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I downloaded the game from AtariMania. And that worked. So I knew it was a typo somewhere. Thanks for the tips Rybags. I either deleted or missed line 370. It contains the poke statements to init PM graphics. It's working fine now. I'm running on Kubuntu. So I use the Atari800 emulator. I don't suppose it has similar debug capability as Altira? As much as I sometimes despise Visual Studio, it's far easier to debug that Atari Basic.

Typed in Chicken Basic program from Antic vol1issue 1. Was crashing when loading the display. Found and fixed some data statement errors. As well as poke errors when I used 1 instead of I. Doesnt crash. But PM is not loading properly. I get that multi colored vertical bar. Checked and rechecked data statements. Cannot find errors. Checked logic where pm area is initialized and players setup. Dont see any typos. How do I track this down? Thanks.

Thanks for the info. I was thinking you had to convert the hex or binary to decimal. But that wasn't working out. You see these data statements and wonder what they mean and how the programmer came up with them.

Thanks for the info guys. I understand I can create the assembly routines. Save them to the file. Then do a binary load to get them in memory before executing the Basic code. But the thing that still alludes me is the Data statements. How do you convert assembly instructions into Basic Data statements to Poke into memory? For example convert *=$0600 or LDX #100 to a Basic data statement.

I'm trying to get back into Atari Basic and 6502 Assembly language. One feature I was already aware of in Atari Basic was calling machine language routines using the USR function. But back in the early 80's I lacked books and magazines which elaborated on how to do this. I've seen some examples in De Re Atari and other sources. But what I haven't figured out is how you translate the Assembly routines into Basic data statements. And Google is not being as friendly with Atari Basic as it is with C# or Java. I've been reading a blog posted in this forum on the topic. But it too shows the Assembly code and the basic code. But I did not see how that assembly code was converted to Basic data statements.

I cannot remember how to switch to Atari Baskc on my XE machine when I boot Into Sparta Dos. Google hasnt helped. And Basic on did not help. Anyone know?

A few weeks ago, my XE power light stopped working. As well as the shift and control keys. It was the mylar. Not sure if the XL had mylar in their keyboards. Best electronics in CA sells replacement Mylar for the XE. May want to see of they carry them for the XL.

Solder joints look good on the one that won't power up. Multimeter confirms the power supply is bad. But, I haven't looked at the solder joints for the SIO ports on the other one.

Both floppies are set for drive 1. I'm only trying to connect 1. Turns out the Atari power supply is dead. Not sure why But the second XF551 with the non Atari power supply works. Didn't work yesterday because one SIO cable doesn't work. And the other one is being flaky. But it does work if you wiggle it just right. FYI, I double checked Lotharek's lair. The SIO2USB doc says to use DSR. So looks like I need a new power supply, SIO cables and maybe a power switch for the other XF551.

I have not connected my floppy drives in a few years. I tried today. The first XF551 had a frozen power switch. I used some contact cleaner to try can clear it. Took some effort but finally came unstuck. Hope I didn't break it. So I connected the power supply and switched it on. Nothing. Checked it with a meter. Seemed like wasn't reaching 9VAC. Tried the other XF551 I bought off someone else. But it uses a home made power supply. It appears to power on. But when I turn on the Atari, it did not run. So I gave up and tried my Lotharik SIO2USB. Had a challenge of remembering how to make it work. Last thing was to use DTS for flow control instead of RI in the Aspect serial options. Are two drives or their power supplies bad? Or is it a bad Pokey?

Its an LCD TV connected using composite video. I used to have a monitor. But no longer. I no longer have any CRT monitors.

IIRC, the 850 required a driver diskette be loaded when you boot. If this modem is the winmoden Im thinling of, it probably wont work. Those required windows to have most of the brains to operate the modem. They were a real pain to get working under Linux.

I havent used the drive for awhile. But I prefer Spartados 3.2. I need to figure out how to force basic to us monochrome and see how it looks there. I think the doc I read said Omniview works best in monochrome.

Read the Omniview document here : https://archive.org/stream/NewellIndustriesOmniviewManual/Newell%20Industries%20Omniview%20manual_djvu.txt. When I do control A and a warm restart, the screen changes as expected. But the characters look all wrong in basic. Semicolon and asterisk were OK. But the rest looked garbled. Ill have to search my diskettes for 80 column software. As for the RAM, do I need the Omniview rom to take advantage of it?

With the switch off it is a standard XL/XE Rev 2 OS. With the swith on, it is an OmniView256 by David Young. Supposed to offer 80 column and ramdisk support. Thanks for the help guys. Here I was thinking it was something to reset if there was an issue with the ram upgrade all these years.

Hello fellow Atari 8-Bit enthusiasts. I began using Atari's on an 800 in 1980 or 81. Used it until 88 when we bought another 8-Bit users collection which included a 65XE. Unfortunately, I was short sited and no longer have the 800. Over the last years I've dabbled with Atari 8-Bit on the 65XE or Atari800 emulator on Linux. I have a question about a RAM upgrade my 65XE came with. It was installed prior to 1989. I believe it is 256K. There is a toggle switch. And I forget what it was for. I recently replaced the keyboard mylar. While I had it open I decided to check out the upgrade. Not quite sure why certain things have been changed. Looks like the switch connects to the ROM chip. And I think this chip appeared piggybacked on the original. GTIA, POKEY and Freddie have new connections to a piggy backed 74LS151N. And the RAM chips appear to have been replaced with socketed 256K bit chips. Anyone familiar with this old style upgrade? What's up with the toggle switch and ROM? Thanks for any help...