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Sorry meant to mention that last night. Tried connecting two ways. One with a composite video cable direct to video in of the TV, And with RF. Video gives slightly better results.

Most of the images and videos I have seen of screens from an Atari 800 show nice crisp white characters. At least one of those videos was showing an old CRT type monitor. I am using my LCD TV. I am getting sort of a magenta tint to the characters and the blue background isn't exactly blue. I played with the settings on my TV and improved it a bit but the magenta tint persists. Is this just normal and I am not remembering it? Is it because I am using an LCD? Or is there something wrong. Donkey Kong seems kind of washed out as well as Ghost Hunter, At least from the way I remember it. I can post those images later if requested.

Sorry for the newbie questions. I just cannot believe all of the advances made in the Atari world in the 30+ years I was gone. From what I gather, an atr file is sort of like a virtual disk image of the old diskette? I would like to know things like how to get files into an atr file. How to get them out. But I think I found a post in the newbie thread on that. Who came up with the standard? How long has it been around? Is there a file stucture documented somewhere? Stuff like that.

You say "this post" but I don't see a link. Am I missing something?

What did you use for the cable from the Arduino? Sort of looks like one of those modular phone cables.

Excellent! I have misplaced my DOSXL manual. While I have my Diskwiz manual but can't find the disk! And yes I see it on Atariamania. ; 0

A question I can't seem to get anyone to answer. So how do I get files on the CD in the first place? Do I load them on with a card reader? Can I load them with the USB interface to the Arduino? Or do I also need an SIO2PC?

http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/arduino-xloader

Thanks. Added to my cart. Have a bunch of stuff ready to order.

Thanks can't seem to find that one in the US. But here it is one eBay. Or seems like it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-8-TFT-LCD-Touch-Screen-w-SD-Card-Socket-UNO-R3-Arduino-Board-Module-Practice/291980078051?epid=2254351946&hash=item43fb5e6be3:g:D2QAAOSw5cNYXJHm They also have the 3.5". Are there any advantages to a larger screen? It is about the same price.

I can remember like was yesterday, the first time I played pong. It was at the bowling ally just up the road. It was the table version. I was absolutely amazed. We played till all our quarters ran out. Kids flocked to that place from all over town after the word was out. Back then every game was mechanical. The only thing close was an electro-mechanical game called Sea Raider. I think kids are really missing out today. They were born into the tech world. I think I was very fortunate to be born in the right time in history to see it really evolve. .

It sure beats having to type data lines in from Compute or Antic or a host of other magazines back in the day. .

Ah! I see now. Thanks. Wow. You could spend a life time just on Atarimania.

Are these events always held in the same cities? The Midwest one sounds interesting though maybe expensive for a room. But a good reason for an overnight train ride from Pittsburgh.

I just dragged my old 800 out of storage after almost 40 years. I have been thumbing through the OS manual appreciating all over again how advanced this machine was for its day, It was amazing the thought and engineering that went into the design. Then popping the hood, seeing so many through hole components and all the socketed chips. I am amazed that this thing did not cost ten times what they were charging back then. While I did not obtain the lofty goals (pun intended) as you, the Atari got me to move from my first first love, electronics, on to my true love programming. Unfortunately, as of late I have lost the love for my job. I still love the profession but I can't stand my place of work anymore. Fortunately, I only have a few more years to retirement.

Found the link on AtariMania. http://www.atarimania.com/top-atari-utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-_U_8_D.html My DOSXL is out there. Syays TOP 100. Does that mean there are more downloads somewhere? Thanks for the other ideas for downloads. There is a ton of stuff on that Mushca site! .

Can you please tell us the screen you DID order? Also I see from you post above you loaded files onto the SD memory? Where you able to do this with a card reader and your PC? I am brand new to these devices so sorry for the dumb questions.

Well back in the day I could look at 6502 machine code and read it as easily as people read text in their native language. But ut has been nearly 40 years since I have touched machine code. So the brain is a bit fuzzy. I was just hoping someone recognized it by name. I guess I will need to investigate further on my own.

When I can access it. Still trying to get the whole Atari system back up on line. And then I will need to get SIO2PC or some way to get the file to my PC.

LOL I have tons of old code like that. One I remember but don't know how I was able to do it. Once I basically re-engineered a building automation system originally written for the PDP 11/34 that I had nothing top do with. The 34 would talk to field panels distributed in the building or campus. It used a proprietary protocol for which there was very sparse documentation. I first had to write a serial data analyzer to better understand the protocol between host an panels. My automation software had scripting and multiple user terminals. This was all before Windows. When I look at that old code, I have no idea how I was able to accomplish that task. And the really big news was that the original code crashed all the time. My code ran for a couple of years without a reboot. And the only reason for the reboot then as because of a power failure.

One of the many projects. Should it be readable? I.E. In text format? Or would it be binary? I guess I will need to look at both the XL BASIC and Mac 65 manual to see if they were able to create .lib files.

The confusion was my use of the word "enhanced" . As long as the disk is formatted single density, it should be able to be used in the 810.

It was meant as a DOS plus / advanced DOS. I.E. not the out of box Atari DOS. The post clearly asks for single density. Sorry for the confusion. So what are my options other than SIO2PC? Can files be loaded on SD memory by a PC? Then use din one of the various SD memory drives for the Atari?

Got the 810 working. So I know the SIO is working. Thanks.

Currently only have 32K. RAM was really expensive back in the day. It is an Atari 800 BTW.