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  1. Posted

    Yeah, but the ?documentation? for Madass is some weird combination of z's, y's, & w's...

     

     

    Its ok, though, here is a quick English to Polish translator algorithm:

     

    The first letter of the word becomes a 'Z', the third letter becomes a 'Y', and the seventh letter becomes a 'W'.

     

    For example, apply the algorithm to the first word, then the following word will be equal in meaning:

     

     

    UNREADABLE

     

    becomes:

     

    Znyeadwble

     

     

    Works like a charm.

     

     

    Zayesowe!

     

    Zloy

  5. Posted

    Not quite sure about the hole. I have discovered that mine will not stay running for more than 10 minutes. It locks up. So I need to somehow fix that.

     

    I have upload three more pics of it assembled but the lighting is bad. I am going to try and get some natural light this week so that the pics come out much better. I just was tied up the entire day with family chores.

     

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbmeeks/29552...57608150850558/

     

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbmeeks/sets/72157608150850558/

  14. Posted

    hmmm...I looked but I just didn't see how that would keep it from sliding.

     

    Anyway, this week I'm going to take a bunch of pics outside without a flash (tends to look really good) and post them on my flickr account.

     

    I didn't realize how much I love this little machine. However, I think it crashes after about 10-20 minutes of play. Everything freezes up. Even Memo Pad.

     

    Oh well.

     

    Now, on to eBay for something new!

  15. Posted

    In my other thread (http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=132858), I mentioned I was having trouble with a blank screen.

     

    Well, the Atari 400 seems to work great now that I've cleaned and reseated everything. However, when I originally opened the case, the internal speaker was just dangling around...not mounted to anything. The wire was plugged in but nothing was holding the speaker.

     

    I can not find anywhere that the speaker mounted to? I've looked everywhere.

     

    I tried to solder it in place to the metal frame but the solder didn't seem to stick well enough. I guess I could bring out the Gorilla Glue.

     

    Any suggestions?

     

    Thanks

  18. Posted

    I've got the 400 broken down completely!!! I've cleaned everything.

     

    Any suggestions on cleaning the IC contacts for the memory and cpu cards?

     

    After I clean that, I'm going to put it all back together and give it a shot.

     

    Anyone interested in seeing photos of all of the guts? lol

     

    cbmeeks

  20. Posted

    Just got an Atari 400 off eBay. They guy said "This is a beautiful 400 computer, tested with no problems".

     

    Looks great but when I power it on, I get a blank, yellow-green screen and that's it. The signal looks solid...just blank.

     

    No beeps on the keyboard, nothing.

     

     

    I tried several carts and they are all black except Space Invaders which shows a really garbled screen. I'm assuming some of my games won't run due to limited memory.

     

    But shouldn't I at least get the OS to type on?

     

    This is my first 400. My other Atari's are 600/800/130's

     

    Thanks

  22. Posted

    I'm a huge C64 / A8 / Apple IIe fan.

     

    I have two development environments setup and only one works. One is my C64 setup with Crimson using VICE and Kick Assembler. I have a batch file that compiles and automatically launches the program into VICE. Great for rapid testing. One button press and it goes from source -> PRG disk image -> VICE autostart.

     

    I want to do the same thing for the A8. I have my 130XE connected to my XP machine with a SIO adapter. I'm new to Atari so I really don't know all of the little nuances.

     

    I downloaded ATasm and have it so that I can compile to a **.65o file but when I try to run that file in AtariWin800, it usually crashes. Of course, I ONLY have the two samples that come with ATasm. I don't know all of the directives for ATasm yet.

     

    So what I am wondering is if someone could point me in the right direction for the following:

     

    1) A SMALL simple asm tutorial that displays "Hello world!" or something with ANY compiler. ATasm, DASM, whatever. (although ATasm seems to be like Kick Assembler)

    2) A fast way to deploy the compiled app to either a ATR disk image or something that can easily be launched in both AtariWin800 AND a real Atari 130XE (via APE).

     

    I know that's a tall order but there is SO much out there I'm having a hard time finding my way. Between XEX, ATR, BIN, MADS, blah blah blah I am getting confused. I admit, it's much easier to get started with C64 cross platform development.

     

    I love both platforms! I want to start small again with both the C64 and A8.

     

    Thanks for any suggestions!

     

    cbmeeks

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