Shannon Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Guys, I'm not familiar with the format these games are in at all. Its been at least 10-15 years since the last time I even powered an 8bit up. How do you use them with an 800XL, for example? Thanks. 958357[/snapback] There are several different formats (especially in the holmes collection). So your gonna need to be more specific with the question. .atr, .xfd, .bas, .gz? Pick yer poison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Guys, I'm not familiar with the format these games are in at all. Its been at least 10-15 years since the last time I even powered an 8bit up. How do you use them with an 800XL, for example? Thanks. 958357[/snapback] SIO2PC cable and some software, but emulation is a nice place to start. Atari800Win PLus is a very good emulator. 958381[/snapback] Ah, so they are useless for a true 8bit setup? Thats they only way I'm running mine. Nothing against emulation or those who use it, but I just prefer the real thing (baby). :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 DarkLord, ATR images are the equivalent of ST/MSA images for the ST. Even when you prefer to use real Atari hardware, a SIO2PC is very recommended. For the ST it is usually simple to transfer (between a PC to an ST) images via floppies. This is possible in the A8 but it’s much more complicated. This is why most people use a SIO2PC cable. If you want to run the software on real Atari hardware, you need in the first place, an Atari drive. Plus, with a SIO2PC cable is very easy to write back ATR to physical floppies, that you could use them 100% natively (without the SIO2PC cable). Or you can use the ATR images directly on a real Atari computer connected to a PC with a SIO2PC cable. Otherwise how will you transfer images that you get online to your Atari? Well, there are other possibilities, but they are all more complicated or require special hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 @ DarkLord: Pound AA member "classics" with PM's tell him you wanna be on the list like ATARIeric for his release of a USB A8 Multicart. Once they are available you will be able to program your own multicarts with the software that are on the holmes CD or files that are all over the internet. Get in line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 DarkLord, ATR images are the equivalent of ST/MSA images for the ST. Even when you prefer to use real Atari hardware, a SIO2PC is very recommended. For the ST it is usually simple to transfer (between a PC to an ST) images via floppies. This is possible in the A8 but it’s much more complicated. This is why most people use a SIO2PC cable. If you want to run the software on real Atari hardware, you need in the first place, an Atari drive. Plus, with a SIO2PC cable is very easy to write back ATR to physical floppies, that you could use them 100% natively (without the SIO2PC cable). Or you can use the ATR images directly on a real Atari computer connected to a PC with a SIO2PC cable. Otherwise how will you transfer images that you get online to your Atari? Well, there are other possibilities, but they are all more complicated or require special hardware. 958597[/snapback] This sounds like the first reason that I can understand as to why I really do need to have a SIO2PC cable. The ability to write the ATR file format back to physical floppy for my 800XL to use. As long as it works under Linux, it sounds good. Nothing personal, and don't want to start a flame war/thread, but I don't do MS products. :-) Thanks for the reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) well once you have an sio2pc cable, you can then use the ape software, get yourself the 8mb multicart & then program that cart with games. www.atarimax.com edit not sure if it works with linux, check out classics forums at atarimax Edited November 2, 2005 by ATARIeric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 This sounds like the first reason that I can understand as to why I really do need to have a SIO2PC cable ... As long as it works under Linux, Yes, there is software for using a SIO2PC cable under Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordax Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Bill, Much thanks for putting these online for everyone. I appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axelf6 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Can you put the ISO (or pack the CDs with ZIP or RAR) on your site ? please it will be easier to get THX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Can you put the ISO (or pack the CDs with ZIP or RAR) on your site ? please it will be easier to get THX 1025405[/snapback] Sorry, no. There are three cds full of files. Even zipped up it will be close to a gigabyte. If even one person starts to download a gigabyte across my home network, there will be no bandwidth left for me. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zybex Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Sorry, no. There are three cds full of files. Even zipped up it will be close to a gigabyte. If even one person starts to download a gigabyte across my home network, there will be no bandwidth left for me What about share it as torrents? Many users here have the cd's... By the way, check out ftp.atari.art.pl is a server with several GB of Atari, software,demos, games, mirrors, magazines, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 By the way, check out ftp.atari.art.pl is a server with several GB of Atari, software,demos, games, mirrors, magazines, etc. ftp.pigwa.net is current (and sometimes working ) address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) Hey Bill, have tou removed the games? I can't seem to find them on your site anymore. Edit: Never mind, I found them I am running Opera so the link was hidden behind the top image Thanks for your service!! /T Edited February 28, 2006 by Trooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Hey Bill, have tou removed the games? I can't seem to find them on your site anymore. Edit: Never mind, I found them I am running Opera so the link was hidden behind the top image Thanks for your service!! /T 1025773[/snapback] In case anyone else needs the link: http://www.langesite.com/atari/Holmes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 That reminds me... I need to finish getting the rest of this. I kinda stopped some time back on disc 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hi Bill Your Atari BASIC lister is great, but it seems white on blue option doesn't work. The resulting PNG file is only in black/white. Anyway, nice tool. http://www.langesite.com/atari/Lister/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi Bill Your Atari BASIC lister is great, but it seems white on blue option doesn't work. The resulting PNG file is only in black/white. Anyway, nice tool. http://www.langesite.com/atari/Lister/index.php I don't think the tool has gotten much use since I first put it up otherwise I would have finished coding out the options. One of these days I may get around to it. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I don't think the tool has gotten much use since I first put it up otherwise I would have finished coding out the options. One of these days I may get around to it.Bill I am one of those who are still using this great tool. I plan to use it in my source code library for listings. Of course, if it is allowed to use this tool this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 Your more than welcome to use the tool anyway that you wish. My webserver will be down for a few days as the power supply burned up in the Colorado heat yesterday! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfranklin Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I still have the original CDs that I sent him. If you guys want a copy of them, I can make them for you either as 3 CDs or 1 DVD. You would just need to send the 3 blank CDs or 1 blank DVD and a return mailer. PM if you want to get a copy. I would be interested in these CD's. How do I get the blanks to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Is http://www.langesite.com/atari/Holmes/ down temporarily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Not sure what that is all about. I'll take a look at the server when I get home tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Not sure what that is all about. I'll take a look at the server when I get home tonight. Everything appears to be ok except for the CDs. Oh, and the site doesn't work properly on Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 The server crashed about a month ago. I though it was the heat, but it turns out that the eMachine motherboard died. Common problem with the eMachine model. I moved the web server over to a HP that I had laying around. I probably just forget to set up directory browsing under Apache or something. Been meaning to fix the CSS for Firefox .... just have not gotten around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 I modified my apache config so that the holmes folders are viewable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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