10K ROM and 3-16K RAM Boards. Is the 32K RAM Board a third party board, or is it Atari factory installed?"

     

    Probably a third party board. I have one or two myself. And sadly the Atari 800 cannot use any directly accessable memory beyond 48k, though anything above that can be used as a ram disk. Makes like interesting as a 800 user when a lot of the new applications are XL and XE based, but the 800 is worth keeping around.

     

    "also, I noticed on the bottom of the Atari there is a gold imprinted stamp that says "ATARI / 162" is this normal for Atari to stamp these like this? or is this a first run production, # 162 ? It looks like this may be an early Atari 800."

     

    Got that too. There are multiple models of 800's you'll notice. Ones with that stamp, of course the OS rev A or B, and ones that have the brown plastic levers on the top hatch verses the screw on type to name a few differences.

     

    "The last question is I also have a "ATARI OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE MANUAL" its a blue cover three ring hole-punched paper with the entire revision "B" source code. Is this an item Atari offered publically, or is this an Internal Atari document? Perhaps it was offered to developers, as part of a software development kit?"

     

    Doesn't sound like the standard stock to me. To matter the fact I may have seen that. It sounds like the service center manual that was fairly hard to find. We have one just like it that is a tech manual. Big Atari symbol on the front, blue cover... sounds familiar.

     

    "I've owned most Atari systems and hands down, the Atari 800 is the nicest machine. Built like a tank!"

     

    Yes it is. I like the 800 for the following reasons...

     

    1) Looks like a typewriter.

    2) You rub your hands over the vents on the top of the 800 and it makes a chirping sound.

    3) Nice keys.

    4) A monitor port.

    5) No built in basic to disable.

    6) No translator disks needed.

    7) Nice slanted but low design, slightly angled to the user.

    8) Easily accessable memory and rom boards.

    9) Built in speaker.. for better or for worse.

    10) That extra cartridge port which I will find a definate use for one of these days.

     

    Doc Clu 800

  6. Posted

    Found 2600 Superman had been ported... kinda.. to the Atari 8 bit.

     

    This was found at the archives at...

     

    www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php

     

    I was excited to see this, as I like to see 2600 games ported to the Atari 8-bit. But was saddened to see that the jail did not hold the crooks, and you couldn't rebuild the bridge. I mean... aRG!!

     

    Well, nice to see porting a 2600 game is kinda possible.

     

    Doc Clu 800

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  8. Posted

    Atari8Man -

    "You may want to set up a BBS on a dialup and run it 24-7

    Its what I did in 1988 the year all the Local BBS's switched from Atari to IBM I ran Pro BBS multi-line for 11 years and was the only support for the 8bit Atari in Miami or should I say Dade County.

     

    There was a huge Commorode Club here and when I showed them the BBS multi-line with 500 megs of FAST hard drive storage, 4 of them Called CSS and order Black Boxes! so converting them commie to Atari can be fun.

     

    I took the BBS off-line in 1999 but still active with my 8bit's these days."

     

    @>--'--,-----------------------------

     

    You could actually set up that BBS and attach it to telnet is a Lantronix UDS-10... No other computer would be needed. (That UDS is a serial to ethernet interface). Log on to the current Atari BBS's Closer to Home (telnet://cth.dtdns.net) or Boot Factory (bfbbs.no-ip.com) and get with Marius who is on there often. He once ran a BBS entirely off a black box, a UDS-10 and a few other things.. but the Atari BBS ran indepedant and on telnet by itself.

     

    So anyway, as you can tell, my big thing is getting on BBS's with my Atari 800, and I try to get more on the Atari BBS's to make that more fun. That is 90% of the Atari to me.

     

    When I am not doing that, I play...

     

    Dreadnaught Factor

    ARCHON

    Joust

    Blue Max

    STAR RAIDERS

    Wizard of Wor

    Miner 2049'er

    Bounty Bob Strikes Back

    Moon Patrol

     

    And all of those are on cartridge. :) (Though the APE interface is a great way to try new games, like Cybernoid's "Jellybeans") (Little plug for my fellow JYBOLACian...) ;)

     

    And I must mention...

     

    Popeye (recent contest on here re-introduced me to that)

     

    And Choplifter with it's little people along with Miner2049er were the two games that I saw at my friend's house in 1982 that made me a Atari 800 user, and not a Colecovision player. :)

  10. Posted

    Let me further define this magic feeling.

     

    I have messed with Atari8, C=64, ST and Amiga. And others.

     

    It is true, the Atari8 feels like Amiga, and C=64 feels like ST.

     

    Now bear in mind that the ST is known for being easily hackable just like the C=64. And in that linage, you get a whole slew of games ect. Games seems to be a attestable to the C=64/ST a lot. And in truth, those are slightly easier systems to program for.

     

    And the Atari8 and Amiga feel a lot like the same.

     

    But I'll take this a step further.. what makes a system have that special magic is the people I associate it with. With my Atari 8, I have my dad, my teenage years, the video games I played during that time, the BBS's, etc.

    Sometimes I feel I would be better off going with that next step and do the Amiga thing, but if you are going to have a old computer, get a setup that fits your memories. :) Well, that is my angle. And I work to continue to build my all beige Atari 800 setup. :)

     

    But yeh, the feeling and magic was the people. That feeling is there when I think of the 80's, when I work on the 800 now, and when I hang out here and on the current Atari BBS's over telnet. :)

     

    To me the 800 is not locked in time so much. But that is just me.

  13. Posted

    dayum,  i was 10 when the 800 came out :roll:

     

    The 800 came out 3 years before I was born :P :D

     

     

    someone is gonna be 30 soon ?

     

    welcome to the elite club of oldfarts :D its a great feeling when hot chicks call you sir :|

     

    LOL! Pay no attention to him. Yeh, I had a hot chick once tell me "Oh I heard you grown ups do that..." but I just simply went from considering her a equal to a brat. Fixed that. :D

     

    Thirties are great. Old enough and experienced enough to avoid most crap, young enough to enjoy what you know (and still time to correct a few oopses along the way and do them better.) ;)

  15. Posted

    In 2004 I found a fun online world that can be hit from the Atari computer using a terminal program and various tricks for hitting the internet to telnet.

     

    In 2005 I would like to make it my goal to help get more Atari users with 8-bit computers online. I would like to do this by encouraging those interested to participate in the following online activities:

     

    The Atari Chats: telnet://www.atarinews.com

    Tuesday 7 pm CST

    Thursday 8 pm CST

    Sunday 10 am CST

     

    Posting messages on:

    The Boot Factory telnet://bfbbs.no-ip.com

    Closer to Home telnet://cth.dtdns.net

     

    (Other activities can be added here, but they have to be things that can be easily done (telnetted to) on a Atari 8-bit)(Contact me to add to the list.)

     

    Sometimes getting started needs an incentive, and setting up Atari computers to reach these places can take a bit of work. Figure we could make it possible for cash drawings, doorprizes, and other funness.

     

    Jump in however you can to start (Atari Terminal Simulator at Atarimax.com, hyperterm, etc) , get involved, and possibly win things to help in building an Atari setup that can get you there on it's own. Not bad eh?

     

    This is my way to say thanks to those that run these on-line places that our Atari 8-bit computers can make use, and my way to encourage & possibly help those to see the fun of these things out there.

     

    Tune in to the BBS's and chat for more details. Contests start January 1st, 2005 and continue on throughout the year.

     

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

     

    Doctor Clu

     

     

    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

    AND WHEN YOU HAVE MORE TIME, MORE WORDS...

     

    It's been thirteen years since the Atari 8-bit line of computers were discontinued. And it will be 26 years from the release of the Atari 800. Amazing eh?

     

    (And interestingly, 2005 was the year the Atari Force stories took place in the pack-in comics. We should be finding "New Earth" next year) :D

     

    You know back in the 80's, being an Atari user was a badge of pride enough. In that time everyone had 8-bit computers, and the BBS was a buzz like the internet.

     

    Now here we are in the naughties, and I never would have imaged that people would still be running Atari BBS's, and that my Atari could access those BBS's over the internet without big long distance bills. But it can. My 26 year old Atari 800 still talking to other people and locations ran on Atari computers and Atari emulation.

     

    I would like to help this coming year see more people enjoying the tactile experience of an Atari 8-bit computer, typing away to other Atari users and their Atari computers. I want to help a world of Ataris and Atari emulation packed with ATASCII graphics and break type movies. The BBS world will simply be a place that will be our own, that requires an Atari 8-bit or an ATASCII terminal to fully enjoy... a place for the true Atari enthusiast!

     

    I could talk on and on about Atari computers and computer Bulletin Board Systems. But all I can say is...

     

    To own a Atari or be a Atari fan says a lot.

    To have been on a BBS EVER is about as rare these days.

     

    You take it to the next level of rareness when the Atari works

    And to really rare if you CALL BBS's with it.

     

    What is said on BBS's will not be found in a internet search

    (Unless someone puts it on the web).

     

    And you can't enjoy the full ATARI BBS experience

    Without Atari emulation or an Atari computer.

     

    Be one of the rare few! :) Be an Atari BBS'er in 2005!

     

    (Be a part of that "Atari Force") LOL!

     

     

    (And if you have any questions on anything I've said, don't hesitate to ask. Sharing the fun is what I'm here for.)

  20. Posted

    I would NEVER discourage any contribution to the Atari hobby.

     

    As I try to make known, I actively use, daily, an Atari 800. In 2005 I might make that my original Atari 400, but don't know.

     

    What I do know, is that I started this trend in October / November when I decided I was ready to hit the BBs's again. I made it daily when I heard about Marius getting discouraged and closing down his BBS. :(

     

    I visit BBS's every day. Five of them are local to the Dallas area, and two of them are Atari BBS's that can be telnetted to. I rarely play video games on the Atari 800 I realized last night. To me, the Atari 800 was about interaction with people over the modem.

     

    If you are simply an Atari gamer, than the alure of the BBS might be lost on you.

     

    But if you are one of the early members of cyberspace, and actively talked to others, E-mailed others, wrote stories, downloaded programs, and contributed to the online Atari -vs- Commodore wars that went on... then this would mean a lot to you.

     

    Closer to Home has been run by Tom Hunt probably since 1999. A lot of dead time has happened there, but he keeps it going. His BBS has ATASCII movies, and message bases. Simply awesome. And I think he has a online game and downloads.

     

    cth.dtdns.net

     

    And then you have the Boot Factory, which moves along at a good click, and has a active message base. Current discussion is the UDS-10, which is a device that emulates a modem, but allows, say an Atari 8-bit, to address it as a modem through the serial port and hit a network with it.

     

    bfbbs.no-ip.com

     

    These are great BBS's. And I would love to hit more.

     

    To me, yes, it is very easy to connect to the internet on what we call a "current computer", and we can hit places like this all the time. Atari Age, JI2 and other places are great places that I hit from work, I write something off and on, get information, and it awesome.

     

    But why let the experience end there? Why just reminense when you can actively DO IT! To sit at a desk with an actual Atari 8-bit computer, connected to a video monitor, and type on those Atari keys, and log onto a Atari BBS, and talk to other people who log on with Atari computers.

     

    The experience is awesome!

     

    Don't just visit the past, make it your home! You miss the age of the Atari 8-bit, and the BBS's? Then bring it back! When you set up that Atari computer, and whatever way (I can tell a few ways) you access that BBS, you will find you are not alone, but that there are other people who are having fun with the Atari computers.. running the BBS's, posting messages. Yeh it is small now, let's build it back up.

     

    As I said, I visit BBS's with my Atari computer every day. Every day I deal with crippled ANSI graphics of ICE-T, but that is ok. But is it sooo nice to stop into "Closer to Home" and "The Boot Factory" and see a BBS made for my computer, with ATASCII pictures and graphics.

     

    Atari BBS's are that friendly port that add power to your Atari computer, and bring the whole experience alive again.

  21. Posted

    The scenes are like a R rating.

     

    So far you have the strip club at the very beginning, about 10 seconds of various topless shots.

     

    You decide to go party from there, well, with one of the dancers, and that scene has her do this striptese make out session for several minutes. Not too graphic at all, but the dancer is great to look at.

     

    And those are the scenes I've seen. I think there is at least one more.

     

    Yeh, a guide to this game would be nice.

     

    Doc Clu

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