Goochman

Dont ask me why this popped into my brain when reading this but I believe Win 3.1 required some sort of memory mgmt capability built into the 386 and not available in the 286. I could be 150% wrong on this though

Im pretty sure the Dungeon strips alot of stuff from a City character during the conversion process. It didnt let you bring a god like character down so you could lay waste to the Dungeon right away IIRC. Having said that some stuff did carry down but I cant tell you what.

a buddy of mine his Dad had a 400 and 800 on 24x7 365. 1 was connected to an antenna pointed at Space - think pre-SETI. The other was hooked up to a seismograph checking for earthquake activity. The seismograph picked up Mt St Helens eruption and we were located on the East Coast of the US. He had to reboot the machines maybe once a month - but they never overheated and ran for atleast the 3 years I knew the guy.

Id really like to get the 4MB expansion for my Mega 2 but dont have the skills to install it. Havent found anyone in the US that does "ST" work.

Coming soon: https://www.engadget.com/atari-vcs-production-units-ready-by-june-015548693.html

Nice rig!

If he's rich and there is an inheritance then yes! Otherwise no

I didnt need a replacement keyboard but got an Eiffel and it works great - I put my mega keyboard away.

Atariwriter Print Shop 1030 Express Visicalc A character set editor program whose name I cant remember

I always dreamed of owning a GXP - wasnt meant to be. Ive seen a few the past couple of years and when I tell my kids it was one of the fastest cars on the road back in the day they scratch their head

But dont you wish you had the ability to test it.................:)

Did you ever try Alice Pascal on the ST? Great Pascal implementation ahead of its time from a syntax checking perspective

I was a die hard 8bit fan (800 then 130XE) before moving on to the 1040ST in '86.I did most of my College work on the 1040 and upgraded to a Mega 2ST when it came out. I had the Magic Sac and then Spectre 128K carts. I had the 286 board to run IBM stuff. I had a 20MB and then 40MB ICD-FaST drive. I was doing DTP and Wordperfect on the ST, Turbo Pascal on the Spectre and DOS stuff on the IBM piece. It honestly was a great kit. I added one of the 16mhz boards as well. Fast forward to '91/'92 and at my job I was working on a mainframe. Dialing in from home was unheard of back then but was an option when the weather was bad. None of the ST terminal software at the time accurately emulated a VT100 or VT52, forgot which. The colors and screen drawing routines werent 100% and I couldnt do my work efficiently. ProComm+ on the PC's was the best at the time and I needed a PC in order to move forward so I reluctantly bought a 386DX machine running Windows 3.0. It sucked compared to my Mega 2 at the time but I could get any game I wanted now and eventually when I got a 486SX machine the Atari was packed up.

Doubtful - IIRC, the SLM804 used the ST memory to produce the page output. Atari was ahead of the times in producing a laser printer with a low price point. The 8bit cant power it that Im aware of.

Only if there was a rabbit in that scene.........................

Just curious if a XEP80 Rogue would be possible and worthwhile to maintain the 80 col mode? XEP80 is emulated in Altirra and a few of us still have them Also maybe use one of ht various software 80 col mode solutions?

OK I guess search is my friend - maybe find some of them here:

Im sure one of our experts here could convert it like some of the other C64 titles. Here is an overview of the C64 scenario disks: https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/subLOGIC_Scenery_Disks#Overview_of_the_scenery_disks One would imagine these were released for the 8bit as well?

Like Infocom titles, I bet the scenario disks are the same/similar across platforms.

No idea if I could find the disks I got - he ran a copy service

Great idea and they look awesome - Id def go for a set of 20 or so once you finish.

Awesome being a great friend Mclaneinc! RIP Bob and cheers to great friend

Not sure if this is of value but was posted in the 8bit forum: http://www.benlo.com/microchess/Kim-1Microchess.html

Makes sense now - F99 does the majority of what I want so no worries - thanks!

Thanks for everyones help - I got a 32k addon and someone shared with me their folder structure. Im running into another strange problem that I wanted to make sure is something Im not doing wrong before asking the manufacturer: I purchased this FlashRom99 and also their 32k sidecar module from here: https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/ti-99-4a/products/texas-instruments-99-4a-flashrom-99 From what Ive read I should be able to navigate folders when starting the computer with the F99, however I dont see any folders. If I dont have any ROMs in the root of my SDHC card then the F99 doesnt appear in the bootup menu. If I put the ROMs in the root then it shows up just fine (no folders) with the ROMs and I can play games. My question is are F99's different across vendors or would I need a more recent firmware or such? The 32k module solved my Munchman problem