Larry

February 26

I'm using ATADIM 3.05 with Win 11, and I keep running into an issue with ATR's being shown as Read Only (according to ATADIM). So that means that I cannot import files to that ATR. If I look at the Windows Properties of the ATR, they invariably have the RO box not checked. In many cases, these same ATR's have been marked RW in Altirra. Can anyone shed any light on this?

February 23

I did both these mods quite a few years ago. IMO, a lot of work. Here is one that should get you 90% of the benefits with a whole lot less parts and work. At least it did for me... The revised was called Clearpic 2012, IIRC.

Here is the earlier thread that discusses some options:

February 23

There's the one I was referring to... The Atariamania page 2 has Lunar Patrol included. If you're inclined, make a few mods and try it with Turbo Basic XL or another faster Basic or compiler.

February 23

There was a really nice lander version in Analog mag. It had about 9 or so different screens/levels. I'll try to find it and post it tomorrow. It was my favorite lander game. A.I. had a nice one, too.

February 22

Obviously several ways to skin the proverbial cat. I found Win APE (with USB) the easiest, and I did hundreds of unprotected disks, years ago. Registered APE is Da bomb! "Trial" APE is nearly as good for this application.

February 20

My Eclaire XL sure has the feel of an Atari. Courtesy of Foft and Panos. It is a marvel of re-engineering!

February 19

How much pain does the shoulder give you? Knees here -- every day, but I can still get around, thanks to Aleve.

February 19

Assuming that Atari would agree, any idea of the cost to make a run of actual original IC's? Would that be practical?

What FPGA's are in short supply? Are there substitutes, and is cost the actual issue?

February 19

I'm curious about these -- how reliable are these loaders? Is there any general documentation (in English)? I'm not planning on building one of these, just curious about the "nuts and bolts" of how it works.

February 18

1 hour ago, Kelevance said:

In the meantime, thanks to everyone's input, I've decided to start with a SUBAVG Cart. Thanks to everyone who provided great info for an 8-bit newb.

Do also consider the SIO connector cable. It's like $11, and also the PBI cable if those fit the budget. You are paying shipping, so getting the accessory cables at the same time is a good move. The SIO cable really adds to the capability of the SUBAVG CART, and the PBI gives you expanded memory.

February 18

Has anyone seen or used one of these? It is an add-on board for the 800 similar to Omnimon or maybe more accurately, similar to the original RamRod board. I've tried to translate this, but Google Translate keeps asking if I want to translate TO German. Anyway, here is the original PDF and a page-split PDF of the Rom Wizard PDF. I suspect the major issue is that the PDF is of pretty poor quality. Any suggestions for getting this machine translated would be appreciated.

ROM Wizard Atari 400-800 German.pdf ROM Wizard Split Atari 400-800 German.zip

February 17

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February 17

No, not that kind of autosave. Probably autosave is not a very good description. If you modify a disk image and then unmount it, the modified form is returned to its origin. You don't have to take any additional actions. The original version is history, unless you have a backup. There are pro's and con's to both methods. As if you put a real disk in a drive and modify it, that's what you have.

February 16

On 12/29/2023 at 9:43 PM, dmsc said:

Hi!

Perhaps you could try reading the help of the emulator?

Hint: right of the menu that was shown in the shot above.

Have Fun!

I think what he means is auto-save like in APE. I didn't find anything like that mentioned in the Altirra HELP. Altirra can be a little overwhelming. Especially if you are not a steady user.

February 16

First I'd heard of the Backbit multi-cart. Nothing but this thread on AA that I could find, but some more info from Google. I did get the basics -- it's a multi-platform cart with adapters (and probably selection jumpers) to use with C64, Atari, PC jr, TI, etc. Really interesting product for folks that have several platforms.

February 9

My take is that there will not be a 400 Maxi. I think the only reason there is TheVic20 Maxi is that is that it is so similar to the TheC64 Maxi from a production standpoint. I totally understand the C64 and Amiga. But of course, this is all my speculation. I hope they sell really well.

February 9

Presuming that the case is injection molded, the tooling and probably the materials would be the lowest cost with the flat surfaces of the 400. Personally, I think the 400 is not esthetically pleasing and makes a poor representative for the Atari line. And if it sells well and they make a maxi, it will have another membrane keyboard?

February 8

That looks really nice. Very clean and neat-looking!

BTW, there were a few NTSC 65XE's sold in the U.S. that had the ECI. But from what I can tell, a very small percent. I've got one, and it has the two-ram chip board, which I upgraded to 128K and then ultimately to 320K using a small board sold by A8-Maestro (More Than Games).

February 7

Oops! I forgot that the Kiwi was a two-step load. But still, go to archive.org (search for Atari Archiver), and scroll down -- you'll find a nice assortment of Archiver/Editor software.

IIRC:

1.x is the original Archiver software

2.x is the Super Archiver

3.x is the enhanced density Super Archiver

My favorite copy programs from BITD.

Edit: I just tested the original Archiver/Editor 1.0 after originally booting with Kiwi (with real hardware and Altirra), and they appear to work fine.

February 5

1050 version? (I'm not sure if an 810 R7 Happy Archiver existed.) Assuming you're looking for the 1050 version, this one works:

1050 to Kiwi Chip Archiver (attached) There are a couple floating around that do not work.

Manual available at archive.org -- search for Atari Archiver.

BTW, once you have loaded the original Archiver, then you can boot the Super Archiver and gain several features.

1050 to Kiwi Chip Archiver (19xx)(Kiwi Systems).atr

February 5

I wonder if we will be able to connect a USB Floppy Drive to the Mini as they have with TheC64 Mini? But the disk cannot be formatted in modern Windows, apparently. I don't know if anyone has solved that issue, or not. Link, if you haven't seen the video...

EDIT: Evidently the floppy formatting issue can be solved with Linux (as well as a Mac).

February 3

On 1/6/2024 at 5:07 PM, Forrest said:

The CMM2 is being sold again in low volumes for $165.50 at https://www.rictech.nz/micromite-products

The PicoMite VGA was released about 3 years ago...

Thanks! Lots of good info in these links!

February 2

Hi @guus.assmann

Thanks for the background material! Do you by any chance have any old photos of the boards you produced? Or are you aware of any other docs, advertisements, etc. from BITD about the Turbo board?

Thanks.

February 2

Thanks, I read through the whole thread (translated). It seems not quite the same as the original Turbo 1050, but I will attempt to contact Lotharek to see if we can get a few more details.

And a big thanks to @CharlieChaplin for the comprehensive info you provided!

February 1

Very nice!

But has anyone tackled a 3D case for a XL or XE? Perhaps in sections that would have flanges so as to glue the sections together. Maybe 4 or 6 sections? Just curious.

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