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    @mytek it looks like i3 clone.  I say the term bed leveling came from a article I put on thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4741

     

    Someone in the MakerBot google group replied to it as bed leveling, it went viral.  The point is a level bed has zero to do with printing.  Having a tool running in reference to the print surface is the way to get a successful prints in FDM.  

     

    Looks like a reasonable place to start. 

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  3. Posted

    Also - 3D Printers use text files to describe the machine movements, some controllers can speak serial 19.2 baud,  so in theory you could possibly spool a serial print to run a 3D printer but it would have no real time feedback.  It's on my to do list when I have free time. 

     

  4. Posted · Edited by Bee

    There are 2 main types of 3D printing.  FDM = Ender 3 types of printer, or maybe a Pursa Mini and Resin.  In FDM a filament is melted and driven through a nozzle and stacked into layers.  In Resin a tub has a light source and an aperture under it, the product is adhered to a plate and the build raises out of the tub pulling the layer off the bottom of the tub.  The layers are much finner.  Resin is better at making smaller parts.  FDM lends itself to larger parts.  From my perspective FDM is better suited to a younger audience.  A inexpensive Windows PC is a good choice as a design platform and print controller.  I use a Kano PC for this type of work.

     

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/kano-pc-pro-education-edition/8s2fq1hmlk0q?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab

     

    Printer source:

     

    https://www.matterhackers.com/

     

    https://www.prusa3d.com/

     

    I've never bought a Prusa for 2 reasons, shipping cost & the owner was less than honest about an issue when I asked him about it at a trade show.

     

    @bob1200xlPM me if you have any specific questions.  I supported 2 different manufacturers FDM products in the earlier home market and I had a history in the industrial space before the home market existed.

     

    Thank you

     

     

     

     

  7. Posted · Edited by Bee

    In my opinion the contacts for the switches are quite solderable as long as you don't introduce too much RF relocating the buttons is easy.  With @DropcheckCart Extender you can pretty much stick the port anywhere you want.  I'd mill a top cover to deal with the cart adapter, hide the cable and cover the original buttons and make it all look original like.  Job done! Pizza Box.  Also if one wanted I think you can relocate the buttons to the XEGS keyboard.

     

    Atari-XE-Keyboard-004.JPG

     

    source  - http://www.the-liberator.net/site-files/retro-games/hardware/Atari-XE/atari-xe-keyboard.htm

     

     

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  8. Posted · Edited by Bee

    @Mazzspeed I'm sorry to hear of the result of the tension that came into your position.   I have a friend, a CAD Design , he is very good at it.  His story is no so diffrent.  He got a poison at "Big Co Corp."  He exclaimed "I got my dream job."  Then there was ever increasing pressure to work longer.  He came to a point of hiring a girl to clean and wash his things because he didn't have enough time.  He said it was crazy.  He was making gobs of cash but could find time to do anything.  He then had a life changing event that halted his work altogether.  He said it wasn't worth it.  He is still trying to find his path. I'm glad you have one.  I, for a period of 2 years, worked 3 jobs 7 days a week 365 and was a single parent.  One of those jobs was at a fruit named computer company.  I worked there for 10 years as a side gig.  It was difficult for them because there culture was Carrot and Stick.  I had a much better day job, everytime they tried to hire me full time I had to explain they couldn't afford to.  When my wife's mother passed away, I told them what happened and walked out.  Later I had not followed procedure, I didn't clock out, so they said they were going to have to write me up.  I told them that was fine do what you need to.  I now make as much not working as I do working.  So work is a choice not a need.  I'm still a valued employee where I work. They know I choose to work and go the extra mile.  It's the ethic my father taught me.  I've always carved my own path.  I quit high school 2nd year to go to college instead, I entered at 15 and a half, at the time the youngest student in the history of that college.  I wanted to be in a group of people who saw me for what I could do, not what age I was.  I started my college career as a computer consultant and doing IT.  It's not all roses.  But 20 years ago I invested in learning how to prepare my life for, well, now.  That investment is paying off now.  Not just financially but much more mentally.  As I age my responsibilities are getting easier, it allows me more time to mentor my staff.  Investment in them is investments in the future as well.  So I spend more time, on my time, with retro computing and what I call small computing.  Raspberry Pis, or upcycling an 8088 with Linux or CPM, seeing how much I can accomplish with the least carbon footprint.  By working with 5v systems and solar I can almost make a free computer.  It's night time that breaks that model, still the pursuit is fun.  I'm glad to know you.  Keep rocking that 600!

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    @Mazzspeed I like the work you have done.  You can restate your use case as often as you like.  It will in no way change mine.  I see computers as tools.  I often build one to a specific purpose.  I've been doing so for 40 years and have a collection worthy of a museum.  On your mark, get set, go!  Catching up is going to be expensive.

     

    I don't see a screwdriver as for work or play.  I see it as, great at it's purpose.  I try to use the right tool for the right job.  Flat blade screwdriver, good for driving flat slotted screws, sucks at painting walls.  I don't think an 80 column display is better or worse because of the OS it is running on.  Issuing a terminal command from any PC is pretty much the same, however being able to switch to a game while waiting a few hours for a transfer is a bonus.  I work at something I'm passionate about, so I don't hate work I enjoy it.  I'm paid to do something I was already doing anyway.   If you do what you love you won't work a day in your life.  It's true.  My wife is happy with the level of comfort my hobbies lead to.  I only have one problem of note, when you live in a 90 year old house it's hard to power on a museums worth of PCs.

     

    My goal is to learn, to do better.  It's nice when you have fun while doing it.

     

    Thank you

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    For what it's worth, I'm getting a 600XL together with U1mb & VBXE for  The Last Word and 80 col terminal into a Server to do real work.  However in the 80's I was obsessed with getting a Votrax, the computer voice in wargames.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votrax

     

    I got a VoiceMaster and with a ICD PR connection and X10 Powerhouse. I wrote a version of Alexa decades before it was available to others. 

     

    https://archive.org/details/VoiceMasterOwnersManual

     

    https://www.x10.com/collections/all

     

    With my R-Time8, I had voice control Of Time and 16 devices.  A smart home in the Mid 80's,  The Votrax acknowledged Commands and gave status responses.  

     

    I still have all the hardware and I should have the software, only issue is I had over 100 revisions.  It was cool , weird and completely un- needed in a 1 room apartment.

     

    I have a "real votrax". It has a VLSI chip running it, I also have a 80's IC with Engineering notes.  I think that counts as real work.  Today I could add commands for it to reach out to another PC and exchange commands and status.

     

    Thank you

     

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  15. Posted

    i really like the XEGS.  I think it depends on your goals.  I have one with U1mb and Sophia Rev C and a 3:4 HDMI LCD.  I have another I just picked up.  Likely socket and replace the Ram, U1mb and Sophia 2, USB keyboard interface.  I feel it has more options.

     

    https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/aki-usb-keyboard-interface-for-atari-8-bit-computers

     

    The wireless USB makes a nice add on.  I have a wireless PS2 on my original but it's flakey.

     

    Just my 2 cents.

  16. Posted · Edited by Bee

    Mission Atari - In my teens we went to Federated Electronics to play on the Atari 400 and 800 on display.  It was on a big oak desk.  5 years later Atari had bought the chain and I was working there when an Atari show was held in Glendale, California.  I was required to work the show.  I met Brad for the first time at that show.  A woman working for the show urged me to enter the raffle.  I won a 1040ST.  I recently realized I found that 1040ST.  That big desk went up for sale while I worked at Federated and I bought it.  It has gone with me wherever I have gone.  I now have a 400 and 800 to put on it.  I have over the years bought parts from Brad.   We both have grown older, maybe wiser.  Possibly more cranky.

     

    I still use my Ataris, living the dream.

     

    Thank you

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  18. Posted

    @tschak909

     

    For the Slots I understand What they are fully.  However my physical disks have albes with notes, Like work with Translator A only, or Boot without Basic.  Notes the digital equivalents don't have.  I'm using a PI server so I'm looking a making a SQLlite Database with a Python frontend to cross reference the notes on the Pi.

     

    Thank you

     

     

     

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  21. Posted

    Completely different feature request/suggestion, I'm relying on the webpage as a 1 stop shop.  Any chance of adding a CLI window where we could issue N commands from the webpage.  This would allow configuration and restart.  There should also be an option to hide the CLI for security purposes in configuration.  

     

    One other thing,  If there were a way to flag slots for Basic Enabled/Disabled and toggle the basic on or off would be a huge help I think.

     

    Last if there were a way to load and save the hosts and slots from text files in bulk would be really handy.

     

    Thank you

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  23. Posted

    @8-bit and moreDo you have a Windows 8 or 10 PC?  Have you used Altera? If yes can you or anyone else seeing this on their hardware reproduce it in the emulator? 

     

    If so, can you give the steps to get to your setup in Altera.  Let's eliminate the use from a specific Atari or set of Ataris with a common issue only certain hardware reproduces. 

     

    This may be a order of operations problem.

     

    Just my 2 cents.

     

    Thank you

     

  24. Posted · Edited by Bee

    @tschak909

     

    Hey Thom,

     

    I don't know if you saw I made a hello world for getting up on Fujinet over in this thread.  

     

     

    I'd like to see a split in the documentation between Technical information for advanced users and a Series of average use cases to walk a new user through some things non technical users want to do.   Sort of 2 doors, one for advanced users and one for user like my wife, she just wants to do what she wants to do and not have to sift for the answers.

     

    To be honest I'm still figuring it out.  I just ordered my 2nd FujiNet from the brewing academy,  I have around 15 A8's and being able to shoot something from one to the other is going to be a big help. 

     

    I appreciate the post.  I have more suggestions for making the FujiNet more functionally rich but don't know where to put suggestions and I don't want to overwhelm anyone.

     

    Thank you

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