Altirra 3.20 released

[Altirra 3.20 released]

I recommend looking at an ExlaireXL. 

 

Very small. Very quiet. No fans. And 4 joystick ports!

[Atari compatible hardware eclaireXL, in mini form.]

8:15 on low quality. 

 

I wanted to to use the cart insert so I could insert Atari carts that have the cover. For that, I need the screws. 

 

i won’t.  be be able to get it off the printer until after work today. I’ll let everyone know then how it went. 

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On 7/27/2019 at 2:05 PM, Albert said:

Please send me a PM with what you'd like on your badge (name, handle, and/or

location). 

 

  ..Al

I tried to send you a PM (on an unrelated topic) and received an error telling me that you cannot receive messages.

[After 32 years: Silent Butler 80 is found by Curt & call for help]

I do not know who Bill is. But, according to his profile, @Curt Vendel is in New York.

 

If Bill is closer to Curt thant anyone else with a Kryo, then that would make sense. If Bill is in Europe or California, we could probably do better to keep the travel of the disks to a minimum.

[Upgrades for Atari 800]

is incognito available?

[Straight cracks from Farb's ATX-Torrent]

Bump. I have an Eclaire now, so any new cracks?

 

Thanks!

[Atari compatible hardware eclaireXL, in mini form.]

Okay. I've had this thing working for a few hours, so of course, I have to ask:

 

Is there any chance this could be modified to be able to load .atx files?

 

Of course, I could just hang out here:

 

Thank you.

[Atari compatible hardware eclaireXL, in mini form.]

2 minutes ago, santosp said:

It is my own failure to mention it, and not a design defect of wt808.  In this last "mini" version,  the holes have moved so they come in  straight line with cartridge connector.

It's weird, because the cartridge port insert that I printed from @foft's design, those holes line up well and I could plug a cart in. (I am able to attach the screws to the cart port with the adapter or to the four corners, but not both. When I had it connected to the cart port, inserting a cart appeared to work, although I did not power it when it was attached that way...)

[Atari compatible hardware eclaireXL, in mini form.]

I received my Eclaire XL this weekend. It really is an amazing device. It is a nice cross between an emulator and real hardware. I can use it instead of my real hardware giving it a break. It is smaller than my real hardware too. Plus, I can plug real devices into it. I can print to my printer and read from real floppies. That really is the biggest gap on the emulation front. As awesome as Altirra is (and it IS awesome!!!) I cannot print from it, nor can I use it to access real floppies.

 

This device really is the best of all worlds.

 

@wt808, I printed your XL case. My printer is 145x145x140(ish). By standing each half up on its long end and rotating the z axis 45 degrees it just BARELY fit. (it was 142 mm high, but my printer handled that okay.) I had to use a crap-ton of supports, but they came away nicely.

 

The only issue I had (and I'm sure this is more to do with the way I printed it) is that the cartridge port standoffs were about half a hole off toward the PBI port. I just pulled it into Tinkercad and did some frankensteining and am now printing the bottom case. If it works out, I will either send you my stl, post it as a remix, or let you do a better job with the original models than I did with the hack job. (Really depends on if others experienced the same issue or not.)

 

For this run, I moved the standoff's pretty much exacly 1 mm away from the PBI.

 

Here are some pictures. (I put some M3 bolts through the corner holes and put hex nuts on them to hold them in place without the top half of the case on.)

IMG_9344.HEICIMG_7646.HEIC

 

Thanks, everyone!

 

PS Is there any reason the joystick ports are arranged opposite of the original Atari 800? It threw me for a loop for a bit until I read the markings on the board...

[Altirra 3.20 released]

25 minutes ago, fujidude said:

How well does Altiirra run then under Windows 10 running on a raspberry Pi?

This is a non-answer, but I tried to build a PI to try it. First, I tried the new pi 4, but the software has not been set up to work on that yet.

 

So, then I built it on a Pi3 and during setup of the OS, it throws an error and I cannot get that far. Based on how slow the setup screens are, if Altirra runs at all on that hardware, it will be painfully slow.

[After 32 years: Silent Butler 80 is found by Curt & call for help]

Is someone working on that? If not, I volunteer.

[Upgrades for Atari 800]

I bought a board from retrocanada76 and it works great!

[3D Modelling and Printing. Mostly on Topic.]

You also might want to look at your retraction settings to reduce stringing. 

[3D Modelling and Printing. Mostly on Topic.]

For me, printing at 45 means the fill lines are straight rather than at an angle. So, for something as regularly shaped as the SDM case, it can make it look cleaner. 

[Atari XEGS Space Bar]

3-D print one?

[Ingot Power Supply --> Garbage Can?]

45 minutes ago, DrVenkman said:

I *hate* soldering DIN connections

I use these with a power supply and shrink tubing. 

 

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01CQR5L1C/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[3D Modelling and Printing. Mostly on Topic.]

[3D Modelling and Printing. Mostly on Topic.]

So. I’m glad it’s not just me that has these issues. I measure with calipers to a tenth of millimeter and then when I print it, it’s just not what I expected. 

 

I end up with boxes of failed prints before I get one that is what I want. 

[Altirra 3.20 released]

10 minutes ago, phaeron said:

Fixed crash when pasting into enhanced video display in CIO intercept mode, and clear attract mode counter when accepting input.

Yay!

 

thank you!

[SDrive Max ATR]

Actually, I am looking to use this:

http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest/frequently-asked-questions.html

 

Downloaded the trial and will probably buy it if it works.

[SDrive Max ATR]

To be clear. I am talking about the Atari Menu app, not the Arduino screen interface. As I understand it the Arduino is "pretty full" so I understand that changes there are limited.

[Worst Electronics]

3 hours ago, Mclaneinc said:

Oy mate, you spilled my pint?

Rule #1: Don't spill beer.

Rule #2: Don't spill beer on me!

[SDrive Max ATR]

Hi. Now that I have my SDM working, and I am using it...

 

Is there something I can do to get it to display the contents of the directories alphabetically? I mean, they have this great feature to jump to a letter, (shift+<letter>) but if it is not alphabetical, that isn't as useful.

 

Also, it would be great if it could filter out the stupid files that macs put on windows disks... (I'm installing a mac utility to address it, but it would be nice if the Atari menu program could do it.)

 

Thanks.

[Does the 1064 have +5V out?]

"I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it! Let's do it!"

 

If only I had details.

[Does the 1064 have +5V out?]

Hey. Not to hijack this, but is there something I can do inside on my 800XL to allow it to work with Syscheck without having to pull 5 volts from the joystick port?

 

Thank you!