doctor_x Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Does anyone happen to have the original GCP starter kit - or even any of the original advertising blurbs that came out at its introduction? I would like to purchase same for my display bookcase. Any leads would be appreciated. I've had an ebay search running for this (along with many more) for quite some time (years) without a hit. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad5200 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I wish I still did! I bought that and was on there back in the day. FYI... atarimania.com has all the .atr disk images. However, they are kind of mislabeled. The description for Lords of Space mentions "Missing original disk image!" but this is wrong. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-lords-of-space_3040.html The zip file there actually has images of all 4 original disk sides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 thank you. think i have all that but will grab again just in case:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 didn't someone mention trying to set a gcp server up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 oh nice.. i dont think i had that one magazine page saved... thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: didn't someone mention trying to set a gcp server up? i think the last time i started a topic about this it had come up... mad reverse engineering would have to be done but im sure its possible. they did it with AOL and PLATO... I would LOVE to see it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 genie would have been sweet, just to get all the info and software... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/20/2020 at 6:34 PM, doctor_x said: Does anyone happen to have the original GCP starter kit - or even any of the original advertising blurbs that came out at its introduction? I would like to purchase same for my display bookcase. Any leads would be appreciated. I've had an ebay search running for this (along with many more) for quite some time (years) without a hit. Thanks! Hey there, @doctor_x, happened to see your post. The only GCP materials I've come across is what I picked up off EBay a few years back as part of an Atari lot. Didn't even know there were disks (.atrs) available to go-with. ? ? --Tim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, Timothy Kline said: The only GCP materials I've come across is what I picked up off EBay Any chance you could scan in that manual? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Timothy Kline said: Hey there, @doctor_x, happened to see your post. The only GCP materials I've come across is what I picked up off EBay a few years back as part of an Atari lot. Didn't even know there were disks (.atrs) available to go-with. ? ? --Tim I had that same pamphlet... God I drooled over that shit!!! LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Another reference to GCP - search for "telegame" http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/1985_1112_issue24.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 18 hours ago, evilmoo said: Any chance you could scan in that manual? I'll certainly add it on the list of Atari to-do's, @evilmoo, for when things die down again here on the homefront. Should be a pretty straightforward task. /thinking --Tim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Timothy Kline said: I'll certainly add it on the list of Atari to-do's Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Kline Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 4:29 AM, Timothy Kline said: I'll certainly add it on the list of Atari to-do's, @evilmoo, for when things die down again here on the homefront. Should be a pretty straightforward task. /thinking --Tim Sorry for the delay... https://archive.org/details/gcp-manual-1986-games-computers-play-inc --Tim 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Timothy Kline said: Sorry for the delay... Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 this is GOLD! thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Ok... After reading through a good bit of this I see they had an auto-update function? Possibly a first? I never used the commodore variant or PLATO so I dont know if either one of them had it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, doctor_x said: Ok... After reading through a good bit of this I see they had an auto-update function? Possibly a first? I never used the commodore variant or PLATO so I dont know if either one of them had it.... It's pretty strange -- what I've disassembled so far looks mostly like processing a variety of display commands, and I don't see much in the way of file transfer code. Perhaps it's time to take a closer look at START.COM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 19 hours ago, evilmoo said: It's pretty strange -- what I've disassembled so far looks mostly like processing a variety of display commands, and I don't see much in the way of file transfer code. Perhaps it's time to take a closer look at START.COM. or, maybe they had stuff listed that was "under construction".... man after reading through that manual I am thoroughly impressed with what they had in - what? 1986?? If nothing else it would be kick ass to reverse it enough to at least get images of the screens for documentation purposes. GCP needs to be remembered! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmoo Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, doctor_x said: or, maybe they had stuff listed that was "under construction".... man after reading through that manual I am thoroughly impressed with what they had in - what? 1986?? If nothing else it would be kick ass to reverse it enough to at least get images of the screens for documentation purposes. GCP needs to be remembered! It certainly seemed like a Prodigy before Prodigy. I wonder if I can get the client to dial an IP address if I run it in Altirra... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I'd love to see this up and running in some form again, I dreamed of having this service back in the day and playing the games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8maestro Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 9:23 AM, evilmoo said: Any chance you could scan in that manual? Some of these manuals are scanned, edited, and posted at...http://atari.a8maestro.com/info/8ball/ballsa.htm Rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefffulton Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I have been collecting a lot of individual scans for a new set of 8bit Databases (https://intotheverticalblank.com/atari-8bit-magazine-review-database/) (Mag reviews, programming tutorials from Analog, etc), and I came across 2 GCP things that are attached. One is the advertisement, and one is a review. Games Computers Play (GCP Network) Ad Full Color.pdf Games-Computers-Play-GCP-Review-Analog-Issue-37.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratwell Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Another basement find uploaded to archive.org: https://archive.org/details/games-computers-play-inc-flyer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 It would be incredible if this could be made to work with Fujinet like Plato. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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