David_P

Looking at the Receiving Data section: 120 INPUT A,B,C,D:REM GETTING FOUR NUMERIC VALUES Should there be an IOCB (#1) before the input?

I do have a FTe '816 board (not currently installed). The pins are gold - so a great conductor, but very fragile.

When in doubt, cheat. Let BASIC do most of the hard work - call GRAPHICS 3. Then, using the display list BASIC so generously called from the OS routines for you, search for the first GRAPHICS 0 line in the DL. Replace it within the DL, and the following line as well, with GRAPHICS 2. There will be two more GRAPHICS 0 lines; you can replace them with blank scanlines. Or, my Sunday AM without enough coffee attempt at writing it in BASIC: 10 GRAPHICS 3 20 DL=PEEK(560)+256*PEEK(561) 30 FOR I=DL TO DL+40 40 IF PEEK(I)<>2 THEN 110 50 POKE I,7 60 POKE I+1,7 70 POKE I+2,0 80 POKE I+3,0 90 POP 100 GOTO 120 110 NEXT I 120 REM YOUR PROGRAM HERE

Doing it by hand is hardcore.

I seem to recall reading about someone building two versions, with origins at (say) $3000 and $4000, then running a program to identify all the difference, and using that dataset to build the install table.

Lotharek sells them specifically for such devices. https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=174

Simius is reaching out to people in order of when they expressed interest as pieces become available.

Looks like an XE Cart / ECI port.

Thanks - I was wondering if the underlying hardware could handle multiple device connections. So I guess the 2021 Atari budget will have to be bumped up to acquire multiple Fujinets... but not one for each computer, I don't think I can afford seven (or is it eight - better go re-do the count...)

I feel seen.

Planning to order a FujiNet early in the new year(when my Atari budget can afford it). As someone with multiple Atari computers (I can't reveal the actual number as I'm concerned my wife may read this) my only question is whether the hardware could support multiple Ataris at the same time, or will I have to save to buy multiple FujiNets?

Would using the large macros (31 char limit each, 8 available) address that? https://www.atarimax.com/freenet/freenet_material/12.AtariLibrary/2.MiscellaneousTextFiles/showarticle.php?25

Pixels Past boards can be ordered from OSH Park. https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/YreZRvio

Danke / gracias / merci beaucoup / dakujem to all the international coders who contribute so much to the Atari scene. (And thank you for your incredible efforts in communicating in perhaps the most frustrating modern language of all).

Software based 80 columns on a graphics 8 screen, as I recall.

There is an upgrade that makes the 1050 DD without adding RAM - the Turbo 1050. More info at: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/277204-some-new-not-really-hardware-made-by-tfhh/

Only Cart based adventure I can think of is Powerstar by Pandora, a cart from the mid 80s that was a graphic, not text, adventure. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-powerstar_4079.html

So: there are cheap 7" touchscreens for the Raspberry Pi. There's the TKII for the Atari. Program the Pi to put up the necessary keys on the touchscreen, determine the keypress and generate the serial sequence for the keypress and send it to the TKII. Get fancy and include images instead of letters. All you need is some hardware and a better programmer than me.

An Ontario, Canada artist has put out a series of paintings inspired by the summer of 1983; one of them is of the iconic Atari joystick. The painting is up for auction now at: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/38855/auctions/85954/auction_items/2372678 The full set of Summer '83 works are at: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/38855/auctions/85954?t=all Auction runs 01 Sept - 15 Sept. Note: I have no connection with the seller, but thought the AA community might be interested.

The Best Electronics paper catalog (revision 10) lists that part on page 84 at $4.00; their website indicates that the price has gone up to $8.00. Atari 400 Cartridge guide CO10421 $8.00 http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/addendum.htm

If you run SpartaDos X with the AtariDos.SYS driver loaded, you can access any Sparta (or family) and DOS II (or family) disk. The market share of DOS 3, DOS 4, DOS XE etc is slim to none.

If you are programming for a current version of SpartaDOS X, there are tools for system memory allocation (including expanded memory, but not 65816 memory) and native relocatable programs. http://sdx.atari8.info/index.php?show=en_docs

The current warning is not against Polish Post, but against the low-cost Polish Post option. However, there's a FedEx option to Canada at about $43USD as well; choose that instead and it will add another $20 CAD or so to the bill. (And choose the FJC version of the UMB and that's another $24 USD or so as well). I would confirm shipping options before ordering, of course (or probably pay the extra bit for FedEx anyways).

When I estimate shipping (to Ontario) I'm getting $30.78 USD (Polish Post Parcel - service to Canada is available, per the link on his page) for a 350g package - which would cover a SIDE 3 plus U1Mb. That would be $98.76 USD (SIDE 3), $66.64 USD (U1Mb) and $30.78 USD (shipping) for $196.18 USD or $260.33 CAD for one of each.

The other wrinkle in allocating screen memory is that you must be mindful of 4K blocks; should the video memory cross a 4K boundary, the display will be distorted. Allocating memory to the display without considering the 4K issue can lead to problems.