WaverBoy Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 ...that will let me load ROMs from a microSD card? I’ll get one as soon as I’m able to do that. Also, we really need a trakball solution here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 https://tinyurl.com/AtariVCSFirmwareV023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 The native os supports mice and therefore any usb trackball. Install kubuntu and you can add mame, stella and any game rom files you like. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 It would be great to get Altirra on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Altirra should work on linux with wine. You can put windows rather than linux if you want. Does anyone know how the atari spinner works on linux/windows. Does it become a mouse axis? Edited January 4, 2021 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Nut Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 When you say put Windows on it...do you mean on a separate USB attached drive...which can be plugged in when needed and unplugged when you want the device to boot to the Atari OS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, mr_me said: Altirra should work on linux with wine. You can put windows rather than linux if you want. Does anyone know how the atari spinner works on linux/windows. Does it become a mouse axis? Altirra works great under Wine. I've been using it this way for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justclaws Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I suppose my answer also depends on what the thread author means - really system firmware, or the AtariOS. Anybody who would look to replace the firmware right now would be taking a big risk. The machine already supports installing an external O/S, (but I would like BIOS virtualisation enabled.) The risks as I see it would be: - The BIOS updates come from AtariOS e.g. Atari said the fan is there as a safeguard, and the activity levels are set to maximum safety (active) for now. - Other on-board devices can get firmware or microcode updates. As to replacing AtariOS, this also seems short-sighted, and unnecessary, and you'd only get 32GB for everything. - The controller firmware updates from AtariOS. - AtariOS is also a work-in-progress, and further service integrations will likely be exclusive to AtariOS. - Since Atari bought WonderOS, integrated support for some Android games on AtariOS might well be expected. As there's no problem to install another O/S on an external drive, I can't see why anybody would replace AtariOS. I wait for future AtariOS updates, and new opportunities which they may bring. This box already does all I want. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bhall408 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Personally, I'd love to see AndroidTV as an alternate OS. If it was fiscally viable, I'd go ahead and do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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