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A new Ars Technica article dropped today. It specifically mentions connecting to and using IRATA.ONLINE. It mentions #FujiNet, but they connect with a C64 and PTerm. How to make almost any computer a modern-day PLATO terminal https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/

Also, note that @SoulBuster has recently provided copies of COMPUTE! Bonus Disks for August and October 1987 in their impressive personal software preservation thread. and

I saw the last post a few months ago, and it's been in the back of my head ever since. Since then I looked through my old disks and found three that aren't already posted, but discovered I had a dead 1050 power supply. Fast forward to last week, where I acquired a new power supply and was able to duplicate the following Compute! Disks to add to the collection. COMPUTE! Disk January-March, 1987 - Vol 9, Nos 1-3 COMPUTE! Disk April-June 1987 - Vol 9, Nos 4-6 COMPUTE! Disk July-September 1987 - Vol 9, Nos 7-9 Compute Disk Jan-Mar 1987 Vol 9 Nos 1-3.atr Compute Disk Apr-Jun 1987 Vol 9 Nos 4-6.atr Compute Disk Jul-Sep 1987 Vol 9 Nos 7-9.atr

Watching this now, wanted to share.

I voted for X-E-G-S. I also say N-E-S and Super N-E-S for those consoles. My kids say ness and sness, for what its worth. I should ask them what they’d call the XEGS.

I'm sure it's been mentioned in other threads, but there is a fairly good telling of the Jawbreaker story in the book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy.

I really enjoyed Acrobat, published in Compute! in February 1985 (Issue 57; Vol 7, No 2). https://archive.org/details/1985-02-compute-magazine/page/n57/mode/1up It was Temple Run before there was a Temple Run. ATR available at: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-acrobat_20623.html

I could be wrong, but the words won't match up for you to mate two cartridge holders together.

I had only purchased one copy of Computer Shopper back in the day and I remember typing in the Response Analysis Program from the September 1985 issue. It was an Eliza-like therapy simulation, and was good for a laugh. (My juvenile mind figuring out how to trigger the "same to you, buster!" response) Now thanks to the work of @Allan and @Atari_Ace I have been able to experience it again. I've attached an ATR with the program if anyone is interested. Computer_Shopper_Sept_1985-RAP.atr

I had an issue with my 800xl where sometimes I’d get a green screen and other times a black screen. It took swapping the PIA to get mine operational.

Schrodinger’s game!

Looking forward to today’s presentation at virtual VCF East. Break a leg, @tschak909

Me too. It was my first thought upon reading the topic title.

A display cabinet is a great idea. I’m gonna have to keep an eye out for something similar. Thank you for the idea.

Picked this up in a recent eBay auction... needs some work on the keyboard: 466275 #153 AW490365 4/15

It was the postal system. Slovakia Post to USPS.

In case anyone was curious as to current shipping times to the US for and AVGCART, @tmp sent mine on 17 Aug, and I received it on 27 Aug. 10 days isn't bad considering the state of international shipping these days. Thanks, tmp! This device is really great.

SIO pin 10 is +5V/Ready and in Mr Robot's diagram is wired to the 5V pin on the underside of the Arduino. I just inserted a switch on that wire, so that the switch opens/closes the circuit. A SPST switch would work, but I had two matching SPDT switches, so I only wired one side of the switch. It's a little hard to see when zoomed in (and behind the wires of the other switch), but the red/orange wires are how I wired the SIO +5V line. Also, StickJock makes a really good point, this doesn't disable the USB/barrel power, so you have to be mindful that you don't supply power through both SIO and external power. Their recommendation of a diode on this line is probably a good idea.

Here are a few pictures. Sorry they are a little blurry, and please forgive any poor solderwork (I'm a novice at soldering).

I put one together with a DIP style Arduino and included two switches. I followed Mr. Robot’s guide in my build. I haven’t tried a firmware upgrade so I’m not 100% sure I got that right, but at least the power switch between SIO and USB works correctly. I’ll try to get some pictures uploaded later.

I’ve not tried DMM, but did you try a translator disk with the XEGS setup? Maybe it requires the older OS to run properly.

I remember typing in Skyscape from Compute magazine back when I was in junior high school. I thought it was pretty cool to be able calculate the position of planetary objects. Certainly the timeliness of Halley’s comet’s return helped with increasing interest in these types of programs. Out of curiosity, I checked the article and code to see if it was Y2K compliant. The article says it works for dates from 1977 and into the future, the BASIC code requires a year input > 1977. Makes me wonder how far off the calculated positions for a date some 35 years after the program was written are from reality.

Pretty sure it’s real, or at least somebody’s dream to open them. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/tech/atari-hotels-trnd/index.html based on the date, it was announced before April 1