Shawn Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Good news is, this has not been forgotten and makes slow progress. So that to say, thanks for the interest and continued patience on this. :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I Want One !!!!! Looking very good so far, the 400 keyboard is a nice touch but I'll prob. plug in my extra 600XL one if it'll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 OH MY GOD Guess I had better keep hold of my New old stock replacement 400 keyboard membrane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 IWant One !!!!! Looking very good so far, the 400 keyboard is a nice touch but I'll prob. plug in my extra 600XL one if it'll work. Doubt that it will work, pretty sure that the keyboards are mapped differently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 IWant One !!!!! Looking very good so far, the 400 keyboard is a nice touch but I'll prob. plug in my extra 600XL one if it'll work. Doubt that it will work, pretty sure that the keyboards are mapped differently Grrrrrr I hope not! Can anyone here confirm if the keyboards are mapped different or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Slightly, but yes... Curt IWant One !!!!! Looking very good so far, the 400 keyboard is a nice touch but I'll prob. plug in my extra 600XL one if it'll work. Doubt that it will work, pretty sure that the keyboards are mapped differently Grrrrrr I hope not! Can anyone here confirm if the keyboards are mapped different or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Amawesomexcellent. I had to invent that word to describe this. I'm going to start a religion around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin242 Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Hi Allan, Its a terminal program. Apparently a modem was made but I have yet to track one down yet, so I'll keep that one on the shelf until I locate the modem module. Curt That's cool, I think the terminal program was the only one of the original 7800 keyboard programs that hadn't been confirmed to be found yet. I hope you can find what modem it works with. Mitch <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It would be weird if it needed a different modem other than a 1030. Why would they have wasted designing a new modem when they had the SIO connected 1030? Allan Okay I might be a bit late to this conversation, but didn't the 1030 modem use the Pokey sound chip? I would think there would be all sorts of issues trying to get it to work with something based on the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hmmmmmmm Anyone heard any updates on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hmmmmmmm Anyone heard any updates on this? Well, Curt has been releasing a bunch of source code and tools lately, so give him a little slack on this one for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hmmmmmmm Anyone heard any updates on this? Well, Curt has been releasing a bunch of source code and tools lately, so give him a little slack on this one for now. slack given!! totally just want to make sure Grandma is still hooked up to the machine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I want this yesterday! Good thing its not ready cuz Im broke! DOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I have funds for this set aside. I wait patiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDDuck Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I have funds for this set aside. I wait patiently. I PM'd him way back when so I'll get one too, I'm ready!! I missed the High Score cart. I don't want to miss this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 What's the cost on this? I forgot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Is Curt's Keyboard upgrade in anyway based around the one that Warners Atari were proposing (apparently prototypes do exist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Is Curt's Keyboard upgrade in anyway based around the one that Warners Atari were proposing (apparently prototypes do exist) Yes. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I think Curt is just trying to reproduce the feeling of intellivision owners in the early 80's waiting for their keyboard. Anyways, I can't wait for this whenever it comes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 can i be a complete tool and retard and ask "how would a 7800 computer be any different from an XE"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 can i be a complete tool and retard and ask "how would a 7800 computer be any different from an XE"? In what way do you mean? They're entirely different technology bases/architectures. It's in no way the same as the 5200 to Atari 8-bit/XEGS, which is more or less the same modified platform. A "7800 computer" would be its own, independent, 8-bit computing platform, like a C-64, Apple II, whatever, with little relation to anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Computer Keyboard would be around $69 or so, Basic/Videwriter cart would be around $30-$35 and the AtariLab's would be about $15-$20 each The SIO bus is being fully implemented on the keyboard just as it was on the original. Someone will need to modify a DOS to work with it though. Basic and the Videowriter will support tape drive backups and use of Atari Printers without any DOS. Curt Good stuff. The difference between the 7800 w/ keyboard and the XEGS to me would be the games it would play. I think computerwise though the 7800 will obviously start out with incredibly little software compared the XEGS and it's line, the computer capibilities should be kinda similiar. But the 7800 will have the abilities of playing hundreds of 2600/7800 games and have the computer ability. And I already think that above all the 7800 is the best balance of all the Atari systems. Here is another way to look at it. A XEGS is a computer turned into a game system. This truly would be a game system turned into a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 can i be a complete tool and retard and ask "how would a 7800 computer be any different from an XE"? In what way do you mean? They're entirely different technology bases/architectures. It's in no way the same as the 5200 to Atari 8-bit/XEGS, which is more or less the same modified platform. A "7800 computer" would be its own, independent, 8-bit computing platform, like a C-64, Apple II, whatever, with little relation to anything else. some of the games I have for both systems look identical, and some of the games I have for the XE look just as good if not better than some 7800 games, so I guess I thought they were pretty much the same thing, the XE also has 400/800 backward compatibility correct? I know it at least has 400 as I have some 400 games and it plays them. I was just curious what a 7800 computer would actually bring new to the scene that the XE couldn't already do, and basically the answer is that a 7800 computer would play 2600 games??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I'm looking forward to messing with the BASIC cart. It was programmed by OSS who did Mac/65, Action and Basic XE/XL. It will be fun to try to translate some 8-bit basic programs to it as well as just see what it is capable of. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I have funds for this set aside. I wait patiently. I PM'd him way back when so I'll get one too, I'm ready!! Wait, do I need to pre-order this officially? Because if I do, then yes, I'll take one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Nice! Good to see it's not dead! I'd love one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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