Android8675 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Let me know if you want pictures, I can put up photos with some dimenstions or something if you need em. What I'd really like is a small plastic case that hold 2 standard PC 3.5" floppy drives, stacked or side by side, and has room in the back for a small power supply and a spot to put a panel mount IDC-Dsub connector, and the standard 3 pin AC connector. can't find a decent case for floppy drives anywhere, let alone plastic ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) I have floppy drives here, and can understand what you need in it. I'll get to work on it. Floppy cases are getting really hard to come by, I have looked, too. PM sent. Edited December 3, 2013 by nathanallan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Working on a floppy drive case, had a software glitch but still working on it. As a follow up to the t-handle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1k Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 3d printers wil be good for making carts or plastic covers for XE/XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) Pretty soon I was going to take on the design of an XE/XL cart, just got a lot of things working now, so it's in the queue. A cover is a bit out of the scope of my machine, though. Too big for it. Edited December 10, 2013 by nathanallan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creature XL Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 If you are bored, you can do somethin glike this: http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2011/05/Atari-SD-drive-550x366.jpg With a 1050 instead of 810 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicboom Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I've purchased a Makergear M2 and I hope to be using it to produce some case customizations. Is anyone making 3D models to be printed? Are there any Atari home computer objects that already exist out there? Also, are there any printable objects that people are really looking for? Cartridge cases? Oooooh printing off Atari parts would be awesome! I got an Ultimaker 2 and printed off an Atari Logo. https://pinshape.com/items/5972-3d-printed-atari-logo I felt like I discovered fire or something - ha! Love to see this thread get updated with what happened with your quest to find Atari parts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Since the bump has happened, I will chime in and say I have an XYZ Print DaVinci 1.0. The user Dropcheck has done some custom 3D orintables and I believe has also just ordered a new XYZ printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Great to see this thread bumped! I have several designs working, but my printer is kind of in limbo. Soon, I am hoping to get going again and make custom Atari things. I love this stuff way too much for bad circumstances to stop me for very long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc9eOzihlNY&feature=share&list=UUBL6V-y7s6XV1lxwIA5MzWQ I made one just last night. T-Handle atari cat That looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmercer Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 One of you should miniaturize an 800xl or any variety of 2600 as a rPi case. *nods* 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicboom Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Great to see this thread bumped! I have several designs working, but my printer is kind of in limbo. Soon, I am hoping to get going again and make custom Atari things. I love this stuff way too much for bad circumstances to stop me for very long. Awesome. Can't wait to see what you've printed. I'm new to this but totally digging it. I'm just printing off small things at the moment but some of the designs out there are insane. Love to experiment with different filaments as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I've got some beta files available on my site for dl. Look on the right hand side. They are beta versions, but if you have access to Solidworks or can convert, you can change them to suit. Working on the OSS 'Black' and ICD SpartaDOS original cartridge shells for listing soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjameslv Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Great to see this thread bumped! I have several designs working, but my printer is kind of in limbo. Soon, I am hoping to get going again and make custom Atari things. I love this stuff way too much for bad circumstances to stop me for very long. Did you end up testing the t-handle carts durability? Id be interested to know if they broke or came apart when inserting games in and out. Edited January 21, 2016 by cjameslv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNIXcoffee928 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Let me know if you want pictures, I can put up photos with some dimenstions or something if you need em. What I'd really like is a small plastic case that hold 2 standard PC 3.5" floppy drives, stacked or side by side, and has room in the back for a small power supply and a spot to put a panel mount IDC-Dsub connector, and the standard 3 pin AC connector. can't find a decent case for floppy drives anywhere, let alone plastic ones. Has anyone ever tried to interface an external Amiga external 3.5" Disk Drive to an Atari 8-Bit? They were very versatile drives, and I would think that it would be a very do-able project. I remember that the (less common) external Amiga 5.25" drives could read & write Atari 8-Bit disks without modification, when connected to an Amiga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Arch, I have that very design on my computer, for dual floppy drives, right now. As described, a box for Drives and room for a power supply. Gag!!! My printer I miss it. Edited January 21, 2016 by nathanallan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Android8675 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Has anyone ever tried to interface an external Amiga external 3.5" Disk Drive to an Atari 8-Bit? They were very versatile drives, and I would think that it would be a very do-able project. I remember that the (less common) external Amiga 5.25" drives could read & write Atari 8-Bit disks without modification, when connected to an Amiga. I thought Amiga drives were like Mac drive, they used the CLV style drives that change the rotation speed depending on the head position, allows more data stored on the outer tracks. I'd think that'd make it difficult to do at best. Stryder's Karin Maxi Drive uses normal PC 3.5" HD drives which you can get for dirt cheap to this day, the only downside is you have to take off the D0 pin on one of the drives (for some reason the IDC twisted cable doesn't seem to work, gotta use a straight cable and desolder one of the drive selector pins. I put the project on the back burner, I need that case. 3D printers at monoprice looking very tempting these days. Edited January 22, 2016 by Android8675 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNIXcoffee928 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I thought Amiga drives were like Mac drive, they used the CLV style drives that change the rotation speed depending on the head position, allows more data stored on the outer tracks. I'd think that'd make it difficult to do at best.... No, as far as I know, only the special high-density drives for the 3000T, 4000, & 4000T used a multi-speed solution. The standard Amiga external 1010 drive was completely programmable, as it relied on the computer that it was attached to to provide it's disk controller info, via a software driver. This is what made it a very special, & flexible drive to program for (from a copy-protection programming standpoint). Also, I remember that the Macintosh hardware emulator boards stipulated having both Apple ROMs AND a Macintosh floppy drive, if you wanted to read actual Mac disks, and If I recall, this was because Mac drives had the variable speed characteristics that you mention. So, in theory, as long as a driver were written for the Atari, you should be able to use the Amiga 1010 3.5" & Amiga 1020 5.25" disk drives. Probably via the parallel port or the PBI. I'll look around and see if I can find the technical info that would be needed for creating such a driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjameslv Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Arch, I have that very design on my computer, for dual floppy drives, right now. As described, a box for Drives and room for a power supply. Gag!!! My printer I miss it. I'd be willing to print out some 8bit goodness for you, just shoot me the stl file. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Has anyone ever tried to interface an external Amiga external 3.5" Disk Drive to an Atari 8-Bit? They were very versatile drives, and I would think that it would be a very do-able project. I remember that the (less common) external Amiga 5.25" drives could read & write Atari 8-Bit disks without modification, when connected to an Amiga. How about an SF314 connected to an XF551 with the dual drive mod? That would look better than an Amiga drive. At least no C= logo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 How about an SF314 connected to an XF551 with the dual drive mod? That would look better than an Amiga drive. At least no C= logo Amen to no C= logo. But if the Amiga drives don't have disc drive controllers built in, wouldn't that be a massive performance hit for an A8 to drive it? Wouldn't you want something like an Arduino to drive it? With that said, is anyone modding SF354s into XF354s? The 354 is the bane of the ST community so no sweat over converting them so A8 fans can use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Amen to no C= logo. But if the Amiga drives don't have disc drive controllers built in, wouldn't that be a massive performance hit for an A8 to drive it? Wouldn't you want something like an Arduino to drive it? With that said, is anyone modding SF354s into XF354s? The 354 is the bane of the ST community so no sweat over converting them so A8 fans can use them. CSS made an upgrade allowing the XF551 controller to access 2 drive units. What's wrong with 314's? Software compatibility for double-sided, or mechanical? I've never gotten in with ST's that much. If it's only software related, then it should be fine with the A8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNIXcoffee928 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 How about an SF314 connected to an XF551 with the dual drive mod? That would look better than an Amiga drive. At least no C= logo The Amiga 1010 3.5" drive has no Commode Logo. Neither does the Amiga 1000 system. Only the original Amiga Double Checkmark logo is present on the early equipment. The 1020 5.25" drive has both logos. As I'm sure you know, the Amiga 1000 was the brainchild of Jay Miner, as was the Atari 800. Atari was Atari in name only at this point, with the Evil Commodore himself, Jack Tramiel, busy steering Atari fleet into the Abyss. So, I wouldn't worry so much about it. Another thing to consider is that Amiga equipment was very high-quality, much like the original Atari 800 system, in build quality. Atari ST era Atari stuff was Cost Reduced (CR) Equipment (more like a VIC or C64). The Amiga 500 & 600 were the only real attempts at cost cutting... and they're still built really well... to the point that Atari's "Power Without the Price" could have easily been countered by Amiga with "Price without the Dice". lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I always thought that the Amiga used a non-standard drive mech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNIXcoffee928 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) I always thought that the Amiga used a non-standard drive mech. The standard Amiga 1010 3.5" floppy used a Matsushita drive mechanism, was double sided, and held 880K per disk. Edited January 23, 2016 by UNIXcoffee928 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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