Flashback 2 select button stopped working

[Flashback 2 select button stopped working]

Yes, that is what my board looks like. I don't see anything that is obviously missing or damaged. Are you saying that I take a piece of wire, hold one end on the point next to C42 and the other end on the left point next to R62? The first step will be to find a piece of wire...

[Flashback 2 select button stopped working]

I cleaned the button and contact point on the board with a q-tip and alcohol. Also tried using a pencil eraser. This did not fix it. I noticed that the Reset button uses the same type of switch as the Select button. I tried using the Select button on the contact point for Reset. This worked fine. So, the issue must be with the Select contact point on the board... or something else.

[Flashback 2 select button stopped working]

I took the Flashback apart again to see if I could see anything more. I was expecting to see a switch on the board that the select button presses, but instead there is just a spot that is labeled "SELECT". I don't understand how this switch works. Can anyone explain it?

[Flashback 2 select button stopped working]

At some point, the game select button on my Flashback 2 stopped working. I took it apart and did not see anything obviously wrong (though I am not exactly sure what I would be looking for). Has anyone else had this problem?

[Using DASM to create an exe]

I wish to use DASM on my Mac to create an executable that I can load directly on Atari800MacX. Can someone explain (in the most simplest terms) how to do this? I understand that there is some sort of header that I need to assemble into the binary file, but am not sure how to do this.

[TurboBASIC XL]

I have seen a few recommendations on here for TurboBASIC XL as an alternative to the built-in Atari BASIC? Was it release on cart or disk? I would like to use it on my 800XL, but I do have a SIO2PC cable. Can anyone suggest where I could find it?

Thank you.

[Utility Cart soon to be available!]

Was this ever released? I don't see it on the website. It is something that I would definately be interested in.

[Atari ST Mouse]

I ordered a mouse from 4Jays.com. It is an Atari brand mouse. When I tried it out, I had to press the buttons really hard to get any response. Now I know this is almost 20 year old hardware, but is this common among Atari mice? Is it something that I can fix?

[WTB: Atari ST mouse]

Does anyone have an extra mouse for the Atari ST that they would be willing to part with?

[Strings in Atari Basic]

There is another thing that I didn't understand. Take the following code snippet:

10 DIM B$(384)

20 B$ = "X"

30 B$(384) = CHR$(0)

40 B$(2) = B$

 

The end result is that each byte of B$ contains an "X".

 

So, line 20 sets the first byte of B$ to "X" (or the ATASCII code for X). But, what is the purpose of line 30?

 

After line 30, the first byte of B$ is set to "X", and the 384th byte is set to 0. Can someone explain how line 40 sets each byte of B$ to "X"?

 

Thanks.

[Strings in Atari Basic]

Ahh..okay. I was doing it in direct mode. Thanks for the replies.

[Strings in Atari Basic]

Say that I Dimmed A$ with a length of 20. If I do PR. ADR(A$), I get 2079.

 

So I set A$ = "ABCDE", and if I do a PEEK(2079), I would expect to see a 65, but instead I see 121. The next location, 2080, has a 0 in it. What's going on?

[Storage Options]

Thanks for the reply. Do I need DOS to use a disk drive? Or can I store/retrieve files from Basic?

[Storage Options]

Hello,

I am soon to be the owner of an Atari 800XL computer. It doesn't come with a disk drive or tape recorder, but I would like to have some way to store programs that I write. The SIO2PC cable isn't really an option because my Atari will not be in the same room as my computer.

 

I guess a floppy drive would be the best option. Is there one model that is best? Would disks be difficult to acquire? Thanks.