www.atarimania.com Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Here are four issues of Acacia-Run: http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-acacia-run_131.html This ultra rare magazine in French language was published in Belgium but also sold in Switzerland and the northeastern part of France. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Hello, In http://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/acacia-run-05.pdf just posted above, there's a circuit for a light pen. Has anyone ever tried this? Looks like an interesting project. Redman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Some great contributions courtesy of John Hardie: XBASIC dealer demo by SUPERware (if anybody has the full version of this program, please post it here or get in touch!) Electronic Arts Data Transfer Utility More to come! 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Here's Hocus Pocus by Frank Cohen! This preliminary version of The Scrolls of Abadon brought to you by John Hardie again with permission from the original author! 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Great stuff Atarimania and John Hardie...(oh and Frank Cohen) Little treats for us all.. Thank you.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Another lost title unearthed by John, here's MAE by Eastern House Software! Manual scanned by @Savetz in 2017 and available with permission from both authors. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 More INCREDIBLE material dumped by John Hardie! Applications / Utilities CP/A (V1.0) by OSS, Inc. OS/A+ (V2.11) by OSS, Inc. Supercart (Frontrunner Computer Industries) Lizard (please chime in if you know more about this terminal program) Games Santa BBS (Dreams Come True) Video Math Flashcards (V2.0) by APX Trucker / Streets of the City (Creative Computing Software) Road Blocks (unknown machine language title by David Mapes, could be a prototype) The Accident (joke by Jerry White) EATT - European Adventure Time Tunnel (fully playable, unreleased game coded by Jerry White and eventually canned by First Star Software) Cheez-Wiz (previously unknown prototype by Roklan!) Enjoy! 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Thank you Atarimania... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNameOfTheGame Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Wow, nice. Thanks John and thank Atarimania! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) Lizard is a play of words on Chameleon... It encompasses Dasher, Glass TTY, VT-52, IBM 3101 / Image terminals. Bauds are 75 thru 9600. 40 columns or 80 column virtual scroll. It can take in one parity and send out another in relay or echoplex echoplex is not duplex, you will see provisions for both. FTP - file transfer. Not todays' ftp. You may find some literature out there about it, or at least some marketing material Edited April 23, 2021 by _The Doctor__ 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 Did you know that My First Alphabet was translated and officially released in Spain? Here's the program for the first time: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-mi-primer-alfabeto_38003.html Many thanks to Farb for dumping my original disk / DjayBee for fixing the faulty sectors! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 hours ago, www.atarimania.com said: Did you know that My First Alphabet was translated and officially released in Spain? Here's the program for the first time: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-mi-primer-alfabeto_38003.html Many thanks to Farb for dumping my original disk / DjayBee for fixing the faulty sectors! Interesting fact is that the Swifty Software version of My First Alphabet includes a 'Graphics Editor for creating, editing and viewing your own custom drawings' in My First Alphabet. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-my-first-alphabet_22419.html This program is mentioned in the manual of the Atari Program Exchange version but was not included with that one: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-my-first-alphabet_29828.html 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 It's really too bad the editor appears to be lost... Maybe it was eventually rejected by APX because it would compete with one of Atari's own titles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, www.atarimania.com said: It's really too bad the editor appears to be lost... Maybe it was eventually rejected by APX because it would compete with one of Atari's own titles? If the editor was included with the Swifty Software version of My First Alphabet we have a better chance of finding it. If it was only sold separately, the odds are a lot worse that we will ever find it. P.S. I included the standard Electronic Arts Command Summary Card scan with manual scan for Cut and Paste on Archive.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarialoha Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Is there somewhere we can download the entire AtariMania website, instead of crawl it on your servers? For example, some kind of Dropbox site, etc. to download a huge ZIP in one go? Events around the world of late have sort of made me wonder if there will be some kind of major cyberattack/damage/outage one of these days. Not really joking. Not underestimating things these days. Did you guys see this QNAP QLOCKER hack attack recently? What a disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Considering the database is updated on a practically daily basis, I'm afraid that's pretty much impossible for the moment. Sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 There are plenty of other large archives available anyway. 1. Atari 8-Bit Preserved Software 2. Fandal 3. Homesoft 4. AtariOnline.pl 5. Holmes (see my sig) Those should keep you busy for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 Added a small article found in the Detroit Free Press dated December 1982 presenting a tiny software publisher called Ziza Presents, Inc. led by Rev. Will Sayers: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-christian-signs-and-symbols_6321.html Unfortunately, it appears Rev. Will Sayers died in 2012 so there is probably nothing left of the company apart from the various ads in Compute! or ANALOG Computing. If you have any material or disk, even in cracked form, please share it. At least five titles were released: The Chinese Fortune Calendar Christian Signs and Symbols Journeys of St. Paul Name That Carol The Story of Creation 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Thanks for posting that article. Very interesting. He sounds like he was a very devoted man. I too would be interested in those programs. Are there any other religious-themed programs out there? I recall BellCom, another PD provider, used to sell the Bible in disks. I would love to find them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 38 minutes ago, gilsaluki said: Thanks for posting that article. Very interesting. He sounds like he was a very devoted man. I too would be interested in those programs. Are there any other religious-themed programs out there? I recall BellCom, another PD provider, used to sell the Bible in disks. I would love to find them Hmmm - I remember showing my grandfather a bible on disk. He passed away in early 1989 and I this was before he had cancer so it would have been 87 at the latest. I don't know if it was a download or a PD disk I had ordered. I can look through my old disks and see if I still have it. The only thing I remember is the screen was darker blue than the standard, and there was a cursive like font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Stephen said: Hmmm - I remember showing my grandfather a bible on disk. He passed away in early 1989 and I this was before he had cancer so it would have been 87 at the latest. I don't know if it was a download or a PD disk I had ordered. I can look through my old disks and see if I still have it. The only thing I remember is the screen was darker blue than the standard, and there was a cursive like font. That would be great! Computers as Tutors! was a shareware company that produced Christian titles, does that ring a bell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 hours ago, gilsaluki said: Are there any other religious-themed programs out there? Davka released tons of Jewish-themed programs. Unfortunately, due to the very nature of the software and how wrong it was considered to copy stuff in religious circles, I suppose very few titles got spread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 6:01 PM, atarialoha said: Did you guys see this QNAP QLOCKER hack attack recently? What a disaster. Yes, and your concerns are solid. I don't know what the US gov't is waiting to declare martial-law on these attacks, and advance-warn that any hacker caught during any law-enforcement operative, could be shot on the spot, no questions asked. In any case, I do agree, it would great to be able to download the entire site, from time to time. If not, full integration with Fujinet, so we never have to leave the A8 user environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 The problem is that there are still way too many pages / files that need to be updated. Some games date back to when we started the site and they need to be replaced with better versions. There are gradual changes being made but this takes a lot of time. Really, it would be a disservice to the community to release a half-baked effort on a wide scale right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarialoha Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Faicuai said: Yes, and your concerns are solid. I don't know what the US gov't is waiting to declare martial-law on these attacks, and advance-warn that any hacker caught during any law-enforcement operative, could be shot on the spot, no questions asked. In any case, I do agree, it would great to be able to download the entire site, from time to time. If not, full integration with Fujinet, so we never have to leave the A8 user environment. Speaking of CYBERATTACKS... look what happened just DAYS AGO to the pipeline! I tell ya folks, more is coming, and we are gonna see like BIG TIME problems, like maybe even no Internet for days, weeks... (not "shut down" but super slow, like all the DNS don't work, etc. we have experienced similar in recent years, like the big Gmail outage. Man, that is concerning to even consider. Not to mention RANSOMWARE on ARCHIVE.ORG, or even YouTube, imagine that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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