Paul Westphal Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 It is an original cart and shell, not tampered with. They probably had some boards left over and just used them in the CBS shell/label. Might be worth a little more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Hi, here's another update of the ROM list. Again, thanks to all for providing new ROM images. See Changelog.txt for the news. FULS' "Leo's 'Lectric Paintbrush" image is a bit different than the one known from Atarimania. Thanks for dumping! I have found a program named "Checksum Verifier", that was originally developed in-house at Atari (see README.txt for details). It contains a list of checksums for many cartridges. What is interesting, the list contains entries to several cartridge revisions that are different than the ones we know, for example "Qix rev. 7". I have added such entries to the list as well. Did you already post a copy of "Checksum Verifier"? If not can you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 See README.txt that's included with the ROM list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Info/Soft 7000 After reading the manual of Info/Soft 5000 on Atarimania.com, this appears to work This is a standard 16k ROM InfoSoft7000b.rom Here is the unmodified dump InfoSoft7000.rom Edited October 14, 2015 by AtariGeezer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) Adding: Cable Graphic Sciences CableGraphicSciences8k.rom This one is cassette based, enjoy I'll have another new one to post soon... Edited November 22, 2015 by AtariGeezer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 From the screenshots, Cable Graphic Sciences looks like the INFO/Soft carts, right down to the same keys. Does anyone know the stories behind them? p.s. I'm still looking for the INFO/Soft 7000 master diskette, the cart is limited without it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) I think it's called "Info/Gen" by Cable Graphic Sciences... Some info about the author is here: http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/HARRIS.HTM Edited November 22, 2015 by AtariGeezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) From the screenshots, Cable Graphic Sciences looks like the INFO/Soft carts, Have you tried that cart dump atr http://atariage.com/forums/topic/243710-infosoft-7000/?do=findComment&comment=3346423 to make a dump of your INFO/Soft 7000 cart? It would really be cool if you could because the rom I posted seems to be incomplete as the Help Screen is only showing garbage... Edited November 23, 2015 by AtariGeezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 No I haven't, I'll try over Thanksgiving break. But, my 7000 cart doesn't show anything when you view the help, maybe it's related. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 No I haven't, I'll try over Thanksgiving break. But, my 7000 cart doesn't show anything when you view the help, maybe it's related. When you press the Help or Break key and when the program starts, you should see a screen similar to this: Hopefully you might get a different dump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozar Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 My cart doesn't do that. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Brown/black label carts: 1979-1983 is my favorite. I tend to like the bland, professional looking cartridges for both the 8-bit computer and 2600. I think it was because of episode where you had two kids in a dad's office playing video games on a Atari 800. The older kid says to the other kid while playing video games "One day all this will be yours". And the shelves had rows of the black tall boxes the cartridges came in. Looked really nice. The other kid says "wow". I think it was the marketing of the Atari 800 as a business machine and it's look that sold me on the Atari 800. It was advertised as a serious machine and "Oh yeh, here is this professional 'Star Raiders' that we'll sneak in with a cartridge that looks like all the other that will blow your mind." And from what I understood that is exactly what happened. People sold the computer to their wives and what not about the business applications while Star Raiders was in the back of their minds. I know that was the case for one person at a sci-fi club, and my Dad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 My cart doesn't do that. :-) Hmmm, the menu code might be ok in the ROM, I found 2 more bad bytes that I thought were illegal opcodes. Also found some addresses used are writing to the 0x9xxx range where Imfo/Soft 5000 uses page 5 area instead... But it will take yours to compare with to see if yours and a8w's have the same data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Hmmm, the menu code might be ok in the ROM, I found 2 more bad bytes that I thought were illegal opcodes. Also found some addresses used are writing to the 0x9xxx range where Imfo/Soft 5000 uses page 5 area instead... But it will take yours to compare with to see if yours and a8w's have the same data Okay, found a total of 4 corrupted bytes so far, but what I thought was encoded text is 2 character sets. So the Menu and additional text is either in a different Bank or on the System Disk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 After the 4 fixes, it looks better now InfoSoft7000c.ROM System Disk might be a boot disk as DOS loads junk into the text buffers. I'm attempting the creation of a System Disk now... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 No I haven't, I'll try over Thanksgiving break. But, my 7000 cart doesn't show anything when you view the help, maybe it's related. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Any chance of that dump yet? I've made progress in the system disk, but need that dump to find the serial number to enable loading / saving pages... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Any chance of that dump yet? I've made progress in the system disk, but need that dump to find the serial number to enable loading / saving pages... InfoSoft7000d.png Nice work AtariGeezer! Does anyone have a system disk in their collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Adding SpectraView II SPECTRAVIEWII_U1_(Original).ROM SPECTRAVIEWII_U2_(Original).rom SprctraviewII-034M.rom SprctraviewII-034M.car.bin (rewmove .bin from filename) Merry Christmas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) You might want to try different DOS disks.... go from the oldest DOS to the newest.... it might give a different result...... oh I see you said you made progress... nevermind... The serial number isn't on or in the cart? Or carts main screen? I could be stabbing in the dark but if you see it do you know where to insert it on the disk? Edited December 26, 2015 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) Thanks so much for the Spec-II stuff! Now, the hunt is on for Spec-I. Spec-I has more features, including the ability to interface with a Heathkit weather station. Same OSS type cart as Spec-II, but also the BASIC ROM inside the computer is replaced by a third Spec-I EPROM. Spec-I was a considerably more expensive product, so I'm not sure that many survive now. I could kick myself in the ass now about this, because (back in the day) I was building them and I had all that stuff. Edit: If you ever see an XL/XE that displays a rainbow pattern instead of BASIC, it may have the internal Spec-I EPROM. Most of them are 2764's with some wires jumpered and soldered over the BASIC mask ROM which has the enable pin clipped. a 68764 or 68766 would be a direct plug in fit. Edited December 26, 2015 by Kyle22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) I just remembered that Spec-I also uses the Bot Engineering Pocket Modem to allow remote control. (Back to Spec-II) Attached is a disk image for Spec-II that contains a little demo and I explained some commands. Spec2.zip Edit: Put the Spec-II cart in, and put this disk in D1: (or a bootable D1: partition on your HD). Turn off SDX. Edited December 28, 2015 by Kyle22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Some Sprctraview II Notes: After the cart runs, Press BREAK to show the Command Mode: From the Command Mode, press CTRL-W for Version Info: From the Command Mode, press CTRL-H for Help: Still looking for the Modem / Remote key sequences... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 If I remember correctly, it was only Spec-I that used the modem. There is a picture of the modem beside it's term program cart. here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/116882-atari-8-bit-cartridges-a-big-list/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1453230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 If I remember correctly, it was only Spec-I that used the modem. There is a picture of the modem beside it's term program cart. here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/116882-atari-8-bit-cartridges-a-big-list/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1453230 I have that modem But there are text strings in the code for remote direcetory listing, transfering remote pictures, delete remote picture and 3 error messages pertaining to these functions. Just found a reference for the "M:" device too, so the disk should have a driver for that modem on it. I'll keep hunting through the code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) It may be that the Spec-II can be used as a remote slave to Spec-I. Now, the question is: Does anyone have a disk for the Bot Engineering Pocket Modem? Happy hunting Edit: Found the drivers here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/29689-pocket-modem-docs-needed/?do=findComment&comment=3248808 Edited December 28, 2015 by Kyle22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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