Tuxon86 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 New batch up! @www.atarimania.com Happy digging! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 This is a bit like opening Christmas presents BTW, I found an unknown Lunar Lander game in BASIC and the REM statements mention "Vidéotronique". Does that ring a bell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, www.atarimania.com said: This is a bit like opening Christmas presents BTW, I found an unknown Lunar Lander game in BASIC and the REM statements mention "Vidéotronique". Does that ring a bell? Not to me. But with the "é" in vidéotronique I'd say probably a french canadian, especially since the main cable distributor in the province was, and still is, Vidéotron, I get where the author got is name inspiration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 New batch up! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I just added Conjugation Race from the last set. I had never heard of the program, nor is it listed anywhere! Amazingly, this was a commercial title from a software house based in Montréal and the only references I could find are from company databases such as this one. It seems the name "Meg Edu-Pro, Inc." comes from the initials of the three CEO's! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) Thank you Alain, just wonderful stuff.. Paul.. Wow, Homecard, I now know I had one disk of it, but I'd never seen it before, and what a software pairing, Sparky Starks (DISKEY) and Russ Wetmore (Preppie etc), looks to be a great bit of utility software.. And who does not love the Preppie font Edited February 8, 2022 by Mclaneinc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 The next batch will includes a few others from Meg Edu-Pro, Inc. Math Quiz Whizzz I (Meg Edu-Pro, 1982,), Math Quiz Whizzz II (Meg Edu-Pro, 1982,) and Math Quiz Whizzz III (Meg Edu-Pro, 1982,) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Wow! Now also secretly hoping other lost Canadian titles will turn up How many disks do you still need to archive from the collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, www.atarimania.com said: Wow! Now also secretly hoping other lost Canadian titles will turn up How many disks do you still need to archive from the collection? About 400 to 500. I still have 5 floppy cases and a half to go through. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 New batch up! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Well, back from shopping... Starting today's batch now! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Thanks for your work. Your Plaque Man was a bad dump with one bad sector inside the main program. It seems to be a rare release because I could only find one other (but less original) dump of it. I did a repair job using this one other dump and now yours also works: Plaque Man (HomeComputer Software, 1983, Mike Potter)[f].atx Plaque Man (HomeComputer Software, 1983, Mike Potter)[f].atr The program seems not to be protected. (This is a cross-post from burkhart87's thread where confused me had misplaced it at first.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 10:03 AM, Tuxon86 said: Here’s my Kryoflux 1050 ? Very nice! I like the use of the grey floppy drive instead of black - it somehow looks more right than if it was trying to replicate the 1050's looks 100%. You might want to take a look at this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3287420 (not my project) 3D-printed 1050-style cases for 5.25" drives with Kryoflux use specifically in mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Yea this is something I need to do pronto. I have hundreds of disks and an aging Atari 400 w/810 disk drive. Is the SIO2PC interface (and assuming some sort of related software) all that is needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, rdefabri said: Yea this is something I need to do pronto. I have hundreds of disks and an aging Atari 400 w/810 disk drive. Is the SIO2PC interface (and assuming some sort of related software) all that is needed? Probably fine for non-copy-protected/menu disk/personal compilations/personal disks, but not for anything commercial or copy-protected. For those you really need KryoFlux/SuperCard/Grease Weasel; basically, one of the flux imagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, rdefabri said: Yea this is something I need to do pronto. I have hundreds of disks and an aging Atari 400 w/810 disk drive. Is the SIO2PC interface (and assuming some sort of related software) all that is needed? If your floppies are labeled I’d first check to see if those programs (and specific) version is already on Atarimania. In my case, those floppies aren’t labeled or when they’re I can’t make sense of the previous owner scribbles… After that you’ve two option. First, Invest in a Kryoflux or Greaseweasle and in a PC 360k DSDD floppy drive. The later are getting rare and pricey. If you’re not planning to do this regularly, it may be a bit much. the second one is to see if someone who’s already have the equipment to do it for you. It may be more economical to ship those floppies than setting up an imaging solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Tuxon86 said: If your floppies are labeled I’d first check to see if those programs (and specific) version is already on Atarimania. In my case, those floppies aren’t labeled or when they’re I can’t make sense of the previous owner scribbles… After that you’ve two option. First, Invest in a Kryoflux or Greaseweasle and in a PC 360k DSDD floppy drive. The later are getting rare and pricey. If you’re not planning to do this regularly, it may be a bit much. the second one is to see if someone who’s already have the equipment to do it for you. It may be more economical to ship those floppies than setting up an imaging solution. Most of my stuff is available somewhere, but I do have some rarities that I haven't found anywhere else, hence why I want to do this. I already have a PC 360K DSDD, so good there, but is there a place that spells out the steps of what's involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, rdefabri said: Most of my stuff is available somewhere, but I do have some rarities that I haven't found anywhere else, hence why I want to do this. I already have a PC 360K DSDD, so good there, but is there a place that spells out the steps of what's involved? It really isn’t complicated. You use the software provided to image the disk then use A8rawconvert to create an ATX file. The only bother are flippy disk which you either have to mod your drive, punch a second sensor hole or cut the top back with a box cutter and flip the disk in the jacket. I use that last option on non original disk as it’s the easiest to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Today's batch is UP! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Errr... You might want to rephrase that Edited February 9, 2022 by www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 25 minutes ago, www.atarimania.com said: Errr... You might want to rephrase that LOL! Yeah… I was thinking “batch” but wrote “dump”… I’ll correct that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Today's batch is up! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 9:16 AM, x=usr(1536) said: Very nice! I like the use of the grey floppy drive instead of black - it somehow looks more right than if it was trying to replicate the 1050's looks 100%. You might want to take a look at this: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3287420 (not my project) 3D-printed 1050-style cases for 5.25" drives with Kryoflux use specifically in mind. That case is for a 3.5" FDD, NOT 5.25"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 38 minutes ago, BillC said: That case is for a 3.5" FDD, NOT 5.25"! Not with that attitude, anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 I had an empty 1050 shell on hand, so why print one… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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