Getting back into Atari programming

[Getting back into Atari programming]

Well, thanks, but FB is still shipping a VM, not a native binary (and I sure don't want to develop in BASIC, anything above trivial utilities is too messy).

 

[Getting back into Atari programming]

Programming the Atari 8-bit

 

I've started rewriting my old adventure game (originally AQUEST, certainly give it a new name before shipping) in Draper Pascal, and it's going well enough. The other classic compilers didn't work at all for me (except Action!, which I don't feel like dealing with that far low-level). If there's newer compilers that run on the Atari itself and make true binaries, not P-code, I might be interested.

 

I'm currently working entirely in emulator; real hardware testing when I get around to it. Are there any disk duplication services for people with actual floppies, or does everyone just use ATR "disks" now? Not sure I want to go full art-box crazy with this, but maybe a baggie with a couple pages manual wrapped around the floppy or cheapo SD card?

 

Once I get that up and out, are there other tools and applications people are in dire need of?