lord_mike

That would be toooootally sweet! I would buy one just for that! We'd need to have a hack for keyboard and disk input... that would rock! Thanks, Mike

It sounds to me that Atari is trying to pull a flashback 1 on us, and Curt is trying to show them grassroots support against it. I'm not buying no NEW system that has an atari sticker on it. If this is oging to be an Atari flashback, it better play my old atari games somehow (whether it be the atari computer line or the vcs line). Thanks, Mike

Second Flojomojo on that one!!! Thanks, Mike

It worked! Thanks, Mike

This question is confusing... Personally, I don't care who makes the hardware, or even what platform it is as long as it emulates the old ataris 100% and runs native Atari code 100%. It can be a motorola 68000 running emulation, or an Intel or whatnot... it doesn't matter... but it better look to me, as a programmer, as an Atari inside. The flashback 2 was great because it combined all the old hardware onto a chip. The flashback 1 sucked, because it didn't even atempt to run atari code.. games were "ported" to the NES, and were basically rough simulations, not even emulations. As long as it looks, acts, feels, and behaves like an atari, I could care less what's actually inside. Obviously, the best thing would be to have a chip or circuit board that reproduces the functionality of the original harware, but it doesn't have to be Atari who makes it, and it deosn't have to look like the old harware "under the hood" either. In other words, the chips and design doesn't have to be the same, but the logic bettter be. Thanks, Mike

I remember reading somewhere's that the FB2 takes up very little juice, and it could be easily run on a 9 volt battery. would it be as simple as... 9v battery --> battery connector --> 2 wires --> female power jack that fits into back of FB2 Is that all that would be necessary? It seems too easy... like I would need to add a resistor in there or something... Any electronic gurus out there with advice? It would be nice to have this thing battery powered, just to make it more convenient for casual play (and even more portable than it is already) Thanks, Mike

I am interested in modding my flashback2, but I have a big question? Where do I buy the cardridge adapter and guides? I've tried the myAtari site and the best electronics site as recommended by the mod pages, but with no luck whatsoever. It seems that these items have dissapeared from the face of the earth. Can anyone help me find these things? Thanks, Mike

Don't forget Ms. Pac Man... actually, the VCS version is quite good, much better than her brother's game! Thanks, Mike

Why not buy her a flashback 2 console and mod it (if you feel that's necessary). They had them for $20 on black friday at Target. Retail is $30. The mod should run you less than $15. Thanks, Mike

Indeed! Infact, my girlfriend loves playing. Mine, too! Good thing I'm marrying her!!! Thanks, Mike

I have a few questions for Supercharger owners. I'd be grateful for any feedback. I am thinking about acquiring one some time in the future for development (and some game playing) of homebrews and hacks, but I am concerned aobut the fact that 50% of games won't run via the supercharger because of the memory banking feature on the cartridge. Does anyone have a list of which games work (or don't work) on an unmodified supercharger? I was also wondering if anyone here has modified thier Starpath/Arcadia supercharger successfully. Even though I am handy with a soldering iron, I am still concerned about opening up a rare and valuable piece of hardware. Rob Colbert's instructions are quite good, but the OR gate IC that he mentions using is no longer available from Radio Shack, and his diagram doesn't state which direction the switch should be in for each mode: http://members.cox.net/rcolbert/sc.htm Does anyone know if this alternative 74HC32 chip would work ok? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...;category=50913 It has extra letters after the model number, so it has me somewhat concerned. I am also assuming that the switch in the diagram is a standard SPDT switch? I've sent an email to Mr. Colbert himself, but since he hasn't updated his web site in over a year, I don't know if he's still around. Any assistance and advice is greatly appreciated!! Thanks, Mike

ROFL!!!

You know, the original football with 8 flickering amoebas running around and the ball that you can "steer" in mid-flight! Yeah, that one! I'd love to hack it so that the team colors would be red and blue and the touchdown music would be the Ohio State and/or Michigan fight song depending on which team scores. My fiancee would love that! I haven't seen any disassemblies of this famous cratridge, so I don't know where to start (or if it is even reasonably possible). I'm am familiar with assembly language programming, so I should be able to handle it, but i don't know where to start, really. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mike UPDATED: With some perseverence and a lot of luck, I figured out how to change the colors and music for the game. I am attaching the bin and the partially commented disassembly. Look at the bottom of the file in the data statements for the info on how to hack colors and music. The attached files are for the "big house" version--Michigan is at home and the michigan fight song is dominant. (I know... I know.... I'm from Ohio, and as the ESPN commerical says.... if it weren't for sports, an Ohioan marrying a Michigander wouldn't be disgusting! I hope to beat her mightily when we play this game!!! ) Enjoy! OSU_UM_Football.zip

He he... me too! $99 at Northeast Appliance and Audio! A definate steal at the time! (and yes, I still have it.. dind't realize that it was considered to be rare!) Thanks, Mike

Is it easier if you have a 360K drive? I do happen to have one lying around (good thing I never throw anything out! ) I have been interested in trying it, but have been worried that it might ruin the disk somehow. Thanks, Mike

Hi Steve! I was reading this thread with the exact same issue in mind (my 1050 died over a decade ago... would stick a disk in the drive, it would light up and spin forever...). I was wondering if you'd be willing to help a fellow Clevelander out with the same offer--archiving some of my old BASIC program disks. I only have about 3-4 of them. One is DOS 3, one DOS 2, one DOS 2.5, and the fourth I don't know... I have the DOS system disks if necessary. Anyways, I hope you read this, and let me know... maybe I can buy lunch or something! Thanks, Mike

Check out the following site: http://home.planet.nl/~ernest/atarixle.html Look at the bottom of that page... may be helpful to you!! I'm sure someone could send you a DOS system disk. If my 1050 drive were working, I'd send you one myself! Thanks, Mike

I was wondering if any of you guys knew what software/hardware platform was used to compile Atari games at the time of release? For example, the creators of VisiCalc for the Apple II (the first ever spreadsheet program) actually used a DEC PDP minicomputer to assemble, compile, and debug their program with an interesting interface to the Apple II's memory chips to run it. Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote their first version of the BASIC programing language for the Altair 8800 on a PDP as well using an emulator (without ANY access to the original hardware). I guess i'ts possible that the original developers compiled the assembly language by hand (not entirely imposible to do, but a big pain in the rear), but I would imagine that they had some higher leel computing machinery help... Anyone know the platform that they used? I wonder if they had any tools to help with debugging and what not.... I've looked everywhere and have not found any info that would suggest how the orignal atari developers programmed their software. Thanks, Mike